Google Play Services Draining Your Battery? Here's Why and How To Fix It

Welcome to the home of the best How-to guides for your Samsung Galaxy needs. In today's video, we talk about what exactly Google Play Services does and how it manages so much more than just the Play Store. Why it takes battery and how to Fix that. 6 steps to save battery from Play Services.
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[@jimmyispromo]

Sorry it's so long, I'm still in my Trainer Mode from my previous job.

[@ashishmulye6734]

Hi Jimmy, I tried all the tips from your video but it didnt help stop the standby drain. Finally i figured out something which can be additional tip which you can add to your video. I found that samsung's "find my mobile" was draining battery in the background. i disabled Samsung's "find my mobile" option in both foreground and background. In developer options under "background processes" i disabled "find my mobile". Now things seem to improve a bit in terms of standby. Will have to monitor for few days but its something which also affects battery drain which you can add to your tips

[@Saiputera]

@@ashishmulye6734 try to disable all the apps. It improve my standby a lot

[@cyberdasherxd2505]

volome up and power button doesn't work on s10

[@rixcano6936]

Nah, x2 playback speed will do

[@Saiputera]

@iWipe • how do you close all the running apps manually? Force stop it?

[@rudylittlewolf]

I swear Samsung should be sending Jimmy some paychecks for doing them a favor by explaining all of this to us. Always the best information and tutorials right here. No need to watch anyone else.

[@decarabiia]

i mean he did say that he worked from samsung from his past videos.

[@Mikein203]

I 100% agree with your comment. Jimmy has an amazing channel and is more than willing to go into detail with all the latest changes and updates. I love and have much respect for the hard dedicated work he's putting in. Thanks again Jimmy!

[@DBZwarriormod]

My friend told me to search GT2020PSN on Google and it actually gave a Google Play code!😐

[@cutecats629]

@@DBZwarriormod Thank you!

[@klutchboi3266]

Did it work for you guys, I have the same issue with Google

[@PhillipLemmon]

Clear cache, disable sync (check for errors), disable location, turn on find Wi-Fi automatically, volume up and power wipe cache partition, clear Google play accounts.

[@Munixturn]

What is clear play account? To delete?

[@PhillipLemmon]

@@Munixturn meaning log out of Google accounts

[@shaneintegra]

Click and hold "location" Click "Google Location History" Turn off "Location History" That is usually always the culprit

[@tnlp9631]

also turn off wifi & bluetooth scanning

[@bioLarzen]

Haha, location history was amongst the first things I turned off :D I could simply not think of a scenario where that information would be useful or important to me...

[@Clementine_444]

It says to pause doesn't have the turn off option

[@MICROKNIGHT3000]

@@bioLarzen Stolen phone

[@bioLarzen]

@@MICROKNIGHT3000 Since the device virtually never leaves my home... that's not a likely scenario in my case ;)

[@joysgc6353]

Crisp, clear, and easy to apply. Thank you, Jimmy, for these fantastic tips. Did the first 5 steps already and will check the usage. Thank you, once again.🤗☺️

[@YouAnboob]

Thank u so very much, I almost through my 3 months old S20 in the garbage bin because the battery would only last for 5 hours ! And it was overheating to a scary point, I took it to Samsung service centre 3 times and they kept saying there is nothing wrong with it. I tried everything. Watched your video, and when I followed ur guidance found an email app that was running in the background for 16 to 17 hours per day! And consuming 150 to 170 % of the battery life !!!!! Logged out from this email app and the phone battery lasted at least for 20 hours and more !! Thank u again mate

[@HellcatCustoms]

Battery Usage: Google Play Services - 1.3%, KZbin - 70% 😝

[@alexifyy2145]

exactly ！

[@brianmsahin]

😂😂😂😂👏👏👏

[@pankajshendkar7639]

yyyaaa its suckss😪😪😪😒😒😒😕 is there any way to lower battery drain for youtube

[@jeffreymichael540]

Due to quarantine I am using KZbin way more than before.

