Greenify

[pkguy323]

I used it at first but once I uninstalled, my SOT went UP. So it's staying off my G6.

 

[neil74]

If you want to restrict an app from running in the background, then use an ADB command and voila....

How does that work then? Never heard about this option before.

 

[beagle82]

How does that work then? Never heard about this option before.

Here's a step by step. It's quite easy to do.

https://www.xda-developers.com/freeze-app-background-processes-without-root-android-nougat/

 

[bobdob]

Greenify and all the apps like it became unnecessary in 2013 and obsolete when Doze came into existence. Those apps typically suck MORE juice than not having them because they kill processes that have to be running for smooth operation and most apps do better in stasis than they do being restarted constantly.

In theory. Unfortunately we still sometimes need tools like Greenify to tame apps that are not well-behaved.

No one tool works right for all situations. I like greenify but not in non-root mode, so I'm not using it on my G6. For the most part, unlike in 2013, I find myself avoiding poorly-behaved apps on my phone entirely, because without root my options for controlling them is so limited.

 

[catw4x]

I just got the Korean hifiDAC G6 and had normalish/poor battery drain. smart doctor told me 3 apps were draining a lot in background - Spotify, Facebook and Komoot. I put greenify on and added them to the kill list and battery has improved massively! Only problem is the always on display is sometimes affected, you get a blank screen for a few seconds as its working things out, not always but enough to be a pain.

 

[tweedie]

I don't see a need for it with doze baked in.

hang on, new to this LG G6. what is this doze thingy we talking about? How do I access this feature?

 

[nathdogg1985]

hang on, new to this LG G6. what is this doze thingy we talking about? How do I access this feature?

Doze is built into Android, since Marshmallow I believe. After a certain amount of inactivity doze puts your phone into a low power mode by limiting background tasks.

https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby.html

 

[tweedie]

ah right, thought it was a setting somewhere called doze! thanks.