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[Q] Random apps starting up?

Why when I switch my phone on into Android, loads(about 15) apps are running in Advanced App Killer, such as Myspace, Mail etc, things i've not yet touched on my phone. I close them, but after a few hours i check what apps are running and random apps i've not opened(nor appear on screen) are showing?
Anyone else have this?

I think your apps are opening because you have auto data sync turned on. If you turn off sync of these accounts (mail, myspace) they probably won't be active.

polo735 said:
I think your apps are opening because you have auto data sync turned on. If you turn off sync of these accounts (mail, myspace) they probably won't be active.
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oh thank you, stupid question but where do i find the setting to switch auto sync off?
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Found it, was in an obvious Accounts & Sync menu, man i feel stupid lol, thanks

From the home screen, puss the menu then settings, go to accounts and sync. Disable auto sync and especially background data. You will definitely notice less apps opening up, but you will have to enable it again if you want to do certain things. I.e. market, gmail etc...
Tmo US HD2
EnergyRomz -Shubcraft Froyo

The problem with turning off Background data and Auto-sync is you will lose other useful features, e.g. GMail notification, weather updates, Market app (requires Background data) etc.
I use an app called "Startup Auditor" which allows you to manually turn off the programs you don't want to run upon startup, and additionally, auto-run after startup.
Hope this helps.

startup manager
http://downloadandroid.info/products/utility/startup-manager/

[Q] Calendar dead

Please can someone tell me how to remove Facebook birthdays from the calendar? It's added hundreds and now my calendar is dead, wont work at all.
Thanks
Matt

Done this today to try and find out why Calendar is eating so much power... Open the calendar, Menu, More, Calendars and then uncheck the Facebook one.
Still uses a very high% of battery...

I'm new to Android so I have a few noob questions, my HD is on pre order and I need to clear this up first before I get the phone. When you sync it for the first time with Facebook does it let you choose what you want to sync or does it automarically sync your Facebook friends into your contacts and calendar etc. ? Basically I just want the Facebook app on my phone but I don't want it to integrate into my contacts, calendar etc.

clear your calender cache and files in. options --> applications --> all installed applications --> calender.

Holy crap, now my calendar is using 60% of my battery!!! What a pile of junk! That's AFTER removing all the facebook stuff.
No way should I have to wipe all my calendar entries cos of this crap. I had to clear my news app cos that broke last week.
This phone is getting worse and worse, simple things that should work without trouble are constantly being a pain in the arse.

Calm down man. Check your sync settings with Gmail/HTCSense. If they are too frequent (or push) lower the frequency. If they are normal try reading a little bit on the subject. It's called a smartphone because sometimes it thinks on itself and that means doing things u don't want/like. U just need to be smarter than it
Some people complained of the hungry Calendar as well and for many the issue was that they had more than one widget using calendar on the homescreens. If u got let's say Agendas, Calendar and Friendstream as widgets try removing one or two
success

Thanks. For my homescreens I have...
News / Calendar / Blank (shortcuts) / Clock and shortcuts / Email / Friendstream / Bookmarks.
All my syncing is like 2-4 hours.
The calendar running at 60% explains why I've been getting occasional days with bad battery usage (which is normally ok for a few days after restarting the phone).
I've now wiped the calendar, uninstalled the Facebook one (or rather just didn't reinstall it). Restarted the phone and I'm gonna see what happens today now.

[Q] Programs which does what ?

Hello all,
I have just gotten my DHD, installed leedroid 2.0.0 and I am discovering the device so please be patient if I ask some stupid questions
I have a few questions on the installed apps since I don't really understands which does what.
I have a "localisations" apps which seems to be a GPS app where you can download paying "navigation" but free maps....what's the difference ?
Secondly there is the google map app which does the same, but I assume one ust be "online" to get the maps, when I'm roaming in Europe I don't want to have massive data roaming charges so this is out, right ?
Then what are the HTC HUB and HTC LIKES ? anything vital or can they be unistalled ?
What does friend stream do that the FB app doesn't ?
I have a "news" tabs and a "news and weather" and of course a "weather", isn't that a bit overkill ?
HTC sync is ONLY to sync data with Outlook/ OE ? (I don't use outlook)
That's enough to start with, thanks a lot in advance for the help

Personally I've been using the Locations app because I can preload the maps into the phone before actual use. This way I won't waste battery and data on the go.
Friend Stream actually is a centralized location for Facebook, Twitter etc. feeds. So it allows you a quick overview of your social updates. The Facebook app is more specific.
Removed the rest of the stuff (HTC Likes, Hub, Weather, News etc.) so I can't comment.
The Outlook thing is actually just one of the featuers of Sync. You can actually sync your contacts, documents, videos, pictures, music, etc. as well.

[Q] App advice

I need a basic calender that has notification alarms that does not require any type of sync to the internet. Also an app to take notes with no internet sync required. I use my phone on wifi only, no data plan. Is there an app that allows usb sync to my laptop that is more user friendly than the Motorola one?
I just switched to this phone from a Palm Treo 650. I had no data plan with it. Everything could be done without the internet. I do watch movies, read books, listened to music and stored alot of information on it. So far I am pleased with the Milestone, I am just one of those individuals that does not feel the need to be constantly connected to the internet with a phone. By the way the phone is not yet rooted. Not sure if I will need to do this. Keeping the above requirements in mind, if I do decide to root, which one do you recommend?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
David