[@SyncBabi]

@@jeffreymichael540 Ironically Google Stock is down because less companies are advertising because of virus

[@redpilledstoic]

Thanks for the great tips! Definitely been seeing my battery performance go down and phone heating up after the latest UI update.

[@aryanrawat8475]

Heating issue really sucks... I also experience the issue

[@skwasim9000]

Yes heating issue is the worst thing in my device

[@ProtosTV]

I use a bixby routine that disables sync entirely unless I am charging and that makes absolutely zero apps in my battery usage show up as "background usage" I don't even see google play services in that battery usage screen. ever since I made that routine not only do I save a lot of battery but I still have important stuff synced when it is charging. I STRONGLY recommend setting a bixby routine to disable sync when you are not charging unless you have some reason you must have it on even off the charger. but for me it works amazing and I don't have to think about syncing because it does it when I put it on the charger.

[@khiangnong1349]

I'm going to give it a try and apply to my bixby routine.

[@mega4304]

@@khiangnong1349 did it help?

[@Vwerlg]

@@mega4304 probably a malware

[@ShadowZ_61]

How do I set it up could you explain it step by step?

[@febsie]

But wouldn't disabling sync also disable looking for emails in Gmail? Like you want to sync your emails right,? Not only when you are home charging, but you need to look emails on the go?

[@armadillohead0287]

"7% is a lot" My phone: 30% hold my beer

[@stratos59]

mine is at 50% lmao

[@darrenmccann6621]

Mine was 65%🙈🙈😂😂

[@dhruvrai2170]

Mine is 80

[@harshitgautam753]

damn mine is 24%

[@zandatsu07]

If you're using google related apps thats ok

[@StewartP45]

Thanks, this video has saved me a couple of times now with Play services on both occasions spiking to something like 20-30 per cent battery useage, and a normally 2 day battery almost dead inside 12 hours. Suspect the issue was another app which was also drawing a lot of power and triggering Play services in some way. Anyway, followed your advice steps and sanity was restored- both the phone and mine !

[@ApArsenal]

Can I know how you found out one app triggering Google play services

[@StewartP45]

@@ApArsenalSorry, I'm afraid it's that long ago that I can't remember the details now. Looking back at my comment I don't know that I pinned down an exact app but applying the Play services steps from the video must have fixed the issue long term.

[@jannowak8951]

One comment on entering recovery mode though. It is true as shown on S20. On S8 and S10 (both of which I have) you use Bixby button to. Once the device is off, press and hold the Bixby and volume up buttons, then press the power button. Let go of the power once the phone turns on, while still keeping the Bixby and volume up buttons pressed.

[@dariusdolha4146]

i have a new s22+ and I had 15% on Google play services 😂

[@kevtechs]

To better save battery, you can click the "sync" button on your drop down buttons. You will save a ton of battery and please make sure to turn of nearby scanning by going to connections>more connections>nearby scanning (turn off)

[@ajzambhande8675]

How much tons

[@ajzambhande8675]

phone is not even 1ton i know you r just sayin' for fun but still no logic

[@kevtechs]

@@ajzambhande8675 Try it, you'll see a slower drain rather than one that is more constant

[@rubyjane8116]

Really???

[@IIISentorIII]

Thank you for this, my Google play service uses 13% on my Note 10+..... Cheers

[@ethanmorris3404]

FYI BOOTING TO CLEAR CACHE PARTITION, if you have a Galaxy s8 or similar you have to use the power button, the volume up button and the bixby button. Once you see the Samsung logo appear let go of the power button and the bixby button but continue to hold the volume up button until and again until you see the boot options. Great video BTW.

[@knowledgeman86]

I just turned all sync off on everything.. my battery life is like 2 days.. on note 9+

[@HoweyJR_]

LG G8 Gang!!!!!

[@ExtremeWays4Bourne]

It improved that much??

[@ssk9220]

Does g board consume a lot of battery ?

