Smokey Joe
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How can I eliminate this "Google Services" battery drain??? It didn't start doing this until a few days ago and it is getting worse and worse!!
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Help Google Services? Battery drain!?
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speedlever
Android Enthusiast
Yes, I'm now noticing a recent change showing similar drain. But yet I make so many changes that it's hard to know if it's simply this app causing the drain or any of the myriad changes/tweaks. I suppose in one way, all the choices that Android provides is also a weakness of the system... and yet, a strength too. 
I was down to 28% this morning when I plugged in the charger:
BTW, the first two shots are done by hand swipe. The last shot had to be done by the power button/home button trick. A hand swipe reverted to the prior screen everytime.
I was down to 28% this morning when I plugged in the charger:
BTW, the first two shots are done by hand swipe. The last shot had to be done by the power button/home button trick. A hand swipe reverted to the prior screen everytime.
speedlever
Android Enthusiast
Thanks. I just updated from 4.1.6 to 4.3.10. We'll see if I can leave my phone alone for a while and see if this update changes anything.
Download: Latest Google Play Store 4.3.10 With New 'Recently Updated' Section, Combined Update Notifications, And More [Teardown]
Edit: for anyone reading this new to installing apk files, navigate to the above link either by phone or pc. If by pc, email the link to your phone. Then open the link. It will self-install.
But first: go to system settings/more/security, scroll down to Unknown sources and check the box. Do this before you open the link.
Download: Latest Google Play Store 4.3.10 With New 'Recently Updated' Section, Combined Update Notifications, And More [Teardown]
Edit: for anyone reading this new to installing apk files, navigate to the above link either by phone or pc. If by pc, email the link to your phone. Then open the link. It will self-install.
But first: go to system settings/more/security, scroll down to Unknown sources and check the box. Do this before you open the link.
SebaKL
Android Enthusiast
Just for you info, Google Services consist of multiple services, such as:
Google Contacts Sync
Google Bookmarks Sync
Google Account Manager
Google Services Framework
Google Play Services
Network Location (location reporting, location history, location sharing)
As pointed out in earlier reply, PLAY (4.1.6 version) has been reported to cause battery drain, and the recent update, which is rolling out as we speak, supposed to fix that. That however, was effecting smaller group of people, which I believe is part of a combo of telco and OTA updates.
The other notorious service, behind battery drain is "Network Location service". Beside screen, that's probably second most battery consuming background process, which is responsible for location sharing, history and reporting, for various apps, not just google. If updating the PLAY didn't improve the battery life, you might want to disable location sharing and history for apps, which you don't need to use it with. Like Facebook, G+, Maps, Instagram, and whatever app you can find, that allow such setting change.
This should result in (almost) immediate results. Also, if you are not using Google Now, turn it off. Now is a decent battery hog.