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SOLVED : Hero uses a lot (too much) background data!

Hi there!
Just got my first "Hero only" phonebill after getting the device and I must say I'm pretty shocked. It was 3 times normal!
I have only used Facebook INTERMITTANTLY and not logged in under the "Social" function. Twitter has been off. I haven't used email yet. I have only used Android Market under wifi and my only real usage has been various news sites with iPhone adapted webpages.
The only thing I can tell that's "on" has been the weather.
So I installed 3G Watchdog to monitor the usage and this is what I found out:
- In a twelve hour window with
- No Browser usage, no Facebook/Twitter/Flickr/Market
- Setting for Google has been "Enable background data usage" but not Auto-sync
- No Exchange usage or email
- Enable always on mobile has been activated
- No other internet function is activated as I can tell
- This has resulted in 610kb if data usage, that's 1.2mb in 24hrs
- That's 36MB a month, 436mb a year (and I pay per mb)
To me, this is "data out the widow" which I havent used, but the Phone has somehow "eaten" up.
I feel as though I havent got much control over how and when the Hero used data, the settings are not "clear" in the Android/Hero settings on administrating data usage. In my instance, it uses data without me needing it.
Is there any way to monitor WHICH program or function uses data without need? Ie. something like 3G Watchdog but more detailed?

there is net-counter.. but its familiar to 3g watchdog..

Android phones, and phones like them (e.g.iPhone) are really not designed to be used with "pay per MB" plan. I couldn't tell you what processes are going to be "consuming" data, but I'd consider 1.2MB to be pretty insignificant, though I understand that if you're paying by the MB your opinion would be significantly different.
I know it's probably not much help, but if I were you, since you are not using any of the "push" facilities of the device (e.g. GMail) I'd be inclined to switch off mobile internet and only switch it on as you need it.
Regards,
Dave

foxmeister said:
Android phones, and phones like them (e.g.iPhone) are really not designed to be used with "pay per MB" plan. I couldn't tell you what processes are going to be "consuming" data, but I'd consider 1.2MB to be pretty insignificant, though I understand that if you're paying by the MB your opinion would be significantly different.
I know it's probably not much help, but if I were you, since you are not using any of the "push" facilities of the device (e.g. GMail) I'd be inclined to switch off mobile internet and only switch it on as you need it.
Regards,
Dave
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Good advise there for you. 1.2Mb is very little though in the big scheme of things. Its about a minute of a typical MP3 or less than the capacity of a floppy disk (if you remember those).
The phone is designed to be used with an unlimited data plan - its a cloud based phone really.
As an aside, I do think these plans are still too expensive in reality.

foxmeister said:
Android phones, and phones like them (e.g.iPhone) are really not designed to be used with "pay per MB" plan. I couldn't tell you what processes are going to be "consuming" data, but I'd consider 1.2MB to be pretty insignificant, though I understand that if you're paying by the MB your opinion would be significantly different.
I know it's probably not much help, but if I were you, since you are not using any of the "push" facilities of the device (e.g. GMail) I'd be inclined to switch off mobile internet and only switch it on as you need it.
Regards,
Dave
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I'm aware of this fact Dave, I had the Diamond before I got the Hero. But what I lack is a built in function to "control and monitior usage". As of right now, it seems like it lives it's own life. If you have an unlimited plan, you wont really care. But Another point is the fact that this "unwanted" data usage consumes battery power and thus limits the battery life.
All I want is to be in control of my phone....
I am considering an unlimited plan or a 1gb/2gb plan. But there is a "cap" on my current plan where I won't pay for data over 3MB every day, but it's still a lot when you use that much every day.

You could try something like Droidwall ( http://code.google.com/p/droidwall/ ), but this only works for rooted devices.
At least you should be able to "whitelist" the apps that you want to be able to talk to the outside world, and see if this has any material effect on your data usage.
Regards,
Dave

Perhaps something obvious, but have you turned off the 'always on mobile data'?
You can find that under the wireless controls, mobile network settings.
And with a lot stuff (like the weather applet) you can disable the automatic updates.
Also turn off some data sync stuff under settings, data synchronization.(Google services for example).
Hope this helps a bit, although you might have done this already
Droid wall might help otherwise as a previous post also says

I had the same problem as I don't have a plan and my carrier charges per mb , so I installed APNdroid (it changes the APN settings , and restores it if you want to use mobile network ) .

HTC even provide a widget to turn mobile data on and off quickly. Put it on your Home screen.
I used this while on vacation to avoid huge data costs.
Also set Google synchronisation to non automatic, sync it when you need too.
TBH though, the Hero is such a data centric device, its pretty boring with no live data connection... as are iPhone and any other smartphone.

RaptorRVL said:
Perhaps something obvious, but have you turned off the 'always on mobile data'?
You can find that under the wireless controls, mobile network settings.
And with a lot stuff (like the weather applet) you can disable the automatic updates.
Also turn off some data sync stuff under settings, data synchronization.(Google services for example).
Hope this helps a bit, although you might have done this already
Droid wall might help otherwise as a previous post also says
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"Always on" should not use up data as it is only there to keep the connection open so the phone doesn't have to connect each time an application needs to use 2G/3G/3.5G
I disabled the always on, weather etc... but something is still consuming data. Must be one of the apps circumventing the phone settings.
But my point is this, it is to diffucult/complicated/cumbersome/unintuetive so control the amount of data the Hero uses.

Also make sure stocks is set not to update.
If you are really concerned then just turn mobile data off until you need to use it (via the widget).
The point of these type of phone is to connect to many different services. Its simple to turn all data off if you wish.

The expectation for the smartphone is that it will be dragging information in constantly, keeping you up to date with your social network.
However, you might try WiSyncPlus to automatically disable data access when you are not in range of known WiFi networks. That might be the easiest way of controlling your data consumption over the cell/mobile network.

SOLVED:
The new official Facebook App was to blame for almost the entire 1,2mb a day usage. I did not log out, just pressed the home button and the app was running in the background updating.
Is this a bug? Is there any need for it to update when you don't have it open? I'm thinking battery power here as well as data usage.

Sebastian768 said:
SOLVED:
The new official Facebook App was to blame for almost the entire 1,2mb a day usage. I did not log out, just pressed the home button and the app was running in the background updating.
Is this a bug? Is there any need for it to update when you don't have it open? I'm thinking battery power here as well as data usage.
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The "Home" button doesn't actually shut down the app , it merely puts it to sleep. The "Back" button on the other hand closes the app and removes it from memory.
Linux has it very own and famous scheduler which on its own manages sleeping apps and can discard them from memory at will when the need for more memory exists

In settings you have the option to set the refresh interval, you can change it to 0. Might also be worth using a task manager to kill unwanted programs.

