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[GUIDE][PSA] Google Play Services battery drain fix

If you're running a recent CM based or aosp ROM you've most likely encountered some pretty severe battery drain from Google Play Services (or Android OS as it sometimes shows up as). Below is a procedure that will halt the battery drain, but will not affect the running of your device.
Enter Privacy Guard through Settings/Security or Settings/Privacy, then click Advanced or Show Built-In Apps (depending on which ROM you're running). From here you can select Google Play Services and deny the Wake Up, Keep Awake, and Auto-Start options. This should drastically reduce the amount of battery that Google Play Services and Android OS consume.
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Please note: I've removed the second part of this guide as it seems to be causing problems for some users, it was unnecessary 99% of the time anyway.
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Did steps one a two a week or two ago and the difference was night and day. Google Play Services had horrible wake locks prior to this.
Nice job writing up the process!

Anyone know how to do this on PA? There's an App Privacy menu but it doesn't show system apps, and theres no advanced option that I can find.

ThisWasATriumph said:
Anyone know how to do this on PA? There's an App Privacy menu but it doesn't show system apps, and theres no advanced option that I can find.
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There's no option to show built-in apps?
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timmaaa said:
There's no option to show built-in apps?
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Nope hitting menu doesn't do anything. But I'm running 4.42 maybe they changed it it 4.43.

@timmaaa - parting gift before you walk off into the sunset eh
Quick question - are the Android Tuner and System Tuner settings necessary at all ? did you try this (both on the One X and the OPO) with just the Privacy Guard settings change ?

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@timmaaa - parting gift before you walk off into the sunset eh
Quick question - are the Android Tuner and System Tuner settings necessary at all ? did you try this (both on the One X and the OPO) with just the Privacy Guard settings change ?
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I don't have my OPO yet, I've tried just the Privacy Guard component but it didn't yield enough of a result, so I believe the Android Tuner and System Tuner components are necessary to properly reduce the battery drain.
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When I only used the built in privacy settings it didn't do much, but oddly once I set system tuner and Uninstalled the app, I don't see Play Services under battery at all.

if I uninstall the apps, then I lose the settings that the apps have set. @timmaaa - can you confirm that we cant install android tuner and system tuner, AFTER we have done your changes.
Secondly, I'm getting a few Play Store force-closes after I did these changes. Can you let us know *exactly* which things did you change ?

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if I uninstall the apps, then I lose the settings that the apps have set. @timmaaa - can you confirm that we cant install android tuner and system tuner, AFTER we have done your changes.
Secondly, I'm getting a few Play Store force-closes after I did these changes. Can you let us know *exactly* which things did you change ?
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You can't uninstall the apps, they're the only thing that's reining in Google Play Services. I've had zero issues with any Google services after making the changes. This method disallows Google location reporting, it disallows Play Services waking the device and keeping it awake, and it also disallows Google from gathering information for targeted advertising.
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@timmaaa - one suggested improvement. You dont need to install "System Tuner".
Android Tuner -> Sidebar Menu -> Apps Manager -> Application Startups gets you to the same options as System Tuner.

Thanks @sandys1, changes finally made to OP.
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Hey guys, can you tell me what will happen if I do this ? Will I loose any services / things i can do with my phone ? Thanks.

Your phone will operate as normal, no services will be lost.
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Anyone know how to do this on PA? There's an App Privacy menu but it doesn't show system apps, and theres no advanced option that I can find.
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Mate,
I had tonnes of wake locks on viper xl. Since installing pa 4.4 with their gapps I haven't had a problem. May be worth a shot if you're liking pa.

nitens said:
Mate,
I had tonnes of wake locks on viper xl. Since installing pa 4.4 with their gapps I haven't had a problem. May be worth a shot if you're liking pa.
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I always use PA gapps and still had issues with Google Play Services. I don't use this device much anymore anyway since it won't stay powered on unless it's connected to a charger. It's gonna act as a WiFi router from now on I think. I have the OnePlus One as my main device now anyhow.
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can you please repost , or PM me the 2nd part , i bookmarked this for later use and testing when i came back it's gone

