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Gallery App Battery Drain

Hey Everyone,
I saw a post about what i'm having issues with a few weeks ago, but I can't seem to find it. Essentially this what my problem with my Galaxy 10.1 32gig (stock wallpaper) with the new touchwiz update from a few weeks ago is:
The gallery app is killing my battery life. I charge from a dead battery to full, turn on the tablet, and let it sit over night, i lose 40%+ of the battery and i check the battery usage and the majority of it is because of the Gallery App (note, i never "used" it, its just running in the background).
This is a new problem (like 3-4 weeks), before i would lose just a couple of percent overnight, but now its just ridiculous.
EDIT: From what i remember of the other post, someone had mentioned that the gallery app is constantly monitoring rotation so its draining the battery? not quite sure
Thoughts? (I'm pretty darn sure its not my wallpaper as i've never changed it and this is a new issue)
I'm thinking about rma'ing the thing, its just pretty much unusable because the battery is dead so soon.
I'll also point out that i tried the battery recalibration that was posted here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1215182&page=1)
Thanks!

blackbird2150 said:
Hey Everyone,
I saw a post about what i'm having issues with a few weeks ago, but I can't seem to find it. Essentially this what my problem with my Galaxy 10.1 32gig (stock wallpaper) with the new touchwiz update from a few weeks ago is:
The gallery app is killing my battery life. I charge from a dead battery to full, turn on the tablet, and let it sit over night, i lose 40%+ of the battery and i check the battery usage and the majority of it is because of the Gallery App (note, i never "used" it, its just running in the background).
This is a new problem (like 3-4 weeks), before i would lose just a couple of percent overnight, but now its just ridiculous.
PP
EDIT: From what i remember of the other post, someone had mentioned that the gallery app is constantly monitoring rotation so its draining the battery? not quite sure
Thoughts? (I'm pretty darn sure its not my wallpaper as i've never changed it and this is a new issue)
I'm thinking about rma'ing the thing, its just pretty much unusable because the battery is dead so soon.
I'll also point out that i tried the battery recalibration that was posted here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1215182&page=1)
Thanks!
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I only have high gallery battery usage after a fresh flash of the rom, on my tab as well as on my SGS2! this is because the gallery app indices your pictures, as well as creating thumbnails...
so if you have lots of pictutes this would be quite normal, but only for a few hours!

I had this or similar problem. Download Terminal Emulator and type "top -n 1", you will see a list of processes and how much processor they are using. For me the problem was media process, it used over 30% all the time. Killing it fixed the problem for some time. I installed a leaked firmware and the problem went away. But i think that factory data reset could also fix the problem.

Perhaps you have your Gallery app synced with your Picasa account.
If you do, and you have WiFi running while in standby mode, it will drain.
Mine used to drain in the background.
I installed a widget to turn off WiFi when I'm not using my tablet.
My battery life is so much better.
I also disabled the Picasa sync for my Gallery app as well.
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Go to Settings/Applications and find Gallery apps and force close it. It should stay this way. Check it after a while.

blackbird2150 said:
EDIT: From what i remember of the other post, someone had mentioned that the gallery app is constantly monitoring rotation so its draining the battery? not quite sure
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This happens on phones too. Common solution is to uninstall Gallery3D, and install QuickPic from the market.
I've never been impressed with the image display quality of Gallery.

cdf3 said:
Perhaps you have your Gallery app synced with your Picasa account.
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I have mine synced with Picasa and experience non of these problems. My "Running Applications" doesn't even show the Galley App and it's not listed under Battery Use either.
I installed a widget to turn off WiFi when I'm not using my tablet.
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Would't it be simpler to use the factory setting to turn off WiFi when the screen turns off?
16GB WiFi Stock TW
I suspect the OP may have an errant app that may be causing the problem.

Jay Evans said:
I have mine synced with Picasa and experience non of these problems. My "Running Applications" doesn't even show the Galley App and it's not listed under Battery Use either.
I suspect the OP may have an errant app that may be causing the problem.
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Install Spare Parts from the Market (assuming the ROM you're using is providing stats). When the Gallery is sucking battery you'll see excessive sensor usage under 'Battery History'. Partial Wake Usage is another good place to look if you suspect an errant app.

Can anyone explain awful battery life?

