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Yeah, if you star contacts, you can set priority mode so that starred ones ring through, and it cleverly distinguishes between calls and messages. I haven't done enough testing to check hangouts, email, etc. But it does work for calls.
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IuniusBrutus posted:Doesn't 5.0 have the baked in natively? Yeah it does. I'm pretty sure that's why Motorola would remove that feature.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 14:50 |
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You can't do the "two-calls-to-override" thing but I'm pretty sure you could reproduce that with Tasker.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 15:06 |
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Is there a way to manage my list of devices that the Google Play store checks for compatibility? It's still checking my old Nexus 5 (that I sent to be replaced) as well as the T-Mobile G2 I used prior. I'd like to remove them.
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The Merkinman posted:Is there a way to manage my list of devices that the Google Play store checks for compatibility? It's still checking my old Nexus 5 (that I sent to be replaced) as well as the T-Mobile G2 I used prior. I'd like to remove them. You can hide them in the settings but you can't remove them. It looks like they finally fall off the list if they haven't been used for 3 years. The last thing on my list is an old Galaxy Nexus I threw away in November 2012, and my N1 and other ancient stuff from before that no longer show up.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 15:18 |
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The Merkinman posted:Is there a way to manage my list of devices that the Google Play store checks for compatibility? It's still checking my old Nexus 5 (that I sent to be replaced) as well as the T-Mobile G2 I used prior. I'd like to remove them.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 15:19 |
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So since I can't use betterbatterystats on my 5.0.2 moto, any suggestions on apps to disable? I've already disabled quite a few (below). Also should I turn off notifications for all my apps? Disabled: android live wallpapers at&t (everything) daydreams cloud print drive google (contacts sync, keyboard, init, setup, pinyin input, play books, play games, play movies and tv, play newsstand, text-to-speech, google+) hangouts hp print motorola migrate motorola spotlight music visualization walllpapers my at&t softcard talkback YP
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 16:02 |
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actionjackson posted:So since I can't use betterbatterystats on my 5.0.2 moto, any suggestions on apps to disable? I've already disabled quite a few (below). Also should I turn off notifications for all my apps? Do you have Facebook and/or Facebook Messenger? Those usually suck.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 16:06 |
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I've found that just leaving all the shitware apps turned on (disabling nothing) results in better battery life these days. Seems disabling system apps causes the OS to endlessly try to use them, burning battery. Used to have like 15 disabled apps on my Note 4. After LP yesterday, I just turned them all on. Smooth sailing.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 16:11 |
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myron cope posted:Do you have Facebook and/or Facebook Messenger? Those usually suck. Yeah, unfortunately. I don't have notifications on though.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 16:14 |
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Tunga posted:You can't do the "two-calls-to-override" thing but I'm pretty sure you could reproduce that with Tasker. There's an app called Agent that lets you do this. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tryagent
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hotsauce posted:I've found that just leaving all the shitware apps turned on (disabling nothing) results in better battery life these days. Seems disabling system apps causes the OS to endlessly try to use them, burning battery. This is the correct answer.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 16:50 |
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Nm
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 16:55 |
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actionjackson posted:So since I can't use betterbatterystats on my 5.0.2 moto, any suggestions on apps to disable? I've already disabled quite a few (below). Also should I turn off notifications for all my apps? I just looked at your post history to see the problem you're having, and... you're not?
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 17:03 |
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baka kaba posted:I just looked at your post history to see the problem you're having, and... you're not? I just got the phone yesterday. I'm asking because on my Nexus 4 (that I lost) I was able to use BetterBatteryStats to disable anything causing partial wakelocks. Since I can't use that anymore, I'm just curious if there are any apps that are known to cause a lot of battery drainage that I should look out for
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 17:39 |
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What about using your new phone normally instead of trying to break it right off the bat?
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 17:44 |
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butt dickus posted:What about using your new phone normally instead of trying to break it right off the bat? Chillax dude, I know from experience that a lot of that stuff causes huge battery issues.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 17:46 |
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Guys I just got this brand new car, and I've already ripped out a ton of poo poo from under the hood. Can anyone recommend other things to remove so that my car runs correctly?
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 17:48 |
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actionjackson posted:Disabled: I'm curious what the gently caress you actually do on your phone after all this I mean, you disabled the loving keyboard lmbo
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 17:49 |
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I, too, buy a smartphone and turn everything off so it can only make phone calls.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 17:51 |
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actionjackson posted:Chillax dude, I know from experience that a lot of that stuff causes huge battery issues. What in your experience led you to imagine that turning off notifications for all of your apps would improve anything about your experience with this phone, let alone the battery life specifically?
