Hi, anyone knows why is the google play services on my device running in background like crazy?
It drained a lot of battery, i left my phone watching movies for 2 hours and it drained almost 4% doing nothing
Google Play Sevices is not a singular service or app. It is a package of processes that always run in the background, pinging Google services to sync data, track location, etc. So even when your phone is sleeping, Google Play Services are running and consuming battery. Furthermore, *something* has to be at the top of the battery usage chart, even when the phone is doing nothing. So when the phone idle, Google Play Services will move to the top of that list by default. In other words, just because Google Play Services is the #1 consumer of battery doesn't necessarily mean the battery drain is excessive or abnormal.
If you are convinced Google Play Services battery drain is excessive, there are Magisk modules that allow Google Play Services to be battery "optimized" but this requires root.
sublimaze said:
Google Play Sevices is not a singular service or app. It is a package of processes that always run in the background, pinging Google services to sync data, track location, etc. So even when your phone is sleeping, Google Play Services are running and consuming battery. Furthermore, *something* has to be at the top of the battery usage chart, even when the phone is doing nothing. So when the phone idle, Google Play Services will move to the top of that list by default. In other words, just because Google Play Services is the #1 consumer of battery doesn't necessarily mean the battery drain is excessive or abnormal
If you are convinced Google Play Services battery drain is excessive, there are Magisk modules that allow Google Play Services to be battery "optimized" but this requires root.
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But is it normal for the google play services to run in the background for 15 hours in a day? Do you know any other solutions that does mot require root?
Short answer:
1. Yes
2. No
Long answer:
1. Google Play Services (GPSvc) are an integral part of Android. GPSvc link all the Google apps and services on your phone. There is no way to completely disable GPSvc without crippling those Google apps and services. GPSvc allow Gmail to notify you of incoming email, YouTube notifications, Google Maps navigation and traffic info, Play Store and system firmware updates, etc. Just about everything you do on an Android device is tied to GPSvc in some way. So yes, GPSvc will always run in the background so long as your phone is powered on (unless you disabled/uninstalled GPSvc, or flashed a custom ROM like LineageOS that has no GPSvc components to begin with).
2. GPSvc are system files, which means they cannot be modified by the user without root access. This is also why GPSvc normally cannot be battery "optimized" in the device power settings. The Magisk modules allow GPSvc to be whitelisted and added to the list of battery "optimized" apps.
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To those of you who are getting over a day of battery life, do any of you have Google maps latitude location reporting on ?
My phone has been unplugged for about 45 mins and maps is already on top of the list of wake lock detector.
I have it off and am getting about a day under fairly heavy use.
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I have the basic Location services on but GPS off obviously and i have maps frozen untill i need it (Maps is NUTS with wakelocks) and background data off along with everything else that shows up under data usage. All background off but email, hangouts, google services, play store, weather, gmail, or anything else i need for alerts i need to get. So all music, youtube, es file ex, goo manager, dropbox, has all background data off.
I also only use Air call-accept and quick glance as my only air, motion or smart screen options on. I'm getting 5+ hours of screen time on. I hope telling you what i do helps if your trying to get better battery life.
Turned it off from reporting. Wonder how i can add it to the greenify app list. Might have to convert to user app
In general this is a well-documented problem, but it hit my DNA only after the most recent OTA. I am surprised no one brought this up here.
If you enable Google Location Services in settings, Google Services will proceed to initiate hundreds of wake locks and turn the GPS on for something like 15 minutes per day, resulting in much downgraded battery life. It will do it regardless of whether you use Google Now or anything else for that matter. Basically it appears Google has decided to keep track of the phone's location on a minute by minute basis as a default option.
The way to turn this off is to disable Google Location Services under Settings - Location and by setting to "off" Google apps location access in Settings - Accounts & Sync - Google - Location Settings. As far as I know this also kills Google Now and your location in Google Maps.
However, to use Google Maps only occasionally, I am not willing to pay the price of a permanently crappy battery life and be subject of so much spying.
If you are rooted there is a way to turn the location services on automatically with Tasker when you run Maps. I am on un-rooted stock, so that doesn't work for me. Another option is to use MapQuest or any other third party maps app.
Any other ideas / suggestions are welcome.
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When checking the apps that use up the batttery, look at Google services and the apps that call it. Then go one by one and clear data and cache for each app then reboot.
Google services went from the 2nd most battery draining item (just after screen) to nearly the bottom.
So I followed a guide to disable services/events, location in Google Play Services and Google Services Framework for the purpose pf improving battery life. However, it disabled my check in ability to Swarm, foursquare, and Facebook, but I can navigate in GMaps. Is there any way tp fix this?
Thanks!
Google Play services start constantly, is greenifying safe? I don't use the app auto-update feature, but account syncing (contacts) is important. I won't remove the wake-up path yet.
I also greenified Google Play Store.
I was unable to make in-app purchases (I had to degreenify), so some issues appear.
Musicbee said:
Google Play services start constantly, is greenifying safe? I don't use the app auto-update feature, but account syncing (contacts) is important. I won't remove the wake-up path yet.
I also greenified Google Play Store.
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It's useless, there are many wakelocks attached to it, when you try to cut it, Google play force close
The problem is whenever I close them I can see their processes running in the background (checking with htop). I can kill them manually but I would have to do that every single time. So what I'm asking is if there are any way to restrict an application from running in the background on Android Pie. I have tried BackgroundRestrictor, Battery optimization > Optimizing battery usage, Background restriction > Restricted.
I still haven't figured out any solutions to this and found out that Discord is also doing the same...
Apparently Servicely can stop services so I stopped the WhatsApp and Google Maps services running in the background. Problem solved.