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Google Play Services Update = Battery Drain

I've been troubleshooting my NS, trying to find out what's been causing my Android OS battery stats to constantly go around 50%, which causes major battery drain; I usually get 3+ hours of screen on time with my rasbeeanjelly ROM + Trinity kernel combo, but I now only get less than 1 hour.
I tried uninstalling most of my recently updated apps, but Android OS is still at ~50%; until I uninstalled the updates for Google Play Services. And now, my Android OS is back down to 4%.
Anyone had/having this issue? There's your solution.

havent met this issue yet

IIIV said:
I've been troubleshooting my NS, trying to find out what's been causing my Android OS battery stats to constantly go around 50%, which causes major battery drain; I usually get 3+ hours of screen on time with my rasbeeanjelly ROM + Trinity kernel combo, but I now only get less than 1 hour.
I tried uninstalling most of my recently updated apps, but Android OS is still at ~50%; until I uninstalled the updates for Google Play Services. And now, my Android OS is back down to 4%.
Anyone had/having this issue? There's your solution.
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The Google Play Services will auto update itself and your problem might come back, though. Are you using inverted gapps per chance?

polobunny said:
The Google Play Services will auto update itself and your problem might come back, though. Are you using inverted gapps per chance?
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I'm using stock gapps. I believe that the Google Play Services update that I initially installed was a manual update, not auto.

IIIV said:
I'm using stock gapps. I believe that the Google Play Services update that I initially installed was a manual update, not auto.
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That might explain it.

Massive battery drain

My battery randomly drains excessively. And sometimes I am unable to unlock the device, i need to do a soft reset. Any help?

More information required. What ROM? What modem? What firmware?

timmaaa said:
More information required. What ROM? What modem? What firmware?
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All stock cm11s 05Q

That's why I went back to 44s

usvimal said:
All stock cm11s 05Q
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It might be an idea to roll back to the 44S build, test and see if it continues.

Ok thanks!

I had the same problem. Switched to 44s and seemed to be better. However what fixed the problem was not allowing Google play services wake up the device etc. In privacy guard! Also blocked Facebook messanger and right now I'm on 20h on battery and 59% battery left) with mid use. Nothing too heavy.

dav-rmd said:
I had the same problem. Switched to 44s and seemed to be better. However what fixed the problem was not allowing Google play services wake up the device etc. In privacy guard! Also blocked Facebook messanger and right now I'm on 20h on battery and 59% battery left) with mid use. Nothing too heavy.
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may i know how do you roll back to the old 44s kind sir?

iamzacky said:
may i know how do you roll back to the old 44s kind sir?
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Restore the nandroid backup you made before you updated

Disable wake lock and keep awake for Google play services via settings>privacy>privacy guard and check if it solves the batter issue. For the phone not unlocking at times, check if you've enabled "Prevent accidental wake up" in Display. Having this turned on was a little buggy and what caused this problem for me back on cm11s.
Cheers

The issue with Play Services 7.x and CM11 is that it causes a SystemUpdateService update. This issue affects ALL custom ROMs with the SystemUpdateService disabled (I believe CM addressed this during the CM11 M4-M5 era).
You have 3 options.
1. This is a fix that many have proposed but I feel is a terrible idea
- Use Privacy Guard to disable Wake for Play Services
Rationale: Play services needs to wake up for other reasons too besides this ridiculous wakelock. It's used for background location when your phone screen is off for things like Google Now and location reminders. Disabling wake for Play Services is like cutting off the water main for a faucet leak. Sure the leak is no more but you can't flush the toilet or shower either.
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2. This is a better fix proposed by me, but it requires Root and Xposed:
Download Wakelock Terminator
Filter for ONLY the SystemUpdateService wakelock for Play Services
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3. IDEAL FIX:
Since CM11 has already had commits merged to address this Play Services 7.x issue, (see commits http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/91881/ and http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/91882/), the best Corrective and Preventative Action that you can take is to build a fresh copy of CM11. Unfortunately, we haven't had nightly builds since January 5th, so if someone could undertake that task, it would be much appreciated.
CM12 has already implemented the necessary commits as well (see commits http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/91021/ and http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/91579/), so an option if you're on CM12 nightlies is to move to something newer than the March 20th nightlies.
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CM 12 Nightlies Battery Issue with 'Android System' Very High CPU Usage