@timmaaa , don't with problems users are having but for me :
1-re-browse your old tutorial from webcache
2-after following your recommendation unchecking permissions in 3C toolbox
3- google play services never went to sleep , kept wake locking the phone
if that the bug every one is having , the fix is just by re-check the folllowing
com.Google.android.location.reporting.preferencese
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Thank you for your useful post! The changes with App Ops have noticeable positive impact on battery life. I only had 2-3 crashes of Google Play Services after those changes. If those crashes happen again, I will switch options one by one to default to check what crashes Google Play Services.
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EDIT: Google Play Services crashed because Auto Start was disabled. I enabled it again and now it's OK. Additional impact had switching off of "Location reporting" in Settings -> Location. That provides Google with continuous updates on your location, which triggers an *alarm* that wakes up the device even if Google Play Services is denied of accessing your location. Crucial impact had switching off "Wake up" and "Stay awake" for Facebook in App Ops and then greenifying it (I know it's not related to Google Play Services, but whoever is interested in preserving the battery with App Ops would make use of noting this, but be advised - you lose notification updates from Facebook).

I'm using an AOSO-ish KitKat ROM, and installed AppOps through Xposed framework. I only show the "keep awake" setting and not "auto start" or "wake up." Are these older versions you're talking about and what is does PA mean in the above posts? Thanks in advance.
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[Q] List your Xposed Modules that your using and Why

I just finished Rooting my G3 and I wanted to know which Xposed Modules that everyone one is using and why.
Thanks for your help.

Currently I just got done installing latest test framework and installed Unicon from Google play enabled the module this is a module to run custom icon packs. So far works great.
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Greenify - controlling misbehaving apps, a major battery saver.
MinMinGuard - adblocking, removes space taken up by ads as well.
Wakelock Terminator - controlling wakelocks (google play services, google search, facebook, etc)

I'm using is g3 tweaksbox for some customization. I did install Android tuner just to get rid of carrier IQ. And I use network speed indicator. I've used greenify in the past but don't feel a need for it yet on this phone.
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G3 Tweaksbox, Google Now Launcher (& GLEX Module), GravityBox (KK), Android Tuner (carrier IQ fix only), and Greenify (though can't find much to tweak there).
Phone is super fast, looks great, and I experience very good battery life.

G3 tweaks box: to didn't m disable shutter noise and change some things.
Root cloaker: so u can use ISIS with root
Greenify: to stop wake locks
Play store fix: download apps not meant for my phone
Play store permissions: I can see what permissions the app is requesting ( the old way the play store was)
Wake lock terminator: to stop certain processes from waking device rather then the whole app.

Added G3 tweakbox and paid for premium also. Great app for a buck and a half ?

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Added G3 tweakbox and paid for premium also. Great app for a buck and a half ?
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Its the best 1.50$ that I have spent in a long time. So many options and u can't resist changing them

neo4uo said:
Currently I just got done installing latest test framework and installed Unicon from Google play enabled the module this is a module to run custom icon packs. So far works great.
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What icon pack are you using?
4ndroid99 said:
Greenify - controlling misbehaving apps, a major battery saver.
MinMinGuard - adblocking, removes space taken up by ads as well.
Wakelock Terminator - controlling wakelocks (google play services, google search, facebook, etc)
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What list of apps do you have filtered in Wakelock Terminator?
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This may not be the place to ask this but I've tried to ask this question twice in the tweakbox forum with no replies and I'm getting frustrated. Since you are talking modules, I'll try here. I bought the paid version of tweakbox and the app is crashing every time I try to turn the quick settings mod on. I'm trying to change the color. Has anyone else had this problem?

dominuce00 said:
What icon pack are you using?
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Viby
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.esethnet.viby&hl=en
Sorry it took so long to get back with you!!!

tmease1 said:
This may not be the place to ask this but I've tried to ask this question twice in the tweakbox forum with no replies and I'm getting frustrated. Since you are talking modules, I'll try here. I bought the paid version of tweakbox and the app is crashing every time I try to turn the quick settings mod on. I'm trying to change the color. Has anyone else had this problem?
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Finally got a answer from the dev about this issue. He said it's a bug with att g3 and it will be fixed with next update.

Uninstalled all of them and my phone seems a lot quicker now. Seemed to be causing more issues than it was worth for me.