Devs need to write their apps correctly TBH. If its in the background and the user has not set its background processes to keep working, then it should stay silent.
ONLY if a user elects to have background processes running should an app continue to work away.
A simple setting in an apps preferences is all thats needed.
The back button to kill apps... thats pretty silly TBH especially with Browser. You would have to hit back multiple times to return to the very first web page you opened before you actually exited the app... very cumbersome.
Again, a simple setting in each app and indeed globally in the Hero's settings would make life far less confusing.

Tasker: Do you use it? How So?

I'm a user of AutoHotKey on my PC, and I love the little quirky scripts I can write to get rid of daily annoyances or do repetitive tasks.
I'm assuming Tasker is somewhat similar for Android. I've heard a bit about it, but because of the price-tag, never really indulged.
Who around here uses the app, can't live without it, etc?
What types of things do you rely on it for?
Thanks!

I really don't condone stealing, but find Tasker apk *hint* google*hint* test it out see does it meet your needs/wants and if you like purchase the legal app.
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I use it for a profile switcher and to toggle between 3g/WiFi when I enter/leave the home or office (each has an Airave).
When we had the Time Without Signal problem and toggling Airplane Mode was the quick fix, I set Tasker to toggle whenever I booted the phone or took it off the charger.
My kids have some geo-fencing text reminders set up for them as well for when they leave school.
Here's a quick link to some of the different tasks you can set up. Some quick Googling and you can pretty much find the script for whatever you need. I love it because one app can handle the job of 5-10 different apps, although sometimes the scripting can be frustrating.
http://tasker.wikidot.com/profile-index

Tasker
I use tasker for quite a few things. First and foremost is my pattern lock. I hate putting it in all the time at home, so I have tasker disable the pattern lock when I'm on my own wifi. I still keep the slide unlock active because I like the shortcuts on the lock screen.
I also use it for music. So when I plug in a 3.5mm plug without a mic it starts my music player and sets the volume. It also disables the lock screen which is insecure but when I'm driving or running I don't want to mess with a lock screen. When I'm casually listening to music, I have a headset which has a mic attached. Tasker can differentiate and therefore starts up my music app and sets the volume to a non-earsplitting level. For this I leave the lock screen active.
Lets see, when I start any app that uses GPS it automatically activates the GPS and polls my position. I have it automatically manage the screen brightness depending on the time of day. I also have it go to airplane mode if the battery is <5%. If I'm feeling lazy I have it manage when my wifi is on based on location. I have several locations (home, work, coffee shop) that I typically connect while I'm there and turn off wifi when I leave. I don't always use this because it's not 100% reliable.
That's about all I use it for. I can post instructions if anyone is interested.

I went ahead and purchased the app. Pretty cool so far. I'm interested in the profiles you are using, it sounds like you know what you are doing.
Thanks!
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Microsoft just introduced a similar app that's free. On{x} I think it's called.

I used to have it set wifi based on network location, but that wasn't always reliable. I use it to set volume levels depending on time, so that way it turns the phone down for work, and then cranks it up after work. I generally always have it making noise on email and phone calls, because I don't always feel it vibrate.
One other neat one I use is to put it in vibrate mode whenever I place the device face down. That way when I'm in a meeting, I take out my phone and just put it face down on the conference table...instant mute. When I pick it up, the sound comes back on. Also handy for charging at night, I just put it face down for the night and everything gets silenced.
I also have a profile that activates based on time and location...so now I don't have to worry about the "loudest cellphone in the world" -- one that goes off in church! :angel:
Only limited by your imagination, I found a lot of good ideas on the tasker site.

MeetFace said:
I went ahead and purchased the app. Pretty cool so far. I'm interested in the profiles you are using, it sounds like you know what you are doing.
Thanks!
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Here's how I have some of my tasks setup. I made a profile that activates when wifi connected (state->net->wifi connected->fill in whatever you need) and then have two tasks associated with it that I called "keyguard off" and "keyguard on". Keyguard on is my exit task. For Keyguard off go to (display->keyguard->set off) repeat for keyguard on. If you want to have the slide unlock to stay on you have to use a plugin called secure settings. Otherwise it's a similar process you just navigate to "plugins" instead of "display". From there it takes you into secure settings app which is easy enough to figure out.
For the music stuff: I made a profile one for a 3.5mm with a mic and one without (new profile->state->hardware->headset plugged in). Then I made a task which is assigned to the one without a mic, set the keyguard off like above then go to app->load app->your music app of choice. Then set the volume audio->media volume->whatever volume you want. Add an exit task that reactivates the keyguard I just use my wifi task for this. Same process for the one with the mic except I have it go to a lower volume.
To use GPS you probably have to use that secure settings plugin again depending on the rom you are on (im on AOKP and have to use it). Make an new profile (application->choose all apps with gps that you want to trigger this). Make a task (plugin->secure settings->edit->gps->pick state) then add another (misc->get location). Make an exit task that disables gps.
Finally, for low battery make a profile (state->power->battery level->whatever level) and associated task (net->airplane mode->on) and an exit task which turns it off.
There's plenty more that tasker can do, hope this helps you figure it out a little. I mostly just bumbled around the app until I found some useful things plus their website is full of good ideas.

I hope everyone doesn't mind if I add another question to the thread.
I'm interested in using Tasker as well, but I'm concerned that the benefits of automation will cost me in battery life. How much has you battery life changed using tasker, if at all?
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amateurhack said:
I hope everyone doesn't mind if I add another question to the thread.
I'm interested in using Tasker as well, but I'm concerned that the benefits of automation will cost me in battery life. How much has you battery life changed using tasker, if at all?
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Well, you could use the Battery Monitor Widget from the play store (the one with all the graphs and stuff), and use it to see how much the app is using. I doubt it's a lot but I know that it is SOME. The more apps running (and updating/logging) in the background the more battery you are using. Also, someone correct me if I'm wrong but, your phone has to "wake" every time an app needs to do something (update/log)

It does use power but nothing extreme in my experience. If you're using it for setting basic sound profiles and the like it won't be noticable really. You should look at it the other way though, taskers power of automating stuff like knocking off wifi and data connections when you dont need them will probably save battery life.

masaidjet said:
I really don't condone stealing, but find Tasker apk *hint* google*hint* test it out see does it meet your needs/wants and if you like purchase the legal app.
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For the record, you can download a fully functional week-long trial from the dev's website for free.
I do a fair amount with Tasker, but one thing that I haven't seen many other people do is enable/disable battery-draining apps in certain contexts.
For example, I have a power-saving profile that disables a set of apps and services that would otherwise run 24/7. I also use have a profile which lets me run and disable AirDroid in response to a Google Voice text, so I can manage my phone from my laptop without ever touching it.
On my Nook, even small wakelocks add up over time when the battery life would otherwise be measured in days, so I use Tasker to disable just about any app that likely to throw a wakelock while I'm not using the device. Because I'm forgetful I also have profiles to disable wifi when the device goes to sleep, and to email me when the battery is getting low so I remember to charge it.
Finally, I also have generic profiles to lock and reply with GPS coordinates in response to text, turn volume to max and make noise in response to text, unlock when connected to home wifi, and unlock when my alarm goes off so that I don't have to enter my passcode and scan the alarm-silencing QR code I put up in the bathroom.
Let me know if you want more info on any of the above!

