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Android phone dying fast? Facebook might be the culprit
Posted On Feb 06 2016
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On paying close attention to determine the source, he discovered that the Facebook app was “one of the more egregious resource hogs”.
This prompted Reddit user (pbrandes_eth) to test the impact the app had on the performance of an LG G4.
If you’re wondering if these two tricks will cut you off from civilisation as you know it, do not worry.
Fortunately, Facebook Messenger isn’t quite as battery-draining as the app, which means if you do decide to delete it, you can still run Messenger.
If you have an Android phone, deleting your Facebook (and Messenger) app can increase your battery life by up to 20 per cent and increase the ram speed, as reported by Android Central writer Russell Holly and various Redditors and tech writers.
A wrapper is a lightweight app created to load native apps faster.
Over the course of a week’s testing, the combination of the Facebook mobile site and Metal allowed Gibbs to witness a 20 percent improvement in battery life (his gains would have likely been even higher had he ditched Facebook Messenger). This was true on average for every day for the week he tried.
Other Android services also showed reduced battery consumption when the Facebook app was uninstalled.
Many phone users would, obviously, rather cut their right hands off than lose Facebook – but doing so seems to offer your battery a major boost. “I am joining the browser-app camp for now”, he wrote in a post on Reddit.
The second saw Facebook audio sessions remain active even after someone has stopped listening to a video and the app is put in the background.
The default option is set for enabled in case of Facebook Notifications from Google Chrome Browser and if the users are stuck in that, they can always deactivate the notifications by following below mentioned set of instructions.
Despite the Facebook app not showing up as using a significant amount of power within Android’s built-in battery statistics, it was evidently consuming more power in the background than it needed to.
