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Resolved but classified as immature lmao

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Anyone have this under running applications?
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It's apart of CM7 or some ROMs. It is PinyIME, it is a Google keyboard that allows English -> Chinese.
Could you also CHILL OUT? Stop going "OMFG WHAT IS THIS?!?!?!?!?!??!" It's just a app, nothing malicious. Open Titanium Backup and simply uninstall it (or use ADB/Root Explorer) whatever you want.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.pinyin&feature=search_result

zephiK said:
It's apart of CM7 or some ROMs. It is PinyIME, it is a Google keyboard that allows English -> Chinese.
Could you also CHILL OUT? Stop going "OMFG WHAT IS THIS?!?!?!?!?!??!" It's just a app, nothing malicious. Open Titanium Backup and simply uninstall it (or use ADB/Root Explorer) whatever you want.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.pinyin&feature=search_result
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you cant fault me for wanting to know what that is. Never noticed it on any other android device i had. thanks for your answer.

charlieb620 said:
you cant fault me for wanting to know what that is. Never noticed it on any other android device i had. thanks for your answer.
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It's on your device because you put it there. It's part of the firmware, not part of the "device."
You installed a non-stock firmware then panicked when you found a non-stock application running. Did you even consider reading about whatever firmware you're running to see what it comes with?

charlieb620 said:
you cant fault me for wanting to know what that is. Never noticed it on any other android device i had. thanks for your answer.
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I can fault you for the way you reacted to it, considering you have 3000+ posts. I expected a more mature post. You obviously installed a non-stock ROM (or applied mods because you have battery %). The old CM7 nightlies included the same exact app, PinyIME. It's pretty much just a keyboard.
And agreed with mstevens. You flashing custom ROMs, you shouldn't be surprised if random apps are included with the ROM.

Ok Ok he overreacted but it seems he honestly thought he had some malware, so I say some slack can be cut. All's well that ends well

matt2053 said:
Ok Ok he overreacted but it seems he honestly thought he had some malware, so I say some slack can be cut. All's well that ends well
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thanks. So if i had 5 posts it would be expected and i would be immature, but being as though i have a nice amount of post and thanks my heading makes me immature. lol
some people take XDA too serious.

mstevens said:
It's on your device because you put it there. It's part of the firmware, not part of the "device."
You installed a non-stock firmware then panicked when you found a non-stock application running. Did you even consider reading about whatever firmware you're running to see what it comes with?
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thats how the device was sent to me. so i didnt install anything but my apps from titanium backup.
thanks for your MATURE response though.

That's Pinyin IME, the app that comes with AOSP, actually you should also get the Japanese IME. If you do not use Chinese and Japanese input method, you can just uninstall them without any problem.

suksit said:
That's Pinyin IME, the app that comes with AOSP, actually you should also get the Japanese IME. If you do not use Chinese and Japanese input method, you can just uninstall them without any problem.
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thanks. i just removed it through rootexplorer. tryed uninstalling it through applications and it wouldbnt budge.

suksit said:
If you do not use Chinese and Japanese input method, you can just uninstall them without any problem.
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is it safe to delete the Dirty Knees and Look at These input methods?

What is 'Mediaserver' and why is draining my battery?

Hi, the other day i installed the JellyBean leak. And since that day, the battery had a GREAT life.
But, today, i don't know why (Well, yes, i do now why) my battery had a terrible life.
And, there's a curious process that is killing it.
It's name is: 'Mediaserver'.
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What do i do? I don't want that proccess. I'm no't even using a new app or something.

Q:What do i do ?
ans : Freeze drm content using titanium backup or the like
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Also this is a known issue in android !

nikufellow said:
Q:What do i do ?
ans : Freeze drm content using titanium backup or the like
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Also this is a known issue in android !
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Done! Let's see if that helps.
Any contraindications?

don't know but you might need to un freeze drm for i believe some type of files needs the service to be playable
why fix it if it ain't broken ?

nikufellow said:
don't know but you might need to un freeze drm for i believe some type of files needs the service to be playable
why fix it if it ain't broken ?
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My question was, if i stop this proccess, any other app or service will be stopped too?

bro read again the first two words of my last reply - "don't know" i did understand your question
why fix it if it ain't broken ?

nikufellow said:
bro read again the first two words of my last reply - "don't know" i did understand your question
why fix it if it ain't broken ?
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Forget about my question. My english is bad, and i can't express myself right
I want to stop that process, because is killing my battery and i don't want to.
So, i freezed the process, and today i'll see if that process still bother me.

Edit:
Well @nikufellow, your answer didn't work. I freezed the DRM content. But, still drain the battery.
But, the good part, is that i desactivated the sync, and now, i think the battery is going great.
It was that all the time (i believe). The sync of the accounts.

Edit 2:
Mmm, nope. I was wrong. The 'mediaserver' process is in the top again, with 43% usage.

