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Google Play Services - Feb Update Battery Drain

The recent update of Google Play Services (background update) has led to horrible battery life. Has anyone else experienced this?

Aria807 said:
The recent update of Google Play Services (background update) has led to horrible battery life. Has anyone else experienced this?
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yes.
go to your main phone settings, location, press google location reporting, disable location reporting and history. that shoukd take care of the extra battery drain, it did for me as soon as i disabled that setting.

Yea I been researching on this left n right, but if I do that, it messes with my weather location. Is there a way to go to a previous version of Google Play Services that didn't have this issue?

Aria807 said:
Yea I been researching on this left n right, but if I do that, it messes with my weather location. Is there a way to go to a previous version of Google Play Services that didn't have this issue?
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really? it doesnt mess with my weather location, nor google nows weather for me. i guess if you grab a previous apk of the play services, replace the newer version and reboot, maybe. but i think itll just update itself again.

simms22 said:
really? it doesnt mess with my weather location, nor google nows weather for me. i guess if you grab a previous apk of the play services, replace the newer version and reboot, maybe. but i think itll just update itself again.
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Oh corrections. I mean it'll mess with my google maps location if I want to GPS.

Aria807 said:
Oh corrections. I mean it'll mess with my google maps location if I want to GPS.
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weird.. all is working as it should for me.
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That's odd. When I try to go to Maps after I turn off google location reporting, my lil location blue dot is gone. And when I try to press on the locate/center-in icon, it just says "Waiting for location"
**EDIT** rebooted phone and now it's working. I'll see if I still get the annoying drain.

Aria807 said:
That's odd. When I try to go to Maps after I turn off google location reporting, my lil location blue dot is gone. And when I try to press on the locate/center-in icon, it just says "Waiting for location"
**EDIT** rebooted phone and now it's working. I'll see if I still get the annoying drain.
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Well, it's waiting for the GPS to get a fix.

Not sure if related, but "Android System" battery usage for me is higher than what it normally is. Before, it would sit around 10-12% on the battery list, now the norm seems to be 16-20%.
Are you guys seeing that too?

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this app made my phone freaking slow! it just keep popping to start the accessibility service though it's on.app crashed when click to show,& app is really slow!log attached.

Sorry to hear that. I took a look at the logcat but it doesn't give me much to go on.
Can you tell me what device are you using, Android version, is it a custom ROM, do you have Google Services installed (it's required for the GMaps)? My guess is that for some reason your device is not returning the list of active accessibility services correctly or at all. If that is the case, then it's better for you to not use it, unfortunately.
Thanks!
killoid said:
this app made my phone freaking slow! it just keep popping to start the accessibility service though it's on.app crashed when click to show,& app is really slow!log attached.
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dferreira said:
Sorry to hear that. I took a look at the logcat but it doesn't give me much to go on.
Can you tell me what device are you using, Android version, is it a custom ROM, do you have Google Services installed (it's required for the GMaps)? My guess is that for some reason your device is not returning the list of active accessibility services correctly or at all. If that is the case, then it's better for you to not use it, unfortunately.
Thanks!
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my bad! i've not installed google play services on my device,so it's useless for me.

No problem
Cheers
killoid said:
my bad! i've not installed google play services on my device,so it's useless for me.
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Can we make it so that us ppl who's privacy is deeper can use it I myself don't run any Google apps or gapps package
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also would you mind posting app here
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Google Now Help

Hey guys,
So I have this reoccurring problem on Google Now where it always thinks I am a few miles away from my house when I am actually at my house. I was wondering if there was a way to essentially "factory reset" Google Now? I want to open Google Now be able to set it up as if I was using it for the first time ever. Clearing the app cache doesn't work because it will just ask me to sign in using my email and then all my info is imported and my problem is still there. I know I have my correct address input because I have continuously gone through the set up process of that specific card to try and fix it.
Here's a screen shot to show what I am talking about.
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Google Now tells me I am currently 8 minutes away from home, yet I am home! If I open the card to navigate GPS recognizes that I am in fact at home!! [emoji35]
Anyways any help to fix this would be highly appreciated.
Thanks.

Take out battery and then put back it in...that should work
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2nuh said:
Take out battery and then put back it in...that should work
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Wow can't believe I never though of that! Thanks, you're a genius!!

You might see what your location services settings are. If Google now only had access to your cell tower-based location, it might be off by a few miles. Whereas your navigation app probably has permission to use your GPS. This seems especially likely if your navigation app isn't Google maps which may point to a restriction of all Google apps to location data.
On an unrelated note, I would be hesitant to publicly display something as personally identifying as a map pinpointing my house. Maybe I'm just paranoid from one too many SAEDA briefs.

cntryby429 said:
You might see what your location services settings are. If Google now only had access to your cell tower-based location, it might be off by a few miles. Whereas your navigation app probably has permission to use your GPS. This seems especially likely if your navigation app isn't Google maps which may point to a restriction of all Google apps to location data.
On an unrelated note, I would be hesitant to publicly display something as personally identifying as a map pinpointing my house. Maybe I'm just paranoid from one too many SAEDA briefs.
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Thanks for the tip, but here in Texas we are allowed to shoot first ask questions later lol jk

The Stig 04 said:
Thanks for the tip, but here in Texas we are allowed to shoot first ask questions later lol jk
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hahahahahah not funny

2nuh said:
hahahahahah not funny
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If you're butt hurt about my sarcastic remark to your sarcastic answer, maybe you should keep your sarcasm to yourself since you clearly cannot handle when it's fired back at you.

Samsung "Enhanced Features" popup driving me mad!

