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[Q] SMS Count Wrong

The stock text messaging app always shows 1 unread message on its icon. It's very annoying and I can't find a way to make it go away. Go SMS makes you buy the premium app to sync facebook photos and Handcent is ugly as sin and doesn't seem to handle FB pics either. Only the stack app does this right, so I want to use it. but I can't get the unread count to go away. Has anyone else had this problem?

powerdoesntrun said:
The stock text messaging app always shows 1 unread message on its icon. It's very annoying and I can't find a way to make it go away. Go SMS makes you buy the premium app to sync facebook photos and Handcent is ugly as sin and doesn't seem to handle FB pics either. Only the stack app does this right, so I want to use it. but I can't get the unread count to go away. Has anyone else had this problem?
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I've seen reports of this problem on other forums. Solution there was a factory reset unfortunately.
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I saw that somewhere, too. Every time I see that as the solution, I just shake my head.
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No problems here. Instead if going straight to factory resets you can try force stopping it and restarting it in app settings
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melo563 said:
No problems here. Instead if going straight to factory resets you can try force stopping it and restarting it in app settings
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Good idea he could also try clearing cache and deleting settings for the messaging app.
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Unfortunately, I already tried those things and no dice. Well done, Motorola :-/
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checking in... same issue.
My issue is not so persistent but still noticeable. I considered it an annoyance but becoming more and more disheartening.. I haven't pain close enough attention as of yet but will begin to. That being said, grain of salt here.. seems to be happening mostly when a text comes in while plugged into my pc via usb. The missed messages indicator seems to go away after viewing (of course) then letting ten or so minutes pass..
As stated tho, i haven't been paying enough attention to it to say these are solid observations.

Even though you'd have to redo your home screens, this is better than a factory reset - but clearing the data on the stock launcher should get rid of that.

Device iddle

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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pride_kr said:
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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Lock screen problem after calling someone

After I called someone, I got this bug that is bothering me when I have I unlock my phone .I think it has to do with the pandora app. Please help
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I have the same issue and I'm trying to figure it out. I suppose we can help each other narrow it down. Are you able to reproduce this? So far I haven't figured out how to make it happen and thought it only happens randomly. The only way I figured out how to get rid of it is by pressing pause then unlocking the phone.
Next time you get this, post a list of running apps.
Last time this happened to me what I had running was:
Settings
Facebook
Messenger
MightyText
8tracks
Accuweather
Pandora
Media
ExchangeServices
GooglePlayServices
GoogleServices
Gmail
When I killed the MightyText app the lockscreen bug went away. You wouldn't happen to have MightyText on your phone, would you? Or something that syncs your SMS's and phonecalls to a tablet.
My suggestion is to recreate the bug then go through your Running Apps list one-by-one until you disable the app that is causing this.

Somehow it went away after I used the clean master
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[Guide] Enable Developer Options and extend battery life

This is very simple to do and I've found it helpful in conserving my battery life.
1. Open up Settings>General>About Phone
2. Scroll down to "Build Number" and keep tapping it until it says that Developer options has been enabled.
3. Hit the return button and now navigate to Settings>General>Developer options
4. Turn Developer options on
5. Scroll to the bottom and check "Do not keep activities"
6. Tap on "Limit background processes" and select "No background processes"
Thats it!
Note: Some apps like Netflix wont work if "Do not keep activities" is checked.
I've done this on plenty of phones and its helped with the battery life on all of them.
Let me know if helps with your battery life (and dont forget to hit that thanks button )

tyiphius said:
This is very simple to do and I've found it helpful in conserving my battery life.
1. Open up Settings>General>About Phone
2. Scroll down to "Build Number" and keep tapping it until it says that Developer options has been enabled.
3. Hit the return button and now navigate to Settings>General>Developer options
4. Turn Developer options on
5. Scroll to the bottom and check "Do not keep activities"
6. Tap on "Limit background processes" and select "No background processes"
Thats it!
Note: Some apps like Netflix wont work if "Do not keep activities" is checked.
I've done this on plenty of phones and its helped with the battery life on all of them.
Let me know if helps with your battery life (and dont forget to hit that thanks button )
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I wonder if i change limit background process to no background process does the app will turn off if I open the other app? And will app need notification like email or whatapp no longer working? Thanks

It's odd that developer mode/options were already enabled on mine and yours weren't.
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jtmj06 said:
It's odd that developer mode/options were already enabled on mine and yours weren't.
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Att model didn't have it, that was the first thing I did after getting the phone.
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This could end up draining more battery. Normally things are held in ram so they start up faster, if you have to copy something to ram every time you run it opposed to it already being there, you are going using more cpu power which means using more battery.

designgears said:
This could end up draining more battery. Normally things are held in ram so they start up faster, if you have to copy something to ram every time you run it opposed to it already being there, you are going using more cpu power which means using more battery.
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I agree, if you rarely use the phone, it might be a good option. For most of us here, allowing apps to stay cached will help performance and constant re-loads, especially considering that there is plenty of RAM.

designgears said:
This could end up draining more battery. Normally things are held in ram so they start up faster, if you have to copy something to ram every time you run it opposed to it already being there, you are going using more cpu power which means using more battery.
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Agreed. I went ahead and did this just for grins, and everything was slower because nothing stayed up in the background. I'll take the hit in battery life (if there is one) for better performance.
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if youre an average user DO NOT DO THIS
if youre getting an android for your grandmother, then do this

I guess I'm not an average user....
I just use the phone for a few social networks, internet browsing, checking bank info and for tweaks/mods. Hell, I still dont know how to use half the features of this phone (I know I'll never use them lol)
Thank You to everyone who replied!