Hi guys,
Found that I had awful battery life today, using Galaxy Pack live wallpaper, and autobrightness (+5)
Is this due to the live wallpaper or why else would I get this problem?
Battery stats posted
https://www.dropbox.com/s/11pe6ozrkhuqvi7/2014-06-11 17.20.21.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4gma8puz48ixa88/2014-06-11 17.20.15.png
not looking for solutions, just explanations,
Thanks!!

Task killer, clean master, antivirus??? Or batery should be old or broken.
Its battery live shorter than one day?

verny94 said:
Task killer, clean master, antivirus??? Or batery should be old or broken.
Its battery live shorter than one day?
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Not using any of these. New phone so doubt battery responsible. Do you think its the wallpaper? Just made it through one day at college.

ant2555 said:
Hi guys,
Found that I had awful battery life today, using Galaxy Pack live wallpaper, and autobrightness (+5)
Is this due to the live wallpaper or why else would I get this problem?
Battery stats posted
https://www.dropbox.com/s/11pe6ozrkhuqvi7/2014-06-11 17.20.21.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4gma8puz48ixa88/2014-06-11 17.20.15.png
not looking for solutions, just explanations,
Thanks!!
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That must be a really hard battery sucking wallpaper you got there mate. With only 2 h screen on I could last at least 2 days without charging.
Do you have s-voice on and wake up command? These were the only apps that consumed that much as I remember. Or did you run any battery consuming apps? It shouldn't be the wallpaper but you can still try yourself.
If you are on stock rom it could also be the KitKat update. I read a lot about it being pretty battery unfriendly.

4aces said:
That must be a really hard battery sucking wallpaper you got there mate. With only 2 h screen on I could last at least 2 days without charging.
Do you have s-voice on and wake up command? These were the only apps that consumed that much as I remember. Or did you run any battery consuming apps? It shouldn't be the wallpaper but you can still try yourself.
If you are on stock rom it could also be the KitKat update. I read a lot about it being pretty battery unfriendly.
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Im using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxelus.galaxypacklivewallpaper
Dont use s- voice or wake up command, but may have left apps running in RAM maybe. Battery has been 3 hours screen on most days so I dont know whats happened!

ant2555 said:
Im using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxelus.galaxypacklivewallpaper
Dont use s- voice or wake up command, but may have left apps running in RAM maybe. Battery has been 3 hours screen on most days so I dont know whats happened!
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Can you go one day without it and post your Battery stats? It's kinda hard to believe it is the wallpaper because:
1. Your screen was only on for 2-3 hours
2. The screen consumption is lower than Android OS and System
Does the wallpaper have any extra features?
Edit. Did you play or stay in the internet?

4aces said:
Can you go one day without it and post your Battery stats? It's kinda hard to believe it is the wallpaper because:
1. Your screen was only on for 2-3 hours
2. The screen consumption is lower than Android OS and System
Does the wallpaper have any extra features?
Edit. Did you play or stay in the internet?
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There are extra features, but I have turned these off.
Did use internet but not for long
I will try changing the wallpaper. Can't think what else it could be - my phone was warming up in my pocket, with nothing in recent apps. Also wouldn't a live wallpaper be included in OS and System rather than anywhere else?

ant2555 said:
There are extra features, but I have turned these off.
Did use internet but not for long
I will try changing the wallpaper. Can't think what else it could be - my phone was warming up in my pocket, with nothing in recent apps. Also wouldn't a live wallpaper be included in OS and System rather than anywhere else?
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It shouldn't be consuming when screen is off. Just checked mine:
4 hours on with screen consuming 47% and still 80% charged locked my phone consumes like 1% in 6 hours
(But I'm rooted and fully modded to your phones defense)
Edit. Unless you can say that it doesn't consume that much when not having the wallpaper I would guess it is a KitKat issue or your battery really has a problem
Final Question:
@ant2555 sorry I don't know since I was rooted since jelly bean I never had the chance to look into that. I just read a lot about it being a known 4.4.2 issue. The 4.4.3 update is said to get rid of that

4aces said:
It shouldn't be consuming when screen is off. Just checked mine:
4 hours on with screen consuming 47% and still 80% charged locked my phone consumes like 1% in 6 hours
(But I'm rooted and fully modded to your phones defense)
Edit. Unless you can say that it doesn't consume that much when not having the wallpaper I would guess it is a KitKat issue or your battery really has a problem
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Ok, I'll get back to you either tomorrow or the day after depending on results.
Final question for now, do you know what the common causes of "android system" using that much battery are?

