Recent content by rita_alac

I got an s4 a few weeks ago, my battery was running pretty well until google services started showing up on the battery consumption with the highest of consumption of around 60% ... Now, my battery drains like crazy ... I dont use google +, google now, maps or anything like that and my location...

U saved my life haha I updated it and its no longer on my battery usage!! Thank you!!

Disabling as in force stop? I will do the update too! :)

There is an update for maps, should I update it? Or should I uninstall? I don't mind completely uninstalling maps as I won't be using it much. How can I uninstall it? Thanks again!

In my syn settings I have Sync calendar, contacts, bookmarks, internet open pages and memo. Is there anything else or somewhere else I should check? Thanks a lot! I will download wakelock.

Thank you all for trying to help. I have all location settings switched off as shown in the pics below. However, maps is still running on my application manager and on my battery status. It is still the highest percentage on the battery status, now giving me 42% and my screen 12%. It's really...

Thanks for your reply. I dont have many apps downloaded yet, just the normal social media apps ( facebook, twitter etc ) and they are not running most of the time. Here's a pic of my battery life, which shows google maps draining it for no reason :S thanks

I've bought the Samsung Galaxy s4 2 days ago and have noticed my battery life draining. Last night when I went to sleep it was on 98% and when I woke up it was on 48%. I had all apps closed during that time, my gps turned off, the only widgets I use are weather/alarm clock. When I come to look...