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[APPS] PowerTutor - Contacts and Messaging Destroying Battery?

I've been using a power usage app designed for the N1 called "PowerTutor" for the past week or so (app link, homepage link).
Ever since I've started using it, I've noticed that two apps are constantly using tons and tons of battery, despite me never using them: Contacts and Messaging. Notice in the screenshots below they have been running 100% of the time since my last reboot and using the most battery, more than any of the apps that I actually use:
Left: Current Power Usage (As of this second).
Right: Total Power Usage (Since reboot).
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These apps never go away. Now, I understand how Android task management works, so the fact that they are running isn't the problem; but the fact that they are using battery constantly seems to be a huge issue, since A) I never use them and yet B) together they have by far the highest power consumption apps on my phone. What the heck??
What is going on here? Does anyone else use PowerTutor?

Interesting find...
Seems like no one dares to comment on this...now I´m curious.

The app must be messaging your contacts in the background...
Or maybe this app drafts a message to one of your contact, then discards it and then drafts the same message to another contact and again discards it and so on....
The tutor in the name suggests that it wants to teach you a lesson... Don't install random apps on your phone and them give it permission to use whatever resources that it wants...

If you using CM ROM so maybe you lock messaging in the memory (CM setting > performance )

I messaged the developer and he responded with this:
It may be related to a bug (it's more of a limitation of the Android API) in PowerTutor. In reality Android gives no way to know what application is currently in the foreground so we have to estimate it using some information they do give us on the priority of each application. Unfortunately the phones I have work with don't have this problem so it's difficult for me to debug. The problem is related to the Messaging and Contacts applications having foreground priority despite not actually being in the foreground.
Try simply filtering out OLED (click on the OLED panel in the application view) to get more meaningful numbers for now.
-Mark
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Interesting...
My question then is, if we were to filter out OLED, wouldn't that mean we'd be missing out on some data (data that is actually valid)?
Though I'm not sure I understand what it means to have an app listed in multiple categories? And what that will do when one category is filtered out.

up 10chr aara

BriEE said:
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Hah, thanks for the bump. I am subscribed to this thread but actually uninstalled PowerTutor long ago. It seemed too inaccurate.

[APP][WIDGET][2.2+] My Top Apps - Your top apps are just a click away !

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My Top Apps is an app that helps you take control of the apps you have on your device.
We all know that once you have lots of apps, it could be very frustrating looking for your favorite apps all the time, or constantly reorganizing your home page to have your most used apps.
This app is all about making your life easier by adapting your apps use habits and organize your apps by its usage.
My Top Apps monitors the apps that you use and provides quick access to the apps you used recently, most used apps or the apps that you use for the longest duration.
My Top Apps offers a launcher-style view, details view or a timeline view of the apps you use, and a set of widgets so you will never have to customize your home page with your favorite apps.
The app is available for download on the Android market or AppBrain.
Detailed user guide is available here.

nice app to add to your portfolio. i've downloaded it and giving it a try. i like the ignore apps feature with MRU, keeps my handy apps even handier. i might just have to get rid of my folders now, i'll be sure to leave an appropriate rating in about a week.
just for my sake, LRU is only based on last use; MRU is based on the number of uses; and Pro gets an additional ordering based on total time used. is this correct?
edit: sorry, missed the link to your blog, which covers that question clearly.. thanks

HI Muzikant,
sorry this is outof context but i have added a comment on your work here -->
http://muzikant-android.blogspot.in/2011/02/how-to-get-root-access-and-execute.html?showComment=1329641680941#c2533322441565337028
Plz do reply !
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softy007

downloading, and giving it a go

jcsy said:
downloading, and giving it a go
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Thanks. Any feedback so far?
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Like the idea. Would prefer a transparent folder for homescreens.

fr0d0#2 said:
Like the idea. Would prefer a transparent folder for homescreens.
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Thanks.
Will probably be available on next update.

New Update !
fr0d0#2 said:
Like the idea. Would prefer a transparent folder for homescreens.
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I just released an update with the following features:
Added widgets theme selection (Includes Transparent, Dark and Purple - Pro version only)
Add backup and restore of app activation history
Support ICS theme
Bug Fixes (refresh of large widgets and more)

Looking for apps that use notification bar ads and your horrible experiences w/ them

I'm a developer who distributes free and paid apps on the Play Store, and have recently been seeing accusations that my apps use notification bar advertising.
MY APPS DO NOT USE THIS TRASH AND NEVER WILL.
I actually have avoided advertising altogether, (I'm using the free-lite-version/paid-full-version model).
I want to put some apps on a test phone that actually do use notification bar ads to determine if this is simply random chance or if perhaps these apps are doing more nefarious things like waiting for other APKs to be installed before pushing ads, or waiting until other app-processes are in the foreground before pushing ads. This may be difficult as I believe the push rate is fairly infrequent.
My wild guess is that these apps aren't that evasive, though their design is still to disassociate the advertising from the app that is its source. I imagine they simply delay a week or more before firing the first ad, and probably only do so if the device is asleep.
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Edit: if you do know of any apps that do this, please post links here (on the Play Store or off). I have no idea what apps actually do this, and so far haven't run into any myself.

Thanks for your dedication. I will follow this thread and try to spread the word.