I've been using that wallpaper for almost 4 months without a drain issue. It's not the wallpaper. (maxelus.net is one of the better wallpaper devs. You need not worry about these causing a drain.)
The wallpaper does have a setting for battery saving in its settings (all the way at the bottom as 'Battery. Wallpaper Speed'). Try turning that on.
From the looks of it, you have Sync turned on. Turn if off. (drag down the notidication bar and scroll to the Sync toggle.)
Also, turn off all location services (In settings and in Google Settings(that's an app)).
And try disabling all sounds under settings --> device --> Sounds --> system. (You can elave haptic feedback on if you want.)

Do you have an SD card in your phone?
I found that my Note 3 lasts longer without one. It might just be a problem with certain brands, but mine would heat up considerably and cause the indexing service to go into overdrive.
If you have an SD card, try running your phone without it for a little while and see if that makes a difference.

I discovered that after charging my phone a couple of times I get a false charge which can imitate battery drain, try this code *#0228# after hitting it click Quick Start, hope that helps, if not do a complete wipe for all apps and only download trusted ones. Good luck

Android is and kernel killing my battery. Don't know what has changed in last few days but I'm getting 5 to 8 hours on a full charge
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columbo said:
Do you have an SD card in your phone?
I found that my Note 3 lasts longer without one. It might just be a problem with certain brands, but mine would heat up considerably and cause the indexing service to go into overdrive.
If you have an SD card, try running your phone without it for a little while and see if that makes a difference.
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Sorry for a few days, delay been doing some extensive testing. I tried without the SD card and my battery stats became even worse! See picture!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2tq6tqrm0z7klkr/2014-06-18 17.29.14.png
ShadowLea said:
I've been using that wallpaper for almost 4 months without a drain issue. It's not the wallpaper. (maxelus.net is one of the better wallpaper devs. You need not worry about these causing a drain.)
The wallpaper does have a setting for battery saving in its settings (all the way at the bottom as 'Battery. Wallpaper Speed'). Try turning that on.
From the looks of it, you have Sync turned on. Turn if off. (drag down the notidication bar and scroll to the Sync toggle.)
Also, turn off all location services (In settings and in Google Settings(that's an app)).
And try disabling all sounds under settings --> device --> Sounds --> system. (You can elave haptic feedback on if you want.)
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Yeah, Sync was turned on and I'll try turning it, and location services off (location was on power saver mode before)
However take a look at some of my battery stats they seem very odd.
One day they seem perfectly normal: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0pprase2tqiwcq8/2014-06-12 22.38.17.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/11pe6ozrkhuqvi7/2014-06-11 17.20.21.png
and the next they seem awful with odd draining issues, and heating up in my pocket during the day. One possible cause I thought of was because the phone was on "increased touch sensitivity mode" so may have been turning itself on in my pocket all day.
Here are some bad days:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0kmo7ppj0n1vc0/2014-06-17 20.13.24.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vlmsxhr3v6z2vl4/2014-06-17 20.29.34.png
and on a separate day: the previously mentioned: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2tq6tqrm0z7klkr/2014-06-18 17.29.14.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q2r5hyc5ji2ez32/2014-06-18 17.30.54.png

ant2555 said:
Sorry for a few days, delay been doing some extensive testing. I tried without the SD card and my battery stats became even worse! See picture!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2tq6tqrm0z7klkr/2014-06-18 17.29.14.png
Yeah, Sync was turned on and I'll try turning it, and location services off (location was on power saver mode before)
However take a look at some of my battery stats they seem very odd.
One day they seem perfectly normal: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0pprase2tqiwcq8/2014-06-12 22.38.17.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/11pe6ozrkhuqvi7/2014-06-11 17.20.21.png
and the next they seem awful with odd draining issues, and heating up in my pocket during the day. One possible cause I thought of was because the phone was on "increased touch sensitivity mode" so may have been turning itself on in my pocket all day.
Here are some bad days:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h0kmo7ppj0n1vc0/2014-06-17 20.13.24.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vlmsxhr3v6z2vl4/2014-06-17 20.29.34.png
and on a separate day: the previously mentioned: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2tq6tqrm0z7klkr/2014-06-18 17.29.14.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q2r5hyc5ji2ez32/2014-06-18 17.30.54.png
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Ahh, Google Services. That annoying bugger again. It's been causing problems on several devices.
What you can try:
Google Settings > Ads > turn on "Opt out of interest-based ads"
Disable back up under Settings > Backup & reset > uncheck "Back up my data".
Turn off Google Now.
And you can try uninstalling the recent updates to Google Play Services under settings > Applicationmanager > All > Google Play Services. Force stop, clear data, clear cache and uninstall updates (be sure to turn off auto update apps in Google Play Store first or it'll come back nearly instantly).

