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OK, What Did I Do Now!

Bragged to the apple world how great my battery is, now I musta turned something on that's killing it quickly.
Look at the percentage of Android OS in the first, then the 2nd screen shot.
How do I figure out what is killing it?

XiphoneUzer said:
Bragged to the apple world how great my battery is, now I musta turned something on that's killing it quickly.
Look at the percentage of Android OS in the first, then the 2nd screen shot.
How do I figure out what is killing it?
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Disable location services and reboot.

donalgodon said:
Disable location services and reboot.
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OK I did that, but I'm sure I did not put all three of the checkmarks on, (I think 1 or 2 of them were checked when new).
My guess is that it's "google location service" ?????

XiphoneUzer said:
OK I did that, but I'm sure I did not put all three of the checkmarks on, (I think 1 or 2 of them were checked when new).
My guess is that it's "google location service" ?????
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Did you update your ROM recently? If yes. There is your answer.

stanley08 said:
Did you update your ROM recently? If yes. There is your answer.
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No I have not, and would you mind telling me how to turn off OTA updates, (so stuff doesn't get installed without my knowledge). thx
Who knows of a good app that can let the user know which apps are drawing how much juice?

XiphoneUzer said:
No I have not, and would you mind telling me how to turn off OTA updates, (so stuff doesn't get installed without my knowledge). thx
Who knows of a good app that can let the user know which apps are drawing how much juice?
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1. What firmware are you on? Settings > About phone. Say the build number
2. To turn off updates Settings > About phone > Update. But it never gets installed without your knowledge.
3. Install Wakelock detector (from play store) or BetterBatteryStats (search for it here on xda)

stanley08 said:
1. What firmware are you on? Settings > About phone. Say the build number
2. To turn off updates Settings > About phone > Update. But it never gets installed without your knowledge.
3. Install Wakelock detector (from play store) or BetterBatteryStats (search for it here on xda)
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"Use wireless networks" ....................... WOW, what a battery killer !!!
This little check mark makes an unbelievable difference in battery productivity. I'm mean "really", (like a whole new device with it unchecked).
I am on Ml9.
Do you folks have a preference as to which battery app I should download?

XiphoneUzer said:
"Use wireless networks" ....................... WOW, what a battery killer !!!
This little check mark makes an unbelievable difference in battery productivity. I'm mean "really", (like a whole new device with it unchecked).
I am on Ml9.
Do you folks have a preference as to which battery app I should download?
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Lol. Forget Battery Apps. Most even take up more battery.

Annoying Pop Up Ads

I have a Note 3 in Canada with Rogers and I am getting these extremely annoying pop up ads as soon as I unlock my phon it would pop up. It is basically a box in the middle of the screen different websites usually NSFW that give two options of either downloading or checking later. I have tried Push Detector and other Adware detector but they don't find any issues.
Please help.
Thank you.

skhalid4 said:
I have a Note 3 in Canada with Rogers and I am getting these extremely annoying pop up ads as soon as I unlock my phon it would pop up. It is basically a box in the middle of the screen different websites usually NSFW that give two options of either downloading or checking later. I have tried Push Detector and other Adware detector but they don't find any issues.
Please help.
Thank you.
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its from some application. can you remember what lastt you install when you get this pop up?

zelenko said:
its from some application. can you remember what lastt you install when you get this pop up?
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Unfortunately, I can't remember as it started happening a while ago.
Any other suggestions?

skhalid4 said:
Unfortunately, I can't remember as it started happening a while ago.
Any other suggestions?
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If you have a rooted device you can always install Greenify and simply just hibernate all the apps you don't use.

None of the standard apps should do that -- and if Rogers has installed bloatware that does this then they should be taken to task.
It is almost certainly some app you installed,

skhalid4 said:
Unfortunately, I can't remember as it started happening a while ago.
Any other suggestions?
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What is happening when you click long on him ? Try keep finger little longer of him.

I tried holding the ad for a while to maybe the app info, but it wouldn't give me any option.
I can definitely feel my Note 3's performance has slowed down and battery drains much faster.
I used Greenify as well, using only the Apps that I am certain shouldn't have an adware but no dice.

skhalid4 said:
I tried holding the ad for a while to maybe the app info, but it wouldn't give me any option.
I can definitely feel my Note 3's performance has slowed down and battery drains much faster.
I used Greenify as well, using only the Apps that I am certain shouldn't have an adware but no dice.
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Use Minmin guard and r xprivacy modules for xposed framework...
Minmin guard stops those annoying popup ads being downloaded from the net. Please note however that any popup downloaded already is still there and will be displayed until you clear cache and dalvik cache...
Xprivacy offers you the choice of allowing apps the right to use or block certain privelages, things like like access imei/contact lists/accounts and access to the internet and also root privelages... This is essentially a firewall that requires your authorisation to allow new apps the right to use your phone how it wants...

skhalid4 said:
I tried holding the ad for a while to maybe the app info, but it wouldn't give me any option.
I can definitely feel my Note 3's performance has slowed down and battery drains much faster.
I used Greenify as well, using only the Apps that I am certain shouldn't have an adware but no dice.
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Sounds like you need to do a full wipe and stay away from that App. It's most likely a virus that will keep doing this. Do you install a lot of third-party apps? Like, you didn't find it on Google Play Store and you just downloaded it from internet and installed it?

