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RAM saver, disable facebook uploadmanager service

Okay, guys, I was noticing new version of facebook has an uplaodmanager service running, nice for uploading photos from phone but time to time I noticed it was eating RAM upto ~34MBs (it can show you also 6MBs but as I said I have seen many times upto 34MBs), a lot for a service and don't use this service.
Titanium backup can't freeze service, as far as I have explored, may be overlooked.
To disable the service (stopping it does not work as it started automatically after some time)
Only for rooted phone (enable usb debugging first)
1. Go to terminal emulator
2. type su to get super user permissions
3. then type and hit enter
pm disable com.facebook.katana/com.facebook.katana.service.UploadManager
4. off you go
it might be started again on next reboot hence should be disabled again or make a script widget to run it.
It worked for me, may be there is a better way if so please share or use above.

thanks man

GreenSGS said:
It worked for me, may be there is a better way if so please share or use above.
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make a shortcut in your desktop of running services and click and stop services

I use titanium backup to freeze facebook, I then defrost it before I use it, saves lot of memory, I also disable voodoo saving more!
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In my case com.facebook.katana was killing my battery, I disabled FB sync and now battery life is back to normal.

GreenSGS said:
Okay, guys, I was noticing new version of facebook has an uplaodmanager service running, nice for uploading photos from phone but time to time I noticed it was eating RAM upto ~34MBs (it can show you also 6MBs but as I said I have seen many times upto 34MBs), a lot for a service and don't use this service.
Titanium backup can't freeze service, as far as I have explored, may be overlooked.
To disable the service (stopping it does not work as it started automatically after some time)
Only for rooted phone (enable usb debugging first)
1. Go to terminal emulator
2. type su to get super user permissions
3. then type and hit enter
pm disable com.facebook.katana/com.facebook.katana.service.UploadManager
4. off you go
it might be started again on next reboot hence should be disabled again or make a script widget to run it.
It worked for me, may be there is a better way if so please share or use above.
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I just did it...let me observe :fingers-crossed:
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insaf_mohd said:
I just did it...let me observe :fingers-crossed:
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I think it disables once the command issued but comes back once FB is run again or after rebooting the phone...i am watching wakelock detector and facebook.katana is there
Any tips on how to create that script widget ......noob around :angel:

insaf_mohd said:
I just did it...let me observe :fingers-crossed:
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I think it disables once the command issued but comes back once FB is run again or after rebooting the phone...i am watching wakelock detector and facebook.katana is there
Any tips on how to create that script widget ......noob around :angel:
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Or u can simply use an app called " Disable Service" from Play store and untick that service....
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gsw5700 said:
I use titanium backup to freeze facebook, I then defrost it before I use it, saves lot of memory, I also disable voodoo saving more!
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You can also use greenify and hibernate it.... Greenify will do all the stuff automatically....

Greenify now working without ROOT!

As quoted on their v2.0 update,
What's New
v2.0 (rolling out)
Greenify now works on non-root devices! Try out the non-root working mode (without automatic hibernation due to privilege restriction).
Shortcut "Hibernate All" can now be created also from main menu in Greenify.
Greatly improved the stability of auto-hibernation service, especially on Android 4.4+.
Bugfixes.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify

Now if only they can get TiBu to work without root, I'd no longer have a reason to root my device..
Let me decide which apps / carrier bloat I want on my device (read: none of it).

Seems like I still can't hibernate some apps. I can't get it to work.
Sent from my C6903

Excellent but you need to close apps
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that is really good news, but what does automatic hibernation do?

ahomad said:
that is really good news, but what does automatic hibernation do?
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Automatic hibernation, automatically hibernate apps that you manually set to hibernate?
Oh yeah, guys, they are still rolling out the v2.0, I still have 1.99 so it still doesn't work.

rpcherrera said:
Automatic hibernation, automatically hibernate apps that you manually set to hibernate?
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automatically hibernate what I already manually hibernated? I am sure that there is something missing
or do you mean that it will re-hibernate the apps after opening them or restarting the device?

ahomad said:
automatically hibernate what I already manually hibernated? I am sure that there is something missing
or do you mean that it will re-hibernate the apps after opening them or restarting the device?
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Yes, it will re-hibernate the apps after opening or after using them. BUT auto-hibernation doesn't work with non-rooted phones.
Still waiting for the v2.00

