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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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Essential Apps for Moto X Play with Less Battery Consumption
# Ad blockers:
Adguard : Adguard is used to remove ads from apps and browser web pages. It works well on x play with less battery Consumption. App thread is available on XDA.
# App locks & Vault:
Applock : Applock is an application used to lock apps and hiding files (vault). Better Consumption is little bit high at the time of phn booting. After few minutes it gets to normal.
Lockdown pro : Lockdown pro is same as applock . Battery Consumption is low when it is not using. On working battery Consumption is more than 2% . App thread available on XDA.
# Reminder:
Birthday reminder : Normal google calender will not provide birthday notofications so this birthday reminder app can be used. Battery Consumption is too low.
# Finance:
Bluecoins : This app is used for financial needs. Can be used for recording daily incomes and expenses. Battery Consumption is low. Thread available on XDA.
# File Explorers:
Mixplorer : Thread available on XDA.
Link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1523691
# Optimization/Tweaks:
Greenify : Great app. Everyone knows about this app, so not saying about its working. Thread available on XDA.
# Minotors:
Gsam battery monitor : This app helps to monitor battery usage/Consumption of apps/SOT etc. Battery usage is medium.
Internet speed meter : This app help to know the wifi/mobile data speed on the notification bar. It also calculate daily monthly internet usage. Battery Consumption is low.
# Video Players:
MX player : It is a complete video audio player. Battery Consumption varies according to users usage so can't be mentioned. Thread available on XDA.
# Other:
Notifications toggle : Help to add notification toggle icons on the notification bar. Battery Consumption low. Thread available on XDA.
# Launchers:
Nova launcher : A complete launcher. Battery Consumption medium. Thread available on XDA.
# Browsers:
Opera mini : Browser application. Battery Consumption low.
Ucbrowser :
# Audio players:
Pluser : An alternative app for Google play music. Battery Consumption normally low can be varies according to the use of the user. Thread available on XDA.
Link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3197336
# Backup:
Super backup : An application for backup contacts logs SMS bookmarks etc. Battery Consumption low.
# Mails:
Typeapp mail : An alternative application for Gmail. Battery Consumption low.
# Office:
Wps office : An alternative app for Google docs sheets etc. Sometimes this app stuck while using.Battery Consumption low.
Note : These apps are tested on my moto x play. Stock marshmallow 6.0.1.
You can suggest essential apps for our moto x play with less battery Consumption, I will update that to the main post.
When suggesting please mention the battery Consumption is low medium or high.
Let's join together and help x play users to use battery friendly apps.
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ES filemanager is not to be recommended http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...dated-with-super-shady-speed-charging-adware/
Benjamin_L said:
ES filemanager is not to be recommended http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...dated-with-super-shady-speed-charging-adware/
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OK I will change it.
Requesting u to provide another best file manager
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Mixplorer
minimale_ldz said:
Mixplorer
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I will add it soon before that please mention it's battery Consumption , is to low medium or high.
And what about solid explorer ? Searched XDA bt didn't find its thread.
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Well, depends how you use it. It doesn't drain my battery when not used
Can you put links cause i cant find pluser thanks and great post
judokapol said:
Can you put links cause i cant find pluser thanks and great post
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OK I will add it.
Now I have added pulser music link check it.
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minimale_ldz said:
Well, depends how you use it. It doesn't drain my battery when not used
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Help to add solid explorer link. I tried bt didn't find .
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jerryn70 said:
Help to add solid explorer link. I tried bt didn't find .
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http://www.neatbytes.com/files/solidExplorer2-armv7-release.apk
Alternatively, use Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer2
minimale_ldz said:
http://www.neatbytes.com/files/solidExplorer2-armv7-release.apk
Alternatively, use Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.solidexplorer2
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XDA removed this app from forum ?
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Hello peeps,
some story:
"
Just 3 days ago i bought my S8 comming from iPhone 7 Plus ( imagine the worry i had ) because of the phone sive/screen .
the 7 plus had a great battery which never disappointes you and yea i thought the s8 is the same.
first day i noticed the drain and i thought it is because the app downloading and so on .
some personal searching and tries here it is
"
To The Solution ( 2 ways to be done ) .