Kmac_thp said:
Uninstalled all of them and my phone seems a lot quicker now. Seemed to be causing more issues than it was worth for me.
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Same here as well as switching to Art. Could be placebo but I've been back and forth few times and this setup seems better.

Anyone know of a good fix to disable ascending ringtone? Tried an app but no go.

APM+ - Advanced Power Menu, Android Tuner Pro - Small tweaks to the system, App Settings - Many uses change individual app dpi, and block apps from the recents menu and resident in memory so the system will not shut it down (Viper4Android), Boot Manager - Speaks for itself, G3 TweaksBox Pro, Greenify - Save battery, NlpBounce - Reduces WakeLock, XToast - Changed the toast notification (no likey the green), xposed LED control - customize led alerts per app, XuiMod - Battery bar on nav bar.

After installing frameworks and installing modules, I get a Unfortunately, the process.com.google.process.gapps has stopped on every reboot, I click ok and it doesn't come back, but it's annoying, is there anyway to get rid of this? I uninstalled everything and I still get it.

android_4life said:
After installing frameworks and installing modules, I get a Unfortunately, the process.com.google.process.gapps has stopped on every reboot, I click ok and it doesn't come back, but it's annoying, is there anyway to get rid of this? I uninstalled everything and I still get it.
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I get the same issue but I have pinpointed the root cause to be the google keyboard? Are you using the standard LG keyboard or the Google Keyboard downloaded from the play store?
I still use the Google keyboard...There doesn't seem to be any negative effects other than the error message every reboot.

solvingchaos said:
I get the same issue but I have pinpointed the root cause to be the google keyboard? Are you using the standard LG keyboard or the Google Keyboard downloaded from the play store?
I still use the Google keyboard...There doesn't seem to be any negative effects other than the error message every reboot.
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I get that message as well. I use the stock LG keyboard. Hit OK when I see the message and no problems after.
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Servicely for your apps and services

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Remember that time when your device lost 50% of battery life during the night because a gazillion services from careless apps kept keeping your device awake and you have no way to disable them?
Or when Facebook kept waking up your phone for no reason and you find no way to fix it other than uninstalling it?
Servicely to the rescue!
First of all make sure you're ROOTED (it won't work otherwise). You'll be able to select which apps will be put to sleep when the display goes off. Just like magic!
You can also disable/enable permanently any service on your device. It's useful if you have services that tend to auto-restart and keep your device awake, or if you have games sending you never-ending notifications.
This app is somewhat powerful so act responsibly when using it. I'm more than happy to help if you contact me
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The apk in the Play Store is free with ads, but I've disabled the ads for the apk below. You can still purchase the key from inside the app which helps me keep producing stuff for you, but you don't have to do so.
You can choose between two "sleep" modes. The soft mode I assume it's probably similar to what Greenify does. The hard mode completely disables the apps you've choosed during screen off, and re-enabled during screen on. This mode removes any shortcuts or widgets from those disabled apps, but this is the most secure way to guarantee those apps won't wake up or do something crazy. That said, you'll be fine with the soft mode.
Play Store download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.franco.servicely
DISCLAIMER
I take no responsibility for any fault caused by any procedures of the app. No warranties of any kind are given.

Looks promising. Might replace greenify this little gem, thank you??

Enabled pro and start on boot but after closing the app an open it again, it shows this.

Should greenify be disabled/uninstlled before using servicely??

Really like this app! This is like the perfect version of greenify. And probably with more features to come. I was just wondering, is it save to add google play services to list? Or wil I loose allot of functionality with the apps that rely on google play services?

Will this also stop notifications from the app when you have it disabled? Like fb, instagram, xda and twitter?

@franciscofranco
Another possible improvement for your new app:
- With the pro Version there is the option to start the service automatically with the boot. If you boot the device there is no information like "set on boot service has been..." Dont know if you need this message on the boot like in FKU for you new app, but maybe you could make it as an option
and: if you close the app from the task manager, you see the normal action: app is restarting. After the restart the settings/killing apps applies again?
i instantly bought the pro version, before even using it
And if you add a new app to the service, it will be killed after 60 secs? or is first a reboot needed?
And if you kill an app like google keep, can the changes still be synced?
Sorry for the large amount of quetions, i´ve never used apps like this

wow... really like this... thanks franco
just a request for someone who knows... we can get a list with safe services to kill?

eluspo said:
Will this also stop notifications from the app when you have it disabled? Like fb, instagram, xda and twitter?
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Yeah... does this have the background sync feature which I believe Greenify has??