I was thinking maybe I should just do a wipe and then see what happens.
I don't download a lot of third party apps but I have downloaded some.
How about clearing cache and Dalvik cache as the other poster had suggested?
My devise is rooted, maybe just back up the essential apps and install a new ROM ?

Maybe you should check your battery usage in Settings. If it is draining your battery, you should see the app on the list? Unless you know what app is causing it, you probably install it later and get it back. No, Dalvik and Cache clearing won't fix your problem.
skhalid4 said:
I was thinking maybe I should just do a wipe and then see what happens.
I don't download a lot of third party apps but I have downloaded some.
How about clearing cache and Dalvik cache as the other poster had suggested?
My devise is rooted, maybe just back up the essential apps and install a new ROM ?
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skhalid4 said:
I tried holding the ad for a while to maybe the app info, but it wouldn't give me any option.
I can definitely feel my Note 3's performance has slowed down and battery drains much faster.
I used Greenify as well, using only the Apps that I am certain shouldn't have an adware but no dice.
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If you rooted try in this way. Backup all user app with titanium backup.
Then uninstall all suspect and new installed app. if ad disappear then restore one by one with TB and see what make this popup

skhalid4 said:
I have a Note 3 in Canada with Rogers and I am getting these extremely annoying pop up ads as soon as I unlock my phon it would pop up. It is basically a box in the middle of the screen different websites usually NSFW that give two options of either downloading or checking later. I have tried Push Detector and other Adware detector but they don't find any issues.
Please help.
Thank you.
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Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916098

I will try uninstalling all the apps and then see.
The other post about using MOAB is a little hard for me to do as I didn't root using CWM or the other.

Mate 8 shuts off off voice-apps overnight

Hello, fine sirs.
I am curious on whether or not you have experienced the issue of calling apps such as Whatsapp or Kakao Talk shutting down after a few hours of use?
I like to sleep with the app still on, but after say 3-5 hours it shuts off automatically.
The apps are white-listed and battery is set to Performance. Neither of these options seem to help.
I don't have any other battery-managment apps installed which may shut down my battery consuming apps.
Any ideas?
Edit: I realize now this question may belong to Troubleshooting subforum. =/ But until deleted, I'll keep an eye here! Cheers.

Have you tried ignoring battery optimization on both apps? Apps> advanced> ignore battery optimizations
Sent from my HUAWEI NXT-L29 using XDA-Developers mobile app

tdamocles said:
Have you tried ignoring battery optimization on both apps? Apps> advanced> ignore battery optimizations
Sent from my HUAWEI NXT-L29 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Sadly doesn't do the trick, I tried already. :/

TheKiks said:
Sadly doesn't do the trick, I tried already. :/
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Tell as excactly what is your version...AL10Cxxxxxx - L29CxxxBxxx??????
For example with L29C636B103 - L29C636B170 - L29C432B103 - L29C432B152 there are a lot of problems with notifications but when you will upadate to L29C432B170 - L29C636B180 - L29C10B170 it should working all perfect (except Viber maybe)

tsiglas said:
Tell as excactly what is your version...AL10Cxxxxxx - L29CxxxBxxx??????
For example with L29C636B103 - L29C636B170 - L29C432B103 - L29C432B152 there are a lot of problems with notifications but when you will upadate to L29C432B170 - L29C636B180 - L29C10B170 it should working all perfect (except Viber maybe)
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Hi, that's some very specific information you've acquired! My version is NXT-L29C432B170, therefore one of the ones you've listed as should be working.
Still, if I don't access my phone after 3-4 hours as to "tell" it I still use the voice program, it closes. Sadly.