Totally unusable without rooting.
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Only useful to stop battery drain if you know u will be without a charger four a long number of hours.
Otherwise more hassle than its worth.
What does the paid version give you? And is it worth it.

sveintore said:
Totally unusable without rooting.
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Mine is working and my Z1 is not rooted, it just ask to force stop the application first, then it will hibernate the app. Check it again.
MSK1 said:
Only useful to stop battery drain if you know u will be without a charger four a long number of hours.
Otherwise more hassle than its worth.
What does the paid version give you? And is it worth it.
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Well, if you have any unwanted apps that runs on the background and eats the juice of your battery, greenify will put them to sleep.

rpcherrera said:
Well, if you have any unwanted apps that runs on the background and eats the juice of your battery, greenify will put them to sleep.
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My point is that it's more hassle to do all the force closing than recharging more frequently.
The only time it's really helpful is if u will be without a charger for a really really long time and you have no choice but to slow down battery drain.

I have root and Paid Greenify, my Battery is amazing and Paid Version adds nice Features.

MSK1 said:
Only useful to stop battery drain if you know u will be without a charger four a long number of hours.
Otherwise more hassle than its worth.
What does the paid version give you? And is it worth it.
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Paid is awesome - hibernated AND still get push notifications.

Best app for saving battery
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Once all apps are force closed by the app... The drain is almost zero.

There is an option to automate it
MSK1 said:
My point is that it's more hassle to do all the force closing than recharging more frequently.
The only time it's really helpful is if u will be without a charger for a really really long time and you have no choice but to slow down battery drain.
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There is an option to automate it (for non rooted). You still have to select the "hibernate now" manually but it will then automatically force close all the apps selected by you for greenifying..I have had this since about 3 months or so. It works only on my Xperia Z1 but not on my Galaxy Tab (GT-P3113) (which is on 4.2.2)

Beautyspin said:
There is an option to automate it (for non rooted). You still have to select the "hibernate now" manually but it will then automatically force close all the apps selected by you for greenifying..I have had this since about 3 months or so. It works only on my Xperia Z1 but not on my Galaxy Tab (GT-P3113) (which is on 4.2.2)
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Yes.
I use it frequently now.
That's a pretty useful add-on. It's turned a useless app into a useful one.

ExistenZ Marshmallow problems and solutions

Our beloved developer @niaboc79 is getting very tired of people always asking the same questions and posting their problems in the development topic of his rom.
So I decided to make this topic in the "general" section of the forum where people can post about their problems and hopefully some solutions, in the hopes that it will help him and the people having problems at the same time.
Whenever a cause or a solution for a problem is found, I will put it in the second post, right underneath this one.
I want to make clear that I'm not an expert and cannot help much myself, I will just collect and centralize information, and I'm in no way affiliated with @niaboc79 and his work, and do absolutely not deserve any credits for his work.
Also there is no guarantee that the information I collect and post in the second post will be a solution for your problem even if it has apparently worked for other people with similar symptoms.
I invite everyone that uses his rom to share helpful information here. (please)

