is the androids facebook app on google play store a battery eater?
if it is is there anyother replacement apps you reccomend
jonnyhall1bmx1 said:
is the androids facebook app on google play store a battery eater?
if it is is there anyother replacement apps you reccomend
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I heard it is but i always kill it after using but solution is simple, use ur browser facebook is same in browser like in app
jonnyhall1bmx1 said:
is the androids facebook app on google play store a battery eater?
if it is is there anyother replacement apps you reccomend
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jonnyhall1bmx1 said:
is the androids facebook app on google play store a battery eater?
if it is is there anyother replacement apps you reccomend
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This question has nothing to do with Galaxy S2. If you want to ask questions regarding an app do it in the appropriate section.
i use Facebook on Google Chrome.. therefore on background process plus battery saver and lag free..
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Duno know if it'll make a difference but the fb app just been updated and it now uses native android code rather than HTML 5
It is a battery drainer, to a point. I can get a good two hours continuous use of it. Also, the update has made it much faster and a lot smoother. Battery life is a bit better too.
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Setting it to not check for notifications every few minutes always helps too.
I Hate Facebook app
Hello,
the Facebook application is an accu killer.
It drains your batterylife crazy.
Use facebook with your Browser :good:
I just set it not to update on its own, problem solved.
Here is the latest facebook official app with location 'feature' removed.
I am not sure if you guys who use the app know this, but facebook constantly tracks your location. There is a receiver built into the app that every time you "refresh" the app (Interval settings are found in the settings menu of Facebook) it gets your location and everything you do on Facebook, post a status, send a message, upload a photo etc, your location is added and you cannot turn it off..
So i decompiled the apk and removed all locations ability. That means, no checking in, no nearby, nothing that needs to get your location. You WILL get a forced close. I am working on trying to keep that enabled while dissabling the 'tracking' featrue. Just download, copy apk to your phones storage and use a file browser to install the APK.
Hope you guys enjoy the privacy while also enjoying the Facebook app.
DOWNLOAD: Facebook v3.7 - No Locations
Link???
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XDA Is having an issue with uploading attachments. Not sure why i'll try again later. Sorry :/
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Yea i love to try it...
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Ahhhh this the reason why FB consume a more MB on my 3G ?
Michel
Good idea, but I've turned my location of and it never shows my location when posting any thing.. when I send a private message it gives me the option to turn location of.. is this the same location receiver you are disabling from the app?
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Michel_debs said:
Ahhhh this the reason why FB consume a more MB on my 3G ?
Michel
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This mod will possibly use a tiny bit less. But it uses so much for its Cache. So things are loaded a lot faster and what not.
danlivesey said:
Good idea, but I've turned my location of and it never shows my location when posting any thing.. when I send a private message it gives me the option to turn location of.. is this the same location receiver you are disabling from the app?
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Are you talking about turning your location off under settings of your phone? Well thats different. There is no way to turn it off in the FB app itself. You can turn off the location thing for your messages but its still secretly getting your location.
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Thanks. App is working great!
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I don't mean to hijack the thread, but a good app that stops location requests for any application is LBE Security Master. It will prompt you each time an application requests to use certain permissions. You can also check a box to never allow the application to access that setting, in this case it would be location.
Just search on XDA to find it, I'm on my phone and I don't think the app is on the market.
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codyrt said:
I don't mean to hijack the thread, but a good app that stops location requests for any application is LBE Security Master. It will prompt you each time an application requests to use certain permissions. You can also check a box to never allow the application to access that setting, in this case it would be location.
Just search on XDA to find it, I'm on my phone and I don't think the app is on the market.
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Whenever i tried using a third party app to block GPS to the Facebook app, it would cause the FB app to force close irregardless what you did.
I'll try the app and see what happens. Not sure how it goes about granting and denying access. In all honesty i was looking for something like this.
Just don't use LBE Privacy Guard on jelly bean, it caused my phone to freeze a few minutes after turning on and then rebooted and got stuck in that loop. The only way to resolve it was to use adb and remove the apps file.
The app I mentioned in my post above doesn't seem to have any issues besides that parts of it are in Chinese.
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codyrt said:
Just don't use LBE Privacy Guard on jelly bean, it caused my phone to freeze a few minutes after turning on and then rebooted and got stuck in that loop. The only way to resolve it was to use adb and remove the apps file.
The app I mentioned in my post above doesn't seem to have any issues besides that parts of it are in Chinese.
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So you confirm it works with Facebook?
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Works great so far -- subscribed to this thread -- thanks!
As far as I can tell it does. When I open Facebook, LBE pops up and asks me if I want to allow Facebook to track my location. It detects whether Facebook is using location tracking through WiFi or through GPS. I have not checked to see my posts to see if location is attached to them.
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As far as I can tell it does. When I open Facebook, LBE pops up and asks me if I want to allow Facebook to track my location. It detects whether Facebook is using location tracking through WiFi or through GPS. I have not checked to see my posts to see if location is attached to them.
