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Does always having "Toolbox" feature on drain battery?

Does anyone else keep the Toolbox feature on at all times and do you notice a battery drain? TIA!

Anyone?

Joe0113 said:
Does anyone else keep the Toolbox feature on at all times and do you notice a battery drain? TIA!
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I keep it on all the time and I'm getting superb battery life on stock rooted rom, using Greenify although I was getting great battery life with Toolbox on before I rooted.

Ramer84015 said:
I keep it on all the time and I'm getting superb battery life on stock rooted rom, using Greenify although I was getting great battery life with Toolbox on before I rooted.
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Thanks man, so you literally keep Toolbox on 24/7 no matter what?
Anyone else too?! :good:

It doesn't matter. The service is always running regardless so leaving the toggle on versus leaving the toggle off is simply a matter of whether you'd like to see it off or not.

CNexus said:
It doesn't matter. The service is always running regardless so leaving the toggle on versus leaving the toggle off is simply a matter of whether you'd like to see it off or not.
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Do you know the service name so I can hibernate it?

Joe0113 said:
Do you know the service name so I can hibernate it?
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tw_toolbox

I also used Greenify, its the best battery saving app on the market, if you get the donated version it has some experimental features that can work on system apps, but I wouldn't messed with that to much on SGS5, they work perfectly on my Nexus 5, I would get easily 16 hrs used on my Nexus with Greenify and Xposed Framework working hand in hand. I Greenfiy every app thats in my toolbox, and when I used the app it comes out of hibernation and after words it goes back into hibernation, similar to freezing a app on Titianuim backup.

I've just spent two days on twice factory resetting then reinstalling 100+ apps on my Samsung tab to try to stop the "security storage" process pegging at about 20% whenever the screen is on, and finally I realised that having the "toolbox" switched on is the culprit. Just turning it off in the settings makes "security storage" go down from 20% to about 2%, and that makes a clear difference to battery life. Just reporting in this old thread for google to find to help others.

Google service drain?

Does anyone else have this. What is the fix
Left unplugged for night. Here is morning results.
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imablackhat said:
Does anyone else have this. What is the fix
Left unplugged for night. Here is morning results.
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Perhaps you should go into your accounts and stop many of the the Google services from syncing. I only have Calendar, Contacts and Gmail on. That might help with battery life.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-x-att/general/guide-google-play-services-battery-t2822726
Make sure you read the last post, it streamlines the process, I just haven't had time to update the OP.
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Did you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53739230&postcount=5031

vanessaem said:
Perhaps you should go into your accounts and stop many of the the Google services from syncing. I only have Calendar, Contacts and Gmail on. That might help with battery life.
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Why would they do that? The whole point of having a smartphone is having instantaneous access to your info and using these features. This is a known bug affecting many. Supposedly oneplus one will fix this with the next ota update.

yankees45us said:
Why would they do that? The whole point of having a smartphone is having instantaneous access to your info and using these features. This is a known bug affecting many. Supposedly oneplus one will fix this with the next ota update.
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Things running constantly so that you can have instantaneous and continuous access will drain battery-operated electronics. That's nothing unique with OPO, other smartphones, or any other electronic device which runs on a battery.

vanessaem said:
Things running constantly so that you can have instantaneous and continuous access will drain battery-operated electronics. That's nothing unique with OPO, other smartphones, or any other electronic device which runs on a battery.
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Yes it will drain your battery, but not excessively like the google services bug present in cm11s. Most people don't buy a smartphone to have everything turned off on it. My g3 has all the same things constantly active and battery is a beast on it.

yankees45us said:
Yes it will drain your battery, but not excessively like the google services bug present in cm11s. Most people don't buy a smartphone to have everything turned off on it. My g3 has all the same things constantly active and battery is a beast on it.
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Well, I posted my suggestion. If you have a better one, feel free to let the OP know.

vanessaem said:
Well, I posted my suggestion. If you have a better one, feel free to let the OP know.
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That is a great suggestion for a temporary battery life improvement but hopefully the update coming from oneplus will resolve it permanently. I hope it does, I really like this phone but will switch over to the g3 permanently if it doesn't get fixed.

this did the trick on mine. I made this video for couple friends
just stop all the services and do immediate reboot
should be fine after

Paulisan said:
Did you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53739230&postcount=5031
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Works for me.

rikardo1979 said:
this did the trick on mine. I made this video for couple friends
just stop all the services and do immediate reboot
should be fine after
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Once you reboot, the process starts again, so they are running again. Por thats TVE way it should be?.

imablackhat said:
Does anyone else have this. What is the fix
Left unplugged for night. Here is morning results.
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I have exact same issue !! check my posts in Franco kernel thread in original development !! Initially i thought it was due to CM11S battery drain. But then franco has already fixed it in latest kernel and i have this google search performing atleat 250 wakelocks overnight and draining the battery !!!!

