Possible fix for unexplained Play Services drain since last update

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bblzd

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• May 23, 2014

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Settings > Storage > cached data. Clear it and reboot.

Went from 5% drain with 45mins awake time, back to not registering as a drain with minimal awake time.

Let me know if it works for you.

Edit: The Google Play service was called ApiService in Settings>Apps>Running and hasn't returned.

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TiltedAz

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• May 23, 2014

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bblzd said:

Settings > Storage > cached data. Clear it and reboot.

Went from 5% drain with 45mins awake time, back to not registering as a drain with minimal awake time.

Let me know if it works for you.

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Had a strange one last night with a Google+ linked website asking me to log in. I was already logged in to Google+. Meanwhile the little white LED blinked all night. Battery showed Google Services gobbled up 60% of the charge.

 

Elluel

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• May 23, 2014

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I have it updated, no drain, didn't do anything special apart from already having Google Play Services' location Services disabled in the "Disable Service" app.

 

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ghalib87

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• May 23, 2014

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bblzd said:

Settings > Storage > cached data. Clear it and reboot.

Went from 5% drain with 45mins awake time, back to not registering as a drain with minimal awake time.

Let me know if it works for you.

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If you have a rooted phone use greenify and greenify donation package

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Letharqy said:

I have it updated, no drain, didn't do anything special apart from already having Google Play Services' location Services disabled in the "Disable Service" app.

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You might not realize it's there if you have other Google Play Services being used. Overall it drained about 3%-5% of my battery with 30-40mins of awake time.

The service was called ApiService under one of the Google Play Services found in Settings > Apps > Running. Since doing this it hasn't come back. Also clearing this data cache doesn't cause you to lose any settings.

Updating the original post with a screen shot.

 

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Rufufu

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• May 25, 2014

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It worked for me !

I think clearing cache will be a new thing to do when I will have issues in the future. I lost this habit when I decided to stay stock!

 

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baySF

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• May 25, 2014

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Rufufu said:

It worked for me !

I think clearing cache will be a new thing to do when I will have issues in the future. I lost this habit when I decided to stay stock!

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Tried to clear the cached and it did get rid of the api services, but I still have the other play services running all the time. The pictures show the three services and the services inside the three main ones. I watched a 3 minute video on uTube and my battery went from 100 to 98 after.

 

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bblzd

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• May 25, 2014

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baySF said:

Tried to clear the cached and it did get rid of the api services, but I still have the other play services running all the time. The pictures show the three services and the services inside the three main ones. I watched a 3 minute video on uTube and my battery went from 100 to 98 after.

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Those will always be there even with Locations off. The ApiService is the unexplained drain, good to see it got rid of it for you also.

 

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akash3656

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• May 29, 2014

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My personal fix is to revert Google Search to 3.3.11.x

And then Google Play services stopped going haywire.

Also, turn Location Reporting off.

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Letitride

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• May 30, 2014

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Exchange Services seemed to be draining the battery - it usually doesn't show up when I look under Settings > Battery to see what's running, now that I got a few settings tweated related to Google Play Services and Android OS - down 20% in a few hours after a full charge isn't the "usual" for my usage pattern.