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[Q] I'm using a Octa-Core Galaxy S4, ramdonly heats up and Battery Drain from "Media"

[Q] I'm using a Octa-Core Galaxy S4, ramdonly heats up and Battery Drain from "Media"
Hi, im currently using the galaxy sy i9500, and it was great for a first few days. Then started around 3 days ago, BAtrery started draining very fast, and my phone would randomly heats up, i can feel it from my pocket. And my bettery would go from 70% to like 50% in and hour without doing anything with it. i Disabled all the features, air view, smart scorll etc etc. I even enable the power saver mode which did not help at all. Anyone have an idea on whats going on? (see pics)

You are not the only one experiencing such problems.
1st of all make sure you have updated to latest software version. Then try to disable from the app manager: Samsung push, samsung apps along with google music play service (media has been draining your battery the most)
Are you also experiencing lag and difficult camera access?
If none of those worked maybe try to do a factory data reset or try flashing a stock firmware via ODIN.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk 2

gzmiwza said:
Hi, im currently using the galaxy sy i9500, and it was great for a first few days. Then started around 3 days ago, BAtrery started draining very fast, and my phone would randomly heats up, i can feel it from my pocket. And my bettery would go from 70% to like 50% in and hour without doing anything with it. i Disabled all the features, air view, smart scorll etc etc. I even enable the power saver mode which did not help at all. Anyone have an idea on whats going on? (see pics)
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Its really strange as i get non of the issue did u try reset and see if the issue is solve ?

gzmiwza said:
Hi, im currently using the galaxy sy i9500, and it was great for a first few days. Then started around 3 days ago, BAtrery started draining very fast, and my phone would randomly heats up, i can feel it from my pocket. And my bettery would go from 70% to like 50% in and hour without doing anything with it. i Disabled all the features, air view, smart scorll etc etc. I even enable the power saver mode which did not help at all. Anyone have an idea on whats going on? (see pics)
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go to developer option and turn off windows animation
then in developer option > apps section > check don't keep activities
if it doesn't help u then try to flash another firmware or kernel
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edit: also disable auto sync

123hiten said:
Its really strange as i get non of the issue did u try reset and see if the issue is solve ?
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G-XtremE said:
You are not the only one experiencing such problems.
1st of all make sure you have updated to latest software version. Then try to disable from the app manager: Samsung push, samsung apps along with google music play service (media has been draining your battery the most)
Are you also experiencing lag and difficult camera access?
If none of those worked maybe try to do a factory data reset or try flashing a stock firmware via ODIN.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk 2
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Yesss once i try to start up my camera app, it would freeze for like 2 secs, if it doesnt open. My gs4 will restart it self.
ps. im using the stock firmware... im i not ? did the retail shop root the phone for me? lol

gzmiwza said:
Yesss once i try to start up my camera app, it would freeze for like 2 secs, if it doesnt open. My gs4 will restart it self.
ps. im using the stock firmware... im i not ? did the retail shop root the phone for me? lol
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Flash a correct firmware using odin from below link and hopefully u ll not have any issue :good:also after flashing reset the device and make it just like out of the box device to get best result
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477&highlight=stock+firmware

Most people seem to have the over heating problem when there is a corrupt file on the sd card. Try removing the card and seeing if that helps you.
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Google Services Wakelock

Hello everyone,
I seem to be having a very annoying Google Services Wakelock on my Nexus 4 Device.
It is using more battery power than the screen, and keeps teh phone alive 100% of the time.
I'm on PA 3.97 - 4.2.2 Android.
Better Battery Stats tells me under Partial Wakelocks that SystemUpdateService Is keeping the phone alive, as well as under Kernel Wakelock PowerManagerService.
I'm wondering what I can do about this. Because it is really eating my battery life. Google tried to update to 4.3 over and over again, which wasn't possible because I was on a custom rom. So it kept redownloading it and I was forced to disable the update system (I don't exactly remember how I did it, but since I have root I disabled UpdateReciever under updates somehow).
I hope we can find a way to fix this.

