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[APPS] PowerTutor - Contacts and Messaging Destroying Battery?

I've been using a power usage app designed for the N1 called "PowerTutor" for the past week or so (app link, homepage link).
Ever since I've started using it, I've noticed that two apps are constantly using tons and tons of battery, despite me never using them: Contacts and Messaging. Notice in the screenshots below they have been running 100% of the time since my last reboot and using the most battery, more than any of the apps that I actually use:
Left: Current Power Usage (As of this second).
Right: Total Power Usage (Since reboot).
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These apps never go away. Now, I understand how Android task management works, so the fact that they are running isn't the problem; but the fact that they are using battery constantly seems to be a huge issue, since A) I never use them and yet B) together they have by far the highest power consumption apps on my phone. What the heck??
What is going on here? Does anyone else use PowerTutor?

Interesting find...
Seems like no one dares to comment on this...now I´m curious.

The app must be messaging your contacts in the background...
Or maybe this app drafts a message to one of your contact, then discards it and then drafts the same message to another contact and again discards it and so on....
The tutor in the name suggests that it wants to teach you a lesson... Don't install random apps on your phone and them give it permission to use whatever resources that it wants...

If you using CM ROM so maybe you lock messaging in the memory (CM setting > performance )

I messaged the developer and he responded with this:
It may be related to a bug (it's more of a limitation of the Android API) in PowerTutor. In reality Android gives no way to know what application is currently in the foreground so we have to estimate it using some information they do give us on the priority of each application. Unfortunately the phones I have work with don't have this problem so it's difficult for me to debug. The problem is related to the Messaging and Contacts applications having foreground priority despite not actually being in the foreground.
Try simply filtering out OLED (click on the OLED panel in the application view) to get more meaningful numbers for now.
-Mark
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Interesting...
My question then is, if we were to filter out OLED, wouldn't that mean we'd be missing out on some data (data that is actually valid)?
Though I'm not sure I understand what it means to have an app listed in multiple categories? And what that will do when one category is filtered out.

up 10chr aara

BriEE said:
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Hah, thanks for the bump. I am subscribed to this thread but actually uninstalled PowerTutor long ago. It seemed too inaccurate.

[X1][5.0 transform]Knowledge Required and Ideas

Hello friends!
I need some ideas and help from your knowledge-full minds if you don't mind sharing some
My first one its a problem and it sounds like this:
I really need to see where this popup is located so I can disable it because its getting anoying. Everytime I send some big sms messages and I pass a number of sent mesagges/hour, this system popup appears and I have to dismiss it for every sms message.
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Translation: SMS Bomber (the app i used to simulate my daily use of sms messages) sends a big number of sms messages. Do you allow this app to send messages?
And the radio buttons are "deny" and "allow"
I used every popup blocker/finder and i can't seem to find it. I manualy searched for it in system files, I took almost every .xml file one by one and searched for a clue but i can't seem to find it at all. I made a logcat but i can't seem to understand what that big amount of data is telling me. Does anyone have a clue about this kind of system popup and how to disable it?
EDIT: i found out what's causing it, and that is the 100 sms limit generic on any android smartphone, but in my smartphone its ducking 20 msg/hour. I tried all the ways, with 3-party apps, sql editor and manual adding but it still shows up. Any ideas?
EDIT 2: I fixed it. Looks like that on 4.2 you have to add the entry in the global db
The second one its not a problem, i just need some advice. I want to customize my stock rom to the max (there isn't a custom rom for my smartphone and I want to make it just like Android 5.0 with only root acces and stock recovery/rom) and i managed to modify the status bar with exposed, I took a launcher that was just like lolipop, i modified the ppi, I tweaked the guI with some xposed plugins but that is not enought because my popups, power menu and settings menu are the same. I read something about framework res but i am not sure about it and what does it do. Do you have any info that can help me? Maybe i will publish the rom for my smartphone after I tweak it a little bit if i manage to do it well.
The third one is a problem that bothers me from when i bought the phone. Whenever i plug in my smartphone a usb cable, my telephony signal dies. I can't receive/send any calls or sms messages in that time. What could it be?
The forth and the last one is about a thing that I want on my phone and i can't seem to find nothing. I want to wake/unlock my phone without using the power button (i have a 5" smartphone and the power button is located in the upper side) with a double tap or a gesture. I heard that i need kernel-level permisions and that i need a super-amoled or amoled screen (because of the black pixels that don't light up when they are black) but nexus 4 has "Touch control" app that lets it do the knock wake but it has IPS display like mine so i guess it is possible. Any ideas?
EDIT: managed to use Tap Tap App and it's ok
Sorry for the long post, here is the cat-tax and the potato-tax
And sorry for my english, it's not my first language
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Bump. Nobody has a clue about these problems?
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[App][4.1+]Notification History Log-View Old Notifications You Dismissed Accidentally

