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?
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Hi, is there any way to allow only Google maps to use my location, without other google apps gets allowed to use it anytime? I want to use gps on maps, but seems like location services and other google apps using gps drains my battery. I also have a rooted S3, with AOKP running.
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.
battery consumed by google play services is almost half of it..i am really not able to understand what to do. i have searched forums regarding this but i did not understand exactly what to do.my phone became sluggish.its rooted stock firmware running 4.3 android.i am new to this.could any one help me out in resolving this issue.also i saw a solution which says update play services.how to update?
Use app called disable services from play store.
And turn off Google services
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This would break google services right? So no more sync gmail and such?
No I m using it for a very long time and it doesn't affect any functionality for Gmail or play store.
Don't know about Google now.
If you use that just check after you disable a particular service.
Don't disable network location and fused location service they are needed for maps to work.
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Sensamic said:
This would break google services right? So no more sync gmail and such?
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Disabling a critical service can have negative impact. I would recommend Greenify donation package for this since it only hibernates the service and it can start when needed. You will need xposed for Greenify's experimental feature to work
~ RazorMC
I don't know if this is related but I tried that app to disable services and disabled all the services in google play services.
Gmail and others didn't work, so I enabled them again just like it was before, but now I'm getting a "can't sync contacts" problem in the google account sync panel in preferences...
Seems only contacts is having problems when syncing. Everything else syncs perfectly.
What should I do?
I tried deleting my google account and then adding it again, but no luck.
Hi guys,
i try to keep my phone free from google apps but due to requirements of some apps this is not 100% possible. some apps require at least google maps framework. one does not need to install gapps for that. instead you can just copy 2 files to your system (https://sdgsystems.com/blog/installing-google-maps-framework-aosp-android).
i was wondering, if there is a similar possibility to install google location services. again, this is a requirement of some apps like geohash droid. if there is none, i am willing to install google play services, but can anyone explain to me what this software/app does? does it connect to google / phone home / whatever? do i have to register an gmail account in order to activate it?
Thnx
aeryn
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.
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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.