On my Samsung I long press the notification and i can see the app info of the app that actually sent the notification, maybe you can use this to know which apps are messing with yours
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On my Samsung I long press the notification and i can see the app info of the app that actually sent the notification, maybe you can use this to know which apps are messing with yours
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Thanks, but I actually don't have any such apps on my devices at this time...this is all coming from user reviews, so I don't actually know which other apps they have installed that might be firing the push ads.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mjva1/list_of_known_airpush_enabled_infested_apps/)
BTW, I personally have a Tasker profile I enable/disable on need. It just logs all notifications with the notification's title and app, allowing me to detect airpush apps.
EDI: I remember some game kept sending chinese ads to my notification bar, and if I remember correctly, I had it for quite some time before it started doing so.. and it only started doing so after I installed another app. I'm not entirely certain about it as it happened a few months back, but now that you mention it, it might have been the same scenario.

[APP][FREE][Android 4.3+] HaloPop

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PLEASE NOTE: This app will only function correctly on ROMs with Halo functionality, such as Paranoid Android. If you aren't on one of those ROMs, all this app will do is automatically launch the app you just got a notification for.
HaloPop allows you to automatically turn any app that you want into a popup when you receive a notification! It does this by listening for new notifications, and when one comes through for an app that you have enabled to run automatically as a popup, it shows that app as a popup over all other running apps, just like when you like on the Halo icon to launch it.
Works great for apps that don't have popups, such as Google Hangouts, or any other type of app where you don't want to use the included popup and would rather use the full app scaled down in the middle of the screen. Any app that give you a notification is supported!
Set up:
1) Install and launch the app
2) Enable the notification listener service when prompted... you have to do this or else the app WILL NOT FUNCTION
3) Push the + button on the top right of the screen and select all the apps you want to popup automatically
4) Enjoy
Some great apps to use this with:
- Sliding Messaging Pro
- Google Hangouts
- GoSMS
- Handcent
- GMail
- And basically anything else!
HUGE thanks to all of the guys working on Paranoid Android, without them none of this is possible!
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Google Play says incompatible
Does this work with Nexus S? Or is it just Google play saying it doesn't?

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Does this work with Nexus S? Or is it just Google play saying it doesn't?
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Android 4.3+, so I'm guessing you dont have that...

Hey thanks for the app. Does this halo enabled? Just curious. Thanks
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If only this app works on cm10.2. pa android 4.3 is very rare around xda now and some devices still have problems getting android 4.3

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Android 4.3+, so I'm guessing you dont have that...
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Ah...Makes sense haha. Darn. Could it be done for 4.2.2+? Or is the framework different? Anyways, I hope to be able to try it out soon =] Looks very handy.

The app uses the new notification listener apis, making it 4.3 only. I'm hoping lots of people get the update soon PA 4.3 is awesome!

This app brings Facebook chathead popup to all other app on Paranoid Android rom. Great! Hope one day it can keep cache on background memory so user can continue what he is doing with that app on floating window (currently, when the floating window disappear, the app is killed).

Huawei telephone power consumption small trick, close unwanted apps notification

I am coming! Recently, I have heard some friends feedback that the mobile phone consumes more power during standby than their imagination. Today I will share a small trick with you about how to SAVING THE PHONE POWER.
With the growing demand for the storage of mobile phones，large-capacity mobile phones such as 128G and 256G are very popular. More and more apps are installed on the phones, In general, all kinds of application notifications on mobile phones are more power-hungry than you imagination. If you turn off the reminder function for apps that need’t daily notifications, it will be much better.
The notifications not only annoying but also make us ignore some important messages. Every time you receive a notification, the phone will be awaked, sometimes it even lights up the screen, which increases the power consumption, then the standby time will be shorter. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you should turn off the unnecessarily application notifications.
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There are two ways to turn off app notifications:
First: Settings - Notifications management - Batch Administration, which can turn off unnecessarily notifications.
Second: in the drop-down menu, press the notification in longer time to close the notification button, and then click the Finish button.
Every guys, did you get it? Let’s try it.

does your phone closed all the background apps automatic after couple hours if u don't use them?
I don't receive some notifications if the apps closed in background except wechat,whatsapp and email,gmail.
I set app launch manually, battery optimization in special access ,etc . It still closed apps in background automatic , this drive me crazy. Do u have any idea with that?

Try locking the open app in the recent apps tab, works for me. See picture...
hattrickho said:
does your phone closed all the background apps automatic after couple hours if u don't use them?
I don't receive some notifications if the apps closed in background except wechat,whatsapp and email,gmail.
I set app launch manually, battery optimization in special access ,etc . It still closed apps in background automatic , this drive me crazy. Do u have any idea with that?
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****! I don't see the lock and X icons on mine in the recent apps tab. lol all mate 20 x version should be same.

DavidMT909 said:
Try locking the open app in the recent apps tab, works for me. See picture...
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Using a different launcher?

Sorry guys. I use Nova.

hattrickho said:
****! I don't see the lock and X icons on mine in the recent apps tab. lol all mate 20 x version should be same.
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In the recent apps view just pull down towards the trash can then pull back up and a lock should show up then pull back down again and the lock should disappear.

Thx a lots. That's very helpful.

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In the recent apps view just pull down towards the trash can then pull back up and a lock should show up then pull back down again and the lock should disappear.
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But it still closed automatic after you don't use the app for like half day even it's locked lol. Damn this Huawei system is unbelievable.

That's what happens to Audible for me, even auto start and keep running running. Pain to open up in car etc.
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