Gonna try this for a while and replace greenify if it's better
Thanks

So if a service is idle, let's kill it every minute. The service restarts - which would come with a CPU/memory expense greater than if it had remained idle - and repeat this every minute?
This doesn't seem like an informed decision. It could just be a checkbox in an application's settings that would alleviate the service from repeating.
I don't see why you don't educate people on looking at application's checkboxes.

@franciscofranco I'm a fan of your work and this app looks beautiful. However, I have a pretty stupid question. How is this different from a task killer and automated killing? I thought those were bad, but is this different?

Turned it off for Google play music, google keyboard, Google play services, lmt. I ran into issues with app fc here.

deadzombieseverywhere said:
Turned it off for Google play music, google keyboard, Google play services, lmt. I ran into issues with app fc here.
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turned it on for google play services and no issues so far.
Yeah... does this have the background sync feature which I believe Greenify has??
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no if an app is selected, it has nor background sync - tested it with telegram (btw with greenify donation it doesn´t work too...)
will test Servicely for a while and report back. If it does a well job, then goodbye Greenify

This app keeps closing apps that I'm using. I thought it only closes if the app is in the background? For example, I'm watching a YouTube video and it just closes.

Umm, this is essentially a task killer....

I don't understand the difference from a task killer. Task killers drain more battery. If it kills a service, it autorestarts, right? Or it is like greenify, keeps the service from starting?
I've tried this with whatsapp and didn't work. I know that is not suppose to kill services in the background, but what does it is suppose to kill? If it is not in the foreground, it is in the background... For an intense, having facebook installed, there is always a background service, this will never kill it, right?
It would be great if if would work better thank greenify, and stopping services from getting started.

Great work Franco! Testing now

I have Greenify, not sure if I'll use this... but purchased paid pro version to support Franco and his awesome Kernel (and other dev projects).

euge.lee.nebby said:
I have Greenify, not sure if I'll use this... but purchased paid pro version to support Franco and his awesome Kernel (and other dev projects).
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Same here.....
Franco deserve as developer and person... Thx for all

Huawei's P30 Optimiser/Optimizer App Removal

Hey Guys,
I am finding the Optimiser app to be stopping notifications from coming up on some apps, such as pushbullet, messaging to some extent, and so on until i open the app.
It seems the huawei battery optimisation is pretty aggressive. I went through a discovery process years ago with battery optimiser apps that from what I understood, basically boiled down to them being unnecessary for most devices at that version of android.
My question is, can I remove the huawei optimiser app using ADB, is it safe to do so? I don't want to individually have to tell the optimiser app to not optimise each app as I download them. I just want to remove the optimiser and be done with it, but i also still want to know batterybusage of apps etc if they get out of control and android isnt natively dealing with them properly then id like to remove them.
Thoughts on this, anyone?
Thanks very much,

Good question, it's also seem to be very resources hungry. I had to keep mine because I need to for maintaining my existing call block lists.

tommacpherson87 said:
Hey Guys,
I am finding the Optimiser app to be stopping notifications from coming up on some apps, such as pushbullet, messaging to some extent, and so on until i open the app.
It seems the huawei battery optimisation is pretty aggressive. I went through a discovery process years ago with battery optimiser apps that from what I understood, basically boiled down to them being unnecessary for most devices at that version of android.
My question is, can I remove the huawei optimiser app using ADB, is it safe to do so? I don't want to individually have to tell the optimiser app to not optimise each app as I download them. I just want to remove the optimiser and be done with it, but i also still want to know batterybusage of apps etc if they get out of control and android isnt natively dealing with them properly then id like to remove them.
Thoughts on this, anyone?
Thanks very much,
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You can't have both, you can kill power genie and have all apps run as they were intended, OR you can have per app battery use stats, killing power genie will break that function
https://dontkillmyapp.com/huawei
Personally it's a small price to pay to fix everything else and makes no difference to battery life

