[Q] various questions

[rkanwar]

Hi guys

I am a fequent user of skype video calling, however my phone gets really hot whether or not its on charge and my battery has now started to drain quicker even when i do not have skype running. My question is what can i do to reduce the battery drain? In terms of the phone getting hot, i have a roxfit shell on my phone so should I take that off? I heard that its okay to keep the phone on charge whilst playing games, etc but I want to make sure, I have already reduced my brightness when using skype.

Also my phone has started to lag a lot recently. I have plenty of free ram. For example ill receive a whatsapp message when I swipe down the notification bar to access the message the lock screen will takes a minute to unlock and then a further minute to get into the message.

Should I factory restore my phone then set everything back on?

 

[Vaith]

Try to killing Skype in Settings when you aren't using it.

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[rkanwar]

hi thanks for your reply.

I do exit skype when im not using it. I mean when I am video calling the battery drains so fast even when my brightness is low

 

[abcdjdj]

hi thanks for your reply.

I do exit skype when im not using it. I mean when I am video calling the battery drains so fast even when my brightness is low

Exiting skpe is not enough. Many background services keep on running which cause wakelocks on the phone. Facebook, Whatsapp etc. sort of apps cause wakelocks. So, after you finish using skype, just go to settings-->apps--->Skype and force stop it. As of Android 4.0, apps cannot start by themselves after being force closed by the user. Google thought that app devs should respect the user's decision so they implemented this feature in the Android API.

 

[rkanwar]

Exiting skpe is not enough. Many background services keep on running which cause wakelocks on the phone. Facebook, Whatsapp etc. sort of apps cause wakelocks. So, after you finish using skype, just go to settings-->apps--->Skype and force stop it. As of Android 4.0, apps cannot start by themselves after being force closed by the user. Google thought that app devs should respect the user's decision so they implemented this feature in the Android API.

Thank you I will try that

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