Recent content by Carl R

Thirty years ago I was a systems programmer, and I specialized in fast code using assembly language as needed, so I would have known the answer to your question. These days I'm far removed from that, and am just a dumb end user. Nothing I did helped. In the end Google presumably pushed some...

I tried to reset Google Play to factory, and then let it re-update, but it would not let me, saying that it was a system administrator. Being too busy to mess with it, I ended up not doing anything. After a week or so Google must have fixed it, and pushed out an update because battery usage...

I have conceded defeat, at least for now. Google Services is using about 65% of my battery, and followed by Phone Idle at 12%, Cell Standby at 9% Screen at 6%, Android OS at 4%, Chrome at 3%, and Voice Calls at 3%. I get about 2 days on a charge, unlike under Kit-Kat where I got about 5 days...

Nope, I've never been there, and I've never heard of them. Either the nndmt app was pre-installed by Sprint, or it's a virus. There is no option to uninstall it or disable it. It's certainly looking like I'm going to end up needing to root this phone to get some of this stuff under control...

Today my battery usage suddenly jumped again, to 4-5 times the rate is was before. The culprits this time were apparently something called "Sprint Zone" and something called "Mobile Installer", which to be something from NNDMT, whoever they are. I have no clue what the NNDMT program even does...

OK, today another ap went rouge and started eating battery. "Smart Device Manager" suddenly began consuming 49% of my power. I did a web search, and "Smart Device Manager" is an app installed by Sprint that allows parents to control when a teen can use their phone. According to Sprint "Unless...

I don't think that's it. I know that I've never complained before because in the past the power usage always seemed logically related to what I was using the phone for. My complaint existed because, after the upgrade from KitKat to Lollipop, my time on a charge dropped from ~4 days to 1-2 days...

Under kit-kat I usually got 3-4 days on a charge, and never paid it much attention, but under lollipop it dropped to 1-2 days. The culprit was Google Play, which was running 43% of battery drain, and Google + another 23%, plus another big chunk for the google updater, and my battery was running...