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Without ads, Android apps could be more than twice as power-efficient!!
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thetechfreak
Legend Never Ends
Interesting. I any way play my games in offline mode 
OP
Rooting won't throw ads in built in apps.
Looks like a study being promoted by app developers in an attempt to give boost in sales of "paid apps"
On a serious note, it might be true. I have never liked the nagging ads anyway. But the message is clear. If you can, buy the paid or donate versions of the apps. Helps both the devs and the battery!
On a serious note, it might be true. I have never liked the nagging ads anyway. But the message is clear. If you can, buy the paid or donate versions of the apps. Helps both the devs and the battery!
coderunknown
Retired Forum Mod
yup. apps will try to connect to internet (which is turned off) and download ads. i don't think ads come build in with the apps. so they keep trying and eating battery and processing power.
OP
^Most free apps do carry ads.
Sujeet
Undead!!!
I didnt say rooting will stop ads.
I meant that rooting allows removing preloaded junk which helps in saving some juice of battery.
Champ
.NET Guru
If a developer has written different threads for ad processing and main app activity, I will consider him a good developer.
Although I highly doubt claimed figure of 75%,Will surely like to see how they have measured power consumption and linked the same to battery usage.
@devx : Apps like adFree modify host file to redirect queries to popular ad serving services to localhost. So they get null or 404 responses.
Running OS under root account give access to system partitions, hence prerequisitefor apps like adFree
So installing adFree or turning off data will decrease power consumption to a extent (no CPU cycles will be wasted in ad data processing as app is now getting null responses) but will not entirely eliminate it (as calls to there services will still be made by app at periodic intervals).
Although I highly doubt claimed figure of 75%,Will surely like to see how they have measured power consumption and linked the same to battery usage.
@devx : Apps like adFree modify host file to redirect queries to popular ad serving services to localhost. So they get null or 404 responses.
Running OS under root account give access to system partitions, hence prerequisitefor apps like adFree
So installing adFree or turning off data will decrease power consumption to a extent (no CPU cycles will be wasted in ad data processing as app is now getting null responses) but will not entirely eliminate it (as calls to there services will still be made by app at periodic intervals).
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TheLetterD
Will Power
If it wasnt for Ads google wouldnt earn money
So
No ads? No android
And we all would still be stuck with propriety OSs, Brew OS, Meego, Symbian, iOS and BBos
Oh lord. the horror.
So
No ads? No android
And we all would still be stuck with propriety OSs, Brew OS, Meego, Symbian, iOS and BBos
Oh lord. the horror.
^^ lol?
If you think the "embedded apps", which sucks the life out of battery, is the "only" source of "income" for Google, then you really need to open your eyes buddy!
I will try to give you a head start in understanding where does the money comes from Google. Wiki, "AdWords".
If you think the "embedded apps", which sucks the life out of battery, is the "only" source of "income" for Google, then you really need to open your eyes buddy!
I will try to give you a head start in understanding where does the money comes from Google. Wiki, "AdWords".
TheLetterD
Will Power
Ummm yeah but isnt that what you are talking about?
Im sorry if I said something wrong, Ive never owned an android before. I thought that free apps had those AdWords/AdSense advertisement system in them.
Im sorry if I said something wrong, Ive never owned an android before. I thought that free apps had those AdWords/AdSense advertisement system in them.
red dragon
Master troll
Why not turn off the freakin phone itself and buy a Nokia 1100?
You do not need another stupid app for this....you can patch a few host files yourself and it is easy.
sameer.pur
The Chosen One
I doubt the 70% usage statistics being presented by them. Yes they consume battery but it shouldn't be this much. When developing a mobile app, you need to consider many facts. Battery is also one of them and I doubt that re-known developers would ignore this fact if ads were consuming this much of battery. 
red dragon
Master troll
WTF is a RE-KNOWN dev?..... re-known developers would ignore this fact if ads were consuming this much of battery.
On a serious note,Google should screen Android market more rigidly before creating hype on jellybean or whatever..it has become a junk yard.
gopi_vbboy
Cyborg Agent
thats not true always.
what if i block app by firewall .
what if the device has host file changed to localhost .
what if i block app by firewall .
what if the device has host file changed to localhost .