Hello everyone.
I released an App last week named "Notification History Log". With this app, you can view all your old notifications that you have dismissed accidentally. I'm receiving a good response for the app from the last couple of days and it also got featured on Android Police and Life Hacker.
Now, I'm planning to add more features to the app and I need your suggestions.
You can download the app from Play store here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ikvaesolutions.notificationhistorylog&hl=en
Note: This app is NOT about just opening Android's default notification log. It has more to do.
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Current features of the app
These are the features currently included in the app:
Advanced History: It uses "Notification Access" permission and stores all receiving notifications locally and they are used to show the old notifications.
Normal History: If the device supports Android's default notification log, it opens it else it asks to open Advanced History.
Notification Log Size: User can select the size of notification log to be stored.
Blacklist Applications: User can blacklist the apps they want to include in the notification log.
Swipe to delete: This enables users to delete individual notification if needed.
Clear All Notifications: This will permanently delete all stored notifications.
Search Notifications: You can search for any notification in Advanced History.
Open Advanced History by Default: Instead of opening home screen, it will open Advanced History everytime you open the application.
Hide Default Notification Log: This will hide the button that opens Android's default notification log.
Can you guys try the app and let me know if you find any bugs.
Suggestions are accepted with both hands.
You can read the complete release notes here of Notification History Log on my blog
Few screenshots from the app:
Thank you

very interesting!!!congrats dude!!

kos25k said:
very interesting!!!congrats dude!!
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Thank you
Let me know if you find any bugs in the app.

Hit me if i’m going wrong, but at my opinion this apk does a little less or exactly the same things like this app -> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evanhe.nh do ! Why to hell do you spend a lot of your time, to develop the wheel again???
If i am wrong, i will delete this post immediately, promised!

non-toxic said:
Hit me if i’m going wrong, but at my opinion this apk does a little less or exactly the same things like this app -> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evanhe.nh do ! Why to hell do you spend a lot of your time, to develop the wheel again???
If i am wrong, i will delete this post immediately, promised!
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Hi,
I don't think it is wrong to redevelop something with more features and far better UI.
The total downloads of the old app are 1000-5000 and my app already reached 120K+ downloads.
WhatsApp is already developed, but still, there are similar apps like Hike, WeChat Same applies here :fingers-crossed:

ok, thx 4 your statement.
(because your app is not able to record USSD messages, it is not interesting for me.)
btw: most of the comments on play store will have only one star. So, there seems to be a lot to do..
Anyway, i wish you "good luck" for the future of your development! I’m out now...