Bump! Still need a solution

Artego said:
Hello everyone,
I seem to be having a very annoying Google Services Wakelock on my Nexus 4 Device.
It is using more battery power than the screen, and keeps teh phone alive 100% of the time.
I'm on PA 3.97 - 4.2.2 Android.
Better Battery Stats tells me under Partial Wakelocks that SystemUpdateService Is keeping the phone alive, as well as under Kernel Wakelock PowerManagerService.
I'm wondering what I can do about this. Because it is really eating my battery life. Google tried to update to 4.3 over and over again, which wasn't possible because I was on a custom rom. So it kept redownloading it and I was forced to disable the update system (I don't exactly remember how I did it, but since I have root I disabled UpdateReciever under updates somehow).
I hope we can find a way to fix this.
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You're getting the wakelock because you disabled the update service.
The only solution is to either enable it , and lose data, or update to 4.3

Artego said:
Hello everyone,
I seem to be having a very annoying Google Services Wakelock on my Nexus 4 Device.
It is using more battery power than the screen, and keeps teh phone alive 100% of the time.
I'm on PA 3.97 - 4.2.2 Android.
Better Battery Stats tells me under Partial Wakelocks that SystemUpdateService Is keeping the phone alive, as well as under Kernel Wakelock PowerManagerService.
I'm wondering what I can do about this. Because it is really eating my battery life. Google tried to update to 4.3 over and over again, which wasn't possible because I was on a custom rom. So it kept redownloading it and I was forced to disable the update system (I don't exactly remember how I did it, but since I have root I disabled UpdateReciever under updates somehow).
I hope we can find a way to fix this.
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Maybe this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385843

bringonblink said:
You're getting the wakelock because you disabled the update service.
The only solution is to either enable it , and lose data, or update to 4.3
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We are literally talking about 20 000$ + of Data usage if I were to leave it on for a month.
Unless google wants to pay me that money every month I'd rather not have the update service on. Not to mentionhow much constant Data streams to download a file over and over again would drain teh battery.
Also, doesn't everyone with PA (3.97) who hasn't updated to 4.3 have this. I'm on a custom ROM so I shouldn't be forced to update to 4.3 anyways!
How come the battery is a wakelock when I entirely Disabled the service?
What other google services should I disable to make it stop entirely from even trying to update?

bringonblink said:
You're getting the wakelock because you disabled the update service.
The only solution is to either enable it , and lose data, or update to 4.3
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Galaxo60 said:
Maybe this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385843
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That thread is about another Google Services Wakelock that has to do with the GPS. I never had that location setting on.
Mine has to do with it trying to update, thus keepiçng the device on, although the update service is actually disabled(since it doesn't actually download data).
Does anyone know how to completely disable the google update service in every way possible since that is what keeps my wakelock on.

I have absolutely no issue like you, i`am on 4.3 stock with stock kernel and no continious syncing going on bro and the cpu going into deep sleep without issues. Try reflashing to stock to see if the issue still excists.

gee2012 said:
I have absolutely no issue like you, i`am on 4.3 stock with stock kernel and no continious syncing going on bro and the cpu going into deep sleep without issues. Try reflashing to stock to see if the issue still excists.
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That's because the issue has to do with ParanoidAndroid having a bug that it picks up the Stock 4.3 updates, downloads them and then fails to install them. I am on a 4.2.2 ROM, 4.3 of course won't have that issue since that is what it is trying to download. Also I really just want to keep this version of Paranoid Android.
So what I tried doing was disable the Google update service entirely a few weeks ago. And it has stopped trying to download any updates.
However, the past few days that same Google Update (which should be completely disabled) is still keeping my phone a alive, although not downloading anything anymore. I just wnat a way to completely just permanently kill the Update Process.

