Media server draining my battery life, what is it and how do I stop it?

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Hi, I have a Droid Maxx and today my battery life went from 90% to 6% in about an hour. My phone was not running anything, it was put on standby and not even around me.

When I went to check why my battery was drained, it said "mediaserver" was taking up my battery life. I've never seen it before on my phone and it won't let me force stop it.

What should I do? (Yes I even turned it off and on again to see if it would shut it off. It didn't)

I have no SD card slot, not many apps or pictures.
 

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Hi, I have a Droid Maxx and today my battery life went from 90% to 6% in about an hour. My phone was not running anything, it was put on standby and not even around me.

When I went to check why my battery was drained, it said "mediaserver" was taking up my battery life. I've never seen it before on my phone and it won't let me force stop it.

What should I do? (Yes I even turned it off and on again to see if it would shut it off. It didn't)

I have no SD card slot, not many apps or pictures.

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