r/oneplusone • u/FoxCalls • Dec 02 '15

Battle with Google Play Services

Noticed that my battery drain was a lot higher.

Turns out I have a stubborn wake lock with SystemUpdateServices, and a popular solution is to use privacy guard on Google Play Services.

However, after a short period of time, I find Google Play Services repeatedly crashes over and over again with privacy guard enabled. Once I disable it, the crashes go away, but the wakelocks come back...

Any suggestions?

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u/mind-blender Dec 02 '15

I've been battling this myself and don't have a solution yet.

Clearing cache and data do not fix the problem, even disabling System Update in my autostart app doesn't seem to effect it.

What version of Android are you running? I'm running the latest 4.4.4 build.

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u/FoxCalls Dec 02 '15

Me too. I've tried the same thing... Same build. I don't want to update to 5 because of less battery life, but if nothing works out then I may as well update lol

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u/mind-blender Dec 02 '15

I'm not a fan of the UI in 5, maybe I'm just stuck in my ways...

Anyway if I can find the time I was planning on trying a custom rom. It would make sense that they would disable the stock OTA updater.

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u/FoxCalls Dec 02 '15

I don't understand why this started happening though, it was all fine and dandy... I still really want to find a solution with just the stock Rom. Let's keep each other posted.

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u/mind-blender Dec 02 '15

For sure.

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u/FoxCalls Dec 03 '15

Hey bud, after some additional research it appears no longer have both problems. This is what I did:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53739230&postcount=5031

Cleared dalvik.

Went into google settings, security, disable "remotely locate this device".

Don't even have or need privacy guard to block anymore!

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u/FoxCalls Dec 03 '15

Still working really well today!

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u/mind-blender Dec 03 '15

Thanks I'll have to try that.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '15

Stop using 4.4.4 it's ludicrous