Artego said:
Hello everyone,
I seem to be having a very annoying Google Services Wakelock on my Nexus 4 Device.
It is using more battery power than the screen, and keeps teh phone alive 100% of the time.
I'm on PA 3.97 - 4.2.2 Android.
Better Battery Stats tells me under Partial Wakelocks that SystemUpdateService Is keeping the phone alive, as well as under Kernel Wakelock PowerManagerService.
I'm wondering what I can do about this. Because it is really eating my battery life. Google tried to update to 4.3 over and over again, which wasn't possible because I was on a custom rom. So it kept redownloading it and I was forced to disable the update system (I don't exactly remember how I did it, but since I have root I disabled UpdateReciever under updates somehow).
I hope we can find a way to fix this.
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Hi
To avoid this bug: don't pull out the charger or usb cable whit out to wake up the phone, be sure the screen is on when you pull out. If you pull out with screen off powermanagerservice.wakelock will keep your phone to never enter deep sleep.
A reboot also solves the problem
Think this bug is related to the wireless charger bug.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

RobertSand said:
Hi
To avoid this bug: don't pull out the charger or usb cable whit out to wake up the phone, be sure the screen is on when you pull out. If you pull out with screen off powermanagerservice.wakelock will keep your phone to never enter deep sleep.
A reboot also solves the problem
Think this bug is related to the wireless charger bug.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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Ok, I guess that will already stop 1/2 wakelocks.
The other one has to do with the update service still keeping my device awake although it was disabled with disable service.

I think I was finally able to fix the issue!
I downloaded AutoRun Manager and disabled
com.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService$Reciever, which can be found under Google Services Framework,
I already had updates disabled using "Disable Service" app from Google Play Store, which did the job for stopping Data Usage, but there was still an idle process keeping the phone awake, which was the SystemUpdateServiceReciever.
I am on Paranoid Android and might want to Update to 4.3 due to them making continious new cool features which will only work for 4.3.
First off, I would like to ask if the update to 4.3 was worth the effort for you. It doesn't really seem to be a significant update on the side on the google dev team. Secondly, how would I go about doing it?
I am now on PA 3.69 - 4.22 which is one of the latest versions before the 4.3 update.
What do I need to do before I am able to flash 3.99 PA - 4.3? How do I avoid losing my appdata, my pictures and all that?
I paid for Titamiumbackup a few months ago but I don't really know how to use it and I'm a little scared to update to a different version number as I have never done that before, and I don't want to brick my phone.
What radios do I need to flash before being able to update to 4.3 based custom roms?

Artego said:
I think I was finally able to fix the issue!
I downloaded AutoRun Manager and disabled
com.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService$Reciever, which can be found under Google Services Framework,
I already had updates disabled using "Disable Service" app from Google Play Store, which did the job for stopping Data Usage, but there was still an idle process keeping the phone awake, which was the SystemUpdateServiceReciever.
I am on Paranoid Android and might want to Update to 4.3 due to them making continious new cool features which will only work for 4.3.
First off, I would like to ask if the update to 4.3 was worth the effort for you. It doesn't really seem to be a significant update on the side on the google dev team. Secondly, how would I go about doing it?
I am now on PA 3.69 - 4.22 which is one of the latest versions before the 4.3 update.
What do I need to do before I am able to flash 3.99 PA - 4.3? How do I avoid losing my appdata, my pictures and all that?
I paid for Titamiumbackup a few months ago but I don't really know how to use it and I'm a little scared to update to a different version number as I have never done that before, and I don't want to brick my phone.
What radios do I need to flash before being able to update to 4.3 based custom roms?
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I'm on PA 3.99 with BaNkS GAPPS, which I highly recommend because of the size and stripped way they are. I think TitaniumBackup had some problems with PA and root, but I'm not sure if they already fixed those.
You need latest radio and bootloader to update, I think the easiest way to do this is to make a factory reset, full clean and wipe all data and then back to 4.2.2 stock ROM. Then update through OTA and you would have latest radio and bootloader. Install custom recovery and then flash latest PA.
I did it this way and I don't have any kind of problems.
:good:

Artego said:
I think I was finally able to fix the issue!
I downloaded AutoRun Manager and disabled
com.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService$Reciever, which can be found under Google Services Framework,
I already had updates disabled using "Disable Service" app from Google Play Store, which did the job for stopping Data Usage, but there was still an idle process keeping the phone awake, which was the SystemUpdateServiceReciever.
I am on Paranoid Android and might want to Update to 4.3 due to them making continious new cool features which will only work for 4.3.
First off, I would like to ask if the update to 4.3 was worth the effort for you. It doesn't really seem to be a significant update on the side on the google dev team. Secondly, how would I go about doing it?
I am now on PA 3.69 - 4.22 which is one of the latest versions before the 4.3 update.
What do I need to do before I am able to flash 3.99 PA - 4.3? How do I avoid losing my appdata, my pictures and all that?
I paid for Titamiumbackup a few months ago but I don't really know how to use it and I'm a little scared to update to a different version number as I have never done that before, and I don't want to brick my phone.
What radios do I need to flash before being able to update to 4.3 based custom roms?
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i am facing the same problem too. Running 4.2.2 (sentinel rom 4.75). google services is draining a good 30% of my battery.
so disabling using AutoRun Manager managed to solve the wakelock problem due to SystemUpdateService? i used Disable Service app to stop the data usage, but wakelock remains.

chainer22 said:
i am facing the same problem too. Running 4.2.2 (sentinel rom 4.75). google services is draining a good 30% of my battery.
so disabling using AutoRun Manager managed to solve the wakelock problem due to SystemUpdateService? i used Disable Service app to stop the data usage, but wakelock remains.
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Yes, exactly that. Disable service disabled. That stopped My data usage (luckily before the cap of My data plan, if I would have phone higher it would probably have costed me a few hundred dollars.).
The Google services drain remained and after about 10 hours of research I found I found out the receiver was still trying to download it, but didn't get access which caused a wake lock. In auto run manager search Google services framework and disable the googleupdatereciever and nothing else, keep everything disabled that is already disabled
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Thanks for sharing the solution! helped me on 4.1.2 after disabling only some of google's receivers/services with "Google Services Framework" in Rom toolbox
Better battery FTW!

Artego said:
Yes, exactly that. Disable service disabled. That stopped My data usage (luckily before the cap of My data plan, if I would have phone higher it would probably have costed me a few hundred dollars.).
The Google services drain remained and after about 10 hours of research I found I found out the receiver was still trying to download it, but didn't get access which caused a wake lock. In auto run manager search Google services framework and disable the googleupdatereciever and nothing else, keep everything disabled that is already disabled
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for the tip! but im not gonna purchase the full version of rom toolbox just for that. google should do something about it on their side!

chainer22 said:
Thanks for the tip! but im not gonna purchase the full version of rom toolbox just for that. google should do something about it on their side!
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Sorry if this is a grave dig, but I never recall paying for anything to be quite honest.
All apps were free.

Cache Update Service Wakelock

How do I stop this? My phone has not been able to deep sleep all morning. Battery is draining hard. Any tips? I tried searching for this online and I wasn't able to come up with a proper solution other than disabling this service, which might have repercussions I don't want.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

I have the exact same problem, and I don't think our setups have anything in common
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there is a thread one one of our N4 subsections to fix that. i dont know the link

I and oane friend had this wired bug his morning!

Also started for me could be its the same as the 4.2 data drain when it was trying to update to 4.3.
It got sorted after I restarted but it happens again I'll try applying the same fix and see if it works.

