I realize it's not a lot of actual CPU time that Google Services uses but it does keep the Note 3 awake, not the screen but the device itself. It's using 20% of my battery and keeps it awake about 16% of the time. One app or another has to be causing this as other devices I've used Google Services only accounted for about 2%. How's everyone else doing?
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I realize it's not a lot of actual CPU time that Google Services uses but it does keep the Note 3 awake, not the screen but the device itself. It's using 20% of my battery and keeps it awake about 16% of the time. One app or another has to be causing this as other devices I've used Google Services only accounted for about 2%. How's everyone else doing?
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i have no problem with it my self
Go to location services in settings and then location sources and turn off use wireless network option.
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Remove g+ sync.
I turned off both wifi location and g+ sync but I have a feeling it's g+ sync because I hadn't noticed it was on and I usually leave wifi location on. I'll try to narrow it down. Thanks for the tips.
Edit: wifi location was the culprit. Not sure why it uses so much CPU time and wakelock on the Note3 and not on other devices. Actually I think it's all Samsung devices. My galaxy tab is the same way but not our Motorola phones. Same version of Android.
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I have a very huge battery drain on map and Google service. Anyone have that issue? Know how to fix this? Thanks in advance.
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I have a very huge battery drain on map and Google service. Anyone have that issue? Know how to fix this? Thanks in advance.
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My phone's dead so I can't give you the exact details, but there are some features on the map that runs all day.
- history - it tracks where you go every day and every second. turn it off so it doesn't detect your location every second.
- latitude - tracks your location and reports to our friends.
Just go through the settings and turn a lot of these sharing info off. I'd think you only want to use the map for the map and GPS feature anyways.
Will try this and report. This is my 2nd s4, return 1st due to overheating issue. I am very disappointed s4 so far.
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Im on day 3 of my s4. Day 2 of the phone I got 3/4 day of battery. Today I turned off gps, battery saver on. And just been surfing the web and im at 57%. Was at 100% at 5am niw its 750pm.
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This beast sucking battery like crazy. I previously owned note 2 and htc one are way better on battery life compare to this beast on idle.
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My battery's been pretty good so far. And it doesn't matter how long the battery lasts, what matters is how much you've used your phone during that time, i.e. screen on time. Well for completeness, it's really a combination of the two. So what kind of screen on times are you getting for a full run?
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I have a very huge battery drain on map and Google service. Anyone have that issue? Know how to fix this? Thanks in advance.
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Google maps is known for wakelocks. They need to fix this ASAP. We should leave reviews commenting on this. Tested through betterbatterystats
Weird you guys are having battery problems. I charged my phone till 100% and listened to music for 7 hours and then went to bed and this morning without any charging is at 52%. I have a lag thread in the general section that might help. Also in Google Maps Location Settings, turn off using GPS and just use mobile networks. Turn off bluetooth and wifi while not in use.
Should be fine from there.... (I don't even have power saver on or anything)....
Just like mediaserver wakelocks, it is not directly related to google maps, but could be one of your applications trying to use the GPS service through maps to find location causing the wake lock.
If you have Google Now enabled, that can drain your battery faster than if you have it off, because Now is constantly figuring out where you are and then reporting back to Google. This can cause even more drain if your cell signal is weak or if it can't get a GPS lock. Making sure Wi-Fi is on, even if you aren't connected to a Wi-Fi network, will make it easier for your device to locate you.
If you want to safe some battery, disable Google Now completely.
Additionally, here are all the Apps I have disabled on my device in order to save battery:
AT&T DriveMode
AT&T FamilyMap
AT&T Hot Spots
AT&T Locker
AT&T Messages
AT&T Navigator
AT&T Smart Wi-Fi
BlurbCheckout
ChatON
Flipboard
Group Play
Mobile TV
PageBuddyNotiSvc
POLARIS Office 5
S Health
S Memo
S Translator
S Voice
Samsung Apps
Samsung Link
Samsung Push Service
Samsung WatchON
Story Album
Synchronize
TripAdvisor
YPmobile
Your mileage will vary. Don't disable apps you may need/want to use.
Hey guys, I just noticed that Google services has been using up a good deal of battery for the past few days... My autosync is off, gps off but still has it using up a fifth of my battery.. Anyone else have similar problems?
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Hey guys, I just noticed that Google services has been using up a good deal of battery for the past few days... My autosync is off, gps off but still has it using up a fifth of my battery.. Anyone else have similar problems?
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Same here. I wonder if it's the new Gmail.
Yep same here
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They better fix it.. I'm losing battery lol.. Dropped 15% in 2 hours standby
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They better fix it.. I'm losing battery lol.. Dropped 15% in 2 hours standby
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I have noticed that even in flight mode and screen off, there is a significant amount of battery drain (i saw 20% less in 6 hrs). With previews phone.. would be 2 to 5 %. I think that the key would be to underclock it in iddle mode
Do you have Google Now and maps location reporting enabled? Those two are major battery hogs.
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This worked for me and a friend. Go to Application manager then Google Play services and click uninstall updates. After uninstalling launch Hangouts. It will tell you that you need to update at which point do so. Hope that helps you out like it did me.
I am willing to bet these drains all occur after Google app updates? It seems that most Google apps want to eat battery the first cycle after they were updated. What I have noticed though, is that even though the "battery" stats report Google services as using a lot of percentage, the actually time the phone takes before it needs charged is about the same as when battery stats doesn't report Google services as eating battery.