Firstly ; a copy of the FAQ that @niaboc79 posted himself. You should read it before asking questions.
niaboc79 said:
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How to flash the DRM fix and avoid loosing of recovery
A:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67111204&postcount=1169
Q: Hey, that thing doesn't work!
A: Check if there isn't an (*) at the right of setting description, that means that you must restart SystemUI.
If it is not the case, try to enable/disable option a few time and reboot or read thread to find an answer.
Q: Why is there greyed options in eXistenZ settings!
A: These otions aren't available yet.
Q: Weather isn't working on lockscreen or in expanded status bar...
A: Go in settings/eXistenZ/Notification Panel/Weather Settings;
Press on Weather panel icon, then on Display weather switch;
Select OpenWeatherMap as Weather source;
Use Custom Location;
Set your Location
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Recovery access problems:
-Don't update busybox
-Don't update Kernel
-Don't flash DRM fix (see FAQ)
If you haven't done one of the above, you should be able to enter recovery by pressing volume down (repeatedly) while starting up the phone.
If you did do one of the above, simply reflash the rom.
Note: since version 4.7 (or alternatively version 3.9) lag is no longer appearing in the rom. If you do witness lag on 4.7 (3.9) there is probably something that you have done that is causing it. Check and double check your apps and settings before trying other solutions in that case!
Lag problems:
-Update to rom version 4.7 (or 3.9 for the rom based on the beta firmware)
-Follow the instructions posted here on rom version prior to 4.7 (3.9)
If you still witness lag after that:
-After installing, give the rom some time to settle, it has to index all your files and the memory management still has to find out what apps (you) are running. This takes a long time (depending on your usage) so give it some days.
-Some xposed modules and Greenify are known causes. Disable that if you use them and see if the lag still persists. If it is gone, you can find the exact module/setting that is the cause by disabling just one module/setting at a time and try if the lag has gone. (this also counts for other problems by the way)
-Stamina mode makes the phone slower as it lowers processor speed etc. Turn it off and check if the lag has gone.
-Many (also popular) apps use quite a lot of system ressources even if you aren't using them. You could uninstall your apps, then reinstall them one at a time, use the phone a bit to check if the lag came back, if not install the next app, and so on until you find the app that is making your phone lag/behave weird.
-Never restore a titanium backup (or similar) when coming from a lollipop rom. There are several differences between lollipop and marshmallow so you risk to restore incompatible stuff.
-Activating blur in recents causes lag (v 3.5, should be solved with the next update of the rom) Fixed in final version
Profile picture (top right of status bar) won't remain after reboot:
-Open the contacts app and go to the first contact (that should contain info about you, and no image) and choose the picture you would like to see in stead of the blue user icon (click on the pencil and then on the image)
Now the image for the user switch in the status bar has been changed too, and it will stick after reboot.
Switch user causes a crash of the beta feedback app and doesn't work
-Remove beta feedback app
You can now switch users, although the system will crash/reboot, it does switch. (will be fixed in a future release of the rom) Fixed in final version

Reserved for later use

i have a problem...
using v 3.5 existance and when i open camera then navigation bar does not showing.. any help?

Ab.Shaheen said:
i have a problem...
using v 3.5 existance and when i open camera then navigation bar does not showing.. any help?
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Are you using the default camera app? Do you use a theme?

Knutselmaaster said:
Are you using the default camera app? Do you use a theme?
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am using default camera..
it also does not works on previous versions of existanc marshmallow..
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Ab.Shaheen said:
am using default camera..
it also does not works on previous versions of existanc marshmallow..
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i just checked on another camera app... but same result....
not showing there also..

Did you try another theme?
Did you try cleaning all data of the camera app(s)?

systemUI and lock screen are very laggy i tried clean install didnt work also dirty one and had same resualts and thats the only issure i ever faced using this rom since lolipop

Knutselmaaster said:
Are you using the default camera app? Do you use a theme?
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nope default camera iam using.....which comes in existenz v3.5

rudhraraj said:
nope default camera iam using.....which comes in existenz v3.5
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Knutselmaaster said:
Did you try another theme?
Did you try cleaning all data of the camera app(s)?
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xRevengerZee said:
systemUI and lock screen are very laggy i tried clean install didnt work also dirty one and had same resualts and thats the only issure i ever faced using this rom since lolipop
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Did you check the the lag part of the second post?

I tried all of what u mentioned but tonight i flashd xperia x system ui v1.5 and that made every thing smooth like never before also i dont have any mods installed but problem is after installing the other system ui now existenz feature dont work

xRevengerZee said:
No send me link please
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The second post of this topic right here...

i did try to reflash the rom after upgrading busybox, but i just cant find a way to flash zip file through pc.
is there a way to flash the rom without flashing back to stock?

Maybe this will work
But if you have problems, there is nothing better than starting from scratch and do a clean install imo

Good morning guys
Any idea of what the hell is making Android OS drink my battery like a martini?
Sent from my Sony D6503 using XDA Labs

FellipeSilvaRJ said:
Good morning guys
Any idea of what the hell is making Android OS drink my battery like a martini?
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By just looking at that image, not really.
I see that you haven't used your phone much during the time of the picture, so no apps are using battery, nor your screen. That automatically makes the operating system the most consuming thing, as it is needed to keep the phone running.

