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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxo60:
Nice that more and more people is getting rid of this annoying issue.

:laugh:

I think Message app is draining too much, at leats that you are sending msm all day, it souldn't be like this.

I can achieve one full day as you say, my Google Services drain is around 10% now with all the options enabled, but it is true that people can deactivate some of these features to get more battery.

Some people also reported that disabling and enable the options for Google Services make the drain to stop. Also I read somewhere else that Maps and Google Services would have a drain until you can get a full lock on GPS on Maps. I don't know if this true, just saying what I have read across forums.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxo60:
PSX 8.5 is out with new kernel and compiled with new toochain!.

:D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxo60:
I attach my drain overnight with new version:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theprodigy85:
Just noticed this thread. It's the Google Maps app that is causing the drain with Location Reporting set to ON. You need to disable the setting.

Launch Google Maps and go to Settings --> Google Location Settings --> Location Reporting > OFF

This does not affect Maps or any other apps' ability to detect your location. Location Access remains ON. Turning off Location Reporting just stops Maps from sending out pings at set intervals to constantly have an up to date location stored on your phone somewhere. With the setting turned off, your phone will only update your location when you or an app requires it to do so, on demand.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hmmy 4444:
well i do text alot :P ... is any ones N4 power button having probs becuz by pressing it so many times i heard it gets broken n then we hav to press like really hard to make it work.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxo60:
Excellent explanation of the problem, still I think most users with the Google Services drain confirm this as a reasonable workaround.

That explain a lot. I have noticed that the Power Button is feeling different over the time, but still I doubt it could be broken for normal usage.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxo60:
I reverted back to stock to wait for the update, it seems that sometimes the auto restore function is not working. If anyone has this kind of this issues, just write here to receive help.

:D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] banjker:
This does indeed help.

For me turning off mobile data (I don't have a data plan) also improved battery since Google Keep was keeping the phone awake trying to sync. Obviously it couldn't sync since I don't have mobile data.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaganmohal:
I unchecked "use wireless networks". This stoped the battery drain issue but now my stock samsung weather doesnt update even though I set the weather update interval to 1 hour. Please help.

I am using samsung Note 3 on Stock 4.3
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmydn90:
How can I disable this setting "Wi-Fi & Mobile Network Location" in Android 4.2.2, HTC sense 5, because I cann't find it? zzz
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agnomen:
How?

Hey, I have s4 and battery seems to drain for me. How does nexus 4(I know it doesn't have the bloatware and stuff like that) only drain 5% in 22 hours. I turned off all my sensors and stuff that potentially drain the most.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxo60:
Well, if you don't have mobile data, it is always wise to deactivate all the auto sync options.

Samsung and Sony weather widgets are known for being drain monsters. If you still want auto sync, try to enable the wireless network options and just try to disable Locaton History and Reporting Location from the Google Location options. That should stop the battery, but all the auto sync apps should work correctly.

I don't exactly know how, but some pages back some user reported from Xperia device and the option was under his "Locations" settings, try to find it there and see if something says anything about Google.

As I stated before, Sony and Samsung widgets and bloatware drain so much battery. You should try to root your device and remove all the things you don't use. On the other hand, you can try to install the Google Play Edition on your device to get pure Android experience and battery should be better; besides this, a good ROM and custom Kernel also can help.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbarayah:
You may want to check out touch control - it allows you to wake and put the device to sleep with swipe gestures. Once I started using it, I couldn't go back. Could save you some wear and tear on your power button as well.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.paranoid.touchcontrol&hl=en

Also, in response to the post earlier about the new Google Settings app - I had it pushed to my device two days ago and since then, my device is entering deep sleep much more frequently and Android OS drain is reported at under 10% again. Prior to the update, it was over 20%!

I have GPS settings set to allow the use of wireless networks and GPS satellites. Location history and reporting is off.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hmmy 4444:
thats awesome.. bt i dont knw hw to use it :D i am stock. wth bootloader unlocked n rooted.. will this thing work on stock?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbarayah:
Yes, I'm running stock, rooted 4.3 and it works just fine.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxo60:
New Google Play Services seem to be more battery friendly.

:victory:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hmmy 4444:
whch kernel to use??
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbarayah:
What kernel are you running? Are you on stock? If so, when installing the app and running it, it should ask you install a modified stock kernel that allows the app to work.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxo60:
Actually kernel is more ROM dependant. You should see which version you have, and then see if the kernel is compatible. There are JSS and JWR ROM's, so first you should know this. You can see this through the "About" settings on your device.

;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deacon_tampa:
Settings > Location Access > Wi-Fi & Mobile Network Location

A Thousand +1 Thanks for helping me to Love using my N7 (2012) Again!