1 : Apps Location permission
Battery drains because of the GPS , any app with the permission could wake the gps and use it without using the app .
1- Go to settings -> Apps -> Press thr " 3 dots " ••• -> App permission
2- here is the treasure *huehue*
Go to " Location "
• Uncheck everything ( if you wanna keep some your choice but to see if the drain is stopped )
EXCEPT !
• √ Google play services ( sadly a MUST )
• √ Google ( for google assistant )
TA Daaaaa ! Done :laugh:
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2 : from Apps -> Google play services -> Storage -> Manage storage -> Clear All Data
√ nothing will be deleted nor changed from your google account
-------
Hope this helps you and cheers you up as it did to me when i reached to it :laugh:
the 3rd day im testing the battery with
AOD always !
LOCATION High accurasy
FHD+
WIFI 80% | Data 20% of time
Edge lightining
Youtube Fb Insta and so on
•
battery on 28-29%
with 5 h 30 mins SOT
cannot add attachments for a reason idk why :/
tell me the your results
Doing step 2 would further add to your woes as everytime you clean it, it would again build up the cache resulting in further drain. I agree with step 1 and you can further disallow it for few system apps like Samsung Connect, Bixby voice etc. Populate the system apps from the 3 dot menu in app permissions. Those are the real suckers.
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It's also takes the battery/phone about 3-5 days to learn your usage pattern, so at first battery life doesn't seem that great.
Another HUGE battery drain on the snapdragon models is IQ services, you will need BK package disabler to disable app services.
Two bad drains are wifi always scanning and search for near by devices, those can both be turned off in settings/connections.
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Great We have got EXTRA solutions . :good: :laugh:
Thank you guys :fingers-crossed:
Great trick, worked for me even with package disabler, custom tuned kernel, disabling that location permission improves my battery life for about 5-10%. Thanks
dannytgt said:
Great trick, worked for me even with package disabler, custom tuned kernel, disabling that location permission improves my battery life for about 5-10%. Thanks
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Great to know its working
package disabler and force doze
Quickvic30 said:
It's also takes the battery/phone about 3-5 days to learn your usage pattern, so at first battery life doesn't seem that great.
Another HUGE battery drain on the snapdragon models is IQ services, you will need BK package disabler to disable app services.
Two bad drains are wifi always scanning and search for near by devices, those can both be turned off in settings/connections.
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cheers for this.
Quickvic30 said:
It's also takes the battery/phone about 3-5 days to learn your usage pattern, so at first battery life doesn't seem that great.
Another HUGE battery drain on the snapdragon models is IQ services, you will need BK package disabler to disable app services.
Two bad drains are wifi always scanning and search for near by devices, those can both be turned off in settings/connections.
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What are the process names? Can't seem to find it
Surprised no one has mentioned Facebook and Facebook Messenger. Both of them use a ton of battery but it's hidden from usage monitors.
Uninstaller both of them and install Facebook Lite and Messenger Lite.
Even those are resource hogs, though, so you can use BK Package Disabler to disable many of their processes (I believe it's 16 and 9 processes respectively) and boom, low resource Facebook apps.
HanMan5000 said:
Surprised no one has mentioned Facebook and Facebook Messenger. Both of them use a ton of battery but it's hidden from usage monitors.
Uninstaller both of them and install Facebook Lite and Messenger Lite.
Even those are resource hogs, though, so you can use BK Package Disabler to disable many of their processes (I believe it's 16 and 9 processes respectively) and boom, low resource Facebook apps.
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Thanks! followed the steps on here and will report back. I was getting about 4 sot.
The fact that Facebook comes pre installed really grinds my gears.
Xshooter726 said:
Thanks! followed the steps on here and will report back. I was getting about 4 sot.
The fact that Facebook comes pre installed really grinds my gears.
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Not just Facebook. Facebook, Facebook messenger, and two additional Facebook apks that deal with its own update system. It's ****ing ridiculous.
Not sure if we know about this. I tried it out for FB and it works: https://www.xda-developers.com/freeze-app-background-processes-without-root-android-nougat/
The apps just dont use any services when in background. No need of any drastic steps
07argon said:
What are the process names? Can't seem to find it
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It's in Android system app/services/iqservice tick to off, this is using BK package disabler only, I don't think the other package disablers have this option to shut off specific services within the app like BK disabler does.