FellipeSilvaRJ said:
Good morning guys
Any idea of what the hell is making Android OS drink my battery like a martini?
Sent from my Sony D6503 using XDA Labs
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By just looking at that image, not really.
I see that you haven't used your phone much during the time of the picture, so no apps are using battery, nor your screen. That automatically makes the operating system the most consuming thing, as it is needed to keep the phone running.
Click on the app to see what is consuming (radio, processing.... ) if it is the radio, maybe you had very bad connection. If it's the process that prevents the processor going to sleep you should try to find out what is running all the time.

Knutselmaaster said:
By just looking at that image, not really.
I see that you haven't used your phone much during the time of the picture, so no apps are using battery, nor your screen. That automatically makes the operating system the most consuming thing, as it is needed to keep the phone running.
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Actually, I take at least 7 pictures with Camera FV-5/ 7 with stock app, with screen brightness full. Used WhatsApp and Telegram too, normally these apps and screen should be on top of the list. I have no idea of what the hell I do :silly:
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FellipeSilvaRJ said:
Actually, I take at least 7 pictures with Camera FV-5/ 7 with stock app, with screen brightness full. Used WhatsApp and Telegram too, normally these apps and screen should be on top of the list. I have no idea of what the hell I do :silly:
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F***ing 457mAh, there's something really wrong here
Sent from my Sony D6503 using XDA Labs

No notifications over night

I wake up with a blank lockscreen but when I go into Texta, Snapchat, Messenger, Inbox there are new things there.
I am using Greenify but those apps are not hibernated. Doze is on. Could that be it?

xgerryx said:
I wake up with a blank lockscreen but when I go into Texta, Snapchat, Messenger, Inbox there are new things there.
I am using Greenify but those apps are not hibernated. Doze is on. Could that be it?
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I've experienced that in my Gmail app.
Even the eSports app.
My OP5 is not rooted.. so far...
Nor do I have any greenify app.. so far...
I'm leaning on thinking it's the Doze.

Yes it is. Have to go into the apps that I have to have notifications for and have them not be optimized. -Settings-Battery-Battery Optimization, then click whichever app I HAVE to have notifications for (Gmail, Hangouts, etc) and then make them not be optimized. I have never had this issue on any other phone so it must be OxygenOS. It will even get rid of notifications that have been showing. I have seen Gmail notifications disappear on many occasions as I am looking at the notification. I have searched the OnePlus forums and this apparently has been an issue in OOS for QUITE awhile. I am AMAZED it is still an issue. OOS even prevents my weather app from showing notifications initially until I go in and have the OS not optimize app. I use Today Weather. Again... BAFFLING that this is still an issue... And I have seen NO ONE until you mention it in this forum....
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By the way I am using xXx No Limits 2.4. I have used FreedomOS and stock. I don't remember it EVERY working correctly on my OnePlus 5.

thevirgonian said:
Yes it is. Have to go into the apps that I have to have notifications for and have them not be optimized. -Settings-Battery-Battery Optimization, then click whichever app I HAVE to have notifications for (Gmail, Hangouts, etc) and then make them not be optimized. I have never had this issue on any other phone so it must be OxygenOS. It will even get rid of notifications that have been showing. I have seen Gmail notifications disappear on many occasions as I am looking at the notification. I have searched the OnePlus forums and this apparently has been an issue in OOS for QUITE awhile. I am AMAZED it is still an issue. OOS even prevents my weather app from showing notifications initially until I go in and have the OS not optimize app. I use Today Weather. Again... BAFFLING that this is still an issue... And I have seen NO ONE until you mention it in this forum....
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By the way I am using xXx No Limits 2.4. I have used FreedomOS and stock. I don't remember it EVERY working correctly on my OnePlus 5.
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When I woke up and saw them missing for the 3rd day in a row, I did the same thing as you actually. I am also on xXx ROM. Maybe that's the reason? I didnt have this problem when I was flashing stock updates instead of the ROM updates for 4.5.x, etc.

xgerryx said:
When I woke up and saw them missing for the 3rd day in a row, I did the same thing as you actually. I am also on xXx ROM. Maybe that's the reason? I didnt have this problem when I was flashing stock updates instead of the ROM updates for 4.5.x, etc.
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Hmmmm...so you flashed stock updates to xXx?

thevirgonian said:
Hmmmm...so you flashed stock updates to xXx?
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Clean flashed xXx of course. But dirty flashed the Stock OTA updates.