It even works on my HTC One, as an added bonus!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxo60:
I'm glad that it helped you.

:o
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxo60:
Battery drain over night with Stock 4.3.

:cool:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Feimitsu:
Thanks for the proper explanation. Couple this with the recent G+ app update, and I think we're moving forward to a nice improvement, that makes location discoverable only on demand (your own or from one of your friends), eliminating the need for a periodic check that wastes battery.

EDIT: actually, turning Location reporting off prevents my friend to check for my actual location. They get my location, but not updated to the moment they request it (rather 1 hour before). So it seems that even with the new G+ version, location reporting has to be enabled to let other users request your actual location.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jambo04:
Also noticed mega battery drain on my HTC One after 4.3 update. Found that turning off "Wifi and Mobile Network Location" dramatically increased battery life to beyond that of what it had even before 4.3. It also however rendered functions such as the weather app less useful.

I have since found that, even with "Wifi and Mobile Network Location" on, opting out of Google Now has returned my devices battery life back to normal, must have been google now constantly trying to detect my location so as to let my friends know when im on my way home from work etc. Have now also turned off Location Reporting in Google Maps and expect to see even more improvement.

This thread and the knowledge in it is simple essential, my phone was useless for the few days that I had battery drain. Google needs to either do something about this or make this information public knowledge.

Thanks to all the posters above.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lim Wee Huat:
If only there's a play service toggle...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sddabrow:
I have a Note 3 and I was having the same thing happen. Last night I lost a total of about 20% battery and Play Service was the culprit.

Did some digging today and found that with the Location > Use Wireless Networks turned off, I never even saw the Play Service for an hour. However, it does restrict widgets and things with weather. Read another post on here stating the following that I am now trying and seeing some success:

"I hate having to turn that off because I want the Goggle Now services to work, and I've found on mine I keep all of that on and still get rid of the Google Services drain. The problem comes from the fact that even when you switch WiFi off, network location keeps it running all the time for location purposes. In 4.1 there was nothing you could do about it, but under 4.3 if you set the following:

Keep Wifi on during sleep > Never

Scanning always available > Unticked

This allows WiFi location to work when you're actually using Wifi, but not if it's only keeping Wifi on for location purposes. I have been running this for a while now, and the Google Services drain is pretty much gone, but full Google Now and Location Services are still available."

Credit goes to CheeseKeeper.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drezz2:
Good night.

I have a galaxy nexus, but I have the problem with the process "Android OS", since upgrading to 4.3 is a drama: (. Every two days (+-) at first (between 50 and 60h uptime) AndroidOS beginning to ascend% battery.

Now is totally random, today such 10h ago reboot the phone and all was well with the process between 5 and 6% of battery, but after a few hours I turned to look, and AndroidOS has 33% of battery and has been active 2h 11m.

Before it was a hassle to restart the phone every two days, now is maddening having to be aware continuously to see when it goes up the process and restart the phone again.

I have the GPS turn off all time (only turn ON when i need to use), and not check Wifi and Mobile Network Location

What I can do?

Thanks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neok44:
So is there ANY way to fix this without disabling location? i actually use the location service for google now and other features and need it on.

I'll gladly wipe my phone, install a new kernel, anything else, but i can't disable location.

I've had this for 2-3 months now but recently it's gotten a lot worse, my N4 battery barely lasts 3-4 hours if I'm using it. even standby is maybe 12-14 hours.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] z4tracer:
Hi Neo,

I think people here are having similar situation even if the phone is having its default setting.

As far as this thread explains, you can use google now but only with a certain version (check OP)

It seems the reason is causing from the location service, due to google is not stopping report your location by opening "3G, WiFi, GPS" to get your location more accurate, and that cause the battery drains a lot.

So in this thread we call solution, actually it is a workaround we have right now (disable Wireless location AND location report), to stop google service asking the position data to google server. This is a trade off (LBS vs Battery). In 4.4 I also try to enable google now it seems better, but when applying the workaround here, it actually worse than 4.3. (maybe in the future we have better rom).

Hope this helps.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Feimitsu:
Turning off WiFi during sleep resorts in using 3G that is even more consuming, so what's the deal here?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sddabrow:
Wanted to add more input, I recently turned off my Location Wireless Setting and had another wake lock by google search.

Any idea what EntriesRefresh_Wakelock is?

After turning off my location settings, the NLP went to 0, but this EntriesRefresh_Wakelock was on the entire time my phone was on (12Hrs).
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sp@wn:
I hope this advice will solve my problem too
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balazer:
I had high battery usage (25%) on Google Services, with Keep Awake time above 90%. My phone is Android 4.3.1 (CyanogenMod 10.2 nightly).