Are you using Google Play Music? Maybe experiment with that. Maybe disable sync for just that, or remove the app and see if anything changes.
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If you have backups on the phone and they are in DUP change them to tar.
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WOW.... does no one read or search on google anymore?
All you need to do to get the mediaserver app to stop "searching" your phone all the time and draining the battery, and using CPU, is to put a file in all your media folders on the phone that is empty and called .nomedia
Notice that there is a dot (period) before the filename, this is important.
http://www.connect-utb.com/2012/07/buggy-android-mediaserver-draining-your-battery/
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...yoHYAg&usg=AFQjCNH8MUU5ej6O3AUzwGoTRaIBP-3PKg
I am not trying to be a jerk here, but with all the posts in here, and it appears that no-one even thought to google this, just irks me a little bit.
To the OP, create an empty file in all the directories on your SDcard named .nomedia, and see if that helps to stop the 'mediaserver' from eating CPU and battery. This has been an issue since the 1.8 days of android with certain file types and has only gotten worse over the years.

notajith said:
Are you using Google Play Music? Maybe experiment with that. Maybe disable sync for just that, or remove the app and see if anything changes.
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jimbridgman said:
WOW.... does no one read or search on google anymore?
All you need to do to get the mediaserver app to stop "searching" your phone all the time and draining the battery, and using CPU, is to put a file in all your media folders on the phone that is empty and called .nomedia
Notice that there is a dot (period) before the filename, this is important.
http://www.connect-utb.com/2012/07/buggy-android-mediaserver-draining-your-battery/
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...yoHYAg&usg=AFQjCNH8MUU5ej6O3AUzwGoTRaIBP-3PKg
I am not trying to be a jerk here, but with all the posts in here, and it appears that no-one even thought to google this, just irks me a little bit.
To the OP, create an empty file in all the directories on your SDcard named .nomedia, and see if that helps to stop the 'mediaserver' from eating CPU and battery. This has been an issue since the 1.8 days of android with certain file types and has only gotten worse over the years.
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I already did all the pseudo-solutions that appears on google. And no one works. That's why i made this thread.
But, the solution that works for me, was, formatting the sdcard. That was the solution that i don't wanted to do.

You had the two solutions.
DRM freeze and tar instead of dup.
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As a member stated it's the google play music (i believe). Cuz since I stopped using Google play music and switched to poweramp, i don't see it on ma battery consumption list!
Life!

Android Device Manager rolling out!

Not sure how this happened but I've now got Android Device Manager under settings, device administrator.
The other day my phone had a hissy fit, restarted and went into "safe mode" and then after restarting had reset all the Widgets and task bar to stock (lost all my folders etc) checked here this morning and had the option to activate!
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charmz2k2 said:
Not sure how this happened but I've now got Android Device Manager under settings, device administrator.
The other day my phone had a hissy fit, restarted and went into "safe mode" and then after restarting had reset all the Widgets and task bar to stock (lost all my folders etc) checked here this morning and had the option to activate!
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Ditto
Wheres the option to locate it?

oxfordmark said:
Ditto
Wheres the option to locate it?
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Hey,
I think it's not been activated by Google just yet - that's what I've been reading.. though it should up active soon.

Interesting, I can see it too; it's probably somehow been enabled there, but the actual functionality behind it won't appear until it's fully released.

charmz2k2 said:
Not sure how this happened but I've now got Android Device Manager under settings, device administrator.
The other day my phone had a hissy fit, restarted and went into "safe mode" and then after restarting had reset all the Widgets and task bar to stock (lost all my folders etc) checked here this morning and had the option to activate!
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what rom/version are you using?

Android Device Manager
Guys.. This is the location
Settings > More... > Security > Device Administrators
I am on stock rom i9505.
It says
"Allow Android Device Manager to lock or erase a lost device"
Give it a try.
- Kiran

E_Cartman said:
what rom/version are you using?
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Hiya,
Stock BTU.
Its amazing they can update it without actually needing user intervention, isn't it? Maybe even a little big brother-ish...
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That's interesting, mine did the same, rebooted and in to safe mode. No entry in the device administrators list though. I'm on pacman rom though so that's probably why...

James.Miller said:
That's interesting, mine did the same, rebooted and in to safe mode. No entry in the device administrators list though. I'm on pacman rom though so that's probably why...
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Also on PAC. My phone flipped out and started force closing over and over last night out of nowhere. Now I have ADM too.

I did not notice that behaviour from mine... But yeah. I do have it as well. Didn't know it wasn't there in the first place.
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I got this and I'm on Omega 9.

my phone had the same safe mode issue, but i dont have that setting on device administrator
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I didn't have any issues at all. Running omega 9. Enabled the option on my phone though
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ADM is now live and working. See here for info and here for thread

I'm sure Google will add plenty of nice features for this but it's just absolutely ridiculous how you can't locate your phone unless you physically have your GPS on. What if, like me, GPS is only ever turned on when I need it. Useless if it got stolen (luckily I use Where Is My Droid aswell...)

