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DRM service in Froyo

I noticed that the drm service (omadrmserviceconfig to be exact) is automatically turned on at booting on Froyo just like it did on Eclair.
Has anyone figured out if they fixed the battery draining issue for DRM in Froyo?
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I just uninstalled it with SDX Stock App Remover. I noticed there are only two files to remove now instead of three.

stir fry a lot said:
I just uninstalled it with SDX Stock App Remover. I noticed there are only two files to remove now instead of three.
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I wouldn't uninstall it. it turned out to be the root of some crazy problems I was having. But I do kill the process pretty much every time I boot.
for reference.. here was the loneliest thread on xda with 'said' problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=844343

I noticed I only had to delete two files this time as well. I always delete it and it doesn't cause me any problems, but I don't play ay drm music.
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It looks like the DRM service is draining the battery in Froyo like in Eclair.
I'm getting better battery life after disabling the service.
I'm surprised that nobody brought this up in a separate thread.
EDIT: I guess the thread mentioned above by decalex IS about this exact issue... sorry, missed that.
I've also heard from someone that deleting those apk's related to DRM will cause problemsin Froyo,
so I think it's better off just preventing the service from starting.
So I tried using the Startup Cleaner 2.0 app from the Market to disable the DRM service.
At first it seems to be working well, but after a while the omadrmserviceconfig starts up again.
Deleted the Startup Cleaner 2.0 app as soon as I found that out.
For the moment, I'm just disabling the DRM service manually (Settings -> Applications -> Running Services)
every time I do a reboot.
Anyone have any suggestion on automatically preventing the DRM service from starting?
BTW, thanks for your replies guys.

tonysohn said:
It looks like the DRM service is draining the battery in Froyo like in Eclair.
I'm getting better battery life after disabling the service.
I'm surprised that nobody brought this up in a separate thread.
I've also heard from someone that deleting those apk's related to DRM will cause problemsin Froyo,
so I think it's better off just preventing the service from starting.
So I tried using the Startup Cleaner 2.0 app from the Market to disable the DRM service.
At first it seems to be working well, but after a while the omadrmserviceconfig starts up again.
Deleted the Startup Cleaner 2.0 app as soon as I found that out.
For the moment, I'm just disabling the DRM service manually (Settings -> Applications -> Running Services)
every time I do a reboot.
Anyone have any suggestion on automatically preventing the DRM service from starting?
BTW, thanks for your replies guys.
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I'm on 2.1 still but I've been using startup auditor free from the market to stop this process at startup. It only allows you to block 5 apps with the free version but it has been working for me ever since I installed it.

I used to disable the DRM service every time I rebooted but eventually I stopped because I got sick of doing it and my battery performance did not seem to take a hit. I am leaving it enabled on Froyo as well and get good battery life. Maybe the DRM bug only effects some phones.

optimiss said:
I used to disable the DRM service every time I rebooted but eventually I stopped because I got sick of doing it and my battery performance did not seem to take a hit. I am leaving it enabled on Froyo as well and get good battery life. Maybe the DRM bug only effects some phones.
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This seems to be the case. There was no noticeable decrease in battery performance on my phone in DI18 and Froyo.

(I've posted this reply before on a similar thread, but I thought I'd share my 2 cents with you here...)
You're not the only one running into this issue.
I ended up rooting my Epic to get rid of all the sprint bloatware and what-not. Everything seemed to be going smooth from the stock standpoint. I removed Samsung Media hub first. Rebooted the phone and noticed nothing bad. Played around with the setup like that for a few days with no problems.
I next got rid of both the DRM service .apk's that were still running even after I got rid of the media hub... and then the problems started. For the first couple days I noticed DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED battery life and EXTRAORDINARY performance so I imagined what I did was a good thing: WRONG! A few days later, I noticed that if I assigned a sound to a notification or a ringtone *from the SD card*, that it would not work. I couldn't play sounds anymore and instead whenever I went to adjust the volume with said notes/tones selected, the Sound_service would crash.
However, I'm the only person I knew before now who has reported this issue so I'm sure there's not a lot of hubob to fix it. Every Epic is built different. Same parts or not. It's a mass-manufactured phone and each one will have its own quirks. There's my 2 cents.

I font delete it but I freeze it with titanium
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Is there a free program that will freeze it?
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musclehead84 said:
I font delete it but I freeze it with titanium
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Are you saying you don't run into any problems or force closes in system apps when frozen instead of uninstalled?

I wouldn't delete those apks due to malfunctions with the app market and force closing of the vending app
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Whosdaman said:
I wouldn't delete those apks due to malfunctions with the app market and force closing of the vending app
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And freezes in anything that plays audio or video.

Now everytime I boot I just go to the running services menu and disable the drm, alarm, and google messaging services.

k0nane said:
And freezes in anything that plays audio or video.
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I've noticed the freezing in the built-in apps, but when I use third party apps to mix and crossfade tracks (PartyMixer) or just play music and videos (MixZing), they don't freeze.
It still makes me wonder though, why a system service that's not running doesn't crash the system, but uninstalling it does. Why should it make a difference if the service isn't being accessed? Stupid...
Whatever. I've just been disabling it on every reboot. Batt life is a little better, but still batt. life is *max* when I uninstalled all DRM crap.