*Detection* said:
You can't have both, you can kill power genie and have all apps run as they were intended, OR you can have per app battery use stats, killing power genie will break that function
https://dontkillmyapp.com/huawei
Personally it's a small price to pay to fix everything else and makes no difference to battery life
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You still had issues with notifications not coming through even when battery optimization and adjusting Launch settings manually was configured?
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You still had issues with notifications not coming through even when battery optimization and adjusting Launch settings manually was configured?
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Yea, WhatsApp point blank refused to give me any notifications at all unless I opened the app, tried absolutely everything related to the battery/launch etc settings, nothing worked, it's because power genie has a white list of apps that are allowed to run in the background and you cannot edit that list
Thankfully killing PG was nice and easy and ended my months of annoyance of missing messages

*Detection* said:
Yea, WhatsApp point blank refused to give me any notifications at all unless I opened the app, tried absolutely everything related to the battery/launch etc settings, nothing worked, it's because power genie has a white list of apps that are allowed to run in the background and you cannot edit that list
Thankfully killing PG was nice and easy and ended my months of annoyance of missing messages
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I adb uninstalled Optimiser App, it took a good few things with it also including ability to block black listed numbers that I had have stored and also the battery menu I think in settings also disappeared completely.
You can see what the Optimiser app is running system app wise , under developer option then running services. It's the 2nd Android system with mutiple processes running. I turned off virus checker but it still seems to be running as you can see.
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I adb uninstalled Optimiser App, it took a good few things with it also including ability to block black listed numbers that I had have stored and also the battery menu I think in settings also disappeared completely.
You can see what the Optimiser app is running system app wise , under developer option then running services. It's the 2nd Android system with mutiple processes running. I turned off virus checker but it still seems to be running as you can see.View attachment 4915793
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Was only Power Genie you were supposed to uninstall, I lost per app battery stats but nothing else, but since upgrading to 10 I haven't had to kill it yet, WhatsApp is running as it should this time

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Was only Power Genie you were supposed to uninstall, I lost per app battery stats but nothing else, but since upgrading to 10 I haven't had to kill it yet, WhatsApp is running as it should this time
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I know , my comment was slightly off topic. As I was curious about Optimiser app.
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I know , my comment was slightly off topic. As I was curious about Optimiser app.
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Ah right with you now, only sounds like blocked numbers might be a pain to lose really, not had any issues with the optimizer app though
Noticed any improvements since killing it ?

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Ah right with you now, only sounds like blocked numbers might be a pain to lose really, not had any issues with the optimizer app though
Noticed any improvements since killing it ?
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No, I didn't have it uninstalled long enough to verify. I needed my block call list.
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Question Pixel Launcher draining battery

I have used Nova Launcher on my phone
And yesterday decided change it to stock
But I was very surprised how hard the battery was discharged.
Can this be fixed? Reset the launcher cache, disabled all settings, but does not help (
On Nova Launcher all worked fine
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Usually it's the other way around. Try in safe mode. Try uninstalling Nova. You already tried clearing the Pixel launcher data. If so other than a 3rd party app interfering the only option is a factory reset. Use a logging firewall to see if it can help you spot what's running in the background.
Either way backup all critical data now as it doesn't sound like that load is stable... when Androids are fixing to crash the warning signs are subtle. Next reboot might be a boot loop...

blackhawk said:
Usually it's the other way around. Try in safe mode. Try uninstalling Nova. You already tried clearing the Pixel launcher data. If so other than a 3rd party app interfering the only option is a factory reset. Use a logging firewall to see if it can help you spot what's running in the background.
Either way backup all critical data now as it doesn't sound like that load is stable... when Androids are fixing to crash the warning signs are subtle. Next reboot might be a boot loop...
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I would agree with Blackhawk. Generally stock launcher is the most efficient on battery.
Nova is great but I have had some odd behavior from time to time.
I have stuck with the stock launcher on the P7P and been pretty happy with it.

robbbzilla said:
I would agree with Blackhawk. Generally stock launcher is the most efficient on battery.
Nova is great but I have had some odd behavior from time to time.
I have stuck with the stock launcher on the P7P and been pretty happy with it.
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I like Nova but it uses twice the battery of One UI, isn't as stable or fast. Verses the Pixel launcher the results likely be even worse than I experienced. Am I giving Pixel too much credit?
Probably not as Pixel prides itself on having an efficient launcher.
Nova (or an other 3rd party app*) may have altered hidden user settings and simply uninstalling it may not restore them to their default settings, oh my, but a factory reset will.
If any major firmware upgrades were done it's best practice to factory reset. I rarely suggest using a factory reset but sometimes it's the right choice if you can't correct the root cause which is the preferable course of action.
*poorly coded 3rd party apps can do a lot of damage and may not uninstall cleanly. Rare but a real pain when it happens.