[@shawnstuckey2461]

Ok. Going to help everyone out here quickly. I've been monitoring this for some time. First, no need to clear cache...🙄 second..go to your accounts, put everything that's not a priority off to not auto sync. Third and most important, turn OFF automatic updates for Google play store. You can always manually check when you need or want to. Automatic updates DO drain battery. With these adjustments I have monitored for a while. If it's even google play store or google services, I show either one ranginging from 0.5 to 1.6...sometimes in the 2 range. It's been a LONG time that I can even find a time that reached even 3. Before I could CONSISTANTLY see through the history many times hitting from 4 to 7. I hope this helps everyone😉

[@leongkimoh2057]

With the new UI, How does one check for total screen-on time per charge?

[@nickmotsarsky4382]

Why would you want ANY apps to have access to your location all the time, instead of Only When App is Active??

[@shaikh.quadeer]

if u lose your phone chances are t too less of getting it back at least in India 🤣

[@wews2047]

@daserej805 then leave that on in location access. I open this in but the other apps set to on when in use. You will know what apps needs the location access and not.

[@bluepawn]

daserej805 that is a Google stupidity : turn off that GPS option... if you loose your phone, start remotely that option... I have no idea why it s not possible to turn this option remotely ? they can spy us by starting the camera and micros automatically without asking us but that GPS option : WE can't ?

[@comradeakaov408]

@@bluepawn you got them.

[@adamkee97]

Play Services on my phone never exceeded 0.5%. I guess that's a good thing...

[@bortrex11706]

Watching this already drains my phone

[@hurontoikiy7036]

😂

[@bluelittle366]

thank you so much for this video! my phone's battery was draining so fast these few days, then i learn from your video and clear cache partition(i never did this before because i am afraid it could brick the phone) and now my phone is good as new and i had been using it for 3 years and counting, no more battery drain, Thanks again jimmy, ur channel deserved better! 🙏🙏💪

[@bioLarzen]

You may also want to give the app called Bouncer a try - all it does is automatically revoke the permissions you give your apps whenever you are not using them - so they are not gonna do funky things while running in the background, basically unused. May save you quite some battery juice.

[@Leftifield]

Thank you for this video. It's something that I was looking for long time now...

[@charleswindsor1184]

Jimmy, very very helpful I have an A52s 5g & have tried several times to initiate the "booting mode" as suggested @ 9:40, without any success. Any suggestions to bringing up the correct screen?

[@ungas8978]

Plug your phone via usb to a computer. it should be a data cable and not just a charging cable. then do the steps above.

[@jacksonkaniu8481]

A1

[@xiaoyu88]

4 years later and this still works. Thank you.

[@prithwish8205]

Why does this showing screen on time without even opening it?

[@sauravmisraz]

EXPERIENCING SOME ISSUES WITH GOOGLE PLAY STORE AS WELL.WHENEVER TRYING TO DOWNLOAD ANY APP OR GAME FROM PLAYSTORE , ITS SHOWING AS "DOWNLOAD PENDING " FOR INITIAL 10-15 SECONDS, THEN THE DOWNLOAD IS STARTING. AND ON DOWNLOASDING ANY APP FROM GALAXY STORE, ITS NOT ADDING A SHORTCUT TO HOMESCREEN, NEED TO PUT THE APP IN HOMESCREEN MANUALLY. DOES IT HAVE ANY SPECIFIC SETTINGS ? "ALLWAYS ADD TO HOME SCREEN" IS TOGGLED ON BY D WAY PERDON FOR TYPING IN CAPS, MY LAPTOPS CAPS LOCK BUTTON IS MALFUNCTIONING.

[@caalca05]

What case and screen protector are you using?

[@R2D2_7]

This video does need some compliments... nice one my battery not drain too fast now

[@edwing1947]

Thank you for your videos. I have the S21 ultra 5g and I have found something useful in each of your videos

[@Darewood.]

I've done a clear cache partition before and ran into an app issue (specifically my Secure Folder). The message that I got would say could not sync with Secure Folder. I still have no idea why that has happened.

[@deepjyotiray2010]

How does the 4th point save battery ? I would say this would increase battery usage as the OS will continuously check for location changes and turn on/off the wifi automatically. I would suggest to turn off this option, and when heading out just turn off the wifi manually like most people do. When you are back and you dont wanna be on your sim network data, turn off the network data and turn on the wifi. Saves double the battery.