[Solved] New High CPU Usage, Battery Drain, Overheating, etc.

Woke up this morning to my S7 Edge being extremely hot. I immediately took it off the charger because I thought the battery was maybe overheating, but it now appears to be a CPU usage issue. It will not go below 50% usage (often staying at 90-98%. The phone is continuously hot and battery drains ~1%/minute without usage. I have tried restarting the phone multiple times without change. Any suggestions would be welcome.
Update: the issue appears to stem from an Oculus automatic update. Uninstalling the Oculus app solves the issue. Read more here: https://goo.gl/Mt5FJy (thanks AVKillah)

High CPU and battery drain
I woke up to the same thing this morning. Phone running hot (processor-based problem, not the display or the charger). Have rebooted several times. It doesn't help. I can't find the offender app. Android processes are taking up most of the battery usage according to the battery monitor. This has never happened before.
Anyone have a fix?

Same here! Just late last night before bed.
The phone is running hot, lagging, keyboard constantly closes.
Trying to install anything hangs forever. Reboots and ram clears are not helping.
Haven't tried full cache wipe yet

Already tried full cache wipe through recovery. No change. Thinking about factory resetting but I have so many settings that would be wiped out...

Ultra power saving mode helped. Don't know if it's temp yet but at least while i was in it and for the moment since i just came out

xdathekilljoy said:
Ultra power saving mode helped. Don't know if it's temp yet but at least while i was in it and for the moment since i just came out
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Ultra power saving mode did help too. Booting in safe mode was also a solution for me, but you can't use any apps in safe mode so it's really pointless. It's also hard to narrow down the problem since I haven't downloaded an app in weeks and the only thing hogging resources is the android system.

I'm having a similar issue with performance and phone running hot. I am suspecting it is related to the PH1 update (noticed you have it as well). Device has been performing very poorly lately .

Factory reset has so far resolved the issue. May be related to PH1 update as I took that a couple days before this issue occurred. Will keep this thread updated if problems reappear.

So for the others affected is it all the same?
I havent taken any updates or changed my rom.
Nothing that changed that i can think.
Just that we all started experience this either this morning or before falling asleep?

I am having the same problem. It started this morning. I thought it was the copy of "Disconnect Pro Privacy and Performance" I got from the Galaxy App Store, but it persisted after uninstalling that. In the battery usage last when you select "Android System" it shows a list of the processes, and GearVR was on the top.
I tried to log in, but if forced an Oculus update which just hung on the install. I uninstaled all the VR stuff I had and froze the Gear VR Services app. That seems to be the culprit for me. It just kept trying to install an Oculus update that wouldn't go.
Phone is back to cool and normal battery drain so far. Will update if that changes.
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AJswimmer said:
I am having the same problem. It started this morning. I thought it was the copy of "Disconnect Pro Privacy and Performance" I got from the Galaxy App Store, but it persisted after uninstalling that. In the battery usage last when you select "Android System" it shows a list of the processes, and GearVR was on the top.
I tried to log in, but if forced an Oculus update which just hung on the install. I uninstaled all the VR stuff I had and froze the Gear VR Services app. That seems to be the culprit for me. It just kept trying to install an Oculus update that wouldn't go.
Phone is back to cool and normal battery drain so far. Will update if that changes.
Sent from my SM-T710 using XDA Free mobile app
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Hmmm. I did notice an oculus update. And that annoys me cause it auto updates and i dont think you have control cause the other parts i have auto updates off.
But the core can update at will

Apparently there is an article or few about it.
Apparently it is as AJswimmer described with the oculus update

xdathekilljoy said:
Hmmm. I did notice an oculus update. And that annoys me cause it auto updates and i dont think you have control cause the other parts i have auto updates off.
But the core can update at will
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Fun fact... I woke up this morning and because I hadn't disabled the "Gear VR SetupWizardStub" and "Gear VR Shell" as well they had auto-reinstalled Oculus and it, in turn reinstalled a bunch of VR apps. After re-uninstalling things again and freezing the last couple VR things my phone is continuing to run cool and with back to normal power drain levels.