I had that same wakelock and it was cutting my battery in half.
I downloaded this aplication https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.wq.disableservice
Then navigate to system apps/google play services/show full name and uncheck this first option on my SS
That worked for me,no more battery draining from cacheupdateservice
You must be rooted offcourse.

I have the same problem, any solution to unrooted devices? This is very annoying, when a service wakelock seems to disappear, another one appears.
Tapatalking from Desire

Hi guys, clearing the cache for google play services (+rebooting phone) solved the problem in my case.
Im rooted, but this should also work on unrooted phones

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...lay-services-seems-to-be-a-battery-hog-today/

hansgagel said:
Hi guys, clearing the cache for google play services (+rebooting phone) solved the problem in my case.
Im rooted, but this should also work on unrooted phones
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Same here. Noticed this yesterday as my battery was draining like crazy. I just went to the Google Services app and cleared all data and have not seen this wakelock anymore. Galaxy S4...not rooted.

Gsiff_daemon destroying my battery

seen a few posts in here but can not find a fix for this it is using 41% and draining my battery like mad had anyone else got this problem and found a fix plz ty

Delete it.
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Killberty said:
Delete it.
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as easy as that ? its not deeded by anything ? what is it anyway ?

Killberty said:
Delete it.
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trued that and it wont let me delete it or rename it

Cookie799 said:
trued that and it wont let me delete it or rename it
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had this as well, a SHUTDOWN and then battery pull helped.
also have seen mention of "force stops" triggering this, advice was to not force stop anything for a while and see if it triggers again.
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Cookie799 said:
seen a few posts in here but can not find a fix for this it is using 41% and draining my battery like mad had anyone else got this problem and found a fix plz ty
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btw, this might assist:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Senectus/posts/QiD2J4mizrD

Cookie799 said:
trued that and it wont let me delete it or rename it
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Are you rooted?
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Mine has been doing the same ever since the kitkat update.
I am running an unrooted EE note 3 (n9005) in the UK.
Gsiff_daemon is constantly my top battery drainer according to the battery app (35% - 47%).
I have not been able to find any consistent method to either activate this rogue app or to get rid of it.
Is there any solution without rooting it as I understand that renaming it should do the trick?

Usually the problem is when you soft reboot.
It was reported somewhere that it is the GPS sensor daemon, but disabling it did not show any adverse effects for me.
Get a root file explorer and remove it/rename it to .bak

nicholaschum said:
Usually the problem is when you soft reboot.
It was reported somewhere that it is the GPS sensor daemon, but disabling it did not show any adverse effects for me.
Get a root file explorer and remove it/rename it to .bak
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Thank you.
I will give this a shot and see if it helps.

gsiff_daemon fix.
Hello all. I just posted this on another thread so i will copy and paste to save doing it all again.
*No root required*
Hey
This worked for me.
In settings and the application manager, under the 'All' tab. I found a program called 'unified daemon(EUR)'
I tapped on it and disabled it.
The gsiff_daemon has since not appeared on battery usage.
I also set Power saving mode and changed Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep, to never, in the advanced wifi settings. Select wifi option in settings then press menu tab and select advaadvancednced to find the option. This turns off wifi when it's not in use and automatically turns on when you turn off lock screen.
my battery has more than doubled.
Hope it works for you too.

In my informal testing I found that gsiff_daemon is somehow related to S Health (somehow keeps the sensors awake even if you're not using the phone). I disabled S Health and SensorService and the problem went away. Easier for us unrooted types.

Solved!
ericastill said:
In my informal testing I found that gsiff_daemon is somehow related to S Health (somehow keeps the sensors awake even if you're not using the phone). I disabled S Health and SensorService and the problem went away. Easier for us unrooted types.
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You nailed it!
This just started happening to me a few days ago, when S Health was updated. I have disabled S Health and presto! Problem solved.
Thanks!

