Android smartphones are undoubtedly very popular. They attract primarily with their open platform, user friendliness and, of course, an abundance of opportunities for communication. Nevertheless, the android that comes as standard on many phones has a whole set of pre-installed software.

The vast majority of it is software produced by Google. And it's no secret that google's core business is collecting our private information. Google relentlessly collects information about us, search queries are carefully logged, movements are tracked, and passwords, letters and contact information are stored for years to come. All this is an integral part of modernity, but we can quite change it.

Today I will tell you how to remove google programs from your phone, replacing them with open-source counterparts and thereby significantly increase your privacy level.

It's no secret that any Android device (at least the one certified by Google) contains not only components assembled from AOSP, but also an impressive amount of proprietary Google programs. These are the same Google Play, Gmail, Hangouts, Maps and a bunch of other applications, including a dialer and a camera (starting with KitKat).

For all these components, there is not only no source code, but in general there are no explanations about the principles of their work. Many of them were originally created to collect certain types of information and send them to Google's servers. So, for example, GoogleBackupTransport behaves, which is responsible for synchronizing the list of installed applications, passwords and other data, GoogleContactsSyncAdapter, which synchronizes the list of contacts, or ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter, whose job is to synchronize browser bookmarks. Plus, collecting information about all queries in the search engine.

There's nothing wrong with the sync itself, of course, and it's a great mechanism that allows you to set up a new phone in minutes, and Google Now even manages to give us useful information based on our data (sometimes). The only problem is that all this destroys our privacy, because, as Snowden showed, under the hood of the NSA (and, most likely, a bunch of other services) is not only some kind of evil empire called Microsoft, but also Google, as well as many other companies from the “we are not evil, but fluffy patrons” party.

In other words: Google will merge us all without any problems, and it’s not a fact that its employees, sitting in their offices with masseuses and dogs, do not laugh at the names from your contact book (everything is encrypted there, yes), drinking 15-year-old puer from Yunnan province. Or maybe to hell with this Google? Let's take their Android, and let them go through the forest?

What is Google Apps

The latest KitKat-based custom firmware for my smartphone is 200 MB, however, to get the real experience from the smartphone, I also have to flash a gapps archive on top of it, which is 170 MB in size. Only after that I will get a system similar to the one preinstalled on Nexus devices, with all the goodies in the form of a desktop integrated with Google Now, a face-based screen lock, a camera with support for spherical shooting and a kilogram of Google software, from Google Play to Google Books.

I repeat once again: all this is closed software from Google, which in a good way cannot be distributed at all without their knowledge (therefore, it is not in custom firmware like ), but since it is quite simple to extract it from the firmware of Nexus devices, you can find a huge number of such archives on the Web, including heavily curtailed ones. In order to release an Android smartphone with a set of gapps on board, the manufacturer must send it for certification to Google, which, having assessed the quality and performance of the smartphone, will either give the go-ahead or kick it off (but this does not stop the Chinese at all).

This is how Google Apps gets to the smartphone. Of the users, 99% either use pre-installed applications, or install them on their own on an absolutely clean and completely anonymous firmware. And then, from the moment you enter the username and password, synchronization and information merging begins.

To figure out how this happens, let's unpack the same archive with gapps and take a look inside. We are interested in the /system/app and /system/priv-app directories, during installation their contents are copied to the directories of the same name inside the smartphone. The second directory is a KitKat innovation, apparently invented to store private applications that are available only to the administrator (owner) of the device and invisible to other users in the system.

In the /system/app directory, we will find a large number of different Google applications, easily recognizable by the package name: Books.apk, Chrome.apk, Gmail2.apk and so on. Each of them will share information in their own way, but this is absolutely normal (yes, Google will know that you are reading Paulo Coelho through their app!). The greatest danger here is GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk, which is only responsible for sending a list of contacts to a remote server. We write down the name in a notebook and move on.