Wisheezy said:
I'm sure Google will add plenty of nice features for this but it's just absolutely ridiculous how you can't locate your phone unless you physically have your GPS on. What if, like me, GPS is only ever turned on when I need it. Useless if it got stolen (luckily I use Where Is My Droid aswell...)
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ADM may be revolutionary for Nexus/pure devices but Samsung Dive/Find My Mobile has been doing the same thing (and more) for at least two years. Google could re-package dog crap as a "feature" and people would go nuts where the manufacturers have been doing some pretty cool stuff that gets overlooked, criticized, or taken for granted.
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Choice is a wonderful thing.. choose the product you want to use.

BarryH_GEG said:
ADM may be revolutionary for Nexus/pure devices but Samsung Dive/Find My Mobile has been doing the same thing (and more) for at least two years. Google could re-package dog crap as a "feature" and people would go nuts where the manufacturers have been doing some pretty cool stuff that gets overlooked, criticized, or taken for granted.
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The problem is Samsung features like the one you described are often hidden under a stale and flowless user interface.
Thouchwiz is a weakness that Samsung must fix.
In light of the UI changes being made both Apple and Google... Samsung needs to do some major work.
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Gillion said:
The problem is Samsung features like the one you described are often hidden under a stale and flowless user interface.
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And you think finding ADM under "Security>Device administrators" on the device and in a "store" under "settings" on a PC is supremely fresh and intuitive? The latter seems like a kludge either because Google was too lazy to create a dedicated site for ADM or it was cheaper/faster just to throw it in to Play because that’s where all their device management already takes place.
This is where Find My Mobile's controlled on the device. Pretty simple and straight-forward to me.
Thouchwiz is a weakness that Samsung must fix. In light of the UI changes being made both Apple and Google... Samsung needs to do some major work.
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I think the features in TW are great; it's one of the reasons I buy Samsung devices. I agree that the appearance of TW is dated and could use an overhaul to make it more contemporary. Sense is a beautiful (but functionally deficient) overlay in my opinion. I think stock Android is a barren wasteland aesthetically and functionally. Comparing it to iOS is a really big stretch. Now that a GE SGS4 exists those that hate TW don't have to continue to attack it.

Touchwiz isnt the problem AT ALL. The problem is samsungs software only works on touchwiz. This works on just about everything, and as featureless as it might be at the moment, it wouldnt take google long to catch up if they wanted to.

[Q] security: chronologically keep track of all my apk installs

I recently received another scammish text which led me to suspect an app or apk I installed was to blame (possibly). Is there a way to chronologically see things I've installed on my phone. Stock Downloads app won't work because if I deleted the apk or installed it in a different way it won't show. There should be a way to see all of the things you've installed non market, apks, modules, or whatever. To be able to trace back and find a culprit. Kinda like a criminal rap sheet.

Your best bet is TITANIUM BACKUP !!! Sort all apps by date installed it will give you time installed !!!
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No. I want something that can chronologically list on my phone all of those things that I've installed or modified or installed then deleted. Like a total history of installs.

dontbeweakvato said:
No. I want something that can chronologically list on my phone all of those things that I've installed or modified or installed then deleted. Like a total history of installs.
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Past package installations, probably not. Future installations, maybe.

you're getting on the right track sir. Like having a time machine where I can go back in look a the things that have happened so I can pin point possible problems.

dontbeweakvato said:
you're getting on the right track sir. Like having a time machine where I can go back in look a the things that have happened so I can pin point possible problems.
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Last time machine I had was in '68. Wasn't worth a damn. Thing always broke at the worst times. I'm still trying to get back. I'd suggest not putting things on your device that might cause problems.
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jd1639 said:
Last time machine I had was in '68. Wasn't worth a damn. Thing always broke at the worst times. I'm still trying to get back. I'd suggest not putting things on your device that might cause problems.
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That's good advice to give about my device, from someone that can't take care of a 46 yo time machine. I need a way to log all installed/uninstalled apps, apks, modules, and /system changes. Where's it at?

Lethargy said:
Past package installations, probably not. Future installations, maybe.
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Please elaborate....

Haven't heard of such a thing. Sorry.
Titanium can tell you app installs, even play store kinda keeps track. Initial install order anyway.
But to track apps, mods, alterations...anything? Nope. And flashing in recovery would not be trackable inside the O/S anyway.
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Basically, if there isn't some kind of a thing on the play store....then it doesn't exist.

Scam texts are pretty common in some countries. I don't think it has anything to do with an app you installed unless you gave Snapchat your phone number as they got hacked a while back.

