[SCRIPT][GUIDE] Reduce google play services battery drain [8.3.0.0] - G2 General

These past days I've been plagued with Google Play Services draining my battery, especially using the location services. Using Privacy Guard I could clearly see the absurd amount of times my location was requested, even with the location services OFF.
So I went digging and you wouldn't believe the amount of services and providers that google uses to enforce their location track onto the phone.
I am VERY selective with my startup apps, ranging from greenify to swiftkey and adaway, but nothing that explicitly requires any location services whatsoever. I know whatsapp requests your location, but only when you open it. At startup, with very few and selective apps starting up, NOTHING should require your location (having location services OFF), unless there's something that actively tries to monitor where you are (IE: watchdog service, locate my phone, etc).
By default, I had a LOT of requests from the play services for my location CONSTANTLY. I also had 6 or 7 services running in my phone associated with gapps (configfetch service, dispatchingservice, analytics, geolocation, etc).
By disabling all of what I disabled, I managed to decrease the amount of location requests (and therefore wakelocks and idle battery consumption) while still retaining basic functionality like being able to use google maps.
I effectively disabled GOOGLE LOCATION REPORTING, which IS ALWAYS RUNNING IN THE BACKGROUND and CAN NOT BE DISABLED unless you break the mechanism. How do I know? I used Greenify + Donation, and checked "Reveal hidden sync", then I went into accounts-> Google and BAM, location reporting was ALWAYS IN-SYNC, even if you disable it, after a reboot it would come back.
This is XDA so let's get technical, but first, proof:
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Automatic method:
1 - If you're using SuperSU, go into settings -> SuperSU -> Settings -> Enable SU during boot
2 - If you're unsure your rom has init.d support, try Universal init.d. If you're NOT using a nexus please let us know if it works (I'm looking at you touchwiz users )
3 - Go to the bottom of this post. Download either FixGS.zip or FixGSExtended.zip, flash through your recovery.
4 - After your next reboot it will take a while (couple of minutes tops, depends on eMMC speed, encryption, etc) to disable all the services. Go back into the SuperSU settings and DISABLE SU during boot.
5 -That's it, if you need to revert either script, a _REVERT script is also attached at the bottom of the post.
FixGS has all the essential location services enabled. FixGSExtended furthermore disables all the items noted below, under "Additional stuff to remove" in the manual method.
Manual method:
1 - Go to the bottom of this post
2 - Download either FixGS.zip or FixGSExtended.zip, extract the .sh file from it.
3 - Place it in /system/etc/init.d/ and give it 755 permissions (allow all execute and read boxes, only allow owner to write)
4 - If you're unsure your rom has init.d support, try Universal init.d.
4b - I use terminal emulator for Android to execute the script. Simply write
Code:
su
./etc/init.d/FixGS.sh
or
./etc/init.d/FixGSExtended.sh
5 -That's it, if you need to revert either script, a _REVERT script is also attached at the bottom of the post.