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And freezes in anything that plays audio or video.
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Yes that too, totally slipped my mind.
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Oooops. I deleted mine last week. I have not had any audio problems using power amp or pandora but tried a video after reading this and sometimes it works but mostly freezes. I did a backup with titanium but it doesn't give me the option to restore. Could someone post them up for me please?
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So instead of deleteing the APK, if I just take it out of autostart, I assume that is OK???
ALSO, What the hell does it do??? lol

Milkman00 said:
So instead of deleteing the APK, if I just take it out of autostart, I assume that is OK???
ALSO, What the hell does it do??? lol
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I think DRM = Digital Rights Management. It is some kind of security service that is tied to the Market and anything Media related (on the Epic). You should get Titanium or Bloat Freezer from the Market and just freeze it. Don't delete or uninstall it.

[Q] cpu running 100% HTC DESIRE HD!

Hi guys i dont no if anyone having this issue, my cpu is running 100%. i found out that its the calender that sync with my google account i keep killing it and stop the sync but it happens over again after couple of hours. is there anyway of stoping this sync with my account? or maybe it could be something else?
HELPPP!

Menu > settings > accounts and sync
Or are you saying you're turning off sync here and its still syncing?

thedownloader_87 said:
Hi guys i dont no if anyone having this issue, my cpu is running 100%. i found out that its the calender that sync with my google account i keep killing it and stop the sync but it happens over again after couple of hours. is there anyway of stoping this sync with my account? or maybe it could be something else?
HELPPP!
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It's not my old enemy back again is it?... /init process..
Have a look at my sticky.. so try turning on usb debugging and see if that stops it.
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yep thats right, well its off but for some reason the calendar is giving me this issue then i stop that process n its ok for couple of hrs then it does the same thing:-(

what do you mean usb debugging is this an option?

Got it i will put the usb debuging and see what happens, will let you no... thanks

i'm having the same problem since this morning, but i got usb debugging already turned on :/

I have always stocks in 75% of cpu, but i dont use stocks.

clear the cache from all the calendar applications in the settings menu.

Trifidw said:
clear the cache from all the calendar applications in the settings menu.
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is there any way or app that would automatically clear calendar cache ?

the two apps you can use to clear cache
quick app clean cache (non rooted)
cachemate (rooted only)

hm, i cleaned cache with cachemate, and i'm still experiencing the same problem with 100% cpu after some time...
i'm using android revolution hd 1.9 rom...any similiar issues?

ixinho said:
hm, i cleaned cache with cachemate, and i'm still experiencing the same problem with 100% cpu after some time...
i'm using android revolution hd 1.9 rom...any similiar issues?
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no don't have calender problem as don't really use it.
have you cleared the data as well from calender app...if not do that as well.
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[Q]Default Home Screen?

I have a luncher pro installed. I selected as my default home screen app, it was working fine. Recently every time i press home button i get a window asking me to select default home screen application. It does that at random, even though i checked the box before selecting launcher pro.

You could try clearing the defaults, then set it again. Under Settings - Applications - Manage Applications, find all the launchers and use the Clear data option for each.

Does this happen mainly after a reset? Do you have a app killer? Something that auto clears your caches?
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f1vel66a said:
Does this happen mainly after a reset? Do you have a app killer? Something that auto clears your caches?
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I have a app killer, but i have set the program to be ignored. I also do have a auto cache clearer. Could that be causing the problem? aCCcleaner pro.

xplod420 said:
I have a app killer, but i have set the program to be ignored. I also do have a auto cache clearer. Could that be causing the problem? aCCcleaner pro.
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ATK's are BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD DO NOT USE THEM. 2.2 has them built them into the OS. this has been discussed numerous times.
That is most likely your problem, and you'll notice your battery life will go up as well.
cleaning the cache as nothing to do with. for it to ask you to use the phone is sutting down lancher pro, and removing the default settings, then it's starting back up on your own and since the phone doesn't know what launcher you want to use by default it's going to ask you.

I do have ATK, plus Process Manager. I will get rid of ATK see if it will fix the issue.

xplod420 said:
I do have ATK, plus Process Manager. I will get rid of ATK see if it will fix the issue.
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why are you using Process manager?

neidlinger said:
why are you using Process manager?
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Its something that i have always used, to kill the apps that i was not using. From the Nexus days. Do i not need it? I just don't want apps running in the background and killing my battery and processor. I also have SetSPU for that purpose.

xplod420 said:
Its something that i have always used, to kill the apps that i was not using. From the Nexus days. Do i not need it? I just don't want apps running in the background and killing my battery and processor. I also have SetSPU for that purpose.
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android phones are built off the linux shell.
Linux in nature are multitasking MONSTERS. when you are not using them they are setting dormant not using the processor and not using any resources. Applications in Linux will not run unless you tell them to. From reading the android market it looks like that app isn't running 24/7. But the ATK are constantly running looking for applications to kill, thus killing your battery in the process... On older 1.5 and 1.6 android and lower end units rocking 2.1 ATKs were acceptable, but not recommended, but on newer 2.2 and 2.3 units ATKs are not good.