Sir_gpm said:
Once you reboot, the process starts again, so they are running again. Por thats TVE way it should be?.
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Yes,it have to start again but it should be fixed

put location on 'battery saving' instead of 'high accuracy'.
difference was night and day for google services wakelocks for me

timothydonohue said:
put location on 'battery saving' instead of 'high accuracy'.
difference was night and day for google services wakelocks for me
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I dont use location almost always is off. I am trying a xposed combo of greenify & wakelock terminator.

Are there any reasons to update to 4.4.3 aside from it simply being newer?

Are there any specific reasons for 4.4.3?
Is the radio better?
Is the OS faster?
Are there fixed bugs?
Are there fewer new bugs?
Is it more stable?
Is it more power efficient?
Are any of the above also true for the HTC+Verizon version we are given, as opposed to pure Google?

I would like to know this also. The only bonus I can think of is EPS mode which isn't as good as I thought it'd be (since I use different e-mail and text apps). So the biggest deciding factor for me to get 4.4.3 is a wash unless someone points out a bigger bonus that I'm missing. Till then 4.4.2 w/ Weaksauce is where I stay.

Its up to you. As there is a lot of fixes. But depends on the person. And what ROM your running. If you have your phone setup perfect and everything running great. Leave it alone.
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OK Google works on any screen or while using any app. Also when the screen is off (while charging). Handy if you are one that uses it.

A lot of bug fixes and some new minor issues bit not much of a change. EPS mode enabled but actually preferred the regular PS which can be enabled by changing the value to TRUE in the defaulf.XML file.

I'm sure you saw a ton of news about Heartbleed. I believe all of the openssl libraries were updated in this release.

robocuff said:
OK Google works on any screen or while using any app. Also when the screen is off (while charging). Handy if you are one that uses it.
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These features are available in the ok google settings on 4.4.2.

The settings were there but they didn't work. Works only on 4.4.3. Or at least that's what I read while trying to find why it wouldn't work for me previously (was on 4.4.2). Since updating, it works great.
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robocuff said:
The settings were there but they didn't work. Works only on 4.4.3. Or at least that's what I read while trying to find why it wouldn't work for me previously (was on 4.4.2). Since updating, it works great.
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Weird I've been using those features since I found them probably a month ago. Unless cleanrom made them work. I just tried it with a dozen random apps and it works fine, plugged in screen off also works fine. I wish it worked without being plugged in and screen off though.

Kane5581 said:
Weird I've been using those features since I found them probably a month ago. Unless cleanrom made them work. I just tried it with a dozen random apps and it works fine, plugged in screen off also works fine. I wish it worked without being plugged in and screen off though.
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Yea, it was enabled in an update by Google. Not Rom related at all.

Kane5581 said:
Weird I've been using those features since I found them probably a month ago. Unless cleanrom made them work. I just tried it with a dozen random apps and it works fine, plugged in screen off also works fine. I wish it worked without being plugged in and screen off though.
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Open Mic+ on play store… Works perfect with Screen off NOT Charging

bdizzle1686 said:
Open Mic+ on play store… Works perfect with Screen off NOT Charging
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Why does it cause the GPS and BoomSound logo to pop up every 3 seconds or so
Edit: After a day of use that app is garbage, Only works half the time and drains the battery way faster than it should(yes I understand its listening all the time, its worse than that.) Plus its using gps all the time, cant think of a reason it needs my location when all it does is trigger google now to start.

Will updating remove my root??
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Kane5581 said:
Why does it cause the GPS and BoomSound logo to pop up every 3 seconds or so
Edit: After a day of use that app is garbage, Only works half the time and drains the battery way faster than it should(yes I understand its listening all the time, its worse than that.) Plus its using gps all the time, cant think of a reason it needs my location when all it does is trigger google now to start.
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I've had it for almost a year, and yes it does use its fair share of battery, but u have to program it right. Being that it was made BEFORE Google released the ability to have it listening on all screens , there's an option to have it run ONLY while the screen is off, and I'm not sure what u mean about the gps, because it doesn't use location for me at all. U also have the option to blacklist it during certain apps (donate version ) its most certainly not "garbage" as There's really no other apps out that enable the always listening functionality… and if you do the regular ok google command, that makes the boomsound icon appear as well. So if you're saying your constantly seeing it, that means u didn't set it up right, u had it running ON TOP OF Google's always listening as well… so of course its gonna drain your battery… If u program it to only listen while the screen is off, you'll only notice the boomsound icon for a split second when u turn the screen on, and then it shuts off and googles listening takes over…

nabbed said:
Are there any specific reasons for 4.4.3?
Is the radio better?
Is the OS faster?
Are there fixed bugs?
Are there fewer new bugs?
Is it more stable?
Is it more power efficient?
Are any of the above also true for the HTC+Verizon version we are given, as opposed to pure Google?
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The camera seems to have gotten worse. I'm going to revert to 4.4.2

