Was hoping someone could help, or if anyone else has been having this problem.
Been having an intermittent problem with huge, fast battery drain from Google services and play services. Sometimes phone is on high accuracy in location settings and I don't get the problem. Then for no reason I can see, suddenly the battery is dropping by 20% per hour in standby with Google services or play services at the top of the list using way more than anything else. Tried using device only and battery saving setting in location, but get the problem with them as well. Toggling off location entirely seems to stop it. Tried uninstalling play services and reinstalling it, as well as other troubleshooting I've read.
Stock, 4.4.2 xt1058 on AT&T, rooted
Have been searching online for a fix, but nothing as to why it's happening.
Hoping to figure out what causes it to suddenly start, seems to be most of the time now.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Get amplify and put xposed on it. Then limit the wakelocks. That is the easiest and most brutal solution.
Orcam said:
Get amplify and put xposed on it. Then limit the wakelocks. That is the easiest and most brutal solution.
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Thanks. I had it on my phone at one time, but never used it as I wasn't having this problem. Will download it and try it out -hopefully I can determine exactly which wakelocks I'm having. Hopefully with Gsam battery detector, or Amplify, or another wakelock detector I can identify the culprit.
Amplify should tally all wakelocks well for you. Wakelock detector or BBS would give you a bit of a clearer picture. Make sure you do some reading about what intervals to limit stuff on with Amplify.
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So since the latest Google Play Services update, I have been suffering some serious battery drain issues. There are various mentions all around the internet and most point to the issue being 4.2.1, which, we aren't running.
I spent some time over the last few days trying to figure out what the issue is and have some observations. But, for some background, last few days I have been getting no more than 10 hours battery with no more than an hour or two screen time.
Google Play Services is listed as the biggest battery drainer with 49%, so I started looking into that.
First off, I noticed in battery stats that if Wifi is on, the device doesn't deep sleep, even though wifi is set to never on when sleeping, the wifi never turns off and the phone never deep sleeps.
First thing to try was turning off wifi, so, I turned off wifi, straight away, phone deep sleeps again.
Next I began messing with Google related things, first of all I "uninstall updates" on GPlayS, tested with Wifi on, great, no more battery drain, phone sleeps, BUT, phone keeps bugging me with notifications to update.
Next was to update, battery drain returns. So, disable Google Now in its own settings, battery drain remains when on Wifi, however, if I kill "Google Search" after disabling Google Now, the battery drain stops.
Various mention on the internet has attributed it to location history and location services in the "Google Settings" however I have had those disabled for a few days now and they seem not to be the issue in this case.
My conclusion so far is that the link between the latest GPlayS and Google Now is the real killer.
At present, I have Google Now disabled, and no battery drain, Wifi turns itself off as it should and the phone sleeps. This isn't a great solution since I use Google Now regularly.
I'm hoping that unless someone has come up with a realistic solution that doesn't involve disabling services, Google will release an update to fix the issue.
Currently without access to another device other than my N10, I'm unable to test whether this particular version of the issue is specific to the XZ or the GoogleNow/GPlayS versions.
My next test is to install Network Info from F-Droid and Better Battery stats, and see if I can attribute the thing preventing wifi from turning off during sleep, and hence the failure for the device to deep sleep, to a particular activity going on.
Further, I have already tested the GPlayS related services by disabling everything such as Calendar and Contact Sync, disabled all of books, movies, photo sync, disabled Google Plus, none of these had any effect on the issue, which all but rule them out of the equation.
Has anyone else got observations on this, is anyone else suffering the issue, or has anyone got a real solution?
I'm off on Holiday on Saturday and would really like to have access to Google Now back, but not have the battery drain that's going to kill my battery while roaming the streets of Rome without access to a charger.
alias_neo said:
So since the latest Google Play Services update, I have been suffering some serious battery drain issues. There are various mentions all around the internet and most point to the issue being 4.2.1, which, we aren't running.
I spent some time over the last few days trying to figure out what the issue is and have some observations. But, for some background, last few days I have been getting no more than 10 hours battery with no more than an hour or two screen time.
Google Play Services is listed as the biggest battery drainer with 49%, so I started looking into that.
First off, I noticed in battery stats that if Wifi is on, the device doesn't deep sleep, even though wifi is set to never on when sleeping, the wifi never turns off and the phone never deep sleeps.
First thing to try was turning off wifi, so, I turned off wifi, straight away, phone deep sleeps again.
Next I began messing with Google related things, first of all I "uninstall updates" on GPlayS, tested with Wifi on, great, no more battery drain, phone sleeps, BUT, phone keeps bugging me with notifications to update.