Works for me! Thanks very much!
I looking for a solution have months. My galaxy S7 had the same problem and I had to sold. I bought S8 and after few week the same battery problems occurred. This is the only solution that really worked Thank very much!
Overloadhyper said:
Hello peeps,
some story:
"
Just 3 days ago i bought my S8 comming from iPhone 7 Plus ( imagine the worry i had ) because of the phone sive/screen .
the 7 plus had a great battery which never disappointes you and yea i thought the s8 is the same.
first day i noticed the drain and i thought it is because the app downloading and so on .
some personal searching and tries here it is
"
To The Solution ( 2 ways to be done ) .
1 : Apps Location permission
Battery drains because of the GPS , any app with the permission could wake the gps and use it without using the app .
1- Go to settings -> Apps -> Press thr " 3 dots " ••• -> App permission
2- here is the treasure *huehue*
Go to " Location "
• Uncheck everything ( if you wanna keep some your choice but to see if the drain is stopped )
EXCEPT !
• √ Google play services ( sadly a MUST )
• √ Google ( for google assistant )
TA Daaaaa ! Done :laugh:
------------
2 : from Apps -> Google play services -> Storage -> Manage storage -> Clear All Data
√ nothing will be deleted nor changed from your google account
-------
Hope this helps you and cheers you up as it did to me when i reached to it :laugh:
the 3rd day im testing the battery with
AOD always !
LOCATION High accurasy
FHD+
WIFI 80% | Data 20% of time
Edge lightining
Youtube Fb Insta and so on
•
battery on 28-29%
with 5 h 30 mins SOT
cannot add attachments for a reason idk why :/
tell me the your results
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Doesn't work?
What S8 are you using? Because there is no location option in my app three dots , nor is there a clear all data option in Google play services...
Disabling device maintanance also work for me as it running all time for no reason if you know how to clean, maintanace your phone. Nothing is broken only now cant see battery usage but install some sort of battery monitor app if you need this reports of usages..
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Or you could just turn your GPS off when you're not using it lol
HanMan5000 said:
Surprised no one has mentioned Facebook and Facebook Messenger. Both of them use a ton of battery but it's hidden from usage monitors.
Uninstaller both of them and install Facebook Lite and Messenger Lite.
Even those are resource hogs, though, so you can use BK Package Disabler to disable many of their processes (I believe it's 16 and 9 processes respectively) and boom, low resource Facebook apps.
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This. If it weren't for fb and messenger, my battery life would be steller. With moderate use, thanks to them, I drain about 10-15% battery an hour. I caught them using the SystemPanel 2 app.
Anyone know what "IntelligenceSevice2" is? Safe/beneficial to disable or no?
- - TheJackalsMARK
Edit: nvm. found my answer.
Remember...
"If it was PROGRAMMED...
it CAN be RE-PROGRAMMED."
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I just upgraded to Oreo and am wondering what the Launch setting under the Battery section does? With Nougat, I really liked the feature to close apps when the screen turned off. I am not sure what this Launch setting does??
It's clearly written there. It manages, whenever an app can launch, or not based on patterns.
Shadowprince94 said:
It's clearly written there. It manages, whenever an app can launch, or not based on patterns.
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Hi,
How did you configure the settings. Since the update to Oreo I am only getting 3 hours of SOT which is very disappointing.
In general, if I do not want an app to be running in the background or starting on its own i will choose to m it manually an deselect all options?
How do you handle apps that you do want to receive notifications from?
Thank you.
Go to settings -- launch
You can either let the system decide which way is more power saving (manage all automatically) or you can go at the top in setting - launch, it says manage batch manually.
For example
Facebook : auto launch : secondary launch : background launch
If you check auto launch,the Facebook app will run in background as soon as you turn on you system. If you don't check the box, the app will remain stop unless you tap on it
If you check secondary launch which allows other app to wake up Facebook app, if you don't check the box the app will not wake up by other app
If you check background launch, you allow the app to run in the background. If you don't check the box the app will stop after several minutes after you close it( save your battery).
zhouqishi110ok said:
Go to settings -- launch
You can either let the system decide which way is more power saving (manage all automatically) or you can go at the top in setting - launch, it says manage batch manually.
