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nx1977

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Anyone having issues with the latest Google services/play store update sucking battery?

Both my Nexus 5 and wife's Moto G are both showing its using 30% and an awake time of around an hour. Drained my N5 in 7 hours.

Usual tricks haven't worked to fix it.
 
nx1977 said:
Anyone having issues with the latest Google services/play store update sucking battery?

Both my Nexus 5 and wife's Moto G are both showing its using 30% and an awake time of around an hour. Drained my N5 in 7 hours.

Usual tricks haven't worked to fix it.
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No I can't say that I've been experiencing any noticeable batter drain caused by Google Play Services.
Did you update to the most recent Play Services version 6.1.83 - that just came out just a couple days ago?
If you have a custom recovery you could try and "Wipe Dalvic Cache" and "Cache" or just "Cache " if you have stock recovery.
Also check "/Setting/Location/Mode/Location Mode/" and check to see what your settings are set to... "Night a Accuracy/Battery Saving or Device Only" as this can /will affect your battery life.

Here's a pic of mine, with minimal use and it's set at "High Accuracy" with low battery setting.

Hope this helps and good luck!
 

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I've always had issues off and on with play services draining my battery... I haven't noticed any unusual battery drain (more than normal) with recent updates.
 
xdrc45 said:
No I can't say that I've been experiencing any noticeable batter drain caused by Google Play Services.
Did you update to the most recent Play Services version 6.1.83 - that just came out just a couple days ago?
If you have a custom recovery you could try and "Wipe Dalvic Cache" and "Cache" or just "Cache " if you have stock recovery.
Also check "/Setting/Location/Mode/Location Mode/" and check to see what your settings are set to... "Night a Accuracy/Battery Saving or Device Only" as this can /will affect your battery life.

Here's a pic of mine, with minimal use and it's set at "High Accuracy" with low battery setting.

Hope this helps and good luck!
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Yes it's 6.1.83. GPS was already on power saving.

I've cleared cache in recovery again.

Hopefully it's not going to do again today.
 
I think I had a problem with it last week. The factory battery app would show Screen using the most with Google play services right behind. It was draining about 10%/hr in standby but only when I was away from home. By the end of the day I was down to 20% or less where normally it would be in the 60-80% range.
I was thinking the battery was taking a dump till it cleared up this week.
 
I'm having exactly the same problem OP.

Over the last couple of days my N5 has been draining lightning fast = today after unplugging at 8am it is now down to 33% only 2.5hrs later. Yesterday was similar, after plugging in around 5.30pm for a booster charge, I was down to 6% by 9.30/45pm
 
I also had problems yesterday.I just don't get the need to keep changing things around when nothing's broken grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
 
Same story here. Battery at 97% this morning after all night in sleep mode (unplugged). An hour later, after doing 'lite' stuff, it was down to 15%! Usually that would have only drained 5% of the battery! On checking battery status, it says Google Play Services is at 53% usage, yet the app is not even open. Nothing is downloading and a reboot does nothing. Coincidentally, Gmail had a major update and it started draining after I accessed my 'new and improved' Gmail. Hmmmm...

So, Google had some major upgrades yesterday, and I think something's afoot.

lj

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ljrichter said:
Same story here. Battery at 97% this morning after all night in sleep mode (unplugged). An hour later, after doing 'lite' stuff, it was down to 15%! Usually that would have only drained 5% of the battery! On checking battery status, it says Google Play Services is at 53% usage, yet the app is not even open. Nothing is downloading and a reboot does nothing. Coincidentally, Gmail had a major update and it started draining after I accessed my 'new and improved' Gmail. Hmmmm...
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Google play services comprises a wide variety of things on your phone, from location services and reporting to push notifications for gmail, hangouts, G+, etc. It's always open and always running.

Having said that, I haven't seen any massive drains out of my device yet. I'll keep an eye on it today and see what happens.
 
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