I don't know what updated today, but now I can't do anything without this dialogue popping up. If I click "Decline", it will just popup again within seconds no matter which app I'm in. It'll pop up when I'm doing anything, but if I wanted to force it to pop up to show you, all I would have to do is take a picture, and it will pop up either while I'm trying to take it, or just after. This made me think it was the camera, but I can be in iHeartRadio and it will pop up.
I know it's Samsung specific because it mentions "Samsung" in the Terms and Conditions, but it doesn't mention that app or service it pertains to. It is the worst ever, and I don't want to Accept it just to make it go away.
Any ideas on a solution?
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The only way I could get it to stop was to accept it. I swear it's lawsuit worthy

http://bgr.com/2015/05/12/galaxy-s6-features-spam-samsung/
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ring_GT said:
http://bgr.com/2015/05/12/galaxy-s6-features-spam-samsung/
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Thanks. I even searched here for both threads and posts with "enhanced features" and nothing came up. I didn't search the Edge section, though.

For those that don't go to that link, this is the solution they give:
All you have to do is check the box agreeing to the terms and conditions, and then tap the agree button. Yes, this means you’ve just opted into the service. Then, however, you can open the Contacts app and tap on your own profile, which will appear at the top of the list.
Now, simply tap on Profile sharing and slide the toggle to off and you’ll disable the new enhanced features.
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The only problem is, I followed the directions, and after trying to turn Profile Sharing off, I got a spinning circle that finally ended with Profile Sharing back on. If this happened within my 14day BestBuy return period, I'd be heading in to exchange this for an iPhone 6+. This is not good, Samsung.

android police posted work around
Per Android Police there is a work around for the issue.
The popup is for the "Enhanced Features" component that includes Simple Sharing. This feature lets you push large files and profile information to your contacts. A lot of people probably just agree the first time it appears, but the fine print is clear that agreeing means your phone number, messages, and contacts will be collected by Samsung. - per android police there is a work around to stop it. -androidpolice.com/2015/05/11/some-galaxy-s6-owners-are-being-plagued-by-a-samsung-popup-that-reappears-every-few-minutes/

amishtech said:
Per Android Police there is a work around for the issue.
The popup is for the "Enhanced Features" component that includes Simple Sharing. This feature lets you push large files and profile information to your contacts. A lot of people probably just agree the first time it appears, but the fine print is clear that agreeing means your phone number, messages, and contacts will be collected by Samsung. - per android police there is a work around to stop it. -androidpolice.com/2015/05/11/some-galaxy-s6-owners-are-being-plagued-by-a-samsung-popup-that-reappears-every-few-minutes/
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I froze it in TB. Have not seen it since
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njdevils28 said:
I froze it in TB. Have not seen it since
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What is the process/app name in TB that you froze?

tlbland0426 said:
What is the process/app name in TB that you froze?
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Enhanced Features

Disable Services App going berserk...

Today I tried fiddling a bit with this app. It's all good but after disabling a couple services in the Gmail app and finding out that they were needed a few minutes later, it seems like whenever I try bring them back to their prior unfrozen state they just won't stick, and every time I open the app they appear to be unchecked again. I'd really love to keep using this app but I damn sure need Gmail so...any idea on why this might be happening?
Edit: the app keeps killing the processes as shown on the attached pic.
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I also sent an email to the developer, looking forward to be able to use the app without issues if I manage, it solved all of my wakelock issues, then this happened...

Still nothing from the dev, in the meantime I switched to Inbox which doesn't seem to be affected, still hoping to fix this tho...

I am getting google play services not installed, contact manufacturer for assistance.

abs0lut3z33r0 said:
I am getting google play services not installed, contact manufacturer for assistance.
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I used to have the same problem. It turned out that I was being too aggressive with disabling limes into Google Play Services. However if I restore them it simply sticks as it should in the app, so it's not a big deal. With Gmail however it's a whole different story, at least on my device/ROM layout. I could try a full wipe but ain't nobody got time for dat...

A factory reset didnt repair the service status. I am rethinking of using disable service , does it slow down the phone over time ?

abs0lut3z33r0 said:
A factory reset didnt repair the service status. I am rethinking of using disable service , does it slow down the phone over time ?
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I'm mot using it right now, but I moticed that after I unistalled it the processes I blocked within the app remained blocked. A few seconds before uninstalling I just enabled Gmail, and being the app removed it just sticked for once. So even tho it's quite a crooked way to do it I managed to have Gmail working and the app doing its job anyway, even if it's currently not installed. It is a shame that one has to do such dirty workarounds in order to make things work as they should without breaking functionality, but that's the "fix" I'm using at the moment. Still no word from the dev so I've kinda lost hope anyways.

^Controlling App startup in android is tricky and i use disable services for apps that dont listen to AppOps , BootManager . All GCMIntent and Analytics Service are disabled

abs0lut3z33r0 said:
^Controlling App startup in android is tricky and i use disable services for apps that dont listen to AppOps , BootManager . All GCMIntent and Analytics Service are disabled
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I wonder how much of a difference all of our micro managing really makes. Sure some processes are pretty toxic but when running a very slim build like deodexed XtreStoLite there isn't really much left to kill...right now I'm just using Greenify after a fresh install and I seem to be getting pretty much the same battery life...
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No work for greenify on a clean install . The apps and service pile up over time . For me its :-
1. Freezing /unfreeze for facebook,kindle,amazon,etc
2.Disable services
3.App Ops
4. If apps crashes because of service disable then add on greenify
5. App Ops Startup + bootmanager
Using Old version of some apps like airdroid.