Of course disabling "Wi-Fi & mobile network location" fixes the battery use, but I didn't want to do that.

I wiped data on Google Services Framework (version 4.3-737497), rebooted, and that fixed it. Google Services battery use is just a few percent, normally.

Incidentally, enabling Google Now turns on location reporting and location history in Google Maps 6 even if you'd previously disabled them. That battery usage shows up for the Maps app with keep awake, and is just a fraction of the battery use of the Google Services bug.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drezz2:
i dont understand.. "google services" is.. "Android OS" ?

I have the GPS turn off all time (only turn ON when i need to use), and not check Wifi and Mobile Network Location

I dont now how.. but when hi wants.. even if it is in flight mode..the Android OS begins to consume more battery, normal is 4-5% but I've come to see as much as 45% which is solved by turning off and back down .. The time in which it occurs is variable .. sometimes 2 days 15 hours sometimes, but rarely are more than two days without it happening

what is "wiped data on Google Services Framework (version 4.3-737497)"?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxo60:
Sometimes there are problems with the reporting location and the Google Play Services battery drain, but it is right that it behaves in that way, because is not pinging Google's servers always.

You are welcome.

It is called "Location Reporting".

Another way to get device to work properly.

That drain doesn't come from Google Play Services, instead there could be a world of reasons for the AndroidOS drain. Check OP in the section of this wakelock to see some fixes for this.

Unfortunately, location works in this way now, but it is strange because you have too much battery drain.

You are right, but one note: in 4.4 you can enable only "Device only" for the location settings and Google Play Services battery drain would be completely gone.

WiFi should be always less battery consumer.

I have never saw that.

We hope it too.

Nice this thread helped you, thanks for sharing your findings.

Android OS is not the same as Google Play Services, that is caused by a great number of reasons and it is a little more complicated to find the culprit.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxo60:
Just a little advice for all of you on Android 4.4:

In Settings>Location>Mode select the one on the bottom, "Device Only". When I updated to Android 4.4, Google Play Services battery drain came again and it was around 20%.

Changing the mode to "Device Only", make the drain completely gone and increased my battery in around 20%.

Google Now will continue fully functional, as well as widgets. The only thing that I saw it was gone, was "Near Places" on Google Now and some apps that need location by mobile data have delay in locking position.

:good:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Indianrambo:
Wat abt location reporting on/off
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drezz2:
"That drain doesn't come from Google Play Services, instead there could be a world of reasons for the AndroidOS drain. Check OP in the section of this wakelock to see some fixes for this."

sorry dont understand. what is "check OP?"

I'm not the only one that passes I have read of other people with the same problem with "Android OS"
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Largamelion:
It's the first post in this thread (Original Post).
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KRISTIJANJE:
Disabled location for google services yesterday. Battery consumption is normal again. Hope there will be official fix for this.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thalinor:
I am using CM 11 Nightly. Last night I unplugged my N7 13' Wi-Fi after it was 100% charged so that I would not waste electricity. Again, it was at 100% battery.

I had WI-FI OFF, [ALL] Location Services OFF, Bluetooth OFF, and was in Airplane Mode.

I am using Greenify Paid and have just about every app Greenified so they don't start unless I open them manually, and have "cut-off" most "wake-up paths" on apps that like to start on their own. I did not "cut-off" Google Play Services though it WAS Greenified.

When I checked the tablet the next morning, about 8 hours later it was just under 50%. Google Play Services used FIFTY FREEKIN PERCENT battery in 8 hours with NO TABLET USE.

Tonight I decided to "cut-off" Google Play Services too using Greenify. Each time I cut it off, it would just start up again with a different kind of location process. I ended up cutting it off six times before it stopped, each time a different LOCATION type service waking up Google Play Services as soon as I disabled the previous services.

Greenify does not list the wake-up paths once you cut them off so I attached them all back hoping it would start waking up Google Play services with the intent to write them all down and list each service here in this post, but so far none of these services have tried to start Google Play Services again.

Seriously, this is creepy as fornication. I know I pissed off Eric Schmidt with those two Google+ messages talking about Google's/Apples illegal hiring & firing leaked emails a few months ago, and I know he got the message by blocking several of my Google+ posts that had been up for 6+ months within 5 minutes of sending those messages, but seriously Eric needs to get a life and stop spying on people.

There have also been times I have tried to start my tablets camera only to get an error "camera in use" when it [and anything else that would use the camera] was NOT in use or even open in the background. I tried to launch it again quickly a few more times and got the same error. Suspiciously, when I immediately turned off Wi-Fi and tried the camera again it immediately started without issue.

