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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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!
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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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
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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
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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.
Hear reports that the new its update giveaway the 100% CPU usage problem back even with debugging on. Is this true?
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Have a look at post 165 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885030&page=17
Seems to do the trick for me! (so far anyways!)
had the same 100% cpu after OTA problem,tried almost everything im aware of (ending some tasks,reboots,unistalling apps) but nothing helped me,ended up with factory reseting twice and i got it solved for now.
been monitoring using system pannel and now its more stable.
No such issue for me with the update once everything completed syncing.
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Got this same problem now after update... constant 100% cpu usage, from watchtower it looks like its app called settings storage thats eating cpu time....
yeah for me it's com.android.providers.setings which is killing my battery.
100% in 4 hours!
darkblue68 said:
yeah for me it's com.android.providers.setings which is killing my battery.
100% in 4 hours!
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Guess i'm lucky, killed my battery in 6 and half hours
I just went into stock application manager, force stopped everything i wasnt interested in (sense, friendstream, facebook, stocks, etc). My cpu useage dropped from 100% to more typical 3 to 20% and has been fine since.
As i stopped so many applications i dont know which was the culprit.
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Sorry for basic question but how do you get CPU use %?
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I just went into stock application manager, force stopped everything i wasnt interested in (sense, friendstream, facebook, stocks, etc). My cpu useage dropped from 100% to more typical 3 to 20% and has been fine since.
As i stopped so many applications i dont know which was the culprit.
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worked for me too, closed htc sense dashboard and another sense app trought the stock app manager...
ImmediateModeService
I have killed the "ImmediateModeService" and now the CPU time is normal.
Which app is this? Someone has a solution for this error? Because always when i restart my DHD the same error comes back.
You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8966211&postcount=1
for me there is no more problem with this setting. I think that by killing applications the problem will be repeat again
gmdata said:
You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8966211&postcount=1
for me there is no more problem with this setting. I think that by killing applications the problem will be repeat again
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Do you think i must activate USB-Debugging? I have just activated, but theres always the same error.
gmdata said:
You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8966211&postcount=1
for me there is no more problem with this setting. I think that by killing applications the problem will be repeat again
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didnt make any difference on my phone, both usb debugging on and off the cpu usage stayed at 100%...
Clearing HTC sense data worked for me
utor99 said:
Clearing HTC sense data worked for me
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Me too! just went to settings - accounts and sync - htc sense - remove account.
CPU was back down to under 20%. Added htc sense again and still got nice low CPU usage.... sense still doesnt work to make the phone ring or find its location but happy that the phone works properly again.
Glad I got that sorted, thanks for the tip!!
It worked for me too. Thanks a lot gays.
gmdata said:
You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8966211&postcount=1
for me there is no more problem with this setting. I think that by killing applications the problem will be repeat again
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I can confirm the 100% cpu problem has not returned for me. I suspect that the update did not take into account the current sync status variables. If your phone was in a certain sync state when the ota applied it got stuck in a loop. Force stopping clears all temporary variables so returns the phone to the environment in which htc tested the update. So...the problem should not teturn if u force stop the right app. Similarly a hard reset should do the trick.
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If there are people who are still having CPU/Battery issues then you might want to take a look --> HERE
skullnubien has posted a small guide on how he solved it.
xozzx said:
Me too! just went to settings - accounts and sync - htc sense - remove account.
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Worked for me too
hi ,
I own a nexus 7 32 gig wifi only tab
it runs on stock JB 4.2.2
it was functioning perfectly until last week
suddenly the amount of battery drain was too high
with 8 hours the whole battery drained from 100 to 0%
in the battery stats "screen" was the highest battery consumer
i did a factory reset but still the problem persists
Now according to the battery stats,
google play magazine service is the highest batery drainer.. 89.2 %
i couldnt disable the service
I dont have any idea about how to proceed now with the issue... please help
Try uninstalling the updates to that app it should help
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emuman65 said:
Try uninstalling the updates to that app it should help
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i tried to locate the app in the app list but couldt find it
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i tried to locate the app in the app list but couldt find it
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try searching in the "All" tab rather than "Downloaded", this is because I think it comes preinstalled as a system app, rather than a separate download.
very weird that it is now using that much battery, are you trying to sync something constantly? Instead of uninstalling updates, try just clearing app data and cache if you don't use it.
in typical use, the screen is supposed to use the most battery, turn it to manual and set it to a lower value to use a little less.
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try searching in the "All" tab rather than "Downloaded", this is because I think it comes preinstalled as a system app, rather than a separate download.
very weird that it is now using that much battery, are you trying to sync something constantly? Instead of uninstalling updates, try just clearing app data and cache if you don't use it.
in typical use, the screen is supposed to use the most battery, turn it to manual and set it to a lower value to use a little less.