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Update 10:
Disabled the following:
Code:
[Activities]
N/A
[Providers]
N/A
[Receivers]
N/A
[Services]
com.google.android.location.internal.AnalyticsUploadIntentService
com.google.android.gms/.kids.chimera.LongRunningServiceProxy
Deleted/obsolete:
Code:
[Activities]
com.google.android.location.copresence.settings.ProximitySettingActivity
nearby.sharing.sharesheet.ShareHintActivity
nearby.sharing.sharesheet.ShareActivity
nearby.sharing.settings.TrustDeviceDialogActivity
nearby.sharing.settings.OptInActivity
nearby.sharing.AppNotSupportedDialogActivity
nearby.sharing.AppNotInstalledDialogActivity
[Providers]
N/A
[Receivers]
common.status.StatusServiceLauncherBroadcastReceiver
config.ConfigFetchService$SecretCodeReceiver
config.ConfigFetchService$PackageReceiver
car.BluetoothReceiver
nearby.sharing.NearbySharingBroadcastReceiver
nearby.sharing.ui.UiReceiver
nearby.sharing.GcmBroadcastReceiver
[Services]
common.status.StatusService
com.google.android.location.internal.AnalyticsUploadService
com.google.android.location.copresence.service.ProximitySettingInjectorService
config.ConfigFetchService
com.google.android.libraries.nearby.direct.service.NearbyDirectService
com.google.location.nearby.direct.service.NearbyDirectService
kids.chimera.UserSwitchListenerServiceProxy
Previous updates:
Update 1:
Code:
com.google.android.location.internal.PendingIntentCallbackService
is necessary for High-precision GPS positioning. This allows much faster GPS positioning (under 5 seconds) or in areas where GPS is unavailable, but wifi/data is.
Update 2:
Code:
com.google.android.location.internal.GoogleLocationManagerService
is not necessary either for high-precision GPS.
Update 3:
Code:
gcm.http.GoogleHttpService
, while possible to disable, gave me logcat spam about Google not being able to connect to ads servers. If it doesn't bother you, go ahead and disable it as well.
Update 4: It seems that google maps was sometimes left restarting on the UploadService, so disabling it in google maps made sense. Now it's no longer stuck. Not longer necessary
Update 5: Updated the guide, both visually and content-wise. I hand-wrote all the names of the items, that way you can always double check what's missing and what's not working.
Code:
[Activities][b]
com.google.android.location.network.ConfirmAlertActivity
[/b]
[Providers][b]
N/A
[/b]
[Receivers][b]
com.google.android.location.network.LocationProviderChangeReceiver
[/b]
[Services][b]
com.google.android.location.util.PreferenceService
[/b]
These allow a fully functioning location button (it asks whether you want to allow google to use the wireless networks to determine the position). It also un-derps google maps restarting.
Update 6: Added an option to re-enable Android Device Manager. Do take into account that this forces at least two extra processes running in the background for a feature you might not use a single time in your devices' life.
Enabling Android device Manager (you need to leave this service ON):
Code:
[Activities][b]
N/A
[/b]
[Providers][b]
N/A
[/b]
[Receivers][b]
N/A
[/b]
[Services][b]
[B]com.google.android.location.internal.GoogleLocationManagerService[/B]
[/b]
Update 7:
- Automated the process through sh script files
- Removed the following line, I couldn't get it to disable through the script
Code:
location.reporting.service.GcmBroadcastReceiver
- Fixed numerous item names, removed double periods, etc.
Update 8:
Main script changelog:
Disabled the following:
Code:
[Activities]
update.UpdateFromSdCardActivity
[Providers]
common.stats.net.contentprovider.NetworkUsageContentProvider
[Receivers]
com.google.android.contextmanager.systemstate.SystemStateReceiver
ads.config.FlagsReceiver
common.stats.GmsCoreStatsServiceLauncher
common.status.StatusServiceLauncherBroadcastReceiver
config.ConfigFetchService$PackageReceiver
config.ConfigFetchService$SecretCodeReceiver
com.google.android.libraries.social.mediamonitor.MediaMonitor
location.copresence.GcmBroadcastReceiver
