Anybody else having problems with the latest Google maps causing a large amount of wakelocks to occur. I noticed my battery wasn't doing as well so I checked with cpu spy and it wasn't deep sleeping as much as it should. I used wake detector to see what was happening and the Google maps was the culprit.
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Yup im getting the same thing. Try clearing Cache/Data for the app and if that doesnt work just freeze it till the next update rolls around
Thanks for the info. I will give that a try.
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Use Greenify from the play store to hibernate apps.
I fixed same issue with autostarts (disabling most of maps startup processes). I found a guide on xda somewhere that I followed...
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I keep finding maps running in my running apps list and it is always in my battery list. I have never used it and keep force stopping it but it keeps restarting itself. Is there a reason to this and can I stop it?
Thanks.
PS. I am a newbie coming from iPhone 3gs, this is my first android phone so am new to it all. Sorry to ask so many questions!
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I charged phone to max before I want to bed and then took off charge. This morning after 8 hours, down to 90% battery and maps had used 50% of battery! What's going on!
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Don't worry about it. You're spending more time/battery trying to kill it and worry about it than its using by just doing its thing in the background.
Just open the maps app and make sure its not doing anything funny. If its not having issues then just leave it.
Dropping 10% over an 8 hour period over night is completely normal. The only reason why maps was 50% of the battery consumed is that the screen was not on and the rest of the system wasn't doing anything.
I know what your saying but over 16 hours that's 10% of my battery wasted on nothing that I ever use and phone keeps running out so I want that 10% back!
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I can see where you're coming from mate, its not acceptable. Have you tried going into manage apps and clearing data for Google maps, then if that doesn't work you can uninstall updates from the same page, go to android market and update the maps app. If all else fails you can try a factory data reset from the backup and restore menu option. Hope this helps
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actually, are you seeing maps running when you go to settings then applications then use the running tab?
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It not showing under running apps, nothing mentions apps but there was something under Google services called locations and I have force stopped that so will see what happens. Maybe a update will sort this. I have turned off all location services and GPS but when on browser it still knows where I am when I do searches so I think the browser is triggering something to restart! Hope that makes sense!
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Under Settings/Apps/Running I see Maps running constantly for NetworkLocationServices. Can't be killed and turning off all location services doesn't help.
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have you turned off location in the browsers settings? its in the privacy and security tab.
go2mo2 said:
have you turned off location in the browsers settings? its in the privacy and security tab.
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I found this tobe the culprit to why maps took up so much battery.
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I have disabled this so fingers crossed! Looks good so far, thanks very much.
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Thanks go2mo2, that change plus a reboot got rid of it.
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No problems mate
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Still having problems with this, disabled everything I can think of. I just want to uninstall maps as I never use it but I can't.
Maybe Google Latitude is turned on in the Maps Settings?
I'm wondering if its Facebook keeps activating it as that also keeps starting in apps and I can't turn it off as cannot access any options in ics.
So since I've had wake locks with Google maps I thought I'd disable the app when I'm not using it, also I disabled all GPS services. And I've been getting 4hours screen on time, my previous best was around 2 and a half.
If you don't use maps much and need the extra battery life , then give it a go.
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agreed maps app is the real battery problem.
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issue confirmed with latest version of maps...no wakelocks anymore since i deleted maps
I'd love to get 4 hours screen on time with maps enabled , that would be happy days . But I'm a moderate users so 2 and a bit has been fine.
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How do you disable it without uninstalling?
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How do you disable it without uninstalling?
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probably through titanium backup. you can uninstall it or freeze it
I used Autorun Manger
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rs.autorun
Unticked all the autostarts in Googlemaps and have no problems with wakelocks. Plus the beauty is I can start Googlemaps as normal.
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How do you disable it without uninstalling?
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I just went into setting , all apps, maps , then uninstall the update, once that's dine it give you the disable option. So I've disabled it.
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Trying this now. I have been trying to crack the 2 and half hour screen on time for a while now. And even to get there was rare.
I can't stop the TrafficAppWidget Update even though I'm not using the widget anymore.
Any solutions?