No snap chat for me. I thought of this idea for logs of this stuff before. There's got to be a way!

dontbeweakvato said:
No snap chat for me. I thought of this idea for logs of this stuff before. There's got to be a way!
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You may need to learn app development and make a way.

dontbeweakvato said:
No snap chat for me. I thought of this idea for logs of this stuff before. There's got to be a way!
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KJ said:
You may need to learn app development and make a way.
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If you made an app to log package installs it would be a waste of time + have to be running on your device all the time. It'll also hardly be of any use, since most people aren't installing like 20 apps a day, every day. Just write it down if you really need to LOL.
For packages you currently have installed via Play or .apk installation you could go into /data/app and look at the dates on the .apk files. If you flashed something in recovery it'll show up as August 1 1970 or August 1 2008 or whatever generic date. As said previously, Titanium Backup uses this if you sort by date lol.
Edit, example (most mine are 25 July since I restored them through Titanium Backup):
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com.qti.service.colorservice chews up my data plan

Hello,
today i was a bit shocked when i noticed that i already have used half of my data plan without even noticing. The culprit is shown as "Android OS", specifically "com.qti.service.colorservice"
What does this even do!? I froze it with titanium backup, no sideffects for now
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You may have saved me a lot of data. I just checked my data usage and my android os has used the most by 3 gb over Play Music, and I stream quite a bit. There is a lot of packages listed and the one you listed is in there. Not sure what it does but I froze it with TiBU too, just in case in was the data eater.

GeekMcLeod said:
You may have saved me a lot of data. I just checked my data usage and my android os has used the most by 3 gb over Play Music, and I stream quite a bit. There is a lot of packages listed and the one you listed is in there. Not sure what it does but I froze it with TiBU too, just in case in was the data eater.
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Please take another look, i hoped freezing would help, but freezing the process did not solve the issue as it seems, my android os data usage jumped up another 200 MB in the last few hours since my post. something is going wrong there, and i can't see what is happening in the background...

noonecanhide said:
Please take another look, i hoped freezing would help, but freezing the process did not solve the issue as it seems, my android os data usage jumped up another 200 MB in the last few hours since my post. something is going wrong there, and i can't see what is happening in the background...
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I know Google chrome put my data through the roof. I changed it so there was no background data used on it.

zaksimmermon said:
I know Google chrome put my data through the roof. I changed it so there was no background data used on it.
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Data used by Chrome shouldn't come up as Android OS though. That is what is using our data.

GeekMcLeod said:
Data used by Chrome shouldn't come up as Android OS though. That is what is using our data.
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Ahh I misread the post. My apologies!

zaksimmermon said:
Ahh I misread the post. My apologies!
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It's all good dude. Always good to try and help out.
noonecanhide said:
Please take another look, i hoped freezing would help, but freezing the process did not solve the issue as it seems, my android os data usage jumped up another 200 MB in the last few hours since my post. something is going wrong there, and i can't see what is happening in the background...
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Check your usage for the past 3 days. Mine has only used 2.97 me in the last 3 days. But in the last 2 weeks, when I first got it and rooted it, it used 4 GB. It may be just from set up that it uses so much data.

Having the exact same issue. It has used 2.3gb of data in just over a week and almost 8gb on wifi. Whatever it is need a way to stop it, tried freezing it but nothing works

I bet it is a rogue app or many that hasn't been fixed or updated for 7.1. Try removing all old apps and adding back one by one. This is a common issue with new versions of Android
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After applying the november OTA there is no further increase. For now, we'll see
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This also happened to me prior to updating to the latest November update.
Was everyone who was affected rooted? (I am)

Obligatory ss

blk_jack said:
This also happened to me prior to updating to the latest November update.
Was everyone who was affected rooted? (I am)
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I was rooted and it also seems to be fixed in the November update for me

I got the phone with the November update already on it and I have not seen this issue. Has anyone figured out what this service actually does?

I had Android OS used 1.5 GB of my data using Project Fi, they refunded the data but I don't know if the November patch fixed it. I feel like the OTA update was the issue to begin with, since it kept failing to update until I did it manually.

Haha maybe you guys not only have bad app, it might be one which is serving malware to your cell...
https://www.google.ca/search?client...9GMKHXfCDUEQ1QIITSgA&biw=412&bih=660&dpr=2.63
I couldn't find any legit use of that qti service.... But people talking about it as malware....
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can i just greenify it?

varun.gid said:
can i just greenify it?
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Greenify doesn't fix it, only way so far is applying the update. You can root on the latest update so no reason not to do it.

Assuming your rooted, what's happening is the seamless update feature is repeatedly downloading and attempting to install in background and failing since there is root. Turn off automatic updates in developer options and/or sideload newest ota
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Having the same issue, but also constantly failing to update manually. Could you share information or links for sideloading the patch please?