4.1 stars average, but hey, who's counting?
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RealMe 2 NOTIFICATION ISSUE

I m not getting notification from some apps..ex Flipkart Amazon Hotstar & 365Scores..but when I open that app.. Notification starts appearing
But if I don't open that app for long hours then Notification gets blocked & it won't display any notification
Only WhatsApp Facebook Truecaller working perfectly
Some screenshots of notification setting of 365Socres Application & blocked records
If Anyone facing Issue or has solution..Do let me know.
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No one facing this issue..??

harshadp37 said:
No one facing this issue..??
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Im faceing exact issues with whats app business. even whats app desktop pc software says your phone is disconnected. somehow rom keeps killing app in background i guess. no solution yet.
also i installed whatsapp business because when i clone whats app it doesnt support gmail account for backup/restore. coloros really sucks, such amazing phone is being trash couse of coloros.

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Esrin said:
Im faceing exact issues with whats app business. even whats app desktop pc software says your phone is disconnected. somehow rom keeps killing app in background i guess. no solution yet.
also i installed whatsapp business because when i clone whats app it doesnt support gmail account for backup/restore. coloros really sucks, such amazing phone is being trash couse of coloros.
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i fixed that after wrote you mate, you can follow steps below for every app that you face the issue
settings - app management - "application name" - power saver - select "allow background running"

Im not able to seen whatsApp messages / Sender Name, number, when i scroll down the screen.
it shows only
" whatsapp
1 New Massages from 1 Chats"

parvvkumar said:
Im not able to seen whatsApp messages / Sender Name, number, when i scroll down the screen.
it shows only
" whatsapp
1 New Massages from 1 Chats"
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If the app is encrypted with app password, you can't see the notification content.

Huawei telephone power consumption small trick, close unwanted apps notification

I am coming! Recently, I have heard some friends feedback that the mobile phone consumes more power during standby than their imagination. Today I will share a small trick with you about how to SAVING THE PHONE POWER.
With the growing demand for the storage of mobile phones，large-capacity mobile phones such as 128G and 256G are very popular. More and more apps are installed on the phones, In general, all kinds of application notifications on mobile phones are more power-hungry than you imagination. If you turn off the reminder function for apps that need’t daily notifications, it will be much better.
The notifications not only annoying but also make us ignore some important messages. Every time you receive a notification, the phone will be awaked, sometimes it even lights up the screen, which increases the power consumption, then the standby time will be shorter. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you should turn off the unnecessarily application notifications.
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There are two ways to turn off app notifications:
First: Settings - Notifications management - Batch Administration, which can turn off unnecessarily notifications.
Second: in the drop-down menu, press the notification in longer time to close the notification button, and then click the Finish button.
Every guys, did you get it? Let’s try it.

does your phone closed all the background apps automatic after couple hours if u don't use them?
I don't receive some notifications if the apps closed in background except wechat,whatsapp and email,gmail.
I set app launch manually, battery optimization in special access ,etc . It still closed apps in background automatic , this drive me crazy. Do u have any idea with that?

Try locking the open app in the recent apps tab, works for me. See picture...
hattrickho said:
does your phone closed all the background apps automatic after couple hours if u don't use them?
I don't receive some notifications if the apps closed in background except wechat,whatsapp and email,gmail.
I set app launch manually, battery optimization in special access ,etc . It still closed apps in background automatic , this drive me crazy. Do u have any idea with that?
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****! I don't see the lock and X icons on mine in the recent apps tab. lol all mate 20 x version should be same.

DavidMT909 said:
Try locking the open app in the recent apps tab, works for me. See picture...
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Using a different launcher?

Sorry guys. I use Nova.

hattrickho said:
****! I don't see the lock and X icons on mine in the recent apps tab. lol all mate 20 x version should be same.
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In the recent apps view just pull down towards the trash can then pull back up and a lock should show up then pull back down again and the lock should disappear.

Thx a lots. That's very helpful.

hughey2k2 said:
In the recent apps view just pull down towards the trash can then pull back up and a lock should show up then pull back down again and the lock should disappear.
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But it still closed automatic after you don't use the app for like half day even it's locked lol. Damn this Huawei system is unbelievable.

That's what happens to Audible for me, even auto start and keep running running. Pain to open up in car etc.
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