Yeah apparently it is Oculus. Uninstalling mine.
samsung-galaxy-s7-s7-edge-and-other-galaxy-phones-overheating-and-draining-battery-after-update-uninstall-oculus-app-to-fix-it.htm

AVKillah said:
Yeah apparently it is Oculus. Uninstalling mine.
samsung-galaxy-s7-s7-edge-and-other-galaxy-phones-overheating-and-draining-battery-after-update-uninstall-oculus-app-to-fix-it.htm
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Alas, that appears to be the issue. Unfortunately I factory reset my device before figuring this out. Probably needed a refresh anyways (probably not). Live and learn haha.

soninja8 said:
Alas, that appears to be the issue. Unfortunately I factory reset my device before figuring this out. Probably needed a refresh anyways (probably not). Live and learn haha.
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I opened oculus and took the update that way and all seems fine now

Why am I unable to disable my gear vr apps? Trying to do it through settings-applications
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I'm not sure you can through the normal settings menu. I used EZ Package Disabler to do mine.
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Huge battery drain

I bought the mi A1 about 8 months ago and it was working fine up until 3 weeks ago.
The battery has started to drain big time and the Android is consuming most of the power.
I've tried the below already,*
1. Calibrating my battery.
2. Factory reset to January update.
3. Stopping the apps running in the background.
4. Turning off location / wifi and internet.
5. Tried disabling backup of photos.
6. Disabled app preview messages under Google.
Despite doing all this the battery drains big time, even when it's idle when I'm sleeping.
P.s - I'm unable to upload screenshot because it keeps saying that there's a network issue. But the screenshot stats say that the android os consumes most of the battery and SoT was 30 minutes. Phone was idle for most of the time. It came down 100-20% in a few hours.
Android OS is eating away most of the battery.

First thing, clear the cache, you can use explorer to do it, hit clean at the bottom.
Check running apps (settings > developer > running services) and see what is running and using battery.
It might be the media scanner, they use loads of battery when they get stuck on a corrupt file, you could take out the sd card if you have it formatted as external.

kudos1uk said:
First thing, clear the cache, you can use explorer to do it, hit clean at the bottom.
Check running apps (settings > developer > running services) and see what is running and using battery.
It might be the media scanner, they use loads of battery when they get stuck on a corrupt file, you could take out the sd card if you have it formatted as external.
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Thank you for your response.
I've cleared cache using the Files Go app.
I checked the services running in the background and I've all the cached process but they seem to be regenerating.
Apps consuming RAM are - Settings, Messenger, callenhancement, SimContacts,com.qualcomm.qcrilmsgtunnel, carrier services, google play services, spock, swiftkey and the launcher.
All these get regenerated even if I kill them.
Do any of the following cause battery drain? If yes, how do I fix them?
I've already done a factory reset but the problem still persists.

AkCullen said:
Thank you for your response.
I've cleared cache using the Files Go app.
I checked the services running in the background and I've all the cached process but they seem to be regenerating.
Apps consuming RAM are - Settings, Messenger, callenhancement, SimContacts,com.qualcomm.qcrilmsgtunnel, carrier services, google play services, spock, swiftkey and the launcher.
All these get regenerated even if I kill them.
Do any of the following cause battery drain? If yes, how do I fix them?
I've already done a factory reset but the problem still persists.
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Apps will start and run in the background, that is normal in android, the only way you can reduce that is to reduce the background apps in developer options.
I think you should instal better battery stats which should help you work out exactly what is draining the battery.
Is you phone stock, have you rooted, used any custom roms or modded it?

kudos1uk said:
Apps will start and run in the background, that is normal in android, the only way you can reduce that is to reduce the background apps in developer options.
I think you should instal better battery stats which should help you work out exactly what is draining the battery.
Is you phone stock, have you rooted, used any custom roms or modded it?
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My phone is stock, I have not rooted nor have I installed any custom ROM.
I have installed better battery stats in my phone.