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Will do and get back with the results.. thanks
eddiehk6 said:
try searching in the "All" tab rather than "Downloaded", this is because I think it comes preinstalled as a system app, rather than a separate download.
very weird that it is now using that much battery, are you trying to sync something constantly? Instead of uninstalling updates, try just clearing app data and cache if you don't use it.
in typical use, the screen is supposed to use the most battery, turn it to manual and set it to a lower value to use a little less.
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am confused now
after returning from work i checked the battery stats
i got two kind of results, one from "battery " in settings page and one from battery doctor
according to inbuilt "battery" stats screen was the highest consumer of battery
but according to battery doctor android operating sys is the highest
pls find the attached screenshots
still the battery drain exists... please help
Need some help. Since the last update from whatsapp (2days ago) my n4 won't go into deepsleep cause of whatsapp. What can i do beside deleting whatsapp?
Thanks for your help.
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Chintao said:
Need some help. Since the last update from whatsapp (2days ago) my n4 won't go into deepsleep cause of whatsapp. What can i do beside deleting whatsapp?
Thanks for your help.
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Use Greenify
Chintao said:
Need some help. Since the last update from whatsapp (2days ago) my n4 won't go into deepsleep cause of whatsapp. What can i do beside deleting whatsapp?
Thanks for your help.
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Go to settings, scroll down to accounts, tap on whatsapp. There you can turn off contacts synchronization, which is causing the wakelocks.
It will not interfere with your messages as this only sycs your contacts.
Do check once in a while if it stays of as with me it sometimes turns on automatically
Thanks for your help. I will try it
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Bram89 said:
Go to settings, scroll down to accounts, tap on whatsapp. There you can turn off contacts synchronization, which is causing the wakelocks.
It will not interfere with your messages as this only sycs your contacts.
Do check once in a while if it stays of as with me it sometimes turns on automatically
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I'll give this a shot. I was shocked to see that Whatsapp was keeping my phone awake for more than 7 hours over the course of a day. Thanks.
I AM having this problem too. My auto sync is already offline and I still get a huge amount of wakelocks.
What else can I do?
after opening whatsapp..just go to settings->apps-> whtsapp.. and click force close.. u wil have no wakelocks
Try and find the previous apk.
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after opening whatsapp..just go to settings->apps-> whtsapp.. and click force close.. u wil have no wakelocks
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Having the same issue... Don't think that's the best solution - using your method, I'll have to do this everytime I finish conversation.
Nexus 4 @ stock 4.2.2
Alex_Dreyk said:
Use Greenify
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Greenify will probably "kill" message notifications?
My problem went away after I installed the newest version off their website.
@clankfu,
Thanks, will try it. Seems that Play has 2.10.*** and the latest on their website is 2.11.***
Had this issue with website versions weeks and months ago. Might be that the bug came into the playstore version (although I don't have any issues right now)
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Having the same issue... Don't think that's the best solution - using your method, I'll have to do this everytime I finish conversation.
Nexus 4 @ stock 4.2.2
Greenify will probably "kill" message notifications?
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It will take it to sleep mode.
I see this once in a while and it'd be good to understand WTF is going on. Why does it take a full 5 minute wakelock?
I'm not even sure if its the contacts sync because I clicked on Whatsapp in the Android Settings menu and it showed that the last sync was at 7pm last night. Yet this morning I had a 5-6 minute wakelock. I unchecked and rechecked and it completed the sync in a second or two.
download LLama or Tasker and you can create a task so that when you are backing out of whats app it will FC it for you. I do this with some system apps that stay open longer than I would like. Although its not the way Android may want it its what I do
specify the tasker profile
playya said:
download LLama or Tasker and you can create a task so that when you are backing out of whats app it will FC it for you. I do this with some system apps that stay open longer than I would like. Although its not the way Android may want it its what I do
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could you specify the way you do this on tasker? will this action stop the notifications in new message?
Does somebody know why my device iddle is hogging my battery?
Installed wake lock detector app, and everything seems fine. Only syncing whatsapp, Facebook, email, Google. But disabled almost every push notifications, even on Facebook....
Using wanam 1.4, latest Adam kernel...
Help
Thanks
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Does somebody know why my device iddle is hogging my battery?
Installed wake lock detector app, and everything seems fine. Only syncing whatsapp, Facebook, email, Google. But disabled almost every push notifications, even on Facebook....
Using wanam 1.4, latest Adam kernel...
Help
Thanks
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Google apps syncing are battery hoggs, especialy Chrome bro. Also Loaction service uses lot of power. I always have gps turned off unless i need it.
Well, I always have my gps off... I sync fewest things as possible, just the basic stuff...
Same settings as my old S3, but the S3 had a much better battery life.
Still trying to figure out why device idle is hogging my battery.
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