[@marseillesw]

Was looking to see if anyone was gonna call him on that, if not I would've. Good catch bruh

[@leonwong95]

My Google Play Services is at .4% running 15hours a day so I guess I'm fine 😉 thanks btw

[@Flash363]

How do you do this? Mine was at 9.9% just a day ago!

[@sauravsaha6112]

@@Flash363 mine is less than 2% 😁

[@damienthorsson1500]

@@Flash363 I had 51% ahhh

[@adixar]

How did you get into the booting mode by only holding your power and volume up briefly? I have to hold them all the way until it goes in or instead it turns one the phone on...

[@MA-cx9os]

Mine ranges from 0.9% to 1.6% bit facebook and instagram goes to 10%. I also denied the blood presure sensore to plays services and it lowerd the usage %.

[@paulmarsdensr8199]

Great video. I'm going to try this on my S9 plus. Take care.

[@grantchallinor5263]

On the wiping cache partition on a Samsung phone (thanks for the tip), on some Samsung phones (perhaps older than the S20 used in the video) you need to press volume up+home button+power on button to turn your phone on to access this.

[@siddhantsikka9275]

Subscribing this channel just for this beauty. Keep up the good work🤗🤗👌👌👌

[@cardboardpackage]

Hey Jimmy great video, but can you please disable 120hz when filming? It looks extremely blurry when scrolling.

[@infotruther]

I second that.

[@Germ5563]

True

[@preetss8718]

after android 11 one ui 3.0 same problem. pls help😕

[@toddwilliams1710]

I have watched a lot of videos on KZbin, and I created many do-it-yourself video myself. Your videos are well organized and well written. Most of the KZbin videos are not well organized and not well written.

[@vijayveeres]

Which mobile you are using (inn this video) ?

[@jeromesiso771]

Very useful. From 6.8% down to .3% Thanks!

[@unclekim0]

This is the best solution for my samsung device i ever seen on youtube Others youtubers just give solution to put down all the features, meanwhile the main problem is some app keep refreshing location and some account always trying to syncing item every second on the background, so the battery drain like crazy Edit: after doing this, my s21 going from 4,5h to 6,5h SoT

[@sayantan.mukherjee]

Google play services have been running on my Galaxy S10 for more than 16h straight and it has consumed 0.6% of the battery. But I'll definitely keep the idea.

[@MusicArenaYT]

There is one app that I used which has been a saviour, it's called Gservice Fix, and it works a treat 👍🏻

[@seanjun_]

Please info the developer's name

[@MusicArenaYT]

@@seanjun_ the only way to get it is now via Google it got taken from the store not long back, it's a great app and works a treat

[@iZacq]

Is there any option to auto clean the App cashe

[@Ki77a_WhSpRz]

Good info Jimmy.. I'm usually running my Google around 1.3-1.5 percent.. Appreciate this info I'll keep this in mind if it gets higher

[@Flash363]

How do you do this? Mine was at 9.9% just a day ago!

[@mrbrad4637]

Great video. Much appreciated! You've saved me having to wipe my note10 and start from scratch - something very time consuming and annoying. My battery life is now what it use too be when I first purchased it. Love your work

[@PhamCaoPhuTri]

People: Google Play Services use 7% of battery is HUGE. Me: crying with BlackBerry OS 10.

[@naoconta]

Qual aparelho você está usando? Tem algumas otimizações que você pode fazer no OS BB10. Ainda em 2020 eu estava usando o blackberry z10 como aparelho secundário. Todos os serviços google funcionaram bem após alguns procedimentos. Se quiser, posso ajudá-lo.

[@lonniec7603]

Now do Bluetooth & Location lol Thanls for the info JIP

[@Flash363]

Bluetooth?

[@lonniec7603]

@@Flash363 meaning bluetooth and location drain your battery joke

[@cicada3312]

So I tried the clearing cache partition on my s10, but it did not bring up the menu. Is it something different with s10, and s11?