Hello guys,
First, I'm somewhat noob in all of this.
After keep on waiting for the cm12 OTA, I finally decided to root. Since I am very new to rooting game, I have done long and hard research about everything related to root, twrp, unlocking bootloader and supersu. Then I followed this guide step by step without missing a bit:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/...oader-install-custom-recovery-and-root.64487/
I downloaded and flashed these (following the guide)
cm-12-20150329-NIGHTLY-bacon - directly from cm website
and
gapps-lp-20150222-signed - from basketbuid
Everything went smooth without any problems.
But the battery started giving me the worse time ever I had with OPO. The culprit seems to be the 'Android System' which was taking my whole battery to sh*t even when the phone was idle with wifi and mobile data being turned off. It was keeping my phone (specially the CPU) awake the whole time. Then I downloaded Wakelock detector, greenify and tried everything that i found anywhere and everywhere, including the privacy guard with play services and others wake up feature being turned off, but nothing helped.
Here are some screenshots of bettery life
http://i.imgur.com/ygcx1al.png
http://i.imgur.com/fe2hQaL.png
http://i.imgur.com/dmY8Hs2.png
http://i.imgur.com/fC17Yfc.png
I newly re flashed CM 12s nightly (after wiping everything as a new OS) which is
cm-12-20150402-NIGHTLY-bacon
I left the phone as it is without installing the Gapps after installing the rom for couple hours and saw the battery was not draining while the phone was idle neither it was draining while the screen was on as it drained with Gapps being installed. Then I installed the Gapps from here -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/gapps-google-apps-minimal-edition-t2943330.
And then it started again being "Android System" on the top of the list of battery usage.
What should I do now?
Anyone had/having the same issue?
Did I do anything wrong?
Thank you very much for reading this long post and any help in advance.

It's probably Google Play Services that's draining your battery, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2832525
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Better than AppOpps:
It's most likely the "SystemUpdateService" which constantly runs in the background with custom Roms. If your phone is rooted, download and install 'DisableService' app from Google Play and navigate to System>Google Play Services>SystemUpdateService and disable it. You have to do this everytime you reboot since it just tells you which services autostart and then you're able to disable them. This is a better fix than the AppOps option as you still need Google Play Services to run in the background. I had this same issue and this fixed it.

joshklee said:
It's most likely the "SystemUpdateService" which constantly runs in the background with custom Roms. If your phone is rooted, download and install 'DisableService' app from Google Play and navigate to System>Google Play Services>SystemUpdateService and disable it. You have to do this everytime you reboot since it just tells you which services autostart and then you're able to disable them. This is a better fix than the AppOps option as you still need Google Play Services to run in the background. I had this same issue and this fixed it.
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The only reason you need Play Services to run in the background is if you need your location updated every minute for Google Now cards. Every single other Google service runs perfectly being pulled instead of pushed.
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This is more of a specific fix for a specific problem. This solution is like fixing the leak instead of turning off the water.

joshklee said:
This is more of a specific fix for a specific problem. This solution is like fixing the leak instead of turning off the water.
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If you say so.
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joshklee said:
It's most likely the "SystemUpdateService" which constantly runs in the background with custom Roms. If your phone is rooted, download and install 'DisableService' app from Google Play and navigate to System>Google Play Services>SystemUpdateService and disable it. You have to do this everytime you reboot since it just tells you which services autostart and then you're able to disable them. This is a better fix than the AppOps option as you still need Google Play Services to run in the background. I had this same issue and this fixed it.
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will try it now and post update if anything changes.
timmaaa said:
It's probably Google Play Services that's draining your battery, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2832525
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I have tried it, but nothing happens.
Thanks for the reply everyone.

what if i disable all the packages with 'Disable Service' app that is found under android system in the battery details page?
i.e
quickboot
pppreference
fused location
key chain
ant hal services
locationservices
dev tools
etc.
is that going to interrupt anything or damage the os in anyway?

have the same problem with cm12, tried different gapps, nothing helps.