Most of the files in the /system/priv-app directory are the services and frameworks needed to run this whole synchronization and tracking thing:

• GoogleBackupTransport.apk - synchronizes data of installed applications, Wi-Fi passwords and some settings;
• GoogleLoginService.apk - connects the device with a Google account;
• GooglePartnerSetup.apk - allows third-party applications to access Google services;
• GoogleServicesFramwork.apk - a framework with various auxiliary functionality;
• Phonesky.apk - Play Store (oddly enough);
• PrebuiltGmsCore.apk - Google Services, as the name suggests, is the core of the entire gapps suite;
• Velvet.apk is a Google search that includes a desktop search bar and Google Now.

In essence, this is the part of Google Apps that is responsible for leaking our private information. Let's try to get rid of all this.

Method number 1. Disabling through the settings

The easiest way to untie a smartphone from Google is to use the standard system settings. The method is good in that it does not require root rights, nor the installation of custom firmware, nor custom recovery. Everything can be done in any stock firmware without losing access to your account and applications like Gmail (if necessary). However, no one will vouch for efficiency, since it is quite possible that some gapps components will continue to send data.

The main location of the sync settings is the menu "Settings -> Accounts -> Google -> [email protected]". Here you can turn off things like syncing contacts, app data, Gmail, Play Music, Google Keep, and more. All you need to do is just uncheck the boxes for the menu items you want. Next, go to the menu "Settings -\u003e Backup and reset" and remove the daws from the items "Data backup" and "Auto recovery".

Many sync settings are also handled by the Google Settings app, which is part of Google Services. With it, in particular, you can disable Google's access to the location ("Access to geodata -> Access my geodata / Send geodata / Location history"), disable sending personal data to the search engine ("Search -> Personal data"), disable Google Now ("Search -> Google Now") and disable remote control ("Remote control -> Remote device search / Remote lock and reset").

In the same "Google Settings", by the way, you can disable any application that uses a Google account for authorization. This is not only about the software installed on the device, but in general about all applications ever used, including websites. For example, I found in this list a lot of sites that I had not visited for at least a couple of years.

In the event that you are not going to use Google services at all, it will be easier to disconnect your smartphone from your account completely, that is, simply delete it through the settings: “Settings -> Accounts -> Google -> [email protected]-> Menu Button -> Delete Account".

Most Google applications can be safely disabled through the settings: "Apps -> ALL -> the desired application -> Disable".

Method number 2. Cleaning the official firmware

In the event that the stock firmware has root rights, you can get rid of Google Apps by simply deleting them from your smartphone. As I said, they are all stored in the /system/app and /system/priv-app directories. For example, in the case of KitKat, the list of Google apps in the first directory would be:

• Books.apk - Google Books;
• CalendarGoogle.apk - Google Calendar;
• Chrome.apk - Google Chrome;
• CloudPrint.apk - cloud printing system;
• Drive.apk - Google Drive;
• GenieWidget.apk - news and weather widget;
• Gmail2.apk - Gmail;
• GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk - synchronization of contacts;
• GoogleEars.apk - Google Ears (similar to Shazam);
• GoogleEarth.apk - Google Earth;
• GoogleHome.apk - home screen with integrated Google Now;
• GoogleTTS.apk - speech synthesis system;
• Hangouts.apk - Google Hangouts;
• Keep.apk - Google Keep;
• LatinImeGoogle.apk - keyboard with gesture support;
• Magazines.apk - Google Magazines;
• Maps.apk - Google Maps;
• Music2.apk - Google Music;
• PlayGames.apk - Google PlayGames;
• PlusOne.apk - Google+;
• QuickOffice.apk - QuickOffice;
• Street.apk - Google Street;
• SunBeam.apk - live wallpaper SunBeam;
• Videos.apk - Google Movies;
• YouTube.apk - YouTube.

