Why is google maps starting itself all the time??

[denisbkk]

I have been checking my battery usage the past couple days as somtimes it seems when certain apps are open it drains much quicker than normally. I have a Desire HD.

So I have been noticing that if I let the phone on over night, the 2 single apps that show as the largest battery drainers are Google Reader and Google maps. I have tried several apps from the market that can be used to show processes and they show the same thing. Google maps seems to be running and draining juice even though I didnt start it. What I mean is I can kill all apps, let it run over night and the next morning the batery usage monitor will show a number like 45% for Maps and the maps process will be running if I check my task manager but I havent launched it.

Is there any way to prevent this? How can I control that it starts or not. Why does it show as a running process even though I have not started it?

Same goes for google reader. I have deleted it now but it constantly showed up as using processor resources even though I havent even launched it. How can it use processor time when I dont even use it?

Maps and reader are the only apps showing up in the battery usage dialogue as top juice sucking apps. Of course I wont delete Maps, its awesome, but what can I do to not have it use my battery even when not in use. Anybody else experiencing this?

Any help appreciated.

 

[mulveyr]

I have been checking my battery usage the past couple days as somtimes it seems when certain apps are open it drains much quicker than normally. I have a Desire HD.

So I have been noticing that if I let the phone on over night, the 2 single apps that show as the largest battery drainers are Google Reader and Google maps. I have tried several apps from the market that can be used to show processes and they show the same thing. Google maps seems to be running and draining juice even though I didnt start it. What I mean is I can kill all apps, let it run over night and the next morning the batery usage monitor will show a number like 45% for Maps and the maps process will be running if I check my task manager but I havent launched it.

Is there any way to prevent this? How can I control that it starts or not. Why does it show as a running process even though I have not started it?

Same goes for google reader. I have deleted it now but it constantly showed up as using processor resources even though I havent even launched it. How can it use processor time when I dont even use it?

Maps and reader are the only apps showing up in the battery usage dialogue as top juice sucking apps. Of course I wont delete Maps, its awesome, but what can I do to not have it use my battery even when not in use. Anybody else experiencing this?

Any help appreciated.

Are you plugged in overnight? If so, the latest version of Google Maps is designed so that it will download and cache the map data for the places you go most often. When on battery, or on 3G, it's not supposed to.

 

[admile3]

This is kind of a shot, on both of these apps, but its something worth looking into -

For Google Maps, are you sure you havent maybe opted in to Google's Latitude? That might be causing Google Maps to be running, if you've opted in to Google Latitude. Granted, I never use Google Latitude, so I dont know how heavily (if at all) it uses Google Maps for its updating of your location, etc, but it seems to me like it would.

As for Google Reader, you might just want to check out your refresh interval. It might pulling data to refresh your RSS feeds if you've got it set on a pretty short refresh time.