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Is There an App That Kills Background Services?

is there an app that kills background services of other apps on my phone?

trapzz said:
is there an app that kills background services of other apps on my phone?
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Android Assistant from the market. It is free. Thios thing will not only kill services but prevent them from starting up. Let me know if this helps. Here is the link:
https://market.android.com/details?...wxLDEsImNvbS5hZHZhbmNlZHByb2Nlc3NtYW5hZ2VyIl0.

Omnichron said:
Android Assistant from the market. It is free. Thios thing will not only kill services but prevent them from starting up. Let me know if this helps. Here is the link:
https://market.android.com/details?...wxLDEsImNvbS5hZHZhbmNlZHByb2Nlc3NtYW5hZ2VyIl0.
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hi, omnichron.. so i assume that the app you suggested does better than kill services of apps.. it doesnt let them start up at all.

Omnichron said:
Android Assistant from the market. It is free. Thios thing will not only kill services but prevent them from starting up. Let me know if this helps. Here is the link:
https://market.android.com/details?...wxLDEsImNvbS5hZHZhbmNlZHByb2Nlc3NtYW5hZ2VyIl0.
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Hmm, guess you never heard of fast reboot? Doesn't need root... makes about 40-100 mb free within 30 seconds.
https://market.android.com/details?...SwxLDEsImNvbS5ncmVhdGJ5dGVzLmZhc3RyZWJvb3QiXQ..

trapzz said:
is there an app that kills background services of other apps on my phone?
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better to uninstall apps you dont want...

rori~ said:
better to uninstall apps you dont want...
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thats counter intuitive since i dont want to uninstall the apps that i want to use.. i just dont like that some of them hog uo batt life through their background services.

Auto Memory Manager

i'm with the OP on this. will try that link out, ta

[Q] Greenify on non rooted Moto G

I would like to use Greenify app on my non rooted Moto G and want Greenify some system apps (such as G+, Drive, Play Books etc.) but I am not able to Greenify any system apps.
All I can do is Greenify only those apps installed by me.
How to Greenify system apps without root, as I dont want to root at any cost.

Monsieur_Bond said:
I would like to use Greenify app on my non rooted Moto G and want Greenify some system apps (such as G+, Drive, Play Books etc.) but I am not able to Greenify any system apps.
All I can do is Greenify only those apps installed by me.
How to Greenify system apps without root, as I dont want to root at any cost.
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If You don't used them just disable them. There isn't much more you can do, without root.

Monsieur_Bond said:
I would like to use Greenify app on my non rooted Moto G and want Greenify some system apps (such as G+, Drive, Play Books etc.) but I am not able to Greenify any system apps.
All I can do is Greenify only those apps installed by me.
How to Greenify system apps without root, as I dont want to root at any cost.
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Yes you can greenify all unwanted system apps like maps and YouTube or any other, For that you have to buy greenify donation pack and only after that you can enable experiment feature and after that you can greenify them......
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I stand corrected, sorry.

Ani0o7 said:
Yes you can greenify all unwanted system apps like maps and YouTube or any other, For that you have to buy greenify donation pack and only after that you can enable experiment feature and after that you can greenify them......
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But without root will work?
I mean the donation package, will it work without root? In its description in play store it says its for root only.
If you or anyone is using it without root please let me know.

Monsieur_Bond said:
But without root will work?
I mean the donation package, will it work without root? In its description in play store it says its for root only.
If you or anyone is using it without root please let me know.
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You need root for any app installed in /system/app and /system/priv-app. That applies even if you download updates for such an app.
Greenify w/o root is not very effective, it actually needs xposed module to work properly for system apps.
The paid version needs root too.
Without root, you can only hibernate apps installed by yourself and that's about it.

Monsieur_Bond said:
But without root will work?
I mean the donation package, will it work without root? In its description in play store it says its for root only.
If you or anyone is using it without root please let me know.
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Yes it works, I am using beta 9 version of greenify with donation package and I am able to use it without a single problem and I am on non rooted device, it treat user apps and system app in same manner as you know the principal of greenify it creates a widget on home screen and when you click on it, you will close all running apps by force closing it, yes its a experimental feature and even play store talk about "SOME EXPERIMENT FEATURES (REQUIRE ROOT)" that means not all features required root but still I happy with it, it does what it says..... It greenify system app....
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Ani0o7 said:
Yes it works, I am using beta 9 version of greenify with donation package and I am able to use it without a single problem and I am on non rooted device, it treat user apps and system app in same manner as you know the principal of greenify it creates a widget on home screen and when you click on it, you will close all running apps by force closing it, yes its a experimental feature and even play store talk about "SOME EXPERIMENT FEATURES (REQUIRE ROOT)" that means not all features required root but still I happy with it, it does what it says..... It greenify system app....
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OK Mate, I will give the donation pack a try.
I will risk 100 bucks.