[Help Required] Android System ( System_server) drain battery issue (5.1.1)

I know I am not the first one to post about this issue. I have searched, not only on xda, but some other websites. I just cannot find a solution. I am running 5.1.1 non rooted Stock ROM. I have tried everything. Enabled and Disabled a lot of settings. Nothing seems to work. 20% for that Android System is just too much. It started a week ago. Today I have Installed "Quick System Info PRO" and it shows that some "System_Server" is eating battery due to a high usage of RAM and Proccesor. See attachments please.
I am thinkg about updating my OPO, but I am not sure if this will help.
Did you find a solution? Do you know how to fix this? Please share your knowledge with me.
I used to plug and charge my OPO once every day and a half. But now I have to live with my charger inside my pockets because I am charging my phone every 10 hours.

There are any other apps? Also, try with android 6.0, might fix something.

Hi @srsdani.
Thank you for your reply. No. There are not any other apps eating battery. Mostly because I am at work, I use Whatsapp.
I should also mention that the phone gets super hot for no reason, like when you are playing a game after a long time. (Due to the intesive CPU usage).

leokook said:
Hi @srsdani.
Thank you for your reply. No. There are not any other apps eating battery. Mostly because I am at work, I use Whatsapp.
I should also mention that the phone gets super hot for no reason, like when you are playing a game after a long time. (Due to the intesive CPU usage).
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there can be couple of problem responsible causing this .if i would be you , i would deep wipe my every os related partition and flash a new maybe unofficial cm 12s /any non crazy rom properly and see the results

You use at work wifi or mobile data?

Off topic :
Privacy guard shows phone is awake while charging phone(location service) is waking up only while charging.. Anysolution?
1.i have disabled screen awake in dev options
2.i am using original charger
3.i am on latest cos13
4.while charging screen is completely off & no background apps running (greenifyd)
Even wakelock Detector also shows phone awake.. How to disable??

Wifi
srsdani said:
You use at work wifi or mobile data?
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I use WiFi, mostly.

#sychrome# said:
there can be couple of problem responsible causing this .if i would be you , i would deep wipe my every os related partition and flash a new maybe unofficial cm 12s /any non crazy rom properly and see the results
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I'm thinking is OS-related. But by doing some search you will find a lot of people with same issue. Even non-OPO users. I'm gonna give it a try anyway.! Thank you for your reply.

leokook said:
I'm thinking is OS-related. But by doing some search you will find a lot of people with same issue. Even non-OPO users. I'm gonna give it a try anyway.! Thank you for your reply.
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try better battery stats and correct firmware and recovery , if possible do everything in fastboot inc flashing

So, yeah, I got the most expected update, installed and worked great... Until some issues showed up, like lockscreen freeze, and now the "you can't see you WiFi power consumption" issue. I'm mad, I know WiFi was taking a huge piece of my battery ( tried some suggestions) but now a bug report appeared, and this is what I face today
Before it was like this
What should I do now? A clean install ?
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leokook said:
So, yeah, I got the most expected update, installed and worked great... Until some issues showed up, like lockscreen freeze, and now the "you can't see you WiFi power consumption" issue. I'm mad, I know WiFi was taking a huge piece of my battery ( tried some suggestions) but now a bug report appeared, and this is what I face today View attachment 3741929
Before it was like this View attachment 3741930
What should I do now? A clean install ?
Sent from my A0001 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Don t fast reboot
Shutdown your device and power on
Reboot enable system drain
Disable from security settings google administrator
Cyanogen device manager does the same
Also cyanogen statistic are not used any more to lollipop
Do not use greenify apps from version to version update has opposite results
If you want better battery use apps that will disable sensors and locationwhen device sleep

Anyone having problems with battery drain after pie update?