Meets34 said:
I can't stop the TrafficAppWidget Update even though I'm not using the widget anymore.
Any solutions?
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How do you know its running? I don't even have that widget.
jhericurls said:
How do you know its running? I don't even have that widget.
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Settings-->Apps-->Running
It has two "Map" apps running, the location service and the traffic widget.
im pretty sure its Lattitude thats causing Maps to stay on....maybe just disabling that will work also?
Edit: never mind
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I used Autorun Manger
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rs.autorun
Unticked all the autostarts in Googlemaps and have no problems with wakelocks. Plus the beauty is I can start Googlemaps as normal.
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Once you start it manually, do you need to kill the task again or the problem will start or is the problem solely down to services starting?
Update: some screen shots of my battery stats with maps disabled for the day. Well I had to use maps for about 2 hours but then I disabled again. Also brightness us about 40% the rest you can see on stats.
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Simer03 said:
im pretty sure its Lattitude thats causing Maps to stay on....maybe just disabling that will work also?
Edit: never mind
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Latitude does have an option for disabling background location updates. I've had that disabled since day one and have never seen wakelocks nor excessive battery drain associated with Maps. Am I doing something wrong to not be having this issue? :-D
Got the same issue, battery drained too fast.
Yeah I've been noticing quite a lot of wakelocks with the latest google maps. The version before I updated didn't seem to have this problem (or it was much less of a problem). I'd rather not have to disable the whole application though.
(Not using latitude either, I know that drains battery but it's actually doing something to show for it)
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Latitude does have an option for disabling background location updates. I've had that disabled since day one and have never seen wakelocks nor excessive battery drain associated with Maps. Am I doing something wrong to not be having this issue? :-D
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This.
You dont need to freeze or uninstall maps. Just log out of latitude.
You have to turn of all GPS services to stop maps from running in the background
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See attached picture. I am experiencing unusually high battery drain. Could it be attributed to Google Maps causing over 60 wakeups in almost a 3 hour time period?
Since I posted OP 10 minutes ago it's now up to 83 wakes.
Probably more related to an app that is using maps. I had that problem before but can't remember which app it is. Are you using any check in type apps?
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Not that I know of. I never check in with facebook. As for other check in apps like foursquare etc I don't even have any installed
Is it just acting up? Did you try force closing maps then see what happens or a reboot? Or is this an ongoing problem?
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Had the phone for 2 days. So ongoing I wouldn't say. I tried wiping app data but not force closing.
Weather widget using location service via maps? Latitude? I was having the same issue so I just froze Maps. Don't have this issue any longer. I rarely use the maps/gps so I just unfreeze when I need to use it.
I use maps a lot so I can't disable that but I do use accuweather as well maybe I should turn off the automatic sync on that?
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pettigrew95 said:
I use maps a lot so I can't disable that but I do use accuweather as well maybe I should turn off the automatic sync on that?
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Same issue here, looking for a solution. Please let me know if found...
Like 30% of my battery for the third day in a row is Maps, yet I haven't opened maps once. I restart everyday and it happens again. I assume it has to be the gps, but i dont know of any app that is using it, either.
Touchdown uses about the same amount of battery, so I'm wondering if it has some gps feature running I don't know about? How do I figure out what the problem is?
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Like 30% of my battery for the third day in a row is Maps, yet I haven't opened maps once. I restart everyday and it happens again. I assume it has to be the gps, but i dont know of any app that is using it, either.
Touchdown uses about the same amount of battery, so I'm wondering if it has some gps feature running I don't know about? How do I figure out what the problem is?
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try this, go to your app manager, locate your map(gps) etc.. and wipe cache.
If you turn off your location access i think it might help.
Using anything like Google now ?
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Can other apps be using GPS as well like weather?
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freeze your maps..when you not use this..
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Is there a specific app/util to see exactly what might be keeping my phone awake? I once was lucky and un-installed Weather channels app which stopped it but now it's happening again and cutting my battery life in half again
Try something like BetterBatteryStats. It will show you wakelocks and such.
Thnx, I also found one called Wakelock detector
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