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Old 04-10-2013, 10:46 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by dthurm View Post
Unless more folks complain directly to Amazon the battery drain associated with the app contained in the recent update (in spite of Amazon's denial) issue may go unresolved. The Gsam battery monitor (App sucker) identifies this as a kindle system app that cannot be accessed. The only way to stop this app & it's associated battery drain is to turn off the location based services.
I turned off location services and that app does not run at all now. I'm still not sure what location services do anyway.

If one goes to the App section of Settings, that app can have a Forced Shut Down. It cannot be uninstalled since it is there with a Kindle brand.
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