AkCullen said:
My phone is stock, I have not rooted nor have I installed any custom ROM.
I have installed better battery stats in my phone.
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OK, without root you might be better with Gsam battery monitor but see how you go.

kudos1uk said:
OK, without root you might be better with Gsam battery monitor but see how you go.
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Gsam monitor detected 96% of battery to have been used by android OS.

To Greenify or not

So I broke my old Note 4 that I used at work. I'm now dusting off my daughter's old S7 Edge to use that, upgraded to latest firmware, used CCSW to disable all what I consider crapware, and now I have a question. Since this is running Oreo the battery and data optimization is not as complex as what we have recently (my "weekend" phone is a Note 10 running Android 11), so should I still use Greenify to control my running apps or is the battery optimization in Oreo is good enough without the need for an "extra" app running in the background to control that. I appreciate everyone's opinion!

Lol, that app and a 3rd party launcher were the prime suspects in 2 back to back boot loops on my N10+ Never again.
Not sure about Oreo but power management always causes issues in Pie including poor battery life.
I simply close app when done with them and Android does fine.
Any apps that don't behave under those terms I deal with on a case by case basis. Some are uninstalled or temporarily/permanently disabled.
Google Framework, Play Services and Playstore are habitual offenders.
Play with it and see what's using the battery, go from there. Maybe it will behave better than you expect.

blackhawk said:
Lol, that app and a 3rd party launcher were the prime suspects in 2 back to back boot loops on my N10+ Never again.
Not sure about Oreo but power management always causes issues in Pie including poor battery life.
I simply close app when done with them and Android does fine.
Any apps that don't behave under those terms I deal with on a case by case basis. Some are uninstalled or temporarily/permanently disabled.
Google Framework, Play Services and Playstore are habitual offenders.
Play with it and see what's using the battery, go from there. Maybe it will behave better than you expect.
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Thx for the reply. Yes, besides CCSW to disable apps that either I consider crapware or apps that I use rarely, I don't use Greenify or other "battery saving" apps on my Note10. I feel that Pie and above has way better management options for apps that previous Android releases. If I close all my apps on "recents" and reboot my phone and let it sit there overnight I get only a 2-3% drop in my battery. That tells that battery is well managed.
Now for this old S7 on Oreo well I dont have many options in the apps settings besides the battery optimization switch. That's why I'm debating if I should use Greenify or not to have better control of apps that I really dont want running on the background but still want to receive notifications when they arrive.

mrrobc97 said:
Thx for the reply. Yes, besides CCSW to disable apps that either I consider crapware or apps that I use rarely, I don't use Greenify or other "battery saving" apps on my Note10. I feel that Pie and above has way better management options for apps that previous Android releases. If I close all my apps on "recents" and reboot my phone and let it sit there overnight I get only a 2-3% drop in my battery. That tells that battery is well managed.
Now for this old S7 on Oreo well I dont have many options in the apps settings besides the battery optimization switch. That's why I'm debating if I should use Greenify or not to have better control of apps that I really dont want running on the background but still want to receive notifications when they arrive.
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I reboot my 10+ every few days or if it acts up... no reboot in 3-5 days can do that
At night I simply close all open apps although I do that throughout the day as well. I use Device Care to do clean ups every 2-3 days. Other than clearing the system cache that's about as much system maintenance as I do.
I also police the download folder daily and once a month scan with Malwarebytes. A very low maintenance, clean running system.
Greenify worried me as it wasn't seamless or fast and running at boot up means it had the capability to boot loop the device. If I never see another boot loop it won't be missed...
Maybe on an older OS you would see tangible power savings but it didn't do much for me on Pie.
In the end, tracking the power hogs down and dealing with them on a case by case basis did.
I run with Google play Services disabled 98% of the time now. It nets me about 2%@hr better battery life.

mrrobc97 said:
I feel that Pie and above has way better management options for apps that previous Android releases.
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On my N10+ ruunong on Pie, all Device Care power management toggles are turn off except for fast charging.
The power mode is always set to "Optimize".