Man, Google you are CREEPY.

Edit: Those six hidden service processes have not come back up after reattaching them to Google Play Services. I am still waiting and will be watching for them like a hawk. Will post back when I have more info.

Edit 2: Used X-Privacy to fake my GPS location to Google Play Services as "Mountain View, CA". Lets see if that ruffles his feathers. ; )
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UniqueNate:
I just wanna know is Google even trying to fix this, or have they even mentioned they are aware of the problem? I haven't read an article or statement mentioning they are. I'm sure they are, but what are they doing about it. I would think Google would have fixed this by now. It's a serious problem and is killing many Android devices.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lalec:
Google thinks that they own your device and that they (and probably also the NSA) have the right to access your device at any and all times and for any reason. They make money off being able to send you "targeted" ads so to them it's not broken at all.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b00bs:
I found solution (?) for Android System battery drain. Using any app ops and go to android system, uncheck @ location and stay awake.

Every thing still works, include location reporting and Google Now.

With this way I'm able to reduce android system from 20% usage to 10%.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UniqueNate:
That sounds like a privacy issue. Unfortunately this world will never leave you private unless you're off the grid. If I want to avoid that, then I might as well not have a phone. I'm talking about battery draining issues. I'm sure they can tap in your phone without draining battery.

Anyways, when I turn location services completely off, that's when battery turns back to normal for me.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lalec:
Actually, I was talking about a battery issue. My idle drain decreased from 3 to 4% per hour down to 0.6% per hour when I made these changes.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UniqueNate:
Well, that good. Google just released 4.1 today for the Play Store and is said to fix the battery issues with some other new features.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lalec:
You have a lot of faith in Google. I've got waterfront property in Arizona I could sell you if you are interested. The version release notes I've seen do not say they fixed the worst problem which is that they continue to drain your battery even when all location services are disabled. Improving battery drain when location services are enabled is just a drop in the bucket.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpz1100:
Can you explain what exactly you mean here?

What an an app ops?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b00bs:
Here it is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.findsdk.apppermission
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MBCO:
Even with the update I'm seeing the battery drain again. 20-45% usage for the day and awake bar is pretty much solid blue. Everything else is greenified.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Braska90:
Same for me :(

I've to disable the location service so Google Now become's nearly uneusefull...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChristianPreachr:
Solved!!

The way I solved the problem was to use App Ops and turn off location access to Network Location. Network Location uses Wifi to get your exact GPS position. It's more accurate this way. Once I did this, I re-enabled the "Use wireless networks" under Location services. And voila, no battery drain!! While this is just a work around...it works. Now my gps position is soley from gps. I'll manage. Maps has no issue finding me. I hope this help someone!!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Braska90:
Thanks I've solved yesterday updating manually Google Play Service to the latest version!

:good:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lanwarrior:
But Apps Ops no longer works in 4.4. How did you get it to work?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChristianPreachr:
Sorry, I just found this thread. I'm using 4.3 =( Tho I thought Apps OpsX worked in 4.4.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AA1973:
OmniROM has AppOps included in their KitKat Release. And there is a AppOpsX module for Xposed framework, which also works on KitKat.

http://repo.xposed.info/module/at.jclehner.appopsxposed
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lanwarrior:
So no need to install ROM and just use the Xposed framework?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AA1973:
Yes. Xposed + AppOpsX did work for me.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2564865
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dedzdedz:
Thanks a lot, i just realised my phone was losing 5% to 10% battery hourly, i did what you said and it works. Cheers mate!!

Dedz LG-d802
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashupulse:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playfulgeeks.gservicefix

here is working solution...app link from playstore
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Markmaster:
Very strange solution. Is it safe?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silenus:
+1

How works this fix and what does it do ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] br0ok1ynb0i:
Anyone tried disabling google search? I disabled all google search services with Disable Service and seems to helped a lot. I personally do not use google now/search so it's fine for me.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] synaesthetic:
I "fixed" the Google Play Services (and other apps) doing the NlpCollectorWakelocks by using App Ops/Privacy Guard in CM11 to deny them wakelock permissions. The drain is completely gone and there seems to be absolutely no negative effect to my device whatsoever except for the occasional force-close when waking the device from sleep (this has happened maybe twice total since I did this).

Unfortunately, msm_hsic_host wakelock is still plaguing me.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohammedmisbah8:
Android System and Android OS causing massive battery drain

Could you please share the exact apk file you used?

There seem to be a lot of apps with that name 'App Ops/Privacy Guard' on the internet.