[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Hmmm, I found this post rather interesting and had to check it out. Looking into Settings/Apps.App opps, I did find Wake Up Allowed, used 147,302 times. Also found Keep Awake Allowed, used 189,316 times.

Screenshot attached so you all can see what it is that I am looking at.

By using App Opps Xposed, I guess one could set these permissions to off. It might save battery power but I am a tad hesitant to do this because Google Play Services (I though it was just "Play Music") is everything Google. Google is supposed to be in contact with the phone all the time for updating apps, syncing calender, browser, contacts, etc. Also for phone retrieval, location, and wipe in the event the phone is lost or stolen. Just to wake the phone to do a sync check, app check, or even just to get a location fix for retrieval or wipe in the event of a lost phone does not sound unreasonable to me.

Call me paranoid or something but having my phone "Find-able" or "Wipe-able" in the event of loss or theft sounds pretty good to me, not to mention keeping my calendar and contacts in sync, I use this all the time by scheduling appointments by PC to Google Calendar so I have an appointment book with me at all times, also having it remind me of an appointment, making the phone number and address available, as well as GPS Navigation all handy in the calendar.

If you disable or force this service to sleep, would you mind reporting back and letting us know if you find it interferes with keeping phone, appointments, updates, contacts, and lose of phone services? I get your point but to lose all of these valuable services is a bit frightening to me, maybe I am just paranoid so I would love to see how this works out.

Just to double check and pretend that I lost my phone, I used Android Device Manager to see where my phone is and what my options are. (This link goes directly into my important bookmarks, right now!) Yep, there is my phone, right on the map, right inside of my house. I can ring the phone (This is a different kind of ring, very distinct ringtone different than normal. it is very loud and persistent for at least 5 minutes to allow you to find the darned thing.) and it is loud and easy to find. After a while I pressed the locate button again and withing seconds, it relocated the phone after it went to sleep. Now you see why I am hesitant to disable or put this service to sleep. It could be the difference between finding a lost phone, wiping it if it cannot be found or recovered or never finding it again and having it available for someone to grab my personal information on it. (I do not care to use a screen lock PIN or Pattern.

I am sure to "check for phone" several times a day, when getting in and out of car, just pat pocket to see if it is there. When a phone is lost, if you discover the fact within a very short time of losing it, the chance of finding it is very good. If not discovered until night time when I go to bed and empty my pockets, the chance of finding it goes WAY down to almost zero. I have lost my phone several times and always found it again because I realized it within an hour, usually within a ½ hour. I will then call it and try to listen for the ring. The Google ring is much more loud and persistent. My own phone call ring is short and then goes to voicemail. I once thought I lost it at CVS and for that, I can take my tablet, laptop, or a friend's phone to use Google Android Device Manager, walk around the area on the map, and ring it. Man, I am really realizing how important that ONE Google service really is now.

Are you going to do it? Let us know what happens. Thanks for the tip! :good: