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"Screen Recording" in LG Android [duplicate]

I have an LG V40, and in both Android 9 and 10, it seems that the "Screen Recording" app is always running, and not possible to keep it Stopped. Greenify shows it as running in "...
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Automatically run Greenify from Macrodroid

As a way to save battery drain, I set up a macro with MacroDroid that does the following: Trigger: every 2 hours Action: kill background process, launch Greenify Constraint: when battery is below 50% ...
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Does hibernation keep an app's memory locked and unusable by other apps?

Is it possible that hibernating too many apps (with Greenify or the like) might lead to memory allocation problems via each hibernated app's memory getting locked until the app itself is woken up and ...
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can i give root access to an app without root my phone?

i have a Wiko wim lite which cannot be rooted for whatever reason, however i wanted to give root access to apps like greenify or flux or even orwall, how can i do please?
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Installing Google play services without flashing

Can installing Play Services rather than flashing GApps ? I know that play services drains battery. Flashing GApps makes it as a system app and byusing greenify(as root) reduces the battery usage made ...
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Is extreme battery saving possible on Android?

What is the most extreme battery saver method out there? I don't need anything (location, data, nothing) except phone calls when my screen is off. I know of greenify but even that's not good enough I ...
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Are there benefits to using Greenify with Android Nougat?

Greenify by Oasis Feng (donation package) is a well-regarded tool to manually and automatically freeze apps that are not in use. Typically, Greenify's benefits are to: increase battery duration ...
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In what ways is Greenify different from regular task killers?

When I say "regular" task killers I mean the ones that don't use root privileges or Xposed Framework and are often quite simple. At first I thought that one difference between Greenify and regular ...
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Android's native process management vs. Greenify

Disclaimer: I'm not in any way connected to the Greenify developers, nor am I trying to promote Greenify or anything. I'm actually interested in the answers to these questions. I've found that with a ...
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Greenify ruins my Samsung Keyboard Input Languages

I've installed this Greenify app on my non-rooted Galaxy S3. It really does the magic after hibernating some of the non-system apps (e.g. FB, Twitter, etc.) - phone runs faster, battery drains down ...
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Greenify kills apps, including system apps

How to fix my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 when Greenify close all apps, even system apps in my phone? My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 cannot open anymore. How can I fix my phone?
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No 'Add google account' option

So I have a rooted S3 Mini VE (i8200) with stock custom rom (samsung apps and gapps but with custom theme). I just installed it recently. I could add my google account successfully. I was playing ...
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Facebook woke up by Google Services and don't want to be Greenified

Facebook and it messenger apps are eating up my Galaxy Note battery (rooted). When I Greenify them, they are activated by Google Services. How can I stop their activation without uninstalling? Many ...
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Google search and chrome not working on mobile data

I have a OnePlus One on which I am running 5.1.1 Cyanogen OS. I rooted it and installed Greenify, and tried to greenify the google apps. Since then, my google apps are not working over mobile data, ...
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How do I check which apps are hibernated the most by Greenify (so that if I don't use them, I can freeze them)?

I'm on a rooted LG G3 and running Android 5.0 - I have the paid versions of Greenify and Titanium Backup on my phone. I just want to know if there's a way to check which apps are hibernated most ...
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Battery Drain from mysterious wake locks

I have an huge battery drain issue on my OnePlus One running Android 4.4.2 on stock ROM CM11s O5Q with FrancoKernel R35. I googled and searched so many times but couldn't find anything and I am really ...
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Greenify blocked

I'm using Samsung Galaxy S4 rooted device. I have greenify installed on it but I receive an orange error box on the bottom of the page saying this "auto hibernation service is being blocked by 3rd ...
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Can I run apps with similar function?

Recently I have installed Juice Defender and Greenify. Unknowingly I ran both of them. The result is pretty great (battery almost stopped discharging). Battery levels stood constant for hours when my ...
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How to Stop apps from waking other apps?

I've been running xposed on my galaxy note 2 with 4.1.1. I have greenify enabled as well as android tuner with perms blocked. Also, I have everything scrambled with xprivacy. I have facebbok ...
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Difference between force stop and kill process

I used to use greenify on my rooted Xperia U. The XDA page of Greenify states the difference between the task killer and greenify. Here is what the developer posted. Unlike any "XXX Task Killer&...
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How does hibernating an app work technically?

I was wondering how hibernating of an app works technically. I know about freezing an app (shell pm disable com.mypackage.name), but this also hides the app icon from launcher. I want to know how ...
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What is the system APK that handles the calls in ICS?

I'm trying to figure out what system APK handles the calls in Android ICS? I've found that Messaging is the one for SMS, but what is for phone calls? The reason I'm asking is because I'm adding them ...
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