The /system/priv-app directory, in addition to those listed earlier, also stores the following files:

• CalendarProvider.apk - stores calendar data;
• GoogleFeedback.apk - sends a report on the use of Google Play;
• GoogleOneTimeInitializer.apk - wizard for installing additional Google applications;
• SetupWizard.apk - setup wizard at the first start;
• Wallet.apk - Google Wallet;
• talkback.apk - voice notification about events on the device.

The Gapps kit for KitKat, among other things, also includes a proprietary camera with support for spherical shooting and a proprietary desktop with integrated Google Now.

But that is not all. Google Apps depends on several frameworks, which are located in the /system/framework directory. These are com.google.android.maps.jar, com.google.android.media.effects.jar and com.google.widevine.software.drm.jar. There are also many libraries in the /system/lib directory that are used exclusively by Google apps. You don't have to delete them, but you can. Just to clean up the garbage. You can find a list of them in the comments.

In past (and in future) versions of the system, the content of Google Apps is different, so before deleting it, I recommend downloading gapps of the desired version from the goo.im/gapps website, unpacking it using WinRar and viewing the contents. You should also consider the dependence of some applications from the market on Google applications, I will talk more about this later.

Method number 3. Custom firmware without gapps

The previous method can be greatly simplified if you simply install custom firmware on your smartphone without Google Apps. In this case, the smartphone / tablet will be crystal clear without any reference to Google. The disadvantage of this method is the lack of Google Play, but you can either replace it with a third-party app store (more on that below), or use the following method, which includes installing a stripped-down version of Google Apps.

Method number 4. Google Play and nothing else

This way of partially unlinking from Google is a kind of compromise. It does not solve the problem of surveillance - at least without the settings from the first method - but it allows you not to litter the system with a bunch of useless software that will hang in the background and eat up memory. The bottom line is simple - we install custom firmware and fill it with a minimalistic version of gapps, which includes only Google Play.

There are many such minimal gapps builds on the Web, but I would recommend using time-tested BaNkS Gapps, namely the “month-day GApps Core 4.4.2 signed.zip". They work on any smartphone, are compatible with ART, and include only the core gapps files listed in What is Gapps, framework files, and a few libraries. Basically, it's Google Play, sync tools and nothing else.

Change the search engine to DuckDuckGo

Even after completely disabling sync, the “built-in” Google search bar will remain on the home screen. In the stock firmware of some manufacturers (Samsung, for example), this is just a widget that can be easily removed from the screen. In pure Android and devices from many other manufacturers, it is "sewn" into the home screen, but it can be removed by disabling all search from Google (along with Google Now) using the menu "Settings -> Applications -> All -> Google search -> Disable" or by installing a third-party launcher. Next, just download DuckDuckGo from the market or another app store and add the widget of the same name to your home screen.

Third party market

The second and third methods assume the complete disposal of Google Apps, including Google Play and the ability to log in using a Google account, so we must find a way to install applications easily and conveniently, which would not force us to download them ourselves, and then download them to a memory card and install manually. One such way is to install a third-party market.

At the moment, there are three more or less viable alternatives to Google Play. These are Amazon Appstore , Yandex.Store and 1Mobile Market . Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages, which mainly come down to the number of applications and payment methods:

• Amazon Appstore is the most famous app store after Google Play. Contains over 75,000 apps (compared to 800,000 on Google Play), each hand-checked for quality, just like iTunes for iOS. You can pay with a credit card or Amazon Coins, which are given as a gift for buying a Kindle Fire tablet or as a gift from another user. One of the most interesting features of the store is the daily giveaway of one of the paid applications.
• Yandex.Store - a store from Yandex. Contains more than 85 thousand applications, each of which is checked by Kaspersky Anti-Virus. It doesn’t stand out in particular, but it has a killer feature in the form of the ability to pay for purchases using the Yandex.Money service or a mobile phone account.
• 1Mobile Market is the largest third-party repository of Android apps, with over 500,000 apps. It differs from others in the presence of exclusively free applications (not to be confused with pirated ones), because of which it allows you not to go through the account registration stage and remain anonymous.