For example
Facebook : auto launch : secondary launch : background launch
If you check auto launch,the Facebook app will run in background as soon as you turn on you system. If you don't check the box, the app will remain stop unless you tap on it
If you check secondary launch which allows other app to wake up Facebook app, if you don't check the box the app will not wake up by other app
If you check background launch, you allow the app to run in the background. If you don't check the box the app will stop after several minutes after you close it( save your battery).
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Sorry just extra information, if you still feel the battery drains to quickly, do check at Battery Usage Click Facebook and Terminate App.
This based on my experiment as previous build (360) was okay, but this one (362) a battery drains so noticeable.
I notice that even if you set FB restricted from running background process, it's still running.
Thus, drains your battery much quicker.
As it consume about 138.46 mah which is the highest among all of my app.
Second highest is instagram (114.84 mah)
Other app was below 50.00 mah.
After i terminate it, i can easily reach 2 day ++ (wifi, data but not heavy), 1 day ++ (moderate use : fb, surfing, call, etc), 25 hours ++(heavy : gaming, movies, fb, youtube non-stop)
Only certain apps I manage it as Automatically, others by Manually (uncheck all box).
You can see in the picture attached.
Hope its help you !
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wancyber said:
Sorry just extra information, if you still feel the battery drains to quickly, do check at Battery Usage Click Facebook and Terminate App.
This based on my experiment as previous build (360) was okay, but this one (362) a battery drains so noticeable.
I notice that even if you set FB restricted from running background process, it's still running.
Thus, drains your battery much quicker.
As it consume about 138.46 mah which is the highest among all of my app.
Second highest is instagram (114.84 mah)
Other app was below 50.00 mah.
After i terminate it, i can easily reach 2 day ++ (wifi, data but not heavy), 1 day ++ (moderate use : fb, surfing, call, etc), 25 hours ++(heavy : gaming, movies, fb, youtube non-stop)
Only certain apps I manage it as Automatically, others by Manually (uncheck all box).
You can see in the picture attached.
Hope its help you !
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I think you reply to the wrong person. I have no issues with the battery I was just letting others know what it mean to manually manage apps
But anyway thanks for sharing information
zhouqishi110ok said:
I think you reply to the wrong person. I have no issues with the battery I was just letting others know what it mean to manually manage apps
But anyway thanks for sharing information
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Yeah man..i do notice the wrong replies, but it's to late..
Sorry @zhouqishi110ok....my bad...haha.
Ur welcome man ! Sorry again !
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Thank you both for the suggestions. I'll give it a try and report back. If I do manage an app manually and uncheck all three boxes I won't receive any push notifications?
I don't use the FB app, battery drainer.
I just use the address: m.facebook.com to launch the mobile version of the site. If I need the full version
I just click the hamburger, check the use full page.
bartuone said:
Thank you both for the suggestions. I'll give it a try and report back. If I do manage an app manually and uncheck all three boxes I won't receive any push notifications?
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After you close the screen, it'll automatically stop or terminate any background apps. But sometimes depends on the app. Like whatsapp, joox or some of my apps only need to clear the recent apps. Try and experiment. But for fb as i said earlier, after you use it please do terminate it manually.
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hi, manage automatically is all auto,secondary and running in background all 3 ticked?
galaxy16 said:
hi, manage automatically is all auto,secondary and running in background all 3 ticked?
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Hi, i'm not quite understand what are you trying to ask. Can you provide a little more detail ?
It's will be easier for the others to help you.
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p51d007 said:
I don't use the FB app, battery drainer.
I just use the address: m.facebook.com to launch the mobile version of the site. If I need the full version
I just click the hamburger, check the use full page.
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I use the app Fella for facebook. It work very well and there are many configuration options.
The worst thing it does is prevent internet access to your applications in the background. Even using the Android JobScheduler API, with "SetRequiredNetworkType", and "Enable background data" set for your app, you'll still get connection errors from any code that is run from your scheduled job if the app is not presently in the foreground. It's a horrible feature for app developers to deal with, ugh.
zhouqishi110ok said:
Go to settings -- launch
You can either let the system decide which way is more power saving (manage all automatically) or you can go at the top in setting - launch, it says manage batch manually.
