Why is my battery draining so fast on my Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport?

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Draining battery on Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport

My battery seems to drain really fast lately on my Galaxy S5 Sport and what I can find is that Media Server is using a lot of battery and I do not know how to force stop it or shut it off. Suggestions?
 

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Re: Draining battery on Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport

Welcome to Android Central! That usually means that there's a corrupt media file (i.e., a photo, video, or music file) that the Media Scanner is getting stuck on--this causes the CPU to work overtime and drain the battery. Corrupt files are usually on the SD card, so unmount the card (in Settings>Storage), remove it, and reboot the phone. Insert the card into your computer and run chkdsk to look for bad sectors: http://forums.androidcentral.com/am...guide-using-chkdsk-fix-corrupted-sd-card.html