Applications in all three markets have original digital signatures of the application developers, which allows them to be used simultaneously. An application installed from one market can be updated from another without problems, and when deleted, it will disappear from the list of installed ones in all at once. However, you will have to buy separately.

Open Source Market

In addition to those described in the article, as well as many other lesser-known app stores, you can find a repository different from the rest on the Web. It is completely anonymous and contains only free software distributed under licenses approved by the FSF. There are only a thousand applications in F-Droid, but all of them are guaranteed to be free of backdoors and other systems for disclosing personal data. It is F-Droid that is used as the default market in the free Replicant Android firmware.

Solving the problem of application dependency on Google Apps

Despite the fact that gapps components are not part of the official Android API, some applications still expect to see them in the system, which can cause a number of problems - from the complete inoperability of the application to the loss of some of its functions. Some applications will refuse to install due to the lack of a Google Maps API, others crash immediately after launch without finding it, others include direct links to Google Play, which can lead to crashes and incorrect operation.

To address these issues, XDA user MaR-V-iN started the NOGAPPS project, which is developing a set of open source components to replace the original Google Apps functionality. There are currently three replacement components available:

• Network Location is a geolocation service based on Wi-Fi and GSM base stations. Based on Apple's IP address database and open database of base stations;
• Maps API - interface replacement for Google Maps based on OpenStreetMap;
• BlankStore is an open source alternative to the Play Store client. Allows you to install free applications from the Google store, but is not recommended for use due to possible sanctions from the search engine (this is prohibited by their rules).

Components are installed separately and in different ways. Network Location can be manually copied to the /system/app/ directory in Android 2.3–4.3 or to the /system/priv-app/ directory in KitKat (in this case, you should use the NetworkLocation-gms.apk file). The Maps API is installed by flashing the nogapps-maps.zip file through the recovery console. To install the market, you will have to not only copy the file, but also generate an Android ID on a large machine, but since this is not recommended, I will not talk about it and limit myself to a link to the instructions.

After all the manipulations, the software should work correctly.

conclusions

For Google, Android is useless without its own apps, so it's not surprising that the company puts the tastiest parts of the system into them and keeps the code private. However, in this article, I showed that there is life without gapps and it can be even easier and more convenient than with Google.

Why might a user need to disable built-in Google play services?

There will be several possible reasons for disabling Google Play Services on Android:

• In older versions of Android (4.1 - 4.2 and some KitKat and Lolipop), Google Play Services drains batteries very quickly due to poor optimization and bugs.
• There is no need to use the built-in Google Play services (Google Maps, account synchronization, Google Play and Gmail authorization, settings synchronization, etc.). In other words, you want to customize everything, even the sync and backup process, because you don't like the built-in tools and you don't want to mess with Google.

Disabling Google Play services due to errors in the work of built-in applications

So, how to disable google play services on Android? You won’t be able to disable or remove all Google Play services at the same time without root access by standard means, but you can get into the settings and disable all services individually. To do this, go to Settings - Accounts - Google.

ADVICE! In new versions, I only managed to return to the factory version of Google Play services. And then, immediately there were reports of errors in the work of built-in Google applications. At the same time, I noticed that in newer versions of Android, the problem of energy consumption by services was eliminated, so I recommend it if possible.

To get full access to the removal of Google play services, you need (otherwise, you can only return to the factory version). Obtaining these rights is a separate article with its own characteristics and risks.

Once you've made up your mind and rooted it, you'll be able to install tools that can remove the search giant's built-in tools. And the way out of this situation will be either a complete shutdown of these components or an upgrade to version 4.2+ (if there is such an opportunity, where the problem of power consumption has already been solved). If you are well versed in custom firmware, then you can put something like Cyanogen Mod or any other convenient for you, but more on that below.

Custom firmware, in turn, provides more flexible access to your device's resources, but in return requires more careful and experienced use. But they do not have or it is possible to disable completely incomprehensible background processes that drain the battery of the device.

