topic Re: App Power Consumption and Restrict in XPERIA archive

App Power Consumption and Restrict

xwaiz — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:45:41 GMT

Settings > Power Management > App power consumption

If there is any app listed in the UNUSED APPS section, tap into the app, there is an "Restrict" button.

Can someone help to explain what does it do? If an app is restricted, how can I unrestrict it? Where to see a list of restricted app?

Thanks.

Re: App Power Consumption and Restrict

Hampus — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 08:00:23 GMT

Hi,

When an application is not in use, it can consume processing power and thereby reduce the battery consumption. As far as I know, when you press the restrict button, you will force a shutdown of the application (to make sure it's not an active app in the background e.g). It's the same thing as you can do if you go to Settings > Apps > The tab "All" > Tap an app > Force stop.

Re: App Power Consumption and Restrict

xwaiz — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 03:41:37 GMT

@Hampus wrote:
Hi,
When an application is not in use, it can consume processing power and thereby reduce the battery consumption. As far as I know, when you press the restrict button, you will force a shutdown of the application (to make sure it's not an active app in the background e.g). It's the same thing as you can do if you go to Settings > Apps > The tab "All" > Tap an app > Force stop.

Is the "restrict" function permanent? ie: activated automatically for the selected app after reboot.

Re: App Power Consumption and Restrict

stockyvillage — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 06:30:57 GMT

@Hampus You could use an app called greenify if you want.You have to set it up manually on non-rooted phones,but it does give you an option after setting up to put a hibernate and lock on the home screen.So you use short cut to hibernate and lock screen instead of power button

Re: App Power Consumption and Restrict

xwaiz — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 05:13:37 GMT

@Hampus, or anyone ... Is the "restrict" function permanent? ie: activated automatically for the selected app after reboot.

Re: App Power Consumption and Restrict

Dark_Xperian — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 03:02:56 GMT

Shouldn't Stamina perform similar functions as Greenify? I thought that Stamina would shutdown/stop apps that are running in the background that are NOT under its whitelist.

Re: App Power Consumption and Restrict

chuckpheltnic — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:40:21 GMT

Is the "restrict" function permanent?

i would still like to know the answer to this.

the apps I've clicked restrict on don't seem to ever show up there again. and there's no option to unrestrict

Re: App Power Consumption and Restrict

Hampus — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:52:56 GMT

The Restrict button forces the app to stop. There is no button to unsrestrict the app. The app gets unrestricted as soon as you start using it.