Would you mind posting the low battery profile?
I'd like to set that up on my TP.
Thanks!
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Sure, it's not too complicated although it does take a bit of setting up. To start with, in order to enable/disable apps you must use either the SecureSettings plugin with an updated su binary, or use adb commands. I choose to use SecureSettings, since that way I don't have to look up package names.
To disable groups of packages, I first make several individual tasks disabling each one. Then, I make another task which turns off wifi, 4g, and GPS. Next, I make another task which runs appropriate package-disabling tasks for that grouping, as well as the wifi/4g/GPS off task. Finally, I put an icon to run that group task on my homescreen.
Obviously, you'll have to figure out what apps/services you may want to disable for yourself.
Note that you could just as easily put all the package disabling actions in one task, thereby obviating the need to nest tasks. I just did it this way since that's what seemed natural to me, given that I have a few different groupings.
Links to XML files for the wifi/GPS off task, an example package disabling task, and a low power consumption master task.

amateurhack said:
I'm interested in using Tasker as well, but I'm concerned that the benefits of automation will cost me in battery life. How much has you battery life changed using tasker, if at all?
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I had the same concerns when I purchased Tasker, and I've found the battery life impact to be undetectable by me. Mainly, that's because tasker runs based on states, and it doesn't constantly poll the OS for what state it's in.
For instance, I have a task that puts my device on silent when it's face down. From how I understand it works, tasker tells the OS "let me know when you are face down" and then pretty much goes to sleep. The OS handles that, and when it goes face down, it tells tasker "ok, i'm face down now" and then tasker executes its script.
So, tasker really doesn't impact battery life, but if you have it switch on high-drain stuff, then yep, you'll see a difference, but that's what you've set it to do, not the app itself.
HTH,
Michael

I've been very thankful for Tasker. I've used it for over a year now, and its one that I continually use and keep.
A few different ways I use is to set the sound profile depending day and time. It auto sets to vibrate at church and auto sets to sound off overnight. But if certain contacts call (mom, dad, wife, etc) the ringer turns on.
I also use it to turn on wifi when I'm home. Thankfully, I'm on Sprint with unlimited data. But I'm sure on other carriers, data usage may be a concern and using wifi at home could save that data usage.
Another cool way I use it is if I'm driving and recieve a text message, it will auto-reply with a text saying "Texting while driving is bad. I'm traveling at 47.3 mph currently. I'll reply later when it's safe". I know that's alittle overboard, but I think it's nifty.

