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parajba

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Hi all,

Can anybody explain how I can get these stats with background app refresh switched off in general settings? I am using iOS 10.1.1. Shouldn't there be zero background usage?

Tapatalk - 49 min on screen, 24 min background
Facebook - 15 min on screen, 3 min background
TripAdvisor - 9 min on screen, 4 min background.

Thanks!
 
I have the same on my 6s with iOS 9.3.5 and background app refresh turned off since I first set it up ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Last 7 days:
Twitch - 3.8 hrs on screen - 1.5 hrs background
Messages - 1.5 hrs on screen - 1 min background
Camera - 16 min on screen - 2 min background
Hangouts - 32 min on screen - 23 min background
Photos - 17 min on screen - 2 min background
Music - 4 min on screen - 46 min background

Maybe it's because if you're using the app and press the home button to start doing something else, it's still running in the background for a min or two before the app goes to sleep? No clue really...
 
parajba said:
Hi all,

Can anybody explain how I can get these stats with background app refresh switched off in general settings? I am using iOS 10.1.1. Shouldn't there be zero background usage?

Tapatalk - 49 min on screen, 24 min background
Facebook - 15 min on screen, 3 min background
TripAdvisor - 9 min on screen, 4 min background.

Thanks!
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Where you getting those stats?
 
The app is running in the background, but not refreshing
So it's still running, but it's not asking for new info
 
parajba said:
Hi all,

Can anybody explain how I can get these stats with background app refresh switched off in general settings? I am using iOS 10.1.1. Shouldn't there be zero background usage?

Tapatalk - 49 min on screen, 24 min background
Facebook - 15 min on screen, 3 min background
TripAdvisor - 9 min on screen, 4 min background.

Thanks!
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Background refresh is but one aspect of apps being able to run in the background. The general ability of apps being able to run in the background (to one degree or another) is built-in into iOS and isn't something that the user can control (short of closing apps after using them).
 
Those stats seem to show apps being open and running in the background. I don't believe that is background app refresh.

Background app refresh will actually reopen an app -in the background- while it is in sleep mode and refresh the stats or data based on your location, or connection to power or wifi.

For example, the music app... you opened it and are listening to music while using safari... music is RUNNING in the background. But when you are done and stop listening to music, the app no longer utilizes any system resources.

That's just how I interpret it.
 
Thanks all, does that mean we should close all apps after using them...?
 
parajba said:
Thanks all, does that mean we should close all apps after using them...?
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You can if you want. Doesn't really make a difference either way.

That'd be like asking "Hey guys should I turn on airplane mode whenever I'm not using my phone?"

At a certain point you simply need to forget about managing every minor detail and simply use the phone as it was intended or only install apps that you trust...
 
parajba said:
Thanks all, does that mean we should close all apps after using them...?
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If you are really afraid of them potetntially running in the background. The vast majority do not (at least not beyond a minute or a few that they are allowed to finish up something right after you use them).
 
tapatalk and Facebook are the worst, those will eat your battery. i know if you even close out Facebook and you have background refresh enabled for it, it still sucks away at your battery.
 
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