topic Instagram wakelock in Android

Instagram wakelock

paulbacon — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 15:11:57 GMT

Anyone who has updated to version 17 (was released at the beginning of Oct), have you noticed a wakelock and high battery usage for the app. Seems im not alone according to this reddit thread

Just curious if its effecting everyone. Its not overly noticable unless you look in the battery settings, as it doesnt drain the battery too much

Re: Instagram wakelock

MI5 — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 15:41:09 GMT

No problem for me.
Not even showing in battery stats.

Re: Instagram wakelock

paulbacon — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 16:03:07 GMT

Do you know what version you're on?

Re: Instagram wakelock

MI5 — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 16:16:18 GMT

Updated on Oct 3rd according to play store but not near my Z5 to check actual version.

Re: Instagram wakelock

paulbacon — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 16:18:40 GMT

Same as mine, so should be 17. Cant be effecting everyone then, but seen enough threads about a wakelock, and all started since the update on the 3rd

Re: Instagram wakelock

jonsie — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 16:48:45 GMT

No problems here either. Version 17 too.

Re: Instagram wakelock

MI5 — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 16:55:38 GMT

If it's causing you problems you can manually install 16 from here https://instagram.en.uptodown.com/android/old
Looks like a newer version (18) is also available.

Re: Instagram wakelock

paulbacon — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 16:57:44 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
If it's causing you problems you can manually install 16 from here https://instagram.en.uptodown.com/android/old
Looks like a newer version (18) is also available.

Thanks. According to the Reddit post 18 also has the issue. Is it possible to install from that website if i have the option ticked on my phone to not install 3rd party apps? Or should i temparory disable it and reenable it afterwards?

Also how do you install, it is just a case of downloading and running the file?

Re: Instagram wakelock

MI5 — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 17:00:53 GMT

Yes, untick so you can install 3rd part apps then download it to phone.
Just tap it once downloaded and it will go straight to install screen.
Remove your current version first or else you may get a parse error.

Re: Instagram wakelock

paulbacon — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 17:04:33 GMT

Thanks will do that

Re: Instagram wakelock

paulbacon — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 09:41:42 GMT

Installed the previous version from uptodown. Weird issue where it crashes when accessing some settings, but no wakelock now

Is that website safe to use in general? Sometimes buggy updates means i would like to rollback a version, but always wary of using 3rd party sites

Re: Instagram wakelock

MI5 — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 09:45:27 GMT

Perfectly safe.
The apk’s are all ripped from apps off Play.

Re: Instagram wakelock

paulbacon — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 10:04:06 GMT

Great. Thanks for your help