Well I got rid of ATK, now left with Process Manager and SetCpu. Are you saying that I should get rid of those two as well?

xplod420 said:
Well I got rid of ATK, now left with Process Manager and SetCpu. Are you saying that I should get rid of those two as well?
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no, i'm not saying that in the least a-lot of people use set CPU, that just manages your CPU.
And Processor manager looks like it doesn't run 24/7. You can keep it, i just wouldn't use it unless you have to.

Thanks. We'll see how it goes with just those two running.

neidlinger said:
no, i'm not saying that in the least a-lot of people use set CPU, that just manages your CPU.
And Processor manager looks like it doesn't run 24/7. You can keep it, i just wouldn't use it unless you have to.
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Thanks for jumping in I got busy with work
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thanks for all the help

xplod420 said:
thanks for all the help
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i assume things are running smoother for you?

Download homeswitcher from the market.
And yea... Task killers are evil.
Eeevvviillllll
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neidlinger said:
i assume things are running smoother for you?
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yeap, i don't get that annoying pop up anymore asking me to choose the home launcher.

xplod420 said:
yeap, i don't get that annoying pop up anymore asking me to choose the home launcher.
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i figured ATK was the problem. the last time i ran an ATK i had CM4 on my Magic. When i went to CM5 i used Swapper2 to help with memory management, and from cm6 to cm7 i haven't needed anything at all to make this phone rock.

"com.motorola.providers.contacts" eating away battery.

My "com.motorola.providers.contacts" usage is always pretty damn high, with 15-20+ minutes of CPU time.
It always shows up high on the battery usage list.
A thread in the Motorola support forums for the Droid X states that "BlurPhotoDownloadService" eats away at battery life as well. I couldn't seem to find this process on the Atrix, so I'm assuming it's packaged into "com.motorola.providers.contacts".
Anyway, what does this process do?
Furthermore, how can I slow/stop it safely to save my precious battery?
Thanks!

Nobody else having this issue?

i think that process syncs your contacts from gmail or hotmail. you can disable it with titanium backup if you are rooted

Is it safe to freeze this process?

there are three our four apps associated with your phones contacts I think you can freeze 2 of them without losing your contacts. check the thread on what you can freeze or you can try it yourself. freezing these apps won't bricked your phone.
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neotekz said:
there are three our four apps associated with your phones contacts I think you can freeze 2 of them without losing your contacts. check the thread on what you can freeze or you can try it yourself. freezing these apps won't bricked your phone.
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Yup I figured that part out.
I checked the thread but couldn't find anything about com.motorola.providers.contacts. I'm not sure what to freeze to disable syncing.
Today, my phone died 30% in an hour because apparently Twitter had been syncing/using CPU time for 1.5hrs. I havn't opened the app in days either :/

there are other apps that sync and use up your battery. i disabled all email and social media sync and a few others.

neotekz said:
there are other apps that sync and use up your battery. i disabled all email and social media sync and a few others.
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Hmm alright, I'll freeze some of those mentioned on the list and report back.
Thanks!

running apps!

Hey i need help, i got this htc hd2 from a friend, even when its on idle every time i check my running apps i still see a lot of programs running!no data, sync off, wifi off!why is this so?
Hyperdroid cm7 magldr, thats my rom!any suggestions?
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dktabasa said:
Hey i need help, i got this htc hd2 from a friend, even when its on idle every time i check my running apps i still see a lot of programs running!no data, sync off, wifi off!why is this so?
Hyperdroid cm7 magldr, thats my rom!any suggestions?
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Why not just kill those apps? Plus, so long as they aren't causing high battery drain it really doesn't matter. Some things like FB, GMaps, Email etc. just pop up randomly even when auto-sync is off, but normally they don't affect the phone much at all.

try Autorun killers
Try using autorun kill apps, i'm using "Autostarts" and it's good , it organizes apps by events so you can decide which periods you want to kill apps totally, like afterstartup, duringstartup, .... etc.
i killed google play, Maps and eMail and some apps that launch at startup and it works fine
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dktabasa said:
Hey i need help, i got this htc hd2 from a friend, even when its on idle every time i check my running apps i still see a lot of programs running!no data, sync off, wifi off!why is this so?
Hyperdroid cm7 magldr, thats my rom!any suggestions?
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A lot of things are going to start up by themselves, it depends what is set at start use an autostart profram to disable some. But even so, when you kill an app, it sometimes force starts again because well its supposed to. YOu have to go into that program and remove every background service from it in the settings menu if you can. Also some apps are placed in the "empty applications" OOM grouping.. Androids memory management is really hard to fully understand.. the apps in empty applications group are pretty pointless. They do nothing. No CPU usage. THere is a webpage which greatly explains what each group does and i dont remember where it is -.- sorry just google "Android OOM groupings explained" and it should get you some results

Thanks so much for the responses guys!appreciate it
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