But you should be aware that removing / disabling the built-in Google services may cause incorrect operation of some programs, for which you may need to access these components. Also root - rights remove the warranty from your gadget.

Disabling Google Play Services for Personal Reasons

If you belong to the second category of users, then you most likely found an alternative to the components of the great search engine or even adopted some kind of custom firmware. You also thought about what application you can use to backup contacts, documents, accounts and other important data (for example: Titanium Backup, Root explorer, etc.).

In such cases, the removal of services is associated with the user's reluctance to send information about himself and his data to Google servers. The company constantly collects data on the location of gadgets, your contacts and stores it all on its servers. This may seem wrong to some, then your choice is custom firmware and third-party app developers, as well as obtaining superuser rights (root rights) and alternative app stores Amazon App Store, F-droid, etc.

For those who can upgrade to the latest version of the operating system, everything is much easier, as in the latest versions, developers have optimized the operation of applications and minimized power consumption at the same time. But if you are not able to update, your device does not support the new version of android, you should look towards the rights of the "superuser" and the applications that work with them. Use other app stores to download the necessary software.

To save power on your device, turn off unnecessary background operations: sync, backup, microphone listening for "Ok Google!", positioning, etc.

The Android operating system is owned by the IT giant Google. This explains the fact that most Google services, including the Play Market, are built into mobile devices running on the Android platform and integrated into the main menu of the operating system.

True, in fairness it should be noted that not all users of Android devices are happy with this. After all, it is quite possible that someone uses other proven and familiar sources to meet their needs, and someone simply unnecessarily uses the Google Play application store.

Speaking of software from Google, it is necessary to highlight the Google Play Services application, which is pre-installed software on almost all Android devices. What is it for, and is it possible to get rid of such a “gift” imposed by the digital giant? To unambiguously answer this question, let's take a look at everything in order.

The main task of GP services is to ensure the stable operation of the following key functions:

• Authentication in Google services
• Contact sync
• Access to the latest privacy and power saving settings
• Google and GP App Updates
• Accelerated application search (including offline mode)
• Other.

Removing "Google Play Services" can lead to failures in the operation of applications up to the complete cessation of their work.

However, there is another side of the coin. You suddenly began to notice that the battery charge of your device began to shamelessly fall, preventing the device from lasting even a day. In this case, it is worth checking which software has become so actively “eating up” the energy of your Android. The fact is that there are more and more complaints from users about Google Play Services. The situation sometimes develops in such a way that they manage to use up to fifty percent of the charge. Why is this happening?

The fact is that Google Play services are activated automatically (respectively, all applications from Google), and then continue to constantly “hang” in the device’s RAM, receiving and transmitting data to the corporation’s servers.

Based on the foregoing, each user must decide for himself how much he needs this or that program and its normal functioning, and only after that to draw conclusions, you can remove Google Play services, or still not worth it. If you decide that you do not need this software, then the continuation of the article is just for you.

Google Play Services - can it be deleted?

Yes, you can, but you just need to understand that uninstalling any program must be approached responsibly, with an understanding of what you are doing to the gadget.

In general, we wrote a lot on this topic, so if you are not quite ready for the procedure, then it is worth looking through, or whatever. In addition, it will certainly be useful to know.

If, after our 1000th Chinese warnings, you definitely decide to delete Google Play services, then follow the special instructions.

If your device is not yet rooted, then you first need to . Next, you can use the MyPhoneExplorer program, which you need to download from the developer's website and install on your PC and.

The application allows the user to simply connect their smartphone (or tablet) to a computer via USB or Wi Fi and organize comfortable work with contacts, parse SMS correspondence and deal with calendar tasks.

I am glad that MyPhone supports the Russian language, so it will be quite easy to work with this software. When you start working, you will be prompted to synchronize everything, and after that your communicator will be under complete control.

In addition to all sorts of useful things, we will be able to work with the file system and even call any of the installed programs. When working with applications, you will immediately see:

• Version
• Size
• Installation date.

