Recent content by JDMaxx

My brother committed digital suicide this morning. I learned from him never to use another Gmail account as the backup account to a primary Gmail account & to disconnect 2-step Authentication. He recently reset both Gmail passwords and setup 2-Step authentication with phone. He uses keepass...

I have the same issue on Droid Maxx. I have 3 yahoo accounts hooked up to gmail app. I went to Gmail settings & changed the yahoo email syncs to "Never" for all three. Restarted my phone. Then cleared the cache, for my phone. After all that, its still using 22% of battery. I plan to remove...

Alright; the sideload works great! Installed it last night. Charged over night and right now I'm at 94% battery life. Same usage as yesterday. This is an improvement over Jellybean (already upgraded to KK). Although; my brother has the same phone as me and his updated automatically last...

I just sideloaded a few minutes ago. I'll post again tomorrow around noon with an update. Posted via Android Central App

Thanks for the suggestion. Turns out it's the version of Google play services. 4.0.34 is bad (that's what I have) 4.1.31 is the new. I'll download the apk tonight. Posted via Android Central App

Re: Crazy battery drain I have the same problem. Phone is down to 46% from 100% this morning. Normally I'm at 67%-74% by end of day. I just checked Google play services and I have 4.0.34. I altso am a noob to android central. This battery drain issue brought me to the yard. Posted via...

Screen time is 2h 24m. Brightness is set to auto. I don't like brighter screens, they give me headaches. Since my last post my battery is now at 48%. Going to try my 3rd restart of the day now. Posted via Android Central App

I updated to KitKat last night. My battery is worse. I charged all night. Got up, it was 100%. 6 hours later I'm at 51%. I've never had it perform this bad. In battery heading it says "Google play services 51%" WTF. Phone is physically hot. I just got rid of a POS Thunderbolt. It would do...