Monsieur_Bond said:
OK Mate, I will give the donation pack a try.
I will risk 100 bucks.
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Go on buddy, worth spending
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Ani0o7 said:
Go on buddy, worth spending
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Can you please let me know which all system apps are available to be Greenified.
A list and screenshot will be very helpful.
System apps which I want to Greenify are:
Calculator
Drive
FM
Google
Google Settings
Google+
Help
Motorola Migrate
Photos
Play Books
Play Games
Play Movies
Play News Stand
YouTube
Are all these system apps available to be Greenified after installing donation package.

List of my greenified apps
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Ani0o7 said:
List of my greenified apps
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Thanks Mate.
How to get Google Play Gift Vouchers so that I can redeem them for app purchase?

Greenify question

Hey there,
For some bizarre reason Instagram & Facebook do not appear in the list of possible apps to hibernate. Does anyone have an idea of why I cannot add & hibernate these apps?
Many thanks,

Because both are system apps in S6 and you need donate version of greenify

Thanks! Working now with donate version. I should have figured that knowing that they were preinstalled as system apps.
Ty sir!
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I'm also using Greenify paid version, but even though I have enabled the system app option, I can't seem to find Chrome in the list. Any idea why?

cawith said:
I'm also using Greenify paid version, but even though I have enabled the system app option, I can't seem to find Chrome in the list. Any idea why?
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I think it also needs xposed to let Greenify donated doing this but S6 doesn't has xposed yet.

TheEndHK said:
I think it also needs xposed to let Greenify donated doing this but S6 doesn't has xposed yet.
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Yeah, seems like it. Don't know why donation is enough for some system apps, while other system apps also require xposed...

Could have just uninstalled them as system apps and reinstalled through app store boom works.
Donating is always good as well

Whenever I hit to hibernate, it always says there is nothing to hibernate. This was not the case before I factory reset. I can't even tell if greenify is doing anything. I'm not rooted. Any thoughts?
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Oreo and apps like Greenify

With all the work Google put into background battery life in Oreo, are apps like Greenify needed anymore? That was one of the primary reasons to root IMHO. Do we need that?

I'm wondering the same thing.

Oreo caches apps in the back ground.
It works, but I still use Greenify to clean up the apps that I do not want cached.
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km8j said:
With all the work Google put into background battery life in Oreo, are apps like Greenify needed anymore? That was one of the primary reasons to root IMHO. Do we need that?
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I personally felt the need for greenify was obsolete since Nougat arrived. Also in my experience I found that using it was detrimental/made no difference to battery life over time.

When I first got my Pixel 2, idle drain seemed high, so I tried Greenify. It seemed to help. I then uninstalled Greenify and there was no difference in battery life. I now believe the initial drain was just part of the phone calibrating itself and Greenify did not really do anything.

For some apps like instagram/facebook you really need greenify to prevent them running in the background.

k4r70ng said:
For some apps like instagram/facebook you really need greenify to prevent them running in the background.
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Can't you just use oreo's settings to limit background activity and to optimize battery for those apps?
https://www.howtogeek.com/324566/how-to-limit-background-activity-for-apps-in-android-oreo/

They still manage to run in the background for me Same with microsoft office apps!
foosion said:
Can't you just use oreo's settings to limit background activity and to optimize battery for those apps?
https://www.howtogeek.com/324566/how-to-limit-background-activity-for-apps-in-android-oreo/
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I use Greenify to control the play store app, services framework, and other system apps that think they need to suck down the battery. I use Google Maps all the time but I don't want it running in the background when I am not using the phone. My phone is not rooted and I plan on keeping it that way for awhile. So far the battery is lasting a long time but I don't use the assistant or any other service that goes beyond making phone calls and texting. Facebook and the others can keep their battery draining apps to themselves.

I swapped out Greenify for Naptime. Naptime makes a difference.

Google Play Store Running In Background

Ok so for about 3+weeks I've been having this issues. As the title states, this gplay has been running in the background for hours. Today it's been 8+hrs. Idk what it is. I googled, I disabled the background usage, turned off the data usage for it, put it to sleep, wiped data/cache, uninstalled updates, installed newer versions - all no dice. If anyone could point me in the right direction it'd be greatly appreciated.

It's a core part of the OS and shouldn't be disabled. If you really want to kill it then get Package Disabler Pro and do it that way.

kradcliffe said:
It's a core part of the OS and shouldn't be disabled. If you really want to kill it then get Package Disabler Pro and do it that way.
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I didn't say I disabled the app, or even implied it, I said I disabled the background usage.

Psych0t1c20 said:
I didn't say I disabled the app, or even implied it, I said I disabled the background usage.
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It's junkware. Disable until you need it.
You can firewall block it with Karma Firewall which will help a little but it will continue to use some resources. Karma Firewall uses almost no battery, freeware.
Google play Services is another prime offender that I keep disabled unless I need it to get Gmail or use Gmaps.
Disable Google backup transport and Firebase as well.
Gookill sucks... with them you're not the customer, you are the product.

Good

I uninstalled Google Play Services and Google Services Framework (Galaxy apps and Theme Store), and use F-droid and Aurora store instead.