Thanks OP for trying to help. but from my experience. this will make more problems then good. plus all the redraws it would cause from things constantly being killed. would be annoying and cause lag as well. but if it works good for u then cool

daddioj said:
Thanks OP for trying to help. but this will make more problems then good. plus all the redraws it would cause from things constantly being killed. would be annoying and cause lag as well. but if it works good for u then cool
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Agreed! Looks like its doing more "harm" than good for most people. I thought I was an "average" user, but I guess I'm not normal

I thought that doing that will ultimately result in draining more battery because of stuff being stored in the RAM
EDIT: After reading post ahead of me (using an app to view this so it only showed the OP and not the comments) I see that I was right lol

I guess I'm another heretic as I also find killing the background processes most of the time saves battery life. The key is whether it is an app you use infrequently and whether the background process engages in polling - especially useless phone home kind of stuff you don't want it to do anyway. In either case I've found it's better to just kill the app's background processes.
Try an experiment: check your battery level before bed and in the morning 7 - 8 hours later with all your background processes running as you normally do, to get your percentage loss. Then do the same the next night after Force Stopping all active app processes that are shown by a 3rd party Task Manager (the native one doesn't show you them). Compare.
This is useful to know because this is what your phone leaks in full sleep mode (if in fact your background processes actually let your phone sleep!) I get 0 to 2% per night loss depending on how strong and steady my LTE signal is, though of course a lot of other factors and settings come in to play. YMMV. Btw, I haven't tried the OP's method but I will. Thanks!
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Unfortunately the "Do not keep activities" option doesn't allow the back button to function within an app - as soon as you touch it, it kills the whole app, so it doesn't do what I had hoped, (ie I agree with the consensus that it is useless).
However if anyone knows how to trigger a "Force Stop" (nuke) of the active app so that its background processes are killed as well with one button push, I would be grateful to hear it.
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Anything pulled from storage takes more drain on battery compared to pulling from ram. Just remember that.
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GPS keeps turning on

My GPS keeps turning on randomly. I have location services and such turned off, but they keep turning back on. Anyone know what's causing it, or how I could track down if an app is doing it?
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Thanks Christ for create this thread as I am about to post the same question.
It has happened in the last couple days. I wouldn't say 100% but surely 98% every time I turn the screen on, there is "searching for GPS" pops up.
It keeps running for from a few seconds to minute then turns back off.
Yes, I DID set to disable GPS.
Does anyway we can figure out which app is actually searching for GPS, gurus?

Facebook does for me and I don't know how to prevent that **** from doing so.
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Just disable Location in FB/Messenger app.

vPro97 said:
Facebook does for me and I don't know how to prevent that **** from doing so.
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How do you know it's the FB?

It used to search for gps whenever I received a Facebook notification. It might not be the same issues for you. What about the weather widget?
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I don't set any notification ON and FB isn't running at all.
I suspect the G+ but don't know for sure.
Weather widget is not a culprit.

For me, it was Carrier IQ. Once I disabled that, my random GPS wakes stopped.

redpirate8 said:
For me, it was Carrier IQ. Once I disabled that, my random GPS wakes stopped.
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Took the words right out of my mouth

redpirate8 said:
For me, it was Carrier IQ. Once I disabled that, my random GPS wakes stopped.
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Sounds reasonable but I do have CIQ enable from day one w/o any issue.
It just happens in the last couple of days. Maybe 2014 isn't the year for me?

Maybe GSam Battery Monitor can help pinpoint which app is causing the GPS wakes. Or Wakelock Detector.

I also have been noticing the location icon popping up on my status bar every now and then. I cant find what app is triggering it. I dont see cIQ in my application manager to disable it...
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Running Applications > Android System > IQ Agent Service. Hit stop there and then hit stop for Android System. You'll have to do that at each boot unless you're rooted. If you're rooted, you can use System Tuner.

Here's my shots.
This is probably directly related to the issue or NOT.
Clearly, Location Manager Service goes crazy.
What it is is yet to figure out.

At one point, I saw Google Messaging Service kicked on so I turned off Hangouts SMS feature and along with a reboot, my battery is now better but the "searching for GPS " still pops up.

Is location services turned off also in Google Settings and Maps?

redpirate8 said:
Is location services turned off also in Google Settings and Maps?
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Absolutely YES

Those photos... completely baffling. Wow. My guess would be all the recommendations above and going through all apps requiring location and disabling it.

Could try Greenify. I use it. It hibernates apps so they won't run until you tell them to