In addition, as for Google Play Services, like other applications, you can save it to your computer as an apk file, completely remove it from your device, or install new programs.

Another powerful tool for working with applications. After installing and running the program, we will see the system request for the rights of the "Superuser", we allow it.

Then, we will see a list of installed applications. I would like to immediately draw attention to such an important point. If you do not have complete confidence in the need to remove any program, then it is better to “freeze” it, rather than completely uninstall it. In this case, the currently unnecessary application for the operating system will be completely hidden. At the very least, if something goes wrong, you can restore the application.

So, after launching and granting root rights, go to the "Backups" tab:

Then, we find the program to be "frozen" (in our case, "Google Play Services"). By the way, for convenience, you can use filters, for example, “Only system applications”:

Click on the name of the program and press the "Freeze" button:

If you have come to the conclusion that you need to return this or that application to work, then - we do all the points described, and the last step is to click on "Defrost".

In the case of deciding to completely remove the program, we again go the same way, but after “tap” on the name, click on “Delete”.

In conclusion of the material, to help our readers, the video material:

Android OS is owned by Google IT company. Therefore, on the vast majority of modern devices running this operating system, Google Play services are preinstalled, that is, sewn into the system. On the one hand, this is good, because without licensed Google products, the mobile device loses many useful functions. On the other hand, not all users of smartphones and tablets need such software. Let's look at why Google Play services are needed on Android devices, what functions they perform and what to do if they constantly give an error when using them.

Purpose and main features of Google Play services

The Google Play software embedded in the Android system performs many functions, among which the most popular are:

Google Play Services crashes

Like any other software, licensed software from Google Play periodically crashes. This may manifest itself in the impossibility of installing one or another application on a smartphone from the Play Market, a constant pop-up on the screen of a message like “An error occurred reading the file”, incorrect operation of the Google voice search engine, etc. In these cases, you should not panic and take rash actions, since most problems with the functioning of Google Play can be fixed without third-party help.

So, if when downloading any game from the Play Market, the message “Error 20 has occurred. The application could not be installed” appears, try restarting the gadget once and re-installing it. If this does not help, most likely the selected game is simply incompatible with your phone (tablet) model or Android version.

If such an error occurs constantly, that is, it appears when downloading any programs, then the problem lies in the Play Market itself. First, try clearing its cache:

If the same thing happens during loading, that is, the error has not gone away, try rolling back the Play Market to the previous version. To do this, go to the properties of this program and click on the "Uninstall updates" button.

The described operations are suitable not only for the Play Market, but also for any other Google service. Therefore, if, for example, Play Music does not work correctly on your phone, try to perform exactly the same procedures with it.

Restoring Google services after deletion

All programs from Google are integrated into the operating system, so you cannot remove them from there like a regular application. In the properties of the same Play Market or Google Maps, there is not even a virtual "Delete" button. However, with the help of special utilities, it is still possible to uninstall Google software.

Why would a smartphone owner get rid of Google Play? There may be several reasons for this:

• this service is constantly in active mode, which leads to accelerated battery discharge;
• the gadget has little internal memory, and the user needs to free it;
• the owner of the phone or tablet simply does not use pre-installed software.

And if, after erasing Google services from your device, one day you need to install them back, you may encounter certain difficulties. Let's look at what to do if the user has uninstalled Google Play from a mobile device.

The first way to restore Google Play is to install it using the apk executable file:

Although this method is simple and affordable, it is not suitable for many Chinese gadgets. And if you don’t have GApps on your smartphone, then when installing software from Google, which the user previously deleted, using the described method, a message like “An error occurred while performing the procedure” may pop up on the screen of the mobile device.

This article does not pretend to be unique, but the tips presented in it can really help make your phone battery last a little longer.

Disclaimer: Everything you do, you do consciously and at your own peril and risk. The author is not responsible for the performance of your device!