So, see if "Google services" or Maps or any other Google app doesn't settle down after a cycle and also check to see if it really is shortening the time your phone needs between charges. I suspect it might just be temporary or maybe reported to the phone wrong.
Except for Google Music, freeze it, it will eat your data.
i uninstalled the play services update, and i disabled location services..seems to be fine now. ill turn it back on after a while to see if problem is caused by updates.
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They better fix it.. I'm losing battery lol.. Dropped 15% in 2 hours standby
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I've had this standby battery issue with three s4s now. Really annoying. My nexus four with a smaller battery lasts way longer
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It is a Google service and I have disabled location services and Google Now. Does not seem to make a difference. I have looked everywhere and have come up with nothing. I have the phone set up basically the same apps as my N4 and my Nexus is crushing my G2 in battery life. Any ideas would be great on what is causing this.
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Are u talking about google service that you see when you go into battery usage options? If yes, im in the same boat as you.
What percentage of battery doew the google service use?
I would like to know how to take care if this problem as well
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I am using better battery stats and it is partial wake lock I guess I did not bother looking at the overall usage. I am trying a few more things and will report back later.
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add me to the list of people this is driving nutzo.
Question, when you go to google sync under settings/accounts and sync, does it show that 'sync is not available at this time?'
I wonder if that could be causing it?
I am waiting for my case to make it my daily driver but last night I tinkered and went and set up all my Google apps and changed my Google plus photo to only upload on charger. When I turned it off it was deep sleeping and and that wake lock was no where to be found. If anyone wants to try this and see if it helps.
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I am waiting for my case to make it my daily driver but last night I tinkered and went and set up all my Google apps and changed my Google plus photo to only upload on charger. When I turned it off it was deep sleeping and and that wake lock was no where to be found. If anyone wants to try this and see if it helps.
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Thats how i've had mine set from the beginning. weird. I'll mess around with it and see if it changes things.
Well my phone seems to be deep sleeping once again. My guess is setting up all my Google apps fixed it Still have some work to do get my deep sleep better but it is not awake all the time now.
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I was using GPS on and off during a trip, but whenever I'd turn it off, I'd make sure WiFi services in location settings was off too. And data too. But Google services kept going up, why? I checked for wakelocks and found none. Doesn't make sense
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I was using GPS on and off during a trip, but whenever I'd turn it off, I'd make sure WiFi services in location settings was off too. And data too. But Google services kept going up, why? I checked for wakelocks and found none. Doesn't make sense
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Did you turn off Google Location services?
Yes, that's what I meant by Wi-Fi services
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Yes, that's what I meant by Wi-Fi services
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Interesting. I saw that Google services were on the top of the list for using the battery and went into Location services and unchecked that same box and just left GPS turned on and Google Service were no longer an issue. Have you tried pulling the battery? I remember that on my Note 2 sometimes things got "stuck" and pulling the battery was the only way to fix it.
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If I Want Increase Battery Life . What Should I Do For That..
Anyone Giving This Battery Life Like Me :crying:​
Not so far but have u turned on ur gps, data connection, wifi, etc?
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Not so far but have u turned on ur gps, data connection, wifi, etc?
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No Only Wifi Look .. Wifi Only 1 Hour... OK & You ?
Thats weird. Did you check the battery? Is it fine?
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My phone gives me a good time though my wifi stays on
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Maybe its because of the Samsung applications. They sync a lot.
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Try turning off or disabling samsung apps. Are any sensors turned on? NFC?
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Try turning off or disabling samsung apps. Are any sensors turned on? NFC?
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Everyone Getting This Battery Life
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2740656
Check Out ......:silly:
Weird :x
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There must be something done about it. Let me check every poat I can find.
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My battery life has gone to hell since the 2nd 4.4.2 update on [email protected] last week. I was getty 36 to 48 hours every time. As soon as the new update went in things changed the next day. Now I am lucky to get10 to 12 hours out of it. I have started pulling app but nothing has worked.
The battery drain on my once perfect S4 is now worse then on my LG Thrill!
Some things that helped control my battery in Kit Kat
In KitKat Google changed how location services works which seems to cause a lot of the battery drain issues. If you have Wi-Fi turned off during sleep, apps are likely trying to get your location using GPS which will easily drain your battery. It seems like even with Location Services is turned off that some apps can still continue to try and request location. Personally I like using the location services and that many apps use in Android so completely disabling wasn't an option for me.
I've played around with it quite a bit myself and found these settings have helped me::
-Leaving Google Location Services on at High Accuracy has been better on my phone's battery life.
-Leave Wi-Fi always on if it's available. (Use something like Llama or Tasker to automatically turn Wi-Fi on and off.)
-Setup My Places in Locations that correspond to Wi-Fi, etc
-Try uninstalling/reinstalling updates to Google Search, Google Play Services and Google Play Store
-Go through your apps and uninstall anything you aren't using or is not from a reputable developer. A lot of apps seem to have keep awake and location permission enabled by default that don't need it. You won't see these apps in the battery screen because they hide behind tiny wake lock requests and Google Play Services.
Another tip for saving battery is to use LLama or Tasker to disable Account Syncs any time you disconnect from a Wi-Fi network.
Good Luck and Cheers