[@DeepDemon211]

Wipe cache partition Turn off the device. Press and hold the Volume Up key and the Bixby key, then press and hold the Power key. When the Android logo displays, release all three keys. An 'Installing system update' message will show for 30 - 60 seconds before the Android system recovery menu options appear.

[@cicada3312]

@@DeepDemon211 Thank you, holding the Bixby button worked on my s10

[@giovannibrito7]

Very good youtube video tips about the draining battery topic 2 thumbs up 👍👍

[@techlord5573]

You helped a lot thank you 😊 because I was so tired of my battery Dying.

[@AZtheOG]

My battery is draining 20%

[@muhammadjawad8257]

Good informative video ♥️ I DO all steps on my note 9 love from PAKISTAN

[@vanja300]

Excellent tip, Google play services is now taking only 0.6 % now. Keep up the good work.

[@prafullhardikar9240]

Hi Jimmy very nice and useful video 👌. You speak with appropriate speed not too fast or not too slow. Keep up the good work 👍. Do you make videos only for Samsung phones?

[@claudioparisi3943]

Hey Jimmy could you please explain why the 2 different Maps at 5:42?

[@jarvisc952]

First of all, the battery usage is displayed in percentage. If your Google Play Service has high battery usage percent, it can be an indication that you barely used your phone and your other apps did not used much battery which is good. Lets say if I leave my game on for a few days straight, the game is going to use so much power that it makes the google play service battery usage insignificant. My Google Play Service battery usage is only 0.36%.

[@ToonamiT0M]

Thank you. Useful, clear, and easy to follow steps. Rare for help videos.

[@Mapantz1]

When Galaxy's get a software update, they automatically clear the system cache. You don't need to manually do it.

[@a-aron6724]

Oh ackually

[@HSTMachine]

Hahahahahaha if your Galaxy actually GETS the god damn software updates. AT&T is a real bastard. I just manually clear the cache of my most used apps once a week or so (Spotify, YT, Chrome, etc.)

[@DainaSancho]

Did a search you have to push Bixby button also on Note 9. I had seen that before but forgot. :))

[@LockiFlycatcher]

Has always been a pain since my s3 days. Canf believe that up until today on the s20 it still bothers a lot of people.

[@catherinesummerfield5231]

perfect video. Thank you so much for sharing

[@Chef316]

Thanks Jimmy!

[@ShirlBussman]

New subscriber and thanks for a great video. 😊👍

[@LouAnnBeuke]

Super Helpful! Thanks

[@vaibhavwagh9782]

Thank you so much, This fixed my battery drain issue for s23 ultra earlier it was 10% and now its 1% approx. Also got screen on time of 6hrs 20mints after draining battery 58%. Now battery is at 42%. Thanks 🌻

[@m.n.d5949]

Thank you. This is very helpful

[@bluelittle366]

google play services is always running in the background although the % is very low, but i notice some battery drain when the phone is in idle, thanks to this video i went to check the google account and there is something keep syncing and i fix it~ good job keep it going

[@amircoolboy100]

which permission should I disable from google play services? I tend only to keep on: storage, SMS, phone, contacts

[@meyerssj]

Hello . Video so helpful.. but, one ?.. another highly viewed Samsung tech battery video by Sakiteck, says to not enable the wi fi tip to turn on automatically when near frequently used networks . I think your are right.. but, this is confusing.. can u please advise

[@TheRealEdSmall]

Great video mate, really helpful.

[@bkelly663]

Hey Jimmy. I enjoy your videos and have found many to be very useful. I have a Galaxy S10e with AT&T. I'm still not able to get the Android 10 update. I did the clear cache trick in the reboot mode. Any other suggestions for me to get the update? The customer service people at At&t are unable to help. I don't want to factory reset my phone, I'd lose so much. Thanks!

[@ernestohysa9818]

You can download the latest AT&T firmware for the s10e and using odin to flash it to your phone. ( When you download the firmware you will se 5 files, you will need all of them except the csc one, you will take the home_csc, that mean that you won't factory reset the phone.) Do some research in order to do so, it's not even hard if you watch some tutorials etc. You can learn and read and see it for 15-30 minutes and you will know what to do.