Some battery saving tips for Android devices

Some battery saving tips for Android devices
The Android phones are now becoming extremely popular because there are many different triangles, the app store is extremely rich to meet everyone's needs. However, there is a problem of computer users run Google's operating system or experience, which is the machine drain the battery pretty fast. In the following article, I will review a number of tips collected after a period of use to help extend battery life for Android devices. Invite you to join us to share the experience of using your right in this topic to add rich content.
Check the battery consumption of the components in the machine
By default, Android has built us a battery manager quite useful and you can access it by going to Settings> Battery (for Android devices 4.0 or higher) or Settings> About Phone> Battery use (with Android 2.x devices). Here you will find a series of computer applications listed with a percentage figure represents the energy consumption of the app. Do not just stop at the application, the Battery also provide information for us to know that the system, screen, Wi-Fi consume what percentage of battery when the phone is placed in standby mode, the stars, the mode operation, the stars. You can see this as an "observatory", where you can closely monitor your entire system.
In case you discover a number of applications drain the battery too much, we can quickly turn them off by pressing select the app, press the Force Stop button. Also in the new window opens, you will see the details of the software used to machine resources, such as CPU access applications for how long, how long GPS, the background for several minutes, the amount of data sent / received on. If you feel no need to use such software because it causes more battery power, you can remove it from the machine.
Besides, this manager also gives us a graph depicting the change of battery during use. For example, during the first two hours of machine you use to surf the web, play games, then the line will drop faster than the period for idle factory. Immediately below the bar chart is a long series tell you that the connection / items that have been enabled for how long. Some vendors, such as HTC has customized this chart more intuitive way, providing more hours should be more convenient for you when you need to track.
Switching between 2G and 3G
When using mobile Internet, we have two options: either use 2G or 3G use. Benefits of 3G, then surely you all know, it is very fast access speed, so the web browser, download the application will be completed in a short time than 2G (or commonly known as GPRS, EDGE). However, the downside is that it does 3G drain the battery very fast machine, sometimes causing market is heating up again. Therefore, if you need long time use Android devices, you turn off 3G away when not needed, just idling 2G only. For example, when browsing or searching location, load maps, we use 3G for optimal speed when not in use, the switch to the 2G network to serve the gentle features such as check email, update Facebook's announcement. Thus, the machine's battery life will be extended significantly.
To set the machine to run only 2G, Android device, you access the Settings> More> Mobile Network, select "Use only 2G networks", if you want to use 3G, then uncheck this. However, we have too many steps and gain access to this section, so I suggest you use a small widget called 2G-3G OnOff. After downloading, you perform a widget on your home screen as usual. Every time you need to switch between two types of connection, click the icon of the app, the screen immediately have the "Use only 2G networks" will appear. It will help us save a lot of time from having to manually customize.
Select chip equipment optimized for battery life
In part the battery saving things related to wireless connectivity, without configuring the software, I would like to share some of the little things related to hardware. Currently, Qualcomm is the only manufacturer to find a way to integrate components such as wireless transceivers GPS / GLONASS, 3G/4G LTE up straight in SoC (ie chips used in mobile devices, in which contains the CPU). Compared with NVIDIA Tegra SoC machines running 3/4 or Samsung Exynos - which used the chip and wireless module are separate, Qualcomm solutions help optimize battery life better. Speed ​​transceivers, cellular 3G is also enhanced, faster access speeds. Therefore, when you buy a smartphone, tablet using Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC, the level of savings and speed to excel compared to the SoC line from other companies, especially those who often have to use 3G.
Some machines use Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC can be listed today as LG Nexus 4, LG Optimus G, LG Optimus LTE II, HTC Butterfly, X HTC Desire, HTC Desire SV, SV HTC One, HTC One S, Sony Xperia T / TX, Xperia V, Xperia S / P / U, Motorola Droid RAZR HD / MAXX HD ... It also saves battery on the right side of the machine running both Windows Phone 7 and 8, which are using Qualcomm's S4 Snapdragon SoC, such as the Nokia Lumia 920, Nokia Lumia 820, HTC Windows Phone 8X, HTC Windows Phone 8S, Samsung Ativ S. ..
Refining self-synchronizing data
The automatic synchronization of data is also a factor affecting the battery life of Android devices. Automatic sync means that the software will continue to get access network information, such as when you push mail or Facebook check such notification. If you need to use it with no problems, but in case you use it at this truly is a very wasteful. Not only that but the battery as fast as it also makes the system slow down if your machine does not have a very powerful configuration. Therefore, let us manage the synchronization of Android devices by accessing each specific application, for the configuration / settings / configuration to customize them. Here I will show some typical software.
General Google Account: You access the machine's Settings, scroll down below to see the Accounts. There are many different types of accounts, select the Google line. Continue to take an email account in case the machine is logged multiple addresses, then you will see a series of tick marks to sync select content. We have: sync calendar, bookmarks / history of Chrome, contacts, Google Drive, Gmail, Google Currents, Google Photos, Google Play Music, ... If you do not like something, synchronous machine so that you uncheck travel is completed.
Gmail: run the software, click the three dots in the lower right corner of the screen, select Settings. Select the account to which you configure, looking down at the Data Usage. Here is a line called "Gmail sync is ON", touch it. In the dialog box that appears, uncheck Auto-sync app data if you want Gmail to stop auto complete email as soon as a letter just received. You can also customize each one Google account as needed.
Facebook: Facebook launches app, you click the three dots in the lower right corner of the screen, select Settings. In the Refresh Interval, select the time interval between two self-refresh app content. You can for 1 hour if used Facebook, but not the 2 hours or 4 hours is fine. Also, with Facebook, you can go to the Settings of the machine, browse Facebook in the Account text, deselect the "Contacts" app not proceed to synchronize contacts.
Yahoo Mail: This section is quite similar to the general Google account, you are also in the machine's Settings> browse to the Accounts> Yahoo. Choose to your account, if you do not want to uncheck Contacts sync contacts, uncheck if you do not want to download mail Messages as soon as it arrived.
Dropbox: Unlike the sync app is on the simple things, Dropbox allows us to upload photos automatically have snapped up on the company's servers, which is extremely convenient when you need to make a save Reserve as soon as the image is recorded. To refine this feature, you launch the Dropbox software, click the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen, select Settings. If you want to completely turn off auto upload, select Turn off Camera Upload. And if you want to sync only when there is Wi-Fi, you click Upload lines using> Wi-Fi only (also stream data plan or Wi-Fi, the download allows both 3G and Wi-Fi, but that the loss machine battery pretty fast so you might want to consider while taking). The online app store like SkyDrive, Box, SugarSync and you do the same.
Reduce unused connections
This procedure is one of those things apply across platforms, from mobile devices running Android, iOS, S40, BlackBerry, Symbian and PC. Wi-Fi connection is very useful, it helps for applications in machines, especially the networking applications such as Email, Facebook, Twitter, RSS ... work smoothly and efficiently, but also so that makes the battery faster. If you go to places where there is no Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi signal is weak, the machine detects Wi-Fi all the time, the machine drains the battery faster. So, if you do not need Wi-Fi to turn off by going to Settings, Wi-Fi gotten to the OFF. Do the same for Bluetooth connectivity, 3G. If you are currently using Android 4.2, you can quickly shut off by using two fingers to drag the status bar will show the buttons appear as shown below.
It should be noted that if you regularly use the wireless connection, the aforementioned toggle is often not a good idea. I've been testing and found that the continuous turn will make the battery faster than normal wear, and many, many technology news site also confirmed the above phenomenon. The reason for this is explained by each enable Bluetooth or Wi-Fi or 3G, the machine must use more energy to find and establish a connection. Energy consumption in the boot process is much higher than the energy needed to maintain connectivity. Therefore, if you need to use Wi-Fi or 3G more then let him thus limiting open off several times.
Adjust the screen brightness automatically
The screen is a component of the "eat" batteries in a mobile device, regardless of which machine is running Android, iOS or Symbian. Therefore, Google has applied the method to adjust the screen brightness for your operating system. This feature on activities using a sensor called ambient light sensor, usually next speaker layout or on the side of the machine, to see the brightness of the environment around the user is, from which crystals adjust the brightness of the screen accordingly. This approach has three advantages: saving battery power, energy saving manual adjustments, just to help our eyes more comfortable. If you often have to move between the brightness difference where this is extremely useful features. Once inside, the machine self-adjust the screen darkens a bit to save battery power, even when it came out way too bright on the screen for you to see better in the sun. It's convenient right?