All actions require root

1. We will need:
2. Apparatus
3. Disable Service program (advanced users can immediately install My Android Tools. This is a more advanced program by the same author, but for beginners there is a lot of extra stuff in it. Advanced and rich people can support the author by purchasing the Pro version).
4. Wakelock Detector Software
5. Straight arms

We make a backup, in case something goes wrong, so that later it would not be excruciatingly painful!
We install the Wakelock Detector program, follow the instructions, watch how programs and services frolic, do not let the device sleep and eat the battery. Filled with righteous anger, install Disable Service and get down to business.

In the latest Google Play updates, Dobra Corporation (tm) decided that all android users took care of their health, bought bracelets and do fitness by the sweat of their brow, measuring calories and pulses on their devices.

Also, everyone suddenly had wrist displays for showing the weather and SMS. Taking care of this, the Good Corporation (tm) stuffed special services to communicate with this worn rubbish, and ordered every 15 minutes to check if there is a fitness bracelet nearby, whether to start counting calories and pulses, whether to show the incoming SMS.

Since 99% of users do not have such stray, the device, waking up, finds nothing and, having eaten the battery charge, falls asleep again to repeat the cycle after 15 minutes.
Let's get started.

We start Disable Service.

We do not touch the first tab "Third party" yet. The white numbers are the number of services. Blue - the number of running services, red - the number of deactivated services. Now we will have them.
Go to the "System" tab, find "Google Play Services" - go there. In the upper left corner, click "full / short" - we get the full names of the services and, using the search (magnifying glass icon), enter the cherished words, first "fitness", then "wearable" uncheck everything that contains these words.

Then we look for services:

Com.google.android.gms.auth.be.proximity.authorization.userpresence.UserPresenceService com.google.android.gmx.config.ConfigFetchService

We kill them too.

Then we restrict the call of services to the location search:

Com.google.android.location.network.networklocationservice com.google.android.location.fused.nlplocationreceiverservice com.google.android.location.geocode.geocodeservice com.google.android.location.internal.server.googlelocationservice com.google.android.location.reporting.service.reportingandroidservice com.google.android.location.reporting.locationreceiverservice com.google.android. location.reporting.service.reportingsyncservice com.google.android.location.reporting.service.locationhistoryinjectorservice com.google.android.location.reporting.service.initializerservice com.google.android.location.reporting.service.Settingschangedservice

The first part of the work is done.

Further digging in this part is better not to do just like that. On the contrary, you can increase battery consumption due to the introduction into the cycle of services that have a deactivated part that is necessary for the correct completion of their work. In the worst case, get a bootlap. Although this is not scary, we do have a backup, right? But it is better not to lead to trouble and not to climb where it is not necessary. Remember! The name of the service does not always mean what you think! For example, the GTalkService service has nothing to do with the GTalk program!

Now go to the "Third Party" programs tab

Here - complete freedom of action, but again - with the mind.

Personally, I nailed the InAppBillingService service from Viber, which didn’t sleep much, because. I do not use paid calls in this program.
The 360 ​​SmartKey program canceled the services: CompatService and DownloadingService, I don’t need them, the button works without them.

For programs that need to wake up periodically (mail, weather, messages), it's better not to touch anything.

For more meaningful actions, it would be nice to read the branches of the Disable Service and My Android Tools programs, but this is for the most advanced users. And so I already had to read many bookcuffs :).

At the end, we reboot the device and use the Wakelock Detector to observe its quiet snoring. If any of the programs still interferes with this process, you know what to do.
I also recommend installing the Greenify program to pacify especially violent ones (such as Facebook, Facebook Messenger, etc.).

As a result, we get a really long-lived device without any special restrictions. How much and how - depends on the programs you have installed. My gain was about 30%. It is advisable to check the behavior of new programs for the first time using the Wakelock Detector and, based on these data, make a decision about their future fate.

Due to the popularity of this topic, I would like to “demonstrate” the effectiveness of the tips that are given on the site, both in this article and in others.