Next was to update, battery drain returns. So, disable Google Now in its own settings, battery drain remains when on Wifi, however, if I kill "Google Search" after disabling Google Now, the battery drain stops.
Various mention on the internet has attributed it to location history and location services in the "Google Settings" however I have had those disabled for a few days now and they seem not to be the issue in this case.
My conclusion so far is that the link between the latest GPlayS and Google Now is the real killer.
At present, I have Google Now disabled, and no battery drain, Wifi turns itself off as it should and the phone sleeps. This isn't a great solution since I use Google Now regularly.
I'm hoping that unless someone has come up with a realistic solution that doesn't involve disabling services, Google will release an update to fix the issue.
Currently without access to another device other than my N10, I'm unable to test whether this particular version of the issue is specific to the XZ or the GoogleNow/GPlayS versions.
My next test is to install Network Info from F-Droid and Better Battery stats, and see if I can attribute the thing preventing wifi from turning off during sleep, and hence the failure for the device to deep sleep, to a particular activity going on.
Further, I have already tested the GPlayS related services by disabling everything such as Calendar and Contact Sync, disabled all of books, movies, photo sync, disabled Google Plus, none of these had any effect on the issue, which all but rule them out of the equation.
Has anyone else got observations on this, is anyone else suffering the issue, or has anyone got a real solution?
I'm off on Holiday on Saturday and would really like to have access to Google Now back, but not have the battery drain that's going to kill my battery while roaming the streets of Rome without access to a charger.
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I shut it off it was draining my battery!
I had the same problem.
And here's a solution for you: Factory data reset
After that there will be no problems with battery drain.
NXT3 said:
I had the same problem.
And here's a solution for you: Factory data reset
After that there will be no problems with battery drain.
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I did a factory reset and have the problem.
So the amount of battery drain has lowered significantly, but it is still there. I attached a screenshot from before the change and a screenshot from after.
use link 2 sd ( root required ) search at playstore
open it and seacrh google play service
option and sleep it..and u done
echopark15 said:
use link 2 sd ( root required ) search at playstore
open it and seacrh google play service
option and sleep it..and u done
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it must be a way without root
Update Google play Service to version 5.x
This RILJ wakelock on the dialer seems to be impossible to remove. I've tried everything from disabling all apps, turning off the phone and turning it back on with airplane mode, TWO factory resets, turning off all GPS and location services, and even shutting off my mobile data. I even did all of those steps at once and to no avail.
I'm running stock right now but I seriously can not use this phone when this wakelock is disrupting my phone every damn second. I don't know if this is the right section to post this, but is anyone else experiencing this issue? Is there even hope?
I've tried what feels like everything. I feel like this will drive me crazy to the point where I will just exchange the phone and claim battery problems. Again, sorry if this is the wrong section to post this in, and I feel like such a dirty leech making a help post as my first post. This is my first android phone and I have a lot of experience with java but I need to feel secure with my new phone before I start delving into development.
Are you talking about a wakelock you see in a battery monitoring program? Or an error that keeps popping up?
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This RILJ wakelock on the dialer seems to be impossible to remove. I've tried everything from disabling all apps, turning off the phone and turning it back on with airplane mode, TWO factory resets, turning off all GPS and location services, and even shutting off my mobile data. I even did all of those steps at once and to no avail.
I'm running stock right now but I seriously can not use this phone when this wakelock is disrupting my phone every damn second. I don't know if this is the right section to post this, but is anyone else experiencing this issue? Is there even hope?
I've tried what feels like everything. I feel like this will drive me crazy to the point where I will just exchange the phone and claim battery problems. Again, sorry if this is the wrong section to post this in, and I feel like such a dirty leech making a help post as my first post. This is my first android phone and I have a lot of experience with java but I need to feel secure with my new phone before I start delving into development.
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lampel said:
Are you talking about a wakelock you see in a battery monitoring program? Or an error that keeps popping up?
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Yes I see the wakelock in both GSam battery monitor and wakelock detector.
coobot said:
Yes I see the wakelock in both GSam battery monitor and wakelock detector.
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It's a normal wakelock? It's your radio. Turn on airplane mode, and you'll lose the 'wakelock'
MacHackz said:
It's a normal wakelock? It's your radio. Turn on airplane mode, and you'll lose the 'wakelock'
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Yes I understand this, but the wakelock shouldn't be going off over 2000 times, right? I mean, I'm totally new to android but I've never seen this wakelock before. I'm in NYC and usually have great reception, right now I'm getting 4G LTE 3-5 bars constantly. Could it be a hardware issue with my radio?