To enable the ability to adjust the brightness on Android 4.x, go to Settings> Display> Brightness, select the check box Automatic Brightness. If you are running older Android versions like 2.3, 2.2, please go to Settings> Sound and Display> Brightness, Automatic brightness adjustment press box. You note that this option only applies to machines equipped ambient sensor ok.
Keep your phone in a cool place
Can you believe this is not related, but the real ambient temperature greatly affects the performance of the machine as well as the use of batteries. Normally, the battery works better in a cool place, and the heat for a long time that the battery power dropped away much quicker. Therefore, you should limit the phone tucked into places too narrow to avoid the sun shines directly into our time machine too long. So you just help better battery life, the life expectancy has increased for the other components of the machine.
Use the Google application "dark"
Google provides many applications for its Android operating system (such as Gmail, Maps, Google+, Music, Documents ...) and most of these applications have in common colors are white, black letters. If your phone uses AMOLED screen it is best to turn it on a black background to save battery life. Two of these displays have the advantage of being able to black out, it will turn off the pixel goes to an absolute black, the only color other then the new pixel color that glows. Whereby it will save a lot of battery when using a black background with many apps like this. So how to switch to a black background? Very easy, a modder named "rujelus22" mod to have the app on Google and convert them to black and white text background colors, all you need to do is download and install only.
rujelus22 that you can install parallel black background applications with legacy applications. But on a certain number of machines, you may need to remove the original, the new Google application installed the "black" is. You can download the application "dark" is the link: MediaFire / or update FShare add new applications in the source link of the author. Conduct a Flash file into the package or set each file sequentially. APK one.
List of Google applications have been converted to black tones:
Google Play
Google+, Gmail
Google Docs, Google Voice, Google Translate
Search Box
Google Talk, Google Reader
Google Music, YouTube
And other applications:
Twitter, Dropbox
Virtual Keyboard ICS and Gingerbread
(Excerpted from his @ TDNC: [Android] Save battery power with the Google apps dark)
Limiting the use of advertising associated software
In addition to the reasons as old as the big screen, powerful hardware to the researchers from Purdue University and Microsoft found that 75% of battery consumption on Android case related to the application by in-game ads cause. Android has a lot of free software and games, most of all we are and will insert advertising is constantly in the process we use. These ads constantly connected to the Internet and transmit that information to the Android machine becomes so drain the battery. It is so, I had previously tried a number of free applications that support the ad noticed lagging computer battery a bit faster than using the app, but is also a chargeable ( ie no advertising). Therefore, you should purchase a software license, just to support authors, both respected intellectual property law and minimize battery consumption by advertising with me, but if not then you have to take the trouble to find files information install APK format on internet such.
Stopping or removing unnecessary app
You will never know what software is running in the background if they are not managed in a coherent way through the menu Settings> Apps> Running tab. Some app seemed gone off but we really still running and continuous access to the system resources. If the app you use it often or do not say, but there are things we run up a long long time, so that a system occupied unnecessarily, to make our machines drain the battery more quickly. In this case, you should stop the application by selecting desire to take an app, press the Stop button in the process are displayed. In addition, you can also remove them completely out of the machine to not accidentally activate the app is not necessary.
The backend applications for prolonged battery life
Juice Defender
Android has many additional applications to help you manage and increase the battery life, which is a famous software called Juice Defender. It will automatically set system parameters to optimize battery life for the machine. The free version of JuiceDefender supports the Balanced and Aggressive configurations, providing limited ability to control the data connection and synchronize calendar. Plus version ($ 1.99) to expand custom configurations and more Aggressive custom calendar sync. Ultimate version ($ 4.99) has additional functions such as AutoSync (automatic sync), Screen Timeout (Romance of time off screen), Screen Brightness (Adjust the screen brightness) and many additional custom calendar at sets. If the root device, this software also allows you to control the CPU speed, GPS and switch between 2G/3G mode.
To use the free JuiceDefender is very simple, follow these steps:
At Play Store to find and install JuiceDefender installed on machines or at this link.
Running JuiceDefender select Enabled. That's it.
The second configuration is free to choose the Balanced and Aggressive. Also, the free version only manage Mobile data is connected, so in theory the Plus or Ultimate will save more battery. The management style of the free time you use the battery by about 50%
Balanced Configuration: With this configuration, Mobile data connection will be automatically switched off when the phone screen is off. Every 15 minutes, the connection will be activated to sync data (email, calendar ...)
Aggressive Configuration: Balanced Like in that the screen is off, it would automatically turn off Mobile Data. Yet another place is just 30 minutes, the connection will be activated to sync. This configuration is another place again when the battery is too low, then the connection will not be activated even when the screen is open. Maximum battery savings.
For normal users, simply enable the free version is finished. If you want more than that, you can use the Ultimate version, others will have a more detailed article on this premium version (Excerpted Saver for Android with Juice Defender my @ vuhai6)
Battery Doctor
A free app also helps us save battery management and an intuitive, Battery Doctor (download here). Its main feature is to provide relative time that you can use with current battery capacity (the accuracy of the minutes), when the principal warning or when a fully charged battery, automatically adjusts system components such as Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth to save battery life by different modes: Extreme - only messaging feature called active listening, Clock - alarm clock only activities and Custom - customized according to your needs.
When you click on the battery icon in the park outside the main screen, Battery Doctor allows us to view the status of batteries, current battery capacity, temperature, battery voltage, battery technology. A chart above also allows you to monitor the energy consumption of the machine for any period of more battery power, about which little use, ...
Also, a point that I find interesting is that when using Battery Doctor to turn off the connection type, the battery time remaining will increase or decrease in an intuitive way (some minute changes expected soon ), from which you can easily decide which one should be turned off the public. It also will tell you the time relative to the full charge of your Android machine is how long.
Sony Smart Connect
There is a free software quite useful for you to shut off timer connection types, such as Sony Smart Connect (Download the Sony Smart Connect application). This application is the automatic functions perform a variety of tasks in a certain time you set, or when you connect a peripheral device to the mayAndroid her. The interesting point is that each series of actions that can be divided by "facts" are different, for example, you go to work 7 am, when the machine breaks free Wi-Fi, transfer ringtone to silent mode, and to 5 pm, the machine switches itself on the ring and Wi-Fi. It should be added that Smart Connect developed by Sony, but it can run on all Android devices of other manufacturers. I have tried to install on multiple machines HTC, LG and Smart Connect the Nexus 4 will work fine.
After you download the software, run the app Smart Connect. In the main interface, click the + button in the upper right corner of the screen, enter the name of the new event, such as "go to" for example. In the new screen appears, the item When you click on the "Add condition". Here, you can set the app to trigger events based on the hours or recommend charging / headphones recommend (with the Sony Xperia, you have a lot of other ways activated by touching SmartTag, connected to SonySmartWatch, ...). If you choose, you can choose hourly event repeats every day or some days of the week.
Next, we will set the machine will do the action sequences. In This is the result of the action will take place at the start of the event, and the "At The End" is what it will do when the event ended. As I said to the example earlier, to go to the event, you can set the Do This includes the mute, turn off Wi-Fi, 3G open, running app map. And At The End section, select the Wi-Fi open, open the bell, turn off 3G. You can apply similar measures to the machine itself off when going to sleep sound, light and time again that they open themselves. Additionally, you can place orders for Smart Connect launch a particular application, posting new status to Facebook, ... After you've installed the action series, do not forget to flip the switch to On top of the screen, while the new machine and run track events as we have to.