TheKiks said:
Hi, that's some very specific information you've acquired! My version is NXT-L29C432B170, therefore one of the ones you've listed as should be working.
Still, if I don't access my phone after 3-4 hours as to "tell" it I still use the voice program, it closes. Sadly.
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Then you have to try the newest L29C636B180 rom... You can install very easy with dload method(without root or unlocked bootloader) but you have to know that you will loose OTA update, online themes and 3g - 4g icons only with data closed (when you activate data the icons working perfectly)... But whenever new update for your version(C432) show up you can install it back with dload method and everything will work again (OTA THEMES...)
I have B180 almost a month and everything working great (my version is C636) and notifications... Unless you will have to wait at end of May for B321 to come as update to Europe version (C432) Now only Chinese AL10 has get it....
It's critical to know that every time you update you will have to restore the phone (format) to make sure that everything is set up for andand with new version

I have the L29C636B180 update.
I will note: Notifications for applications are coming more frequently now.
I also note [on the bad side]: Two of my essential apps that rely on automation & wake locks are not functioning properly.
a) Applications are in Battery Manager → Protected Apps
b) Applications are 'Allowed' in → Ignore Battery Optimizations
c) Battery Power Plan: Performance
My 2 applications which relies on timers and wake locks to enable/disable certain features have noted. Their applications are being killed & restarted despite being "whitelisted". They are:
a) Silence Premium
b) Situations
I have a Oneplus One on Marshmallow 6 and this does not happen. What is wrong with Huawei? What is wrong with EMUI. I should not have decided to buy a piece of hardware with software from PROC.
Is someone @huawei actually trying to reach out and fix issues??

How to stop ActivityManager killing apps due to "high power cost"???

By now you may have heard about Axon 7 killing music playing app issue, if you haven't experienced it yourself already. For me I'm having a similar or at least related issue. The phone would kill my game when I turn off and on screen. After some investigation, below is my observation
1. Doesn't happen all the time. After a fresh reboot, no killing for a while... but after some time using the phone, it starts to happen
2. Not app-specific: After playing a game heavily for a while, the killing starts... only for that specific game. If I play a different game, then only that new game gets killed.
This have driven me kinda crazy. A look at adb logs reveals this:
12-22 12:45:34.229 I/ActivityManager( 1752): Killing 23881:jp.co.happyelements.toto/u0a122 (adj 0): excessive high power cost :jp.co.happyelements.toto
What the actual f***??? Why would ZTE kill my "excessive high power cost" process *after* I turn on the screen (and not when I turn off screen, which was 5 seconds earlier)??? Has nobody in ZTE thought about that apps that has "high power cost" may not be actually "excessive" but totally within reasons and fall into the category of normal every day use?
And no amount of changing the native "power saving" options stopped this behavior. Back in the days I remember there was some root/xposed module that would whitelist apps from being killed by the OS but I couldn't remember the name. So now I have to ask help on how to deal with this idiocy.
Edit: My apologies... I just noticed I posted in the wrong section... mods please move the thread to Q&A section if possible. Thanks a lot.

is there seriously no solution?
This is intolerable

Turn off smart power lol. Not rocket science my friends

icenight89 said:
Turn off smart power lol. Not rocket science my friends
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I did. Didn't help.
If it was that easy, then I wouldne be here asking about it would I?

Yep, have the same problem after trying the same things. Several apps (2 of which I use for monitoring blood sugar levels) will randomly stop updating until either re-launched or the phone is rebooted. I have disabled all power manager options to no avail. Whatever power management system ZTE has implemented, it's FAR too aggressive.
Disclaimer - I haven't pulled logcats, but your description of the problem matches mine exactly. Here's hoping for a fix in Nougat and/or a custom ROM, otherwise I'm moving to a different phone. The A7 has great hardware but the stock software is a bloated mess.

B27 does not have this issue (which is why I downgraded to it). Might be a solution for you until the next upgrade releases.

whoiswes said:
Yep, have the same problem after trying the same things. Several apps (2 of which I use for monitoring blood sugar levels) will randomly stop updating until either re-launched or the phone is rebooted. I have disabled all power manager options to no avail. Whatever power management system ZTE has implemented, it's FAR too aggressive.
Disclaimer - I haven't pulled logcats, but your description of the problem matches mine exactly. Here's hoping for a fix in Nougat and/or a custom ROM, otherwise I'm moving to a different phone. The A7 has great hardware but the stock software is a bloated mess.
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@whoiswes If you are talking about the xdrip app. I too want this app to work with this phone. I tried CM13 and had the app work for hours then at night it stopped working. I only tried it for one night so didn't try different settings. At least this is a positive sign once CM13 becomes more stable or CM14 is released. I heard the app won't work with B27 either.

Found a solution, though it needs root
Code:
pm disable com.zte.powersavemode
then reboot
This totally disables the power saving menu though

phailyoor said:
Found a solution, though it needs root
then reboot
This totally disables the power saving menu though
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Can you freeze it with TB?