@blackhawk @robbbzilla
Thanks for your help!
I installed LogFox & LogcatReader and tried to get logs
I didn't see any errors but many warn such formats
Code:
[12-29 08:04:50.653 1542:2762 W/InputManager-JNI]
Input channel object '21d82cd com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher (client)' was disposed without first being removed with the input manager!
[12-29 08:04:51.091 1542:1591 W/InputManager-JNI]
Input channel object '47bc2a4 Splash Screen com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher (client)' was disposed without first being removed with the input manager!
So I decided to change the wallpaper and reboot the phone. Previous wallpapers I installed when I used Nova Launcher
As a result, the number of warnings dropped, but still there... I attached the logs, maybe someone can look at them... And tell me in which direction to research. =)
Also, for the sake of completeness, I restored deleted system applications ....
Chrome - Chrome-Stub.apk
YouTube Music - YouTubeMusicPrebuilt.apk
Google TV - Videos.apk
YouTube - YouTube.apk
Sound Amplifier - Sound Amplifier Prebuilt.apk
Google Files - FilesPrebuilt.apk
Personal Safety - SafetyHubPrebuilt.apk
Pixel Tips - Tips Prebuilt.apk
SIM card menu - Stk.apk

It's used 44% of the 8% used, as soon as you start to use other stuff the % it is using will plummet.

LeshaRB said:
I have used Nova Launcher on my phone
And yesterday decided change it to stock
But I was very surprised how hard the battery was discharged.
Can this be fixed? Reset the launcher cache, disabled all settings, but does not help (
On Nova Launcher all worked fine
View attachment 5795769I turned these options off and battery drain is back to normalish.
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Put the pixel launcher on battery restricted. And turn off all the suggestions and "at a glance" though it shows time. But turn it off anyway turn off the background data Let the battery discharge itself. It should be fine when you next time when u'll start using after a full charge.

@mkozal @towhidabid
I restored all deleted system app and now all work fine
After the release of the update, I will experiment which application requires Pixel

For me the resolution is turn off "smooth display" and restart.

LeshaRB said:
@blackhawk @robbbzilla
Thanks for your help!
I installed LogFox & LogcatReader and tried to get logs
I didn't see any errors but many warn such formats
Code:
[12-29 08:04:50.653 1542:2762 W/InputManager-JNI]
Input channel object '21d82cd com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher (client)' was disposed without first being removed with the input manager!
[12-29 08:04:51.091 1542:1591 W/InputManager-JNI]
Input channel object '47bc2a4 Splash Screen com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher (client)' was disposed without first being removed with the input manager!
So I decided to change the wallpaper and reboot the phone. Previous wallpapers I installed when I used Nova Launcher
As a result, the number of warnings dropped, but still there... I attached the logs, maybe someone can look at them... And tell me in which direction to research. =)
Also, for the sake of completeness, I restored deleted system applications ....
Chrome - Chrome-Stub.apk
YouTube Music - YouTubeMusicPrebuilt.apk
Google TV - Videos.apk
YouTube - YouTube.apk
Sound Amplifier - Sound Amplifier Prebuilt.apk
Google Files - FilesPrebuilt.apk
Personal Safety - SafetyHubPrebuilt.apk
Pixel Tips - Tips Prebuilt.apk
SIM card menu - Stk.apk
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These are junk unless you use them :
YouTube Music - YouTubeMusicPrebuilt.apk
Google TV - Videos.apk
YouTube - YouTube.apk
Personal Safety - SafetyHubPrebuilt.apk
Typical profile I get for One UI on a N10+/Pie:

I am using the pixel tablet and my battery was being drained from Pixel launcher.