location.reporting.service.GcmBroadcastReceiver
social.location.GservicesBroadcastReceiver
update.SystemUpdateService$Receiver
update.SystemUpdateService$OtaPolicyReceiver
update.SystemUpdateService$SecretCodeReceiver
update.SystemUpdateService$ActiveReceiver
[Services]
com.google.android.contextmanager.service.ContextManagerService
auth.be.proximity.authorization.userpresence.UserPresenceService
common.stats.GmsCoreStatsService
common.status.StatusService
deviceconnection.service.DeviceConnectionAsyncService
deviceconnection.service.DeviceConnectionServiceBroker
update.UpdateFromSdCardService
Re-enabled the following:
Code:
[Activities]
N/A
[Providers]
N/A
[Receivers]
N/A
[Services]
checkin.CheckinService
checkin.EventLogService
com.google.android.location.internal.GoogleLocationManagerService
update.SystemUpdateService
Extended script changelog:
Disabled the following:
Code:
[Activities]
nearby.messages.settings.NearbyMessagesAppOptInActivity
nearby.settings.NearbyAccessActivity
nearby.settings.NearbySettingsActivity
nearby.sharing.AppNotInstalledDialogActivity
nearby.sharing.AppNotSupportedDialogActivity
nearby.sharing.settings.OptInActivity
nearby.sharing.settings.TrustDeviceDialogActivity
nearby.sharing.sharesheet.ShareActivity
nearby.sharing.sharesheet.ShareHintActivity
photos.autobackup.ui.AutoBackupSettingsActivity
photos.autobackup.ui.AutoBackupSettingsRedirectActivity
photos.autobackup.ui.LocalFoldersBackupSettings
photos.autobackup.ui.promo.AutoBackupPromoActivity
[Providers]
N/A
[Receivers]
fitness.disconnect.FitDisconnectReceiver
nearby.messages.NearbyMessagesBroadcastReceiver
nearby.settings.NearbyAppUninstallReceiver
nearby.sharing.GcmBroadcastReceiver
nearby.sharing.NearbySharingBroadcastReceiver
nearby.sharing.ui.UiReceiver
phenotype.receiver.PhenotypeBroadcastReceiver
photos.Initialize.PhotosIntentreceiver
playlog.service.MonitorAlarmReceiver
playlog.service.WallClockChangedReceiver
wifi.gatherer2.receiver.GoogleAccountChangeReceiver
[Services]
com.google.android.libraries.nearby.direct.service.NearbyDirectService
nearby.bootstrap.service.NearbyBootstrapService
nearby.connection.service.NearbyConnectionsAndroidService
nearby.connection.service.NearbyConnectionsAsyncService
nearby.messages.service.NearbyMessagesService
nearby.sharing.service.NearbySharingService
phenotype.service.PhenotypeCommitService
phenotype.service.PhenotypeIntentService
phenotype.service.PhenotypeService
phenotype.service.sync.PhenotypeConfigurator
phenotype.service.util.PhenotypeDebugService
pseudonymous.service.PseudonymousIdIntentService
pseudonymous.service.PseudonymousIdService
photos.autobackup.AutoBackupWorkService
photos.autobackup.service.AutoBackupService
playlog.service.MonitorService
playlog.service.PlayLogBrokerService
playlog.service.PlayLogIntentService
playlog.uploader.RequestUploadService
playlog.uploader.UploaderService
wifi.gatherer2.service.KeyManagerServce
Update 9:
Main script changelog:
Disabled the following items:
Code:
[Activities][b]
N/A
[/b]
[Providers][b]
N/A
[/b]
[Receivers][b]
N/A
[/b]
[Services][b]
backup.BackupStatsService
[/b]
Re-enabled the following items:
Code:
[Activities][b]
N/A
[/b]
[Providers][b]
common.stats.net.contentprovider.NetworkUsageContentProvider
[/b]
[Receivers][b]
N/A
[/b]
[Services][b]
ads.AdRequestBrokerService
ads.identifier.service.AdvertisingIdService
common.stats.GmsCoreStatsService
com.google.android.location.places.service.GeoDataService
stats.PlatformStatsCollectorService
usagereporting.service.UsageReportingService
common.stats.GmsCoreStatsServiceLauncher
[/b]
Extended script changelog:
Re-enabled the following items:
Code:
[Activities][b]
N/A
[/b]
[Providers][b]
N/A
[/b]
[Receivers][b]
N/A
[/b]
[Services][b]
phenotype.service.PhenotypeService
playlog.service.MonitorAlarmReceiver
playlog.service.WallClockChangedReceiver
playlog.service.MonitorService
playlog.service.PlayLogBrokerService
playlog.service.PlayLogIntentService
playlog.uploader.RequestUploadService
playlog.uploader.UploaderService
car.CarService
[/b]