Google play services

I always see Google play services running in the background and associating with various applications. After doing a search, looks like there are ways to reduce it's activity and improve battery life.
My question is this, has anyone done anything to Google play service to improve battery life on the G3? If so, what have you done and how has it affected the battery performance?

The best solution if you're willing to lose gcm notifications (notifications for google stuff) and everything google, including the playstore & auto app updates. is to simply freeze the entire google framework, and unfreeze the framework when you need access to the playstore.
But if you're one of those kinda ppl that's always looking at & downloading new apps and in constant need of the playstore or you use hangouts ect you might wanna check into an app for disabling google framework individual services you don't use (disable service is a good app for this). This is a far less effective approach then the first option in terms of battery life but you won't lose everything google including the playstore. if you don't use the first option and your into debloating this takes debloating to the next level.
I use the first option myself, after my phone is setup properly do i rarely ever need to use the playstore which is only a reboot away.
The battery savings on each device varies depending how your phone currently behaves, for example when my phone was wacked out too many apps and services and stuff i didn't notice too much battery savings, but after flashing to a fresh stock firmware (factory reset didn't help) then when my phone was working good again i then did a quick before and after, while trying the first option again it was a noticable difference, i haven't tested properly to tell you a % but it's noticable.
EDIT: Here, take a look at this, it's a 100% win whichever option you choose...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357417

stas333 said:
I always see Google play services running in the background and associating with various applications. After doing a search, looks like there are ways to reduce it's activity and improve battery life.
My question is this, has anyone done anything to Google play service to improve battery life on the G3? If so, what have you done and how has it affected the battery performance?
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I found the absolute best solution for this problem. It allows you to retain all functionality of your phone and still get incredible battery life. Check out my thread about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-...-services-google-search-t2885111#post55617005

Up to 12 hours of continual use on stock ROM!

Note... the info below is old hat... I have made a breakthrough to breaking the 10 hr barrier of continual usage. Right now it is still in testing phase, will the latest Google Services and Play Store. Will post my final addition next week or so. Stay tuned!
Yes, I just figured out what is needed to get the most out of stock 4.4.2 with the latest google services as of Jan 15th.
The key is blocking a select set of services within play store and play services.
As of recent, Google has disclosed that more integration and services will be added to the upcoming update. So i aso included disabling auto system updates.
So my list of blocked services will include everything needed to keep your device from creating more battery drain and issues later.
Posted an attached file for a disable service. The config file is to restore, and use to auto block your Google Services. Since it covers a lot of apps, it will take some time depending on how many apps you have that are in the list.
Yes, I included within the configuration file, is disabled un needed services in popular apps. They do not break or create errors. Only a few apps may loose sync or notification functionality, but can be undone within disable service by opening the apps services list and selecting the disabled service to enable it.

Known issues with apps.
Peel smart remote for S5, and for Tab, both have update info pushed to notifications. They no longer do the push through notification, which many users complain about.
Google Geofence service is disabled... no longer are you able to setup a parameter around you to set actions when leaving and entering. Also Maps and other apps that require geofence will not be able to search around your location for active people around you. Though location works just fine, so maps works pretty much like the old way of placing you where you are at, and populating the map with POI Info.
Google Network Location is disabled. Both Google Geofence and Network Location eat up bits of bandwidth and 2% of battery power per hour, no matter if they are used or not. No longer network location will assist in tracking you. Google will rely on GPS only.
Widgets on Google and stock apps, most may not function. I personally dislike widgets as they eat resources, and I can do most anything I need without widgets, and most of the time just as fast.
Google Fileapkintentoperation service, reporting, and measurement service all have been disabled. Don't report any usage back to Google. Does not break paid apps, or play store usage.
Google Sync, on every thing but Calender. Though it does not disable the ability to manually sync google apps. Just because you turn off sync manually, it still is running in background, so removing the sync services keeps things clean.
Google backup services. No need since I use Ti Backup pro
Google package verification, restore, and reschedule services have been disabled in play store. No more pushing of system updates and apk monitoring. I use norton for scanning downloaded apk files.
Some streaming apps may not remember past usage. Blocked some services that track you.
I also use prevent running to keep memory usage low, and keep background apps from running when closed.
Will post a system battery level snap shot and developer system stats to show how things are running, once my battery level hits 5%

7.5 hrs and 19% battery left
Ok, I can assume with certainly, I can get 9.5hrs of continuous battery time from a single charge.
I tested with screen brightness set at auto, 1 hr of Miracast play back of a 720p video, 1.5 hrs of Miracast playback of two streamed shows from channel apps, 1 download of a 1.2gb torrent file, 1 movie download using vpn and channel app. Used Chrome Dev, Outlook and a few minor instances of other apps. Along with a 10 minute test on sleeping and a 10 minute hibernation, to verify no issues popped up with services disabled.
Here is my 7.5hr battery stats and developer apps stats...

12.5 hours always on moderate use
Yep, I get 8% battery use per hour with an mix of light app use. Mind you, most all apps I run are not memory resident. As Google and internet pros have led end users into believing that cached and background apps save on power and speed up multi tasking. Bah!
I did not have the time to run my device a full 9.5 hours in my test initially. So i had to cut short and use data to extrapolate that shutting down background un used services and killing cached and background apps have made an 8 hr device into a performance monster that does not eat battery power to do so.
Since then I have recharged and will try a test run with minimal screen time off and random sparatic app use. My calculations are 12.5 hrs max. Given the 8% per hour discharge with screen in auto brightness mode, power may increase as the environment brightens up.
I assume if using power save mode, having blocking mode on, and with grey scale enabled, my device could achieve 15 hrs always on run time. The only real way to break the 15 hrs always on run time would be to go into airplane mode or and have the display turn off when waiting, but never sleep.
This is all based on a 1% every 10 minutes discharge rate to be able to keep above 15 hrs constantly on run time.

Oops! Forgot to add
I don't reboot much, but realized some may shut down or reboot time to time. If a reboot is done one key component resets time to time on a reboot. Just go back into disable service and open google play services and search for injector. You will see two, but one may be disabled. Just disable the active one and It will take care of the Google services that had started in background. If both are active, something got reset in play services that helps re enable the injector service. You can restore the disable service backup and it should clear up any reset services. Though it will change what services you changed in apps that you needed a service to run. So be sure once you make a change, to back up, so if you need to re apply my play services settings after a restart, it won't undo any of your changes.

As an update... I do get 1 hr of use per every 8% of battery. It took a few discharges and full recharges to have the device recalibrate after doing my disable service setup to kill services not needed and Google play services that eat battery and performance.
I have done a few changes, but they seem to make a minor significance. Once I am done playing around with some tweaks and verifying, I my post an updated config backup, if they turn out to be improvements.

