So there are news of Google collecting Location Even With GPS Turned Off. But I was really thinking to abort using google services not because of this location tracking but also battery draining from google's wakelock which a serious issue to me as no matter what rom am i using playstore will always drain battery ... So i am thinking to go different alternative service i need maps so obviously i use google maps alot but i need its alternate app and same follow with sync service ( i can adjust it to manual no problem ) but i need those services which will not drain my battery and seriously those secret tracking services. If you want to make fun go away. If any dev or group can make alternate google services pls response here . I could be beta tester.
There is already a project that goes along what you want. Search for microg (I think it's called) it limits the Google services and uses alternatives for others.
Here is the issue you will find. Android is made to use Google services and without it, a lot of things just will not work completely right. Like location based services.
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I have been using Camera360 for quite some time and think it is a good camera app.
However, over time they have added background services along with some good features.
Are they really needed and is there a way to stop those services - like NotifyCenter, NotifyCenterAIDL
I think there was another Download or some such service also,which I saw sometimes.
It also links to the question whether running background services actually do any harm or not ?
Like Google maps seems to be running some services, even though I have not used maps in years.
thanks
Android 2.3.5
Any way to disable "you must have Google play services to run (name of app that doesn
Title cut off, rest should say "doesn't require Google play services to run"
I only use the play store basically, and have no issues with manually enabling before checking for app updates or to download new apps (on my newer device, my older device doesn't even require them for the play store at all)
But things like ccleaner, my emoji keyboard, a few other apps I can't think, of annoyingly claim to need these services to run... While I'm actively running them and using them just fine without.
On a device without the option "disable notifications for this app"either within the app itself, or within my older 4.0.4 device that runs just fine despite it being older... How can I get rid of these annoyances?
Play services are a huge battery and ram hog which I keep disabled unless needed. So any "just install play services" comments isn't exactly what I'm looking for...
I've looked around in disable service (the app) for these apps, unable to find anything looking relevant.
Any help would be appreciated
Play Services are often used for authentication reasons. Meaning the apps look if you have a genuine version. For freemium apps they check for any in app purchases you might have done.
Other common cases are for push notifications or location services etc. These are often only minor or optional features of apps. That's why they usually work nonetheless without having Play Services active.
The only easy option is to use an alternative app store like the Amazon App Store or F-Droid. All the apps over there are pretty much guaranteed to work without Play Services.
There are also some projects out there that aim for a system without Play Services. A quick search should yield quite some results.
If you are rooted and capable of using XPosed, then there is a module in the repo somewhere that does exactly what you are looking for - hiding the pop up.
Can't remember the name right now and don't know if it is still maintained, but searching the modules should provide it to you.
However, Google Play Service shouldn't be so much of a power drainer any more. Beginning with Android 6 / M the battery optimizations are quite enormous, even though the Play Services are excluded from the system wide optimization (because they take care of these optimizations). To further improve the footprint, you could disable the location services and wireless scanning services.
Hello there!
I've searched the internet for answers but have not been able to find a clear one, so I figured may as well ask it where the experts reside. Google doesn't stop tracking you no matter what privacy settings you have on your account, and google location services offer nothing except data to Google. When I have my GPS enabled my cell towers aren't going to be more accurate and there is no WiFi on the highway unless there is a guy in a van blasting it, or some modern cars with electronic breaks that will kill you when the power dies. I don't like having my GPS enabled constantly and I can't turn on WAZES or Google Maps without Google location services. Everywhere I look people just say to not use Google and certainly I know how to do that, except that the GPS solutions that don't require Google location services are quite frankly, from my experience, inferior.
Is there a way to force apps to not use Google location services, or to spoof Google location being enabled without it actually being enabled? Is there a way to just stop it from transmitting anything to Google (I understand that with Google maps some data will still have to be transmitter but I don't use Google maps often)? If not, can we at least stop it from enabling wifi scanning?
Thanks in advance for any time and thoughts you put into this problem.
Maybe the linked threads are able to provide a few answers. Our devices are absolute free of Google services and applications and working perfectly. For maps/navigation we use: OSMand+.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/gapps-free-samsung-galaxy-s3-lte-gt-t3553620
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/how-enhance-battery-duration-sgs-3-lte-t3478287
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-microg-gmscore-floss-play-services-t3217616
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-nanomod-5-0-20170405-microg-t3584928
https://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/xprivacylua6-0-android-privacy-manager-t3730663
is there any way to find out (debug) which app is causing google play services to drain battery in background ?
apart from trial and error of course ?
my guesses in my case are telegram (with a few bot notifications including pictures) / spotify running in background
tried clearing up cache, readd google account, disabled sync, everything same drain (2-3%/h)
nobody got a smart way to see which app causes google play services to missbehave?
As long as a service / app is running - where it doesn't matter whether in background or in foreground - battery gets drained.
common sense this. but how do i know which app is causing this drain to gms ?
My guess is you're confusing things:
GMS stands for Google Mobile Services and is essentially a bundle of applications and APIs ( application programming interfaces ) installed at the system level. This essentially means that they are deeply integrated with the operating system.
The list of apps tied together with GMS you surely can find on Internet.
Google Play Services is a proprietary background service and API package produced by Google for Android devices. It was introduced in 2012, it is allowing applications to communicate with the services through common means.
To check whether an app makes use of Google Play Services or not you would do a LOGCAT.
Got my OnePlus 9 Pro today, before I start flashing LOS I wanted to ask a couple questions about my Google choices.
Is it possible to not have any Google apps/services on the phone but still have access to the Play Store? I've seen Aurora store mentioned a couple times, but it doesn't seem like it works that well on my current device (searching for apps that I know are there but get no results, etc.). Those apps would likely still rely on Google services and break without them, correct?
Is it possible to use Mozilla's location services instead of Google's?
If no to the above, can I use Google's location services through a proxy?
What are the differences between OpenGApps/MindTheGapps/microG? I'm considering the latter (microG) but it looks like there hasn't been much progress on it and I don't know how functional it will be.
I want as little Google on my phone as possible while still having access to GPS, apps that rely on Google having bare minimum functionality, and privacy. What is the best way to do this?
1. You have access to the web of Play Store. play.google.com