Actually no that didnt help just made it take longer

I have the same issue, ram management is too aggressive.

phailyoor said:
Found a solution, though it needs root
then reboot
This totally disables the power saving menu though
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Didn't work

:crying::crying::crying:https://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development/xposed-kill-zte-killer-t3532298

phailyoor said:
:crying::crying::crying:https://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development/xposed-kill-zte-killer-t3532298
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Did this work?

borijess said:
Did this work?
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No because it has nothing to do with powermanager.

doyou37 said:
No because it has nothing to do with powermanager.
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Then why was it posts here?

borijess said:
Then why was it posts here?
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People are desperate

borijess said:
Did this work?
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Yes
doyou37 said:
No because it has nothing to do with powermanager.
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Lol did you even look at it?
doyou37 said:
People are desperate
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I made this xposed module specifically to fix the problem described in OP. If you have the exact problem, including the logcat message, then the module should fix it.
If you dont have the exact problem, including the logcat mesage, then go ****post in another thread.

My solution is to whitelist all apps in:
settings -> energy management -> app energy management -> option button (upper right) -> app protection list -> option button -> set all to off
But the problem is that this setting resets everytime you install/delete an app
Edit: Ok i just tried out manually setting all apps to "off", now it doesn't reset the apps when installing an app but the new app ist automatically allowed to be cleaned. So you still have to disallow cleaning for each installed app manually.

Just an FYI, I updated to the Cyanogenmod/Lineage 13 Beta by UDev and one of my problem apps has been running for 18 hours without a single hiccup. Trying the second problem app later today. Not a solution for this problem but from my perspective it definitely pinpoints Power Manager as the culprit.
@borijess - yeah, Nightwatch and xDrip are the 2 apps that I've had trouble with, and so far Nightwatch is working great on CM13 (1228 build).

F8331 / 39.a.0.374 ota

I Just Got .374 OTA (From. 327) I Don't Know if it have any diference between .361 But Multitasking Feels Smoother

Any changelog? Release notes?
Why Sony is not providing user with these information

decomposed said:
Any changelog? Release notes?
Why Sony is not providing user with these information
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Just a bug-fixing update ?

What bug did they fix? Double tap to wake up still there ....and phone idle is consuming battery for no reason

100rabh7791 said:
What bug did they fix? Double tap to wake up still there ....and phone idle is consuming battery for no reason
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No idea what bugs. December security patch and performance enhancement more like.

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No idea what bugs. December security patch and performance enhancement more like.
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39.A.0.361 firmware was December security patch. 39.A.0.374 is only bug fixes but i don't now what bug fixes.

Maybe it's to address some of the Bluetooth issues some people have been reporting?

My phone used to stop charging altogether during heavy use when plugged into the mains, and didn't resume when left idle (you had to unplug and reconnect the charging cable to set the ball rolling again). That's now fixed having updated this morning (UK sim free handset)......

Hi guys, I've phone 2 days and newest firmware 39.a.0.374
and I haven't got battery drain.
Things I've done at the beginning:
Turn off preinstalled Amazon Shopping
Turn off preinstalled Sheet from Google
Turn off preinstalled AVG Protection
Turn off preinstalled Docs from Google
Turn off preinstalled Google Drive
Turn off preinstalled Google Play Videos
Turn off preinstalled Hangouts
Turn off preinstalled Lifelog
Turn off preinstalled Lounge
Turn off preinstalled Movie Createor
Turn off preinstalled GP Music
Turn off preinstalled News Suite
Turn off preinstalled Playstation App
Turn off preinstalled Mailbox (stock app not gmail)
Turn off preinstalled Spotify
Turn off preinstalled Sketch app
Turn off preinstalled Video TV SideView
Turn off preinstalled Xperia Tips
Turn off preinstalled Gallery from Google
maybe one of those app is battery draining?
But I have problems like the others with double tap to wake - phone needs 2-5 taps to wake

.374 UK Customised finally available!

Apps open and close much faster (try double tapping the overview button).
Then again, my phone rebooted, so it might just be because it's in a fresh state. Will see if performance degrades as I continue using my phone, but for now, app-switching is top-notch.

Got this update this morning, hope this fixes the Phone Idle battery drain bug which was top of my battery usage list more than OST.

CLShortFuse said:
Apps open and close much faster (try double tapping the overview button).
Then again, my phone rebooted, so it might just be because it's in a fresh state. Will see if performance degrades as I continue using my phone, but for now, app-switching is top-notch.
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where is overview button?

dillalade said:
.374 UK Customised finally available!
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Seriously starting to give up with this sh!T.
Honestly

dillalade said:
Seriously starting to give up with this sh!T.
Honestly
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Flash with flashtool. Download and create tft using Xperifirm

engineer000 said:
Flash with flashtool. Download and create tft using Xperifirm
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That's what I had to resort to.
Painful process to update your phone the right way. Because Sony certainly do not have a clue.
Lets see if this phone can actually perform now.