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Update... 12 to 10 hours continual use on a single charge!
Yep I was board with Saturday Daytona rain... so what better to test my latest tweaks with the latest Play Store and Play Services.
Had to do a bit of digging, as there are many more services that I don't need but may come in handy later... like Google Pay, Ha! ? what a joke! Well actually with every freaking iteration of Google's services and Play Store, one hopes they don't muck up the mess by fixing, or hosing something you expect to run smoothly and efficiently. There is more to it than just way too many services running in background. It's about how the services run cleanly and not become a load when not used.
Well here it is... over 54 services killed in my list! With only one issue... Maps when promptly closed will error, but it is a visual annoyance if anything. So, don't close Maps before it runs for 30 seconds, or you will error closing.
Also don't try and send error reports or debug info, as they are not going to happen!
For the most part manual syncing within google and tied in apps are intact, but most all auto syncing is disabled.
Will post my latest and greatest DisableService backup config for everyone's use, once I go over a few test runs with reboots and other what nots.
Remember to kill History Injection Service manually after each reboot or wait for the reapplication of the backup config to complete.
Finally I see all the speed and battery improvements that KK once touted as major improvements over JP. It was a crying joke that lasted till now.
Only if Google and Samsung would make a tablet work as a tool not a smart phone, then the benefits of using a tablet for intensive tasks will out weigh getting by with ones pocket phone. This is what students need for their devices to be a 100% duty cycle device under high demands during a days use. No tablet can match that while being forced waist battery and resources for Google analytics, tracking, and social media tie in. Tablets are tools not some monkey device that most peeps have in their pocket!

Almost done!
11.5 hrs is currently obtainable on continuous use on a single charge, without Tasker, any battery apps, and greenify. With overlay disabled and forced GPU acceleration. Both are battery draining options, that nobody will enable when going for extending battery times.
I am trying my best to keep PlayServices down to 15% at device idle. It seems that the kernel with play framework will use 5% no matter what I do. Right now the bottle neck to obtain 12 hrs is what version of PlayServices you use.
I am not going to mess with testing each iteration of play services to get 12 hrs of continuous battery use on a full charge.
To obtain the best battery consumption, one may want to tweak their network by use of a sysctl.config file or shell script to run in init.d or smanager. I find ports waiting to end or close will eat at the battery by how the network or should i say by PlayService's active polling.
I find terminating after 45 seconds of waiting instead of 15 minutes more beneficial to longer battery time. As a wee cpu hit, it is not bad, but it compounds cpu hits by making throttling push the cpu at higher levels than without the polling of closed port termination.
You can watch what i explain when watching cpu performance, by turning on block background data while running a few apps, and comparing to the same apps while block background data is disabled. CPU stats will level off faster and be less prone to hit higher speeds when throttling.
As with my original statement, you will need to kill the locationhistoryinjector service as Google PlayServices will enable it at every boot. It Is a key component to find my mobile and device manager.
My config files disable device manager and find my mobile, along with tracking and Google background data.
What you end up with is a cleaner android that is mostly disconnected from Google, yet able to function better and use paid for play apps without issues, outside of some options tied to google services.
I included my app ops config along with my other updated configs. You will need to remove the .txt extension from the prevent.list and move it in the sdcard/android location for the piebridge app files folder.

Done
I removed all previous attachments on my config backups and posted the latest config backups that kill most of Google's chimera functions within android without breaking play store. All services in regards to NFC, Google Security, network location, automatic background sync, and system usage monitoring have been either disabled or hindered, to eliminate performance degradation and battery consumption.
What you get is a sleek fast running OS, that rivals any custom kernel. Believe me, I used what's available here for mods, and found through trial and error, the best method in keeping overall functionality is to slim things down by using the three apps I have configured.
Most feel what is the point to all this... well disabling features in settings, does not stop google from running the services in background. They run and are tied into other services you may use. Once manually disabled, you may find a service you use fail because it relied on the background service google uses to track and monitor. It is not a matter of killing your favorite app, it is a matter of using an app that does what you need privately and without need of so many background services hogging up resources. Google apps are not the best, just give you options in one package, which some like as to being simpler than having to switch between apps.
I may not be as fast as a custom kerneled device running at 1920mhz or throttled down to 100mhz with profiles enabled, but in all aspects to smoothness and overhead generated by kernel manager apps, greenify, Tasker, and amplify... what gains with customization are lost, compared to what you find in my simple yet very effective method to free your device from Google's constraints.
To be secure in apk installation I use Norton, by unfreezing it before installing apps. Then freezing when done.
For device security, I recommend what ever 3rd party apk meets your needs. As you cannot trust google or samsung with device management. You may find a paid app to perform the job, as most free ones will tie into Google's management or location api system, and fail to function. They must use their own set of services, to hook to existing features not Google's services api.
As for NFC this device has none, so it is a mute issue. Syncing of tied in Google services for social and messaging apps, deal with it... your phone should be primary for syncing. It only takes a quick pull down to sync if you are busy within an app or multi tasking.

One last update
I removed another set of backup configs.. luckily nobody got to them as they were intentionally placed a few replies previously. I do such things to keep peeps on their toes as to know what they are doing by actually reading first!
So... what prompted my change was my error log on certain functions and booting.
Made a wee change to clean up errors without loosing performance or battery gains from my weeding out services and background processes.
Also somewhere in my configs a while back locstionhistoryinjector stays disabled. So this Is a set it and forget it deal, no searching for the blasted service to disable after each reboot.
Alright here are my backup config files along with my frozen apps in screen shots. Missing are... ringtonesbackup and a number of widgets that were permanently removed. Also I have included other side loaded apps that are not part of our stock firmware.
Here is a wee trick nobody talks about... when you shut down or reboot, turn on airplane mode before you do so. Reason being, when the device starts up, it will only take 3 minutes from boot to home screen to fully recover into system idle. Once system is in idle, turn off airplane mode. It helps with less lag and a few apps from trying to gain network access during boot, and slowing down system boot tasks. Once network is operational from disabling airplane mode, the apps in my prevent run list will not wake for network access, until launched. Pretty cool beans, aye!
Also as another trick, because play store sends data when removing apps, I recommend using TouchWiz app removal in the app drawer to remove apps, as it does not send data to do so. Ti Backup does good as well, but depending on its settings may communicate with play store to update play store info.
Currently you can have up to 15 hrs of continuous run time with wifi and screen on during idle. Though I imagine about 2 days worth of mp3 playback time when screen is left off, as a player only, and no other app like Dolby Audio to tweak compressed audio.