Rcs services draining too much battery

Anyone else has this problem?

santr33 said:
Anyone else has this problem?
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Yeah i also facing that

Me too facing this issue, it drains more than 20% of the battery. Feeling like cheated after updating to 8.0

Yes me too facing same. Its basically Android System sometimes renamed rcs service.
But on nougat we were not facing this issue.
Any fixes.?

This is just a bug in the charts. not draining any battery. Same goes for Bluetooth did a test last night connecting the bt with 50% battery left and this morning the charts shows like 4000000 mAh obviously way more than the battery itself

Gadox said:
This is just a bug in the charts. not draining any battery. Same goes for Bluetooth did a test last night connecting the bt with 50% battery left and this morning the charts shows like 4000000 mAh obviously way more than the battery itself
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Can you share screenshot please.

I have this the first day of Oreo. Did a factory reset and till now no issues..

Venkatesh55 said:
Can you share screenshot please.
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Here is an example with 80% battery left
https://photos.app.goo.gl/UhWApDWWFRJoSEJM2

I don't think it's just bug in the chart, screen on time has reduced by around 1 hour after update.

I had filed bug report for this and I got solution that "Settings -> Google -> App preview messages and turn it of" and it did work.
ref.
http://en.miui.com/thread-1431056-1-1.html
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Venkatesh55 said:
Yes me too facing same. Its basically Android System sometimes renamed rcs service.
But on nougat we were not facing this issue.
Any fixes.?
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Settings -> Google -> App preview messages and turn it off

Ppfawade said:
I had filed bug report for this and I got solution that "Settings -> Google -> App preview messages and turn it of" and it did work.
ref.
http://en.miui.com/thread-1431056-1-1.html
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Settings -> Google -> App preview messages and turn it off
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Will try. thank you

Ppfawade said:
I had filed bug report for this and I got solution that "Settings -> Google -> App preview messages and turn it of" and it did work.
ref.
http://en.miui.com/thread-1431056-1-1.html
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Settings -> Google -> App preview messages and turn it off
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Didn't work for me.Still Rcs wins the race..lol

There is some mess in stats, RCS contains many processes/packages, among them also Android system. This is why we don't see Android system anymore, but RCS instead. It must be fixed by Xiaomi.

Venkatesh55 said:
Didn't work for me.Still Rcs wins the race..lol
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RCS or Phone?
Icon shows RCS but app name is Phone.
Maybe both are part of same app but different services. If this is the case everyone has this problem or maybe its not a problem at all.
RCS stand for "Rich Communication service" wherein both calling parties are aware of each others presence and device capabilities etc. and your carrier shall also support this.

Factory reseted the phone and turned off app preview messages still rcs service is present.?

After turning off app preview messages RCS service is not longer present. Thanks buddy!!
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_mysiak_ said:
There is some mess in stats, RCS contains many processes/packages, among them also Android system. This is why we don't see Android system anymore, but RCS instead. It must be fixed by Xiaomi.
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I don't think so. Mine was showing both Android system and RCS service. After turning off that option RCS service gone away.

ojetepicor said:
I don't think so. Mine was showing both Android system and RCS service. After turning off that option RCS service gone away.
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I still think so, on mine phone, in Gsam battery, RCS Phone consumes the most battery and one of its packages is Android system. But you are right that RCS Service is gone and I don't have always running stock messaging app anymore (I'm using Textra due to nasty bug of stock messaging app when it doesn't show and store random incoming SMS messages).

This is a bug with Google play services. If you turn off background data for Android system it will start showing up as RCS service in battery usage instead of Android system. Looks more like a problem with Android 8.0. Google play services with same version on Android 7 is not causing as much battery drain.
Let's wait for Android 8.1 with Jan security patch.

Update to latest January patch. Android system is not draining as much battery now.

Problem turned out after march security update. I have tried to turn off app message preview but it doesn't work.