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Yes I understand this, but the wakelock shouldn't be going off over 2000 times, right? I mean, I'm totally new to android but I've never seen this wakelock before. I'm in NYC and usually have great reception, right now I'm getting 4G LTE 3-5 bars constantly. Could it be a hardware issue with my radio?
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OK, so before I answer that, what sort of battery are you getting? What's your screen on time?
All android phones have this wakelock. It's not a hardware issue, 100%
Oh, I'm sorry but I also thought you meant a different wakelock xD RILJ wakelock is caused by having a lot of location services on, turn these off (Google Maps, Latitude, Weather constantly refreshing)
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OK, so before I answer that, what sort of battery are you getting? What's your screen on time?
All android phones have this wakelock. It's not a hardware issue, 100%
Oh, I'm sorry but I also thought you meant a different wakelock xD RILJ wakelock is caused by having a lot of location services on, turn these off (Google Maps, Latitude, Weather constantly refreshing)
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Here is the battery I was getting (can't post links yet, imgur is very safe): imgur_com/a/jCBG4 Thanks for the speedy responses btw.
I have essentially every single service off, only google's anonymous location service which is required for the weather app to work. All the sync stuff I can't turn off is set to refresh at the lowest intervals.
coobot said:
Here is the battery I was getting (can't post links yet, imgur is very safe): imgur_com/a/jCBG4 Thanks for the speedy responses btw.
I have essentially every single service off, only google's anonymous location service which is required for the weather app to work. All the sync stuff I can't turn off is set to refresh at the lowest intervals.
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You're welcome. I have the same set up as you and I average about the same battery life, I think your device is fine. I would just stop looking at your wake locks and enjoy! Try flashing ARHD rom! The new base adds 2+ hours battery.
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You're welcome. I have the same set up as you and I average about the same battery life, I think your device is fine. I would just stop looking at your wake locks and enjoy! Try flashing ARHD rom! The new base adds 2+ hours battery.
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I didn't have this wakelock for those pictures. This thing is sapping my battery life causing an extra 1-2% drain an hour, which adds up quickly. It also doesn't let the phone enter deep sleep if I remember correctly.
hey everyone. I noticed recently that my battery life on my m7 was really poor. The battery was draining at 6-8% per hour idling in my pocket, so I decided to see what was up. I noticed my cpu usage never went below 80%. I checked my app usage, but nothing specific was showing under battery usage in settings, so I did some googling. I downloaded a bunch of apps including Gsam and better battery life and saw mediaserver was thrashing the cpu nonstop, as well as logcat, and google play services was constantly waking the device.
I tried all sorts of things from the common reboot to adb commands. Finally, I found something that at least partially worked.
I downloaded an app from the play store called system tuner, which let me kill mediaserver, and instantly my cpu usage went from 80% to 7%. logcat also stopped when I stopped mediaserver. I have noticed no side effects from doing this. I hope this can help someone out there.
Now I just need to figure out 2 things:
1) prevent play services from wakelocking (up to 46 times per hour, wow!)
2) automate killing mediaserver on startup, as I noticed the issue returns everytime I reboot the device.
If someone out there can help me, it would be appreciated, and if I find out on my own, I will share this info here for all the people with the same problem.
EDIT: I found an app called mediaserver killer, which didn't work at first, but after updating my play store opened just fine. I set it to kill mediaserver on screen on, and hid the toast and app icon, which is about as automated as its gonna get.
play services is still wakelocking the device a lot, but much less since the update. I'm just going to call it a day and move on.
Got the phone at launch and the battery was brilliant, 5 hours SOT no problems. But the last couple of months Google Play Services has been killing my battery. I've tried everything I could think, removing location permissions for all apps, disabling bloat, installed PDP to go that extra step further on apps that wouldn't allow it. Factory reset, cache wipe, I've done it all. Yet still, Play Services is ruining my phone, of the 10% I've lost so far in my 45 minuntes of being awake, Play Services accounts for 5% of that. I've gone through every individual app to see if any have a matching battery usage that doesn't show in the battery usage section under battery, but none do, not even close. I am at my wits end with this, it's ruining a truly fantastic phone.
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Got the phone at launch and the battery was brilliant, 5 hours SOT no problems. But the last couple of months Google Play Services has been killing my battery. I've tried everything I could think, removing location permissions for all apps, disabling bloat, installed PDP to go that extra step further on apps that wouldn't allow it. Factory reset, cache wipe, I've done it all. Yet still, Play Services is ruining my phone, of the 10% I've lost so far in my 45 minuntes of being awake, Play Services accounts for 5% of that. I've gone through every individual app to see if any have a matching battery usage that doesn't show in the battery usage section under battery, but none do, not even close. I am at my wits end with this, it's ruining a truly fantastic phone.