SERIOUS Battery drain here
PROBLEM:
About three weeks ago I started to experience serious battery drain. This is a significant difference in daily results compared to a month ago. Now, three weeks into it I am having to put my phone into ultra power save mode on a daily basis just to be able to function as I am getting 1-3 hours of use out of my phone at this point. The problem has gotten progressively worse, as time has progressed over the last three weeks. Today seems to be the worst with me LOOSING battery charge while it is plugged in, and not in ultra saving power mode, (My phone is loosing 1% about every 10 minutes) and only having about 10 minutes of expected battery time LOL.
ENVIRONMENT:
Today is 1/8/14
I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S5 (G9000T). I have had it for about 8-9 months, got it brand new (was replaced once 4 months into using it because of broken camera), but this is my second GS5 phone.
I am using Android software version 4.4.2
TROUBLESHOOTING:
Only app added in the last 3 weeks was HeyTell, which was about the time this problem started. Force stopping the app actually helped for about a day or two until the problem resurfaced. Finally deleting the app last week did no good.
Talking to T-Mobile, they recommended testing my gyro sensor.
Go to call screen and dial *#0*# and I get a test screen.
I pressed sensor and then test gyro. It failed. They recommended a master reset. DAMN, I HATE doing that. So much time to get it back to where I want it.... SOOOO many notes on how to set the phone back up LOL.
RESOLUTION:
I did a master reset today 2/9/15. They gyro is still showing a failure, so they are replacing the phone.

Same issue samsung s5 duos
Hello,
I had the same issue of the battery being used quickly by the gsiff daemon.
Thanks for your details of what this application is.
For the solution, I did a few soft restarts, a hard restart and activated the light power saving mode. After 2 days my phoned worked fine.
Don't have any more information.

Cookie799 said:
seen a few posts in here but can not find a fix for this it is using 41% and draining my battery like mad had anyone else got this problem and found a fix plz ty
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How to stop gsiff_daemon?
1. Hot reboot your Samsung Android
2. Rename gsiff_daemon
3. Disable apps using gyroscope sensors
Source: https://fixyourandroid.com/about/gsiff-daemon/

Anybody else get a notice that background data is off?

Thus happens maybe mostly when I haven't used the phone for a little while. (I am not limiting background data of course)
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mentallo said:
Thus happens maybe mostly when I haven't used the phone for a little while. (I am not limiting background data of course)
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Yes, I did just a few hours ago. When I opened the Play Store app today it told me that I had to enable back ground data for the app to work. So I went into settings and it was already enabled. I did this several times and the Play Store would not even load, just kept telling me to enable background data. I even restricted background data and then turned it back on to see if that would help and it didn't. I finally just did a reboot and that solved the problem.

Same issue here, is there a fix? Constantly happens and I can't update any apps when this occurs.

Yes, I've had the same thing happen on a random basis. No matter what options toggled, only a reboot works. Running the latest Cataclysm, but I really don't think it has anything to do with the ROM.

i have this issue too, i realized that killing the google play services did the trick, im rooted with xposed. install gravitybox and set 1 of the nav key to kill all background processes by long pressing it or double tapping.
hope this helps, cheers!
additional info: running stock rom with root
this problem was already present when i was using moto g(1st gen) and nexus 5 a year ago on lollipop. i always kill all background processes to go into the play store.

mikexda said:
Yes, I've had the same thing happen on a random basis. No matter what options toggled, only a reboot works. Running the latest Cataclysm, but I really don't think it has anything to do with the ROM.
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MrMundy said:
i have this issue too, i realized that killing the google play services did the trick, im rooted with xposed. install gravitybox and set 1 of the nav key to kill all background processes by long pressing it or double tapping.
hope this helps, cheers!
additional info: running stock rom with root
this problem was already present when i was using moto g(1st gen) and nexus 5 a year ago on lollipop. i always kill all background processes to go into the play store.
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Yeah I'm thinking it has nothing to do with the rom as well. I am stock rooted. I was thinking about rolling back my play store version perhaps and see if that works out.