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Interesting.. I wonder if it's blocking "locationmanager.getlastknownlocation" as well. This method doesn't access any hardware. It just reads what the last location known was. Meaning if any other app has access to your GPS and gets a lock, that location is remembered and then used by above method.
I feel much more comfortable completely removing the actual physical code no offence to your option though.
And for a thread update, I learned a new tool to help figure out what gets called where. so I might be able to add the ability to check in as well as use "nearby" in the app. And just disable the tracking!
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elesbb said:
Interesting.. I wonder if it's blocking "locationmanager.getlastknownlocation" as well. This method doesn't access any hardware. It just reads what the last location known was. Meaning if any other app has access to your GPS and gets a lock, that location is remembered and then used by above method.
I feel much more comfortable completely removing the actual physical code no offence to your option though.
And for a thread update, I learned a new tool to help figure out what gets called where. so I might be able to add the ability to check in as well as use "nearby" in the app. And just disable the tracking!
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Yeah, I'm still using your MOD too, I really don't need Facebook accessing my location so you can never be too safe about that.
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Thanks mate awesome work!
Hi, there are still some Facebook services running all the time in the background although I have deactivated all notifications. Do you know which services these are?
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Hi, there are still some Facebook services running all the time in the background although I have deactivated all notifications. Do you know which services these are?
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Sort of. I know when notifications are enabled there is a service running. Also what's your refresh interval set at? If that's not disabled then that's what the service is.
If not it may just be in "empty applications" part of androids memory manager. Meaning it's dead but still there to increase launch time. I'm running cm10 and I use the "hold back to kill" option on Facebook so mine is 100 percent gone.
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Loving this app. Great job. Finally facebook can't track me anymore. One big brother, google, is enough.
So, with the recent update to Google's Play Music, I was pretty excited to start using it again. With the new All Access feature and revamped interface, I was sure they would have resolved some behind-the-scenes issues as well.
Well, it pains me to say that the ridiculous data usage of the app has not changed. The attached photo shows the foreground and background usage of the app. The foreground usage is understandable and realistic, but the background is absurd! This usage is from one hour of listening to music.
I have all of the appropriate settings checked and unchecked to minimize its data usage, however this is still the result! Is anyone else getting this? Is this normal?
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Foreground: 46MB
Background: 358MB
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Micoolef said:
So, with the recent update to Google's Play Music, I was pretty excited to start using it again. With the new All Access feature and revamped interface, I was sure they would have resolved some behind-the-scenes issues as well.
Well, it pains me to say that the ridiculous data usage of the app has not changed. The attached photo shows the foreground and background usage of the app. The foreground usage is understandable and realistic, but the background is absurd! This usage is from one hour of listening to music.
I have all of the appropriate settings checked and unchecked to minimize its data usage, however this is still the result! Is anyone else getting this? Is this normal?
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Well updated it just now on WiFi well love it for its new feature
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Never using google play music
Hello, I use Google Current as my digital magazine and newspaper but I don't know why and when this handy app starts to drain my data (WiFi). In the past, I knew that this app use lots of data compared to other apps but recently its really starts to "conquer" my data plan. In fact, yesterday, when I check the data usage of my apps in 3G watch, I saw that Google Current uses about 1.05GB (84% of total data consumption of the phone) of data per day with extremely light use (I never opened it except one but I killed the app just right after). And when I check the data consumption of the phone of last 30days, it was even stunning: 91% of total usage is occupied by only Google Chrome it selves. Can anyone tell me why this app is so hungry? The only reason I could explain this is because I had lots of news feed subscription, when I opened the app, it may download EVERYTHING including picture and stuff even that I didn't pin them. Am I correct? Is this a bug? Do I really turn of the auto sync? Thanks.
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And this the screen shoot.
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Hey guys. I disabled some of the apps that my N5 came with such as the typical 'Play' apps. I also disabled Gmail, E-mail, Google Earth and Google+. I'm currently on KitKat 4.4.4. I am not really sure about disabling news & weather app and turning off report locations on Google Now. What do you guys think? Is it worth disabling all these wonderful apps? Should I enable any of these apps I mentioned? My menu looks pretty empty now and I think it no longer has the same flavour as before. Less apps makes it less complex.
Also, What about Google Chrome? I think it definitely drains my battery pretty bad. Do you guys know any settings for Chrome to make it less drainable or some app substitute for it?
Thank you.
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Hey guys. I disabled some of the apps that my N5 came with such as the typical 'Play' apps. I also disabled Gmail, E-mail, Google Earth and Google+. I'm currently on KitKat 4.4.4. I am not really sure about disabling news & weather app and turning off report locations on Google Now. What do you guys think? Is it worth disabling all these wonderful apps? Should I enable any of these apps I mentioned? My menu looks pretty empty now and I think it no longer has the same flavour as before. Less apps makes it less complex.
Also, What about Google Chrome? I think it definitely drains my battery pretty bad. Do you guys know any settings for Chrome to make it less drainable or some app substitute for it?
Thank you.
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You shouldn't have to disable anything. Personally, I don't at all. Just manage syncs, services and wakelocks properly. See third link of my signature, open the thread in web view if you're on Tapatalk.