Starting apps in safe mode

[old_codger]

Don't know if this is an Alpha-specific problem or Samsung Galaxy in general.

Trying to find out what apps are draining my battery. I can boot into Safe Mode but I can't start over half the apps. When I go to Apps and scroll through, quite a few appear greyed out and are "Not Installed" (e.g., Type Mail, Life Reminders). Leaving Safe Mode allows me to "see" and start those apps. How do I start them in Safe Mode?

 

[Thom]

Did the battery drain stop while you were in Safe Mode?

Have you done a Wipe Cache Partition deleting all temporary data and not touching percent data, settings, or installed apps? Contaminated partition is known to induce strange problems.

... Thom

 

[old_codger]

Battery drain in Safe Mode 1-2%/hr. FAR better than 12-30%. Tried WPC. No change. Tried GSam. Identified no glaring power-sucking app, although surfing REALLY sucks power.
Now, I want to try Safe Mode and run 2-3 apps at a time. See if I can isolate offending app. Ummm, unless there's a better way.

 

[Thom]

Wipe Cache Partition yet?

The way Safe Mode goes is all or nothing.

Step one ... prove it is some installed app.
Step two ... get out of Safe Mode ... guess at the offenders ... uninstall three ... not silved ... reinstall those three and uninstall three others ...

Facebook? Uninstall it. Position enabled? Disable it.

... Thom

 

[old_codger]

That, indeed, is a bummer. Uninstall is the only option? Can't go to Settings>Running and STOP an app? Guess not. My problem is battery use varies from 30%/hr (yes, that's 30%) to 8%. I'll have to uninstall 3 apps for a day to see if one of them is the offender. I see a LOOOONNNGG test if I have to do it that way.
And I still have that pesky wifi data automatic switch widget I can't identify to uninstall.
Yup, ran WCP.