I have a Google app at top of the battery drain list, about same % as my display, basicaly it never goes to sleep or whatever. I allready did factory reset because there where other bugs after update, so all the bugs are gone except this one..
Any thoughts on what i can do about this one? Its a nasty one.. I also had big bt problem that made my connection to my car useless but reseting the phone and radio helped with that one..

unevoljitelj said:
I have a Google app at top of the battery drain list, about same % as my display, basicaly it never goes to sleep or whatever. I allready did factory reset because there where other bugs after update, so all the bugs are gone except this one..
Any thoughts on what i can do about this one? Its a nasty one.. I also had big bt problem that made my connection to my car useless but reseting the phone and radio helped with that one..
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Configure Google. In Google you excludes everything you do not need. There is much to for shut off. For me the battery lasts longer on Pie than on Oreo.

ZmisiS said:
Configure Google. In Google you excludes everything you do not need. There is much to for shut off. For me the battery lasts longer on Pie than on Oreo.
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If you meant that google tracking stuff, location, ads(info,security,personalization), turned it mostly off as i dont need most of it, restarted, enabled disabled google app but the thing keeps going in the background. but i never touched this settings before and all was fine so it shouldnt be that. only thing that works is disabling google app, but kinda worried what i lose by doing that, is it going to sync contacts, notes and that basic stuff if its disabled..
hvala!

unevoljitelj said:
If you meant that google tracking stuff, location, ads(info,security,personalization), turned it mostly off as i dont need most of it, restarted, enabled disabled google app but the thing keeps going in the background. but i never touched this settings before and all was fine so it shouldnt be that. only thing that works is disabling google app, but kinda worried what i lose by doing that, is it going to sync contacts, notes and that basic stuff if its disabled..
hvala!
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I don't know. I use the Google Beta version.
Nema na čemu.

Well i for one lost the ar emoji with the update. Was it just me?
Best regards

Yes oreo is much better or even Custom rom

Hey,
Same issue here. Did you find any solution?

Rhaziel007 said:
Well i for one lost the ar emoji with the update. Was it just me?
Best regards
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I have never had this!!
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I'm having issues with my battery. With oreo it lasted at least 1 day, now I have to charge 2 times per day. I hope some software update solves this problem.

i never used ar emoji so i dont know about that but on the google app draining my battery.. nothing helped, well one thing did, i disabled the app and battery is ok now.. english is not my no1 so talking to google assistant is not something i did every day, but ocasionaly i used it to set a timer or reminder wich i cant atm because it is disabled, thats the only loss i can find

Rhaziel007 said:
Well i for one lost the ar emoji with the update. Was it just me?
Best regards
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I never had ar emoji on my a8

Samsungoogle said:
I never had ar emoji on my a8
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I received it on the november update. And now it's gone.

Rhaziel007 said:
I received it on the november update. And now it's gone.
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You just didn't install it and it disappeared?

Pie lot batter drain
On pie battery many lot drain 2day 1h mid 1day 5h on Oreo 1day 10h 15h or max 20h on mid power mode

I got pie a few days ago and can confirm my battery life has got worse - previously I would have the battery drain 1% every 4-5 mins on oreo while on pie at the same brightness it drains 1% every 3 mins (screen on). I have cleared the cache partition after the update

whatsapp voice and pubg
after pie update i had a problem with voice in whatsapp and pubg
its like popping and distroyed
did any one have a fix or advice
i did factory rest and wipe data and it didnt work
the problem are the same
other app like facebook and youtube are fine and sound too

Hello,
I have the same problem
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