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 17:52 |
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actionjackson posted:Chillax dude, I know from experience that a lot of that stuff causes huge battery issues. action my man, this is going as well as your foray into the Cycling thread. I may have to go and support United now to cleanse myself of the second incursion into my worlds like this.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 17:55 |
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actionjackson posted:Chillax dude, I know from experience that a lot of that stuff causes huge battery issues. android live wallpapers daydreams cloud print drive google (contacts sync, keyboard, init, setup, pinyin input, play books, play games, play movies and tv, play newsstand, text-to-speech, google+) hangouts hp print talkback
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 17:55 |
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Also speaking of keyboards, mine fucks up and flashes to this occasionally when typing after 5.1 (I use the dark material theme), goes away after I tap any character
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 17:56 |
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actionjackson posted:So since I can't use betterbatterystats on my 5.0.2 moto, any suggestions on apps to disable? I've already disabled quite a few (below). Also should I turn off notifications for all my apps?
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actionjackson posted:So since I can't use betterbatterystats on my 5.0.2 moto, any suggestions on apps to disable? I've already disabled quite a few (below). Also should I turn off notifications for all my apps? disable the display
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CLAM DOWN posted:I'm curious what the gently caress you actually do on your phone after all this I mean, you disabled the loving keyboard lmbo I use swiftkey okay i disabled the display things are going great Penguissimo posted:What in your experience led you to imagine that turning off notifications for all of your apps would improve anything about your experience with this phone, let alone the battery life specifically? My understanding was that notifications are wake locks, so a phone that is displaying notifications must "wake itself up" quite a bit which is worse for the battery than if it is sleeping (or whatever it's called).
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 18:15 |
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Turn off the radios. That will vastly increase your battery life.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 18:16 |
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Disconnect the battery from the board. You should get a few months of battery life before it discharges itself.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 18:20 |
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And okay I reenabled most of that. I just remember the google stuff causing battery issues with my nexus 4, but that was a couple years ago so I guess things have improved.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 18:21 |
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Probably safer to just disconnect your aorta from your left ventricle. These issues will just fall away.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 18:23 |
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Unless you're going on a two-week jungle adventure and need to eke out every last drop of battery life, just leave your phone the way it's meant to be and use all those magical things you're denying yourself. Some people have battery issues sometimes, they don't know exactly what causes it and why, if it happens to you it wouldn't be something you could really avoid anywayactionjackson posted:My understanding was that notifications are wake locks, so a phone that is displaying notifications must "wake itself up" quite a bit which is worse for the battery than if it is sleeping (or whatever it's called). Honestly if you don't even know what's going on under the hood (and why would you need to? It's a phone) there's a good chance you're making things worse by messing around with stuff you don't understand. At least try it stock and see if it's fine! Crack open a live wallpaper and kick back with some cloud printing
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 18:24 |
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The android thread loving owns
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 18:25 |
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actionjackson posted:My understanding was that notifications are wake locks, so a phone that is displaying notifications must "wake itself up" quite a bit which is worse for the battery than if it is sleeping (or whatever it's called). If you're just unchecking the "show notifications" box in Android Settings' app info screen, that has nothing to do with wakelocks and you're just making your phone less useful. That quite literally JUST stops notifications emitted from the app to be displayed on the screen. It was designed to be used on lovely apps that embed adware and present ads as notifications in the bar, which was a common thing up until 2012 or so. An app gets a message from Google's backend while the screen is off. For sake of example, Gmail gets a message that you got a new mail. The Gmail app will try to do something with that information, like sync the message to your inbox locally so it can be displayed when you open it. The app needs a wakelock so that the system doesn't go back to sleep and kill Gmail while it's in the middle of downloading. As part of that same processing, it also just pops up the notification. That last part is the only thing that gets stopped. You seem to be trying to turn your phone into a brick just by cargo culting poo poo from XDA forums, who are like the best examples ever of cargo culting poo poo on their own.
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 18:26 |
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actionjackson posted:My understanding was that notifications are wake locks, so a phone that is displaying notifications must "wake itself up" quite a bit which is worse for the battery than if it is sleeping (or whatever it's called). Displaying notifications and syncing data in the background can be (and usually are?) separate. The notification itself isn't the issue, and you can actually disable notifications in app info, rather than disabling the app. But that won't stop an app from giving you wakelocks by syncing constantly in the background. ^^^^ dammit, yeah, what he said
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 18:28 |
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Have you considered a flip phone might fit your needs, OP?
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 18:31 |
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Endless Mike posted:Have you considered a flip phone might fit your needs, OP? I think a payphone might suit him better because they don't run out of juice.
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actionjackson posted:So since I can't use betterbatterystats on my 5.0.2 moto, any suggestions on apps to disable? I've already disabled quite a few (below). Also should I turn off notifications for all my apps? No, it's 2015. You don't need to disable everything on your phone anymore
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# ? Mar 25, 2015 18:36 |
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get an iphone, you can't disable stuff on it anyway.
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TraderStav posted:Probably safer to just disconnect your aorta from your left ventricle. These issues will just fall away.
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