PreviouslyBackgroundDataPolice
SyncDataManagerprovidesasimple,yeteffective,methodofconservingyourAndroiddevice'sbatterybyremindingyoutoturnOFFbackgrounddata.Afterturningoffdata,orlosingconnection,areminderwillbeshownisbackgrounddataisstillenabled.Backgrounddataallowsappstosendinformationwhileyourdeviceissleeping.Disablingbackgrounddataandautosyncgreatlysavesbothyourbatteryanddata.
Unfortunately,duetoAndroid'ssecurityfeatures,appscanNOTdisablebackgrounddataforyou.Asawork-around,SyncDataManagerprovidesmanytypesofreminders,including:pop-ups,notifications,andsimplyopeningsettings.Eachallowsforadifferentlevelofeaseindisablingbackgrounddata.Remindersmayalsobecustomizedfordifferenttypesofdata.Don'tmindbackgrounddataonWIFInetworks,simplydisableallthereminderslistedunderWIFI.
ForAndroidVersions4+,backgrounddataisnolongeraglobalsetting.Instead,SyncDataManagercanbeusedtoautomaticallyenableanddisableauto-syncwithchangestoWIFIormobiledatasettings.