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Have you tried not disabling things? Seen quite a few reports here where disabling some bloat actually led to higher standby drain, Google Play services drain, etc.
sefrcoko said:
Have you tried not disabling things? Seen quite a few reports here where disabling some bloat actually led to higher standby drain, Google Play services drain, etc.
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I haven't....I'll factory reset and give that a try. At this stage I've lost track of everything I've turned off lol. Thanks for the heads up
Try using wakelock detector, greenify, GSam or betterbatterystats to check what wakelocks are causing drain.
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Have you tried not disabling things? Seen quite a few reports here where disabling some bloat actually led to higher standby drain, Google Play services drain, etc.
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Yeah I had to reset my device and start all over going as far as Odin. Anything I disabled using BK Disabler didn't start working even after the factory reset, so I had to Odin firmware on the device. Prime one being Bixby. No matter what I did she would not work at all. Was like if the button was a dummy.
Battery life with things disabled was garbage. Either Samsung had a "lie to me" thing going with this device or the services related to those disabled things, are actively trying to enable them, causing the battery to drain.
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Yeah I had to reset my device and start all over going as far as Odin. Anything I disabled using BK Disabler didn't start working even after the factory reset, so I had to Odin firmware on the device. Prime one being Bixby. No matter what I did she would not work at all. Was like if the button was a dummy.
Battery life with things disabled was garbage. Either Samsung had a "lie to me" thing going with this device or the services related to those disabled things, are actively trying to enable them, causing the battery to drain.
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Yes the posts I read specifically mentioned Bixby (among a few other apps), so I tend to agree that something Sammy has done results in exactly what you said...when those apps are disabled the phone keeps trying to enable them causing added and unexpected drain. Hope the reflash worked out for you (and OP as well). I think it will
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Yes the posts I read specifically mentioned Bixby (among a few other apps), so I tend to agree that something Sammy has done results in exactly what you said...when those apps are disabled the phone keeps trying to enable them causing added and unexpected drain. Hope the reflash worked out for you (and OP as well). I think it will
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Yeah reflash is what fixed mine. I'm currently experimenting with completely removing the apps and related services on a rooted Rom BlueFox made.
Is this normal battery drain for Google play services? It seems a bit high to me. I have turned off some of the syncing for my accounts and location is off.
Kelari said:
Is this normal battery drain for Google play services? It seems a bit high to me. I have turned off some of the syncing for my accounts and location is off.
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I have the same problem (ww firmware), the usage seems to be very high even if Google Play Services is known to be draining battery. Even if I disabled GPS usage related to some of my apps, the problem seems to be somewhere else. Will try with Better Battery Stats to see if I can find the culprit.
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I have the same problem (ww firmware), the usage seems to be very high even if Google Play Services is known to be draining battery. Even if I disabled GPS usage related to some of my apps, the problem seems to be somewhere else. Will try with Better Battery Stats to see if I can find the culprit.
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Yeah I'm on ww firmware as well. Please let me know if you find anything.
same problem here since yesterday tried everything but nothing works.
Kelari said:
Is this normal battery drain for Google play services? It seems a bit high to me. I have turned off some of the syncing for my accounts and location is off.
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After last update i face this issue.
suganesan said:
After last update i face this issue.
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Yeah mine looks even worse now....
Mine is only 3%
Kelari said:
Is this normal battery drain for Google play services? It seems a bit high to me. I have turned off some of the syncing for my accounts and location is off.
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After i disable location service it came back to normal. I download movie and watch full movie. My battery drains 15% only. The culprit is gps. I hope it will help you guys
suganesan said:
After i disable location service it came back to normal. I download movie and watch full movie. My battery drains 15% only. The culprit is gps. I hope it will help you guys
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Well it is already off and has been for the entire time of that picture. It must be something else but no idea what.
Kelari said:
Well it is already off and has been for the entire time of that picture. It must be something else but no idea what.
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No my friend i can clearly say gps is the problem. Now you see my screenshot. I send movie to my friend through xender, that time i enable gps because xender asked permission. So that I enabled it, and forget to disable. Again it drains my battery around 20%
If you are rooted you might try GMS Doze Magisk module.
For me it has recently changed, it's the Google play store, not even play services which is causing the battery drain. I did not even use the play store or update apps or anything like that.
i got rid of it by clearing data and cache of google play services.
Yes that might be the problem for you. I'm certain that's not the case for me. Today I have over 50% battery drain from Google play services and GPS has been turned off the entire time.
Any update about this issues?