In my previous reply i found some errors, and removed some attachments.
I have replaced my disable service backup config with a super modified one that give superior operation by removing tap and pay, fit, NFC, proximity, wearable, and allowed some main sources of required services to run, but made the secondary services associated with them disable, to make the primary service ineffective and keep polling down.
I assume either wearable or health have been a major cause to battery drain since KK was introduced. If you look at the txt file, there are about 100 sub services within the play services service that I disabled. 2x as many as I provided before.
Even though some of the services i have tried to combat from effecting the performance and optimizing battery for longer use, the few I had removed being blocked from running, don't seem to have much effect when their codependent services are disabled.
So, what I get is.. OS using 3% to 4%, Android system 2% to 3%, and screen using 94% to 95% of battery power at idle while the screen is on, and waiting for activity.
Though i will have to redo my screen shots for frozen apps, as i had used a testing config for frozen app effectiveness.
Some apps like Google contacts sync must be removed, as It is an evasive sync service. Samsung is not that way with all of its sync services.
What my super modified file does, is unleashes Android 4.4.x power of operation. For the first time with KK, I have eliminated stuttering and multitasking is more like what it should be with background apps or media being ran during tasks. It is the closest thing to running naked KK, but you have full ability to operate paid for apps and apps that require the latest play services.

so may i know what are the detailed steps in order to enjoy this battery trick? rooted device with xposed?

yweising said:
so may i know what are the detailed steps in order to enjoy this battery trick? rooted device with xposed?
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Yep, I had to root my I467 with kingo root with a PC connection and install super su before removing kingo root.
I will post a revision to my settings soon. I found that I over did keeping google services from starting. So my new method is minimized to allow most all newer technology work. The only big things I killed are Chrome cast, as it is huge and really eats up battery. Thank god for Samsung ' s method to make miracast a user enabled service, not a constantly running one. Geofence and geocode as they are always running as well, and have little use for daily activities. I would think virtual gear Wil need it, but i live my life in the real world around me.
Again, I killed system updates, and some automated sync services that run constantly no matter if you have them disabled in the account.
The only drawback is maps will error if you don't wait for location to lock and the app has been running less than 30 seconds. Plus Network location will always be disabled.
I am finding my latest settings to be best all around.
Will post them by the end of the week.

I have made my disable service less restrictive as the main culprits to battery drainage can be stopped and kept from running without need to add more to the list on google services.
You will not be able to use geo code or geo fence, device manager, nearby services as Samsung's services are better and dont eat battery when not in use, apk ad and anyalitics, self update, chrome cast as it runs and consumes battery even if you dont connect, location history and sharing, network location, place detectioh, and some internal reporting services, along with some sync options in account... but you will still be able to auto sync gmail, photos, drop box, calander, and contacts.
It allows for the most robust google services to still be active, such as fit, wear, notifications, internal messaging system and tap and pay.
You go from over 8 minutes of activity after reboot down to 2 to 3 minutes of cpu activity depending on what apps you run and allow to load in memory.
Just download disable service from the play store, restore the backup file from the internal sdcard and wait for confirmation.
You will need root!
Xposed has two modules that I like to use both backup files are in my previous reply, a few back. I suggest after installing prevent run, to go into the android folder and find the piebridge folder near the bottom and place the backup there, and remove the txt file extension. Once you reboot to activate the xposed module, the app will see and load the backup, before replacing when you change the settings.

Closest to making google services not eat battery
yweising said:
so may i know what are the detailed steps in order to enjoy this battery trick? rooted device with xposed?
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Here my last option to rid battery consumption.
I blocked most all of the internal services that deal with sending data back to google. A revised plan that started with killing the major services first instead of attacking bleeders as in pruning twigs from a branch. I went after the big branch first. So I was able to do more than before in smoothness and least amount of battery drain.
I think I left all the automatic sync still intact, as the reporting branch was more a problem, along with GMS services. Then intents to enable the services, and some upload syncs to kill off 90% of the reporting all together.
The only reports back are analytics and GCM with some GMS tied in. Google Mail and Maps function, but network location, places and geofence features are broken. Mainly because they leak data all the time.
The reason I had to attack my google services deeper, is because History Channel app needed some anti jitter done, as the new app would show a skip every so many seconds of play back.

i managed to flash back to 4.2.2 yesterday, will test it for few days after few cycles of battery charge. might test your backup file if it still cant stand for 6hrs.

wanna get better experience + faster tablet?
just flash CM13.0... I couldn't be happier with my Note 8.0...
samsung's KK is EOL already and slow.... many apps are incompatible anymore....

Crescendo Xenomorph said:
wanna get better experience + faster tablet?
just flash CM13.0... I couldn't be happier with my Note 8.0...
samsung's KK is EOL already and slow.... many apps are incompatible anymore....
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I beg to differ... there is not one app I use that I cannot update. In fact a ton of them had been updated in the last 30 days.
Kk is stable, and with the latest google services, and framework 4.4.4 I am able to push 1 hr of continual use on just 6% battery use.
Fact CM as never had a stable build that allows perfect miracast and spen funtionality. Plus I like Samsung's built in features, peeps copy, yet cannot beat. Like S5 QuickConnect, grey scale for reading and low light, color blind for easier to recognize color various paterns developers go nuts with, and interaction control for blocking a user defined segment or segments from touch or spen interaction.
You just need to replace systemui and secsettings on a 4.4.2 stock late release rom on a ATT i467 and bam no brainer.
If I want speed, which is really not worth the trouble, is boeffla kernal.
Right now I am tweaking my settings backup to allow Samsung or Google management tracking, by not breaking any GMS and GCM services, while optimizing boot speed and battery savings.
I found another way to address battery consumption and cpu hogging by google background services.

modded disableservice backup config file to allow managment
NOTE### I will re post my file soon... the one I had posted had some errors in settings, I had locked down too much on play store.
Here is my modded config backup to allow most of the google play features to function. Yet, will block google system updates and monitoring, plus limit traffic on your data plan.
It has been trimmed down to only adust google play store and google play services. No other apps and services are touched.
I blocked automated nearby functions, places logging, network location, geo fencing, app data sync, people and contacts sync, most of the backgroud stats and logging, and playstore security (proven by me as of recent, that it fails miserably).
Replace with a standalone anti virus app that monitors apk installations. Problem is only a hand full will do the job and even fewer will not be resource hogs and compound my tweaks. I would specify my pick, but I don't get paid for my work that may seem to advertise a paid app. If they make money I should for endorsement. Its the yank way so accept it.
All without breaking GMS and GCM services, and syncs to built in calander and fit data. All exteral app syncs can still be managed in accounts. You still have SMS, notifications, management functions, and api functionality.
This version is more like my original that I started with, but has some cool features. One is quicker boot to semi idle than any kitkat google services ever released. Low battery consumption and higher performance in multitasking. Very smooth witout need of a custom kernel.
Note you will need version 4.4.4 Framework, which never got updated automatically. So you will need to sideload. And the latest versions of play store and play services.
Clear out framework data, play services data, and play store data then reboot. Setup play store and services install disable services on a rooted device and load the backup settings file.