[@amanagarwal561]

I am getting a maximum of 3% so should I do the changes which u said in the video?

[@corrodedMentality]

Is Google Framework Services the same thing? I don't have Google Play Services in my battery tracker list at all.

[@mojointrepid]

Great info. One more is to turn off automatic app updates in the play store

[@umorfaruk7346]

Absolutely nice video

[@brianbroussard4433]

VERY informative. thanks for useful info.

[@RazzTheKid]

If I've removed some apps\settings with ADB does that stop me getting to the cache menu when powered off?can't get to the options to wipe cache partition anymore?ta

[@MO-nj7tj]

I don't sync anything.. I off my location.. it fixed everything. Hahaha

[@judahjaquith6854]

I can't figure out how to adjust what syncs and what doesn't on android 12. Can u make an updated video?

[@tomwilson7765]

Jimmy is the Galaxy guru! 💪🦾👍

[@yourcontentguy2107]

I have recently bought a S20 FE 5G and for some reason my Google Play Service uses between 32-52%. But at the same time says that it uses 1%

[@tracywhitt344]

I got it to work.. Thank you. 👍 I do have another problem with my phone but don't know how to explain it exactly, my whole screen will refresh, it flashes from the right side to the left and back, it does it fast.. I've never had a phone do that before and do not know why or how to get it to stop.. I've only had this phone since November 2019, nothing should be wrong with it.. any suggestions on how to fix that?

[@ChadH2023]

Excellent video 👍

[@nitsujxeon]

clear partition, i it will delete the update caches?

[@juka8527]

Wallpaper download link? thanks

[@tiwitiwi6202]

thank you very much. im subbing!

[@jevancordice1595]

Great video.. tnx

[@rscsextra]

Very usedul video!

[@shahnawajalam5086]

Please make a video on MDE SERVICE FRAMEWORK battery draining issue on note 20 ultra.

[@RociBran]

You are assuming that we know how to get to where you are starting from. I was looking at another recent video on Good Lock but you were already there. Ugh, this isn’t helpful to me at all and frustrating.

[@Flash363]

None of this worked for me, I've optimized every single app and less than 10 have access to my location, only 2 allowed always. I've turned off location history, I've cleared cache partition and removed and reinstalled my google accounts. Turned off sync for EVERYTHING and for some reason I'm still getting battery drain from google play survices, pls someone help.

[@mjk9462]

Same as your issue . . Now I'm testing my phone after uninstalling all updates from Google play services . . You can find this option when you go to settings > application > Google play services > click 3 dots on the corner

[@Flash363]

@@mjk9462 pls post how that works for you!

[@mjk9462]

@@Flash363 I noticed some improve but I don't know that improvement from which step exactly, but in my opinion, do the same steps in video and turn off the "auto update application" from google play and from samsung app. Because when I have a day with no update ( Google play service run 18 hours on background and use 4% from battery ), on the day I make update to my all applications ( Google play service use around 12% from battery)

[@snandansharma8317]

When will nxt update on my samsung GS9+ will come?

[@shawrmarolls]

one ui 2.0 and android 10 should maybe be the final update. security patches may continue for 2020 I guess

[@cariza5]

Dear Jimmy, could you please help me, I have a Huawei P30 Pro and I have 8 Gmail accounts and 3 yahoo accounts, in the Sync Account, I have turned of everything which is Sync Calendar, Contacts, Docs, Drive, Gmail, Google fit Data, Google Play Movie &Tv, Google Play Music, People Details, Sheets and Slides, will I still receive emails etc and is 8 gmails ok on my battery, also should I remove my 3 yahoo accounts from the Google Accounts bit, All the very best from Scotland.

[@anooptiwari1000]

Hi Jimmy, I am not able to go into boot mode? Does it not works in beta mode in Mt s20 plus?

[@usmantariq7997]

Can you please share the link for that wallpaper?