Strange overheating problem

Hey guys. A couple of minutes ago something strange happened to my phone. I just don't understand what's going on with it. I'm so disappointed. I mean... this phone costed me some money and experiencing such a thing makes me regret so much I bought my Nexus 5. It is indeed the best phone I've ever had but if this is what it takes to have a phone for such a small period of time and already have so many problems with it then... I think it's just a waste of money.
I don't know what's going on with it - It just overheated horribly while scrolling down on Facebook. Never happened this before. I was just scrolling like normal and using FB like normal and all of a sudden my phone becomes so hot - quickly I opened System Monitor and CPU temp was at 60-67ºC.
Also if I go to the Battery Tab in System Monitor the graph is pretty strange in my opinion, I mean the battery´s temperature is going up and down all over again it's like the graph of a heartbeat record or something.
Don't get me wrong, the Nexus 5 is the best phone but if this is really what it takes to own a phone for straight two months.... I mean, really?

Uninstall Facebook

dicecuber said:
Uninstall Facebook
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I don't think that's the problem... as I said I never had this issue using Facebook and any other app (except Autorun Manager)

What ROM? are you using stock kernel?

a g bell said:
What ROM? are you using stock kernel?
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Stock ROM and Kernel. Only rooted.

KodRoute said:
Stock ROM and Kernel. Only rooted.
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Though it sounds like a app causing you problems there l would recommend trying a custom rom and kernel l have always found the stock ROM to run a little warm. But maybe before doing that have a look at trickster in the play store you change many more things to help keep things cooler.

The stock kernels the culprit I'd say. It's set in a narrow freq towards the top end causing it to run hot. Use Elemental X.

KodRoute said:
I don't know what's going on with it - It just overheated horribly while scrolling down on Facebook. Never happened this before. I was just scrolling like normal and using FB like normal and all of a sudden my phone becomes so hot - quickly I opened System Monitor and CPU temp was at 60-67ºC.
Also if I go to the Battery Tab in System Monitor the graph is pretty strange in my opinion, I mean the battery´s temperature is going up and down all over again it's like the graph of a heartbeat record or something.
Don't get me wrong, the Nexus 5 is the best phone but if this is really what it takes to own a phone for straight two months.... I mean, really?
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Perhaps it's those monitoring apps that you have installed. Just reboot the phone, should be fine.

beekay201 said:
Perhaps it's those monitoring apps that you have installed. Just reboot the phone, should be fine.
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It was indeed because of these apps. Uninstalling them seems to have solved the issue. Thank you for pointing it out! I guess I was a lil bit scared at first.
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Greenify

Anyone using it with the s6? Kinda curious if it does any good without root

speedfreak228 said:
Anyone using it with the s6? Kinda curious if it does any good without root
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I'm using it. Works well, but I'm not sure if it's saving battery.
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speedfreak228 said:
Anyone using it with the s6? Kinda curious if it does any good without root
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I use the paid version that enables the experimental features and it seems to work good.

speedfreak228 said:
Anyone using it with the s6? Kinda curious if it does any good without root
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My battery life sucks with it and without it so I don't think it helps at all. I think the only way battery life is going to get better is if we get this thing rooted.

Does greenify turn your screen on while it's in your pocket? It kept doing that on my droid turbo

speedfreak228 said:
Does greenify turn your screen on while it's in your pocket? It kept doing that on my droid turbo
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Not that I'm aware of. That might have been something to do with the active display on the Turbo.

Ok in going to try greenify. I think my battery drain is coming from using my moto 360

I used it for a week while I had my S6, and I didn't notice any difference in battery life, although it did hibernate apps. Without root or xposed it's uses are much more limited, but I had it setup with Nova Launcher so when I double tapped on the home screen it ran the "hibernate and lock screen" action. Otherwise, you have to manually press hibernate since it can't do it automatically without root.

geoff5093 said:
I used it for a week while I had my S6, and I didn't notice any difference in battery life, although it did hibernate apps. Without root or xposed it's uses are much more limited, but I had it setup with Nova Launcher so when I double tapped on the home screen it ran the "hibernate and lock screen" action. Otherwise, you have to manually press hibernate since it can't do it automatically without root.
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exact same setup here. seems to have helped reduce the amount of background apps. it will be nice when we get root and it is all automated. I may actually keep the double tap to turn off the screen though...i have kind of gotten used to it!!

stanfna said:
exact same setup here. seems to have helped reduce the amount of background apps. it will be nice when we get root and it is all automated. I may actually keep the double tap to turn off the screen though...i have kind of gotten used to it!!
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I have mine set up the same way. Seems like it helped my battery life.