For example
Facebook : auto launch : secondary launch : background launch
If you check auto launch,the Facebook app will run in background as soon as you turn on you system. If you don't check the box, the app will remain stop unless you tap on it
If you check secondary launch which allows other app to wake up Facebook app, if you don't check the box the app will not wake up by other app
If you check background launch, you allow the app to run in the background. If you don't check the box the app will stop after several minutes after you close it( save your battery).
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How I can control this setting by my app rather than setting manual?
A.Pul said:
How I can control this setting by my app rather than setting manual?
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You can't. And even showing a screen prompting or showing users how to do it, can get your app banned by Google Play.
EDIT: My response here was short-sited and premature. You can do something about this, as long as your app meets certain criteria.
Acceptable use cases for whitelisting:
https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby#whitelisting-cases
Adding whitelist support for acceptable use cases:
https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby#support_for_other_use_cases
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You can't. And even showing a screen prompting or showing users how to do it, can get your app banned by Google Play.
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Thanks, but if we don't show a message to warning user, they may not know this issue.
Have any function to check the device is current managed automatically or manually?
I just want to show a message in case it's managed automatically.
A.Pul said:
Thanks, but if we don't show a message to warning user, they may not know this issue.
Have any function to check the device is current managed automatically or manually?
I just want to show a message in case it's managed automatically.
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It looks like you can do it, as long as your app meets an acceptable use case for battery optimization white-listing. If you can tick that box, you can fire an intent REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATION to directly prompt the user to add your app to the whitelist.
Acceptable use cases for whitelisting:
https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby#whitelisting-cases
Adding whitelist support for acceptable use cases:
https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby#support_for_other_use_cases
leroy30 said:
It looks like you can do it, as long as your app meets an acceptable use case for battery optimization white-listing. If you can tick that box, you can fire an intent REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATION to directly prompt the user to add your app to the whitelist.
Acceptable use cases for whitelisting:
https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby#whitelisting-cases
Adding whitelist support for acceptable use cases:
https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby#support_for_other_use_cases
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Thanks, but I tried this way before but it's not working. :crying:
Hey guy,
since there is no way right now to install a custom rom onto the P20 pro I am really concerned about the savety of my private data. What can I do to send as less data as possible to Huawei and their partners (Google,...)? Can I disable the reporting completely?
Thanks in advance!
Blumtopf
btw.: if there is a thread out there i did not see yet pls let me know =)
Don't use a smartphone at all.
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Blumtopf said:
Hey guy,
since there is no way right now to install a custom rom onto the P20 pro I am really concerned about the savety of my private data. What can I do to send as less data as possible to Huawei and their partners (Google,...)? Can I disable the reporting completely?
Thanks in advance!
Blumtopf
btw.: if there is a thread out there i did not see yet pls let me know =)
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One solution is to block internet access for installed apps and some system apps: settings - > wireless and networks - > data usage - > network access.
If this is not enough for your needs, another solution is to use Netguard and block internet access for any system app you like. It is an open source app and you can find the playstore version
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-netguard-root-firewall-t3233012 or the github version that compared to the playstore version it also has adblock using hosts files
https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/blob/master/ADBLOCKING.md
I use the github version and it works fine in our phone. A tip to work properly in P20 pro, is to enable "manage system apps" in the Netguard's advanced options. Also, if you use the github version, disable automatic update for Netguard from playstore, otherwise you will lose adblocking. You can update the app via github whenever there is a new update.
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I'll just post my answer on a similar question.
Two things:
1. You really need to understand better what is your concern. "Reporting" (such as "Digital Balance" or "User experience improvement program") don't collect data that can identify you as an actual person, it can just identify your phone usage patterns and general info. Most of those can just be disabled in various settings.
2. If you want to go full paranoid (not using Google or any other cloud service accounts, not using cloud backups and syncs, cutting your phone from data network) you will be owning a smartphone without actually using any of its "smart" features. In this case you are really better off, just buy an old feature-phone and save yourself some money.