I think the calendar app that comes preinstalled can be used in that way, just go to Settings -> Accounts -> set "Auto-sync" on (if it's not already checked) -> click on the option with your Google Account -> Touch the 'Sync Calendar' option to turn off synchronization. If you want no sync at all from Google Services, turn off 'Background data' and Auto-sync. If you really want another app, there's in the Market an app named "Offline Calendar', but I'm not sure if it has the features you want (I didn't test it, but it looks like it does what you want).
About the app to take notes, there are many apps in Android Market that do what you want, just search for 'Notes' and choose one, I think they all work offline
About the usb sync, I can't help you, because I use my Google account to do it
And probably you won't need root to use any of the apps you asked about in this thread.

for the calendar you can use the google one and deactivate the sync in accounts.
for the note you can use gtask that can be sync or not with google task as you want

HOWTO: Yotaphone 3 with Google apps [BUGGY]

THIS METHOD IS BUGGY. USE IT WISELY!
Thanks for jan.nowak, and after doing some research, all Google features are working perfectly.
Here is the walkthrough:
0. Boot your device to home screen. If you are using ADB to install, make sure you enabled USB Debugging in Developer Settings.
0a. (Optional) Use ADB from your PC or download APK files to your phone and install.
1. Check the Android version. My version is 7.1.1 (I don't see any difference on this at the moment) [REMEMBER: ONLY INSTALL THE APK THAT MATCHES YOUR ANDROID VERSION!].
2. Download and install Google Services Framework from APKMirror. Make sure you download noarch Android 7.1+ nodpi.
3. Download and install Google Play services from APKMirror. Make sure you download arm64 + arm Android 6.0+ nodpi [Version I used: 12.5.20 (040400-189423146)].
4. Download and install Google Account Manager from APKMirror. Make sure you download noarch Android 6.0+ nodpi.
5. Download and install Google Play services from APKMirror. Just get the latest, but not targeted for 8.0+.
6. Download and install Google Contacts Sync from APKMirror. There should be only one for 7.1.1 version.
7. Reboot your device. Then try to add Google account in the Account settings. It might have sync issue, but few times rebooting and checking out Contact app, it should sync your contact.
Troubleshooting:
1. The contact sync is a bit weird, try to disable/enable the sync options in Account settings and check your Contact app.
2. Gmail should work now, if it doesn't work, try to run
Code:
adb logcat *:E
and see whats the error just after GMail error. If you see j
Code:
ava.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: dlopen failed: "/data/app/com.google.android.gms-1/lib/arm/libgmscore.so" is 32-bit instead of 64-bit
that means you have installed the wrong Google Play Services. Please install arm64+arm version.

How about Google Calendar? I'm unable to sync it. Solutions?

Other apps for e-ink?
I have other issue with phone. I wonder if you found some solutions to those:
1. It seems system it kills an app after a day of inactivity. There is one option that tries to save energy, so puts an app into after roughly 5 minutes after locking the device. Kind of annoying because it was killing massenger/whatsapp's calls. I've managed to switch that off in settings. However, it seems that it still can put WhatsApp into sleep after a day of inactivity. Do you know how to keep apps alive - so, I don't have to check WhatsApp - just in case it was put to sleep.
Off topic:
2. What apps support e-ink display? I can use Kindle for it - which is great - but it would be nice to use more than one app. I use from time to time trick posted by ian.nowak - to use "mirror mode" into e-ink. But it works until you lock the device. So, maybe you can advice e-ink friendly apps. Any tip or trick will be greatly appreciated.

What doesn't work still - the most important dysfunctions:
- email push notifications,
- messenger notifications (and probably notifications from most "push applications"),
- autostart of some apps,
- SMS quite often do not reach my phone.

q16000 said:
How about Google Calendar? I'm unable to sync it. Solutions?
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I see a constant issue with google, the play service is unstable, might be related to the kernel or auto-killing problem. As i do not own the phone, i cant test it very often. Try to reboot the phone might help

jan.nowak said:
What doesn't work still - the most important dysfunctions:
- email push notifications,
- messenger notifications (and probably notifications from most "push applications"),
- autostart of some apps,
- SMS quite often do not reach my phone.
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- Autostart of app during boot, might need more test first, but seems has no issue woth whatsapp.
- gmail confirmed no issue. Check settings does it has any sync issue, logcat should help a bit.
- sms/messenger/email should be related to the previous issue.

Kukasz said:
I have other issue with phone. I wonder if you found some solutions to those:
1. It seems system it kills an app after a day of inactivity. There is one option that tries to save energy, so puts an app into after roughly 5 minutes after locking the device. Kind of annoying because it was killing massenger/whatsapp's calls. I've managed to switch that off in settings. However, it seems that it still can put WhatsApp into sleep after a day of inactivity. Do you know how to keep apps alive - so, I don't have to check WhatsApp - just in case it was put to sleep.
Off topic:
2. What apps support e-ink display? I can use Kindle for it - which is great - but it would be nice to use more than one app. I use from time to time trick posted by ian.nowak - to use "mirror mode" into e-ink. But it works until you lock the device. So, maybe you can advice e-ink friendly apps. Any tip or trick will be greatly appreciated.
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1. Might have a look when have a time. Seems it has a auto-killing issue or disconnection after time.
2. Well, this is weird as they do not create a lot of apps that support e-ink, seems you can only read ebooks and news with official provided apps only. Although i am native chinese, i still dont find them very useful at all. Sadly speaking, the major usage of the screen is just the wallpaper.

windhamwong said:
- Autostart of app during boot, might need more test first, but seems has no issue woth whatsapp.
- gmail confirmed no issue. Check settings does it has any sync issue, logcat should help a bit.
- sms/messenger/email should be related to the previous issue.
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Gmail settings checked triple times. All are ON. After some times You could not even force sync from accounts settings.
SMS I don't see much relations (no sync options, not related (directly) with Google services).

im having the same issue with the google calendar syncing. Any ideas?

anybody have any insight on this? I have my buddies yotaphone 3 and it wont sync the calendar :/