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Third.

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Huge update, let me know if I missed anything, it should be much easier to follow now.
Edit: I'm also thinking of moving the thread to the general section.
Thread will be relocated here as I feel it's more appropriate and applies to GAPPS as a whole.

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Do you use Google Now or OK Google? If so do they work correctly?
Sent from my LG-D801

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google feedback is great, at least 25% of my suggestions have been implemented. I won't remove it. Then again, maybe I'm just a genius.

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I don`t see "com.google.android.location.fused.service.FusedLocationService" (in google play services -> services), instead i have "com.google.android.location.fused.service.FusedProviderService". Should i disable it ?

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Brahialis said:
I don`t see "com.google.android.location.fused.service.FusedLocationService" (in google play services -> services), instead i have "com.google.android.location.fused.service.FusedProviderService". Should i disable it ?
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See the search terms, just look for "fused" in services, disable both. and you're correct, these are the names
Code:
[B]com.google.android.location.fused.FusedLocationService
com.google.android.location.fused.service.FusedProviderService[/B]
It was FusedProviderService, not FusedLocationService.
rick09 said:
Do you use Google Now or OK Google? If so do they work correctly?
Sent from my LG-D801
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I don't use it,. but I downloaded it and it works just fine.
rancur3p1c said:
google feedback is great, at least 25% of my suggestions have been implemented. I won't remove it. Then again, maybe I'm just a genius.
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You certainly don't have to, I just gave it as an alternative.
I've also found an additional service to be removed, check post number 2.

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can this be scripted ? that would be so cool

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sandys1 said:
can this be scripted ? that would be so cool
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It can, I saw a script that disables all the "usage" stuff, but nothing in location, ads, analytics or the rest. I also assume this would need to be run on every boot. I could try to make one if you want.
Or maybe we could search for a more permanent solution, somehow disabling these in the .apk. If I knew how to I'd gladly try.

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Great job! I have done something similar with my phone and the only google component I have running in the foreground is related to GCM (I use hangouts for some texts). There is so much junk that came bundled with the last few rounds of play service updates. Eliminating the NLP wakelocks was my primary objective but much like you, I decided to cut Play Services only down to the essentials.

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EDIT: Nevermind...

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So I tried these settings and Maps stalls when trying to display the map. Titanium Backup also stalls when trying to check for the Pro license. I might have to backtrack a bit and see what went wrong.
Update: Maps issues was fixed by rolling back the GSF changes. Still trying to figure out why TiBu can't detect the Pro key.

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What if I only disable the services and leave the activities, providers and receivers untouched? The reason for that is that I already use servicely (and in this APP I don't have access to those). I don't wanna have to use another app to do this...
Will I have trouble with receivers trying to find a service that is not running, for example?

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OP.your method is working good for battery saving but its causes google maps to stuck on loading screen while opening.resetting back to its state fixes problem.

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EvilKing009 said:
OP.your method is working good for battery saving but its causes google maps to stuck on loading screen while opening.resetting back to its state fixes problem.
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Posted this same thing 2 posts up. Rolling back the changes to google services framework will allow it to work. :good:

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nismology said:
So I tried these settings and Maps stalls when trying to display the map. Titanium Backup also stalls when trying to check for the Pro license. I might have to backtrack a bit and see what went wrong.
Update: Maps issues was fixed by rolling back the GSF changes. Still trying to figure out why TiBu can't detect the Pro key.
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EvilKing009 said:
OP.your method is working good for battery saving but its causes google maps to stuck on loading screen while opening.resetting back to its state fixes problem.
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nismology said:
Posted this same thing 2 posts up. Rolling back the changes to google services framework will allow it to work. :good:
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Get a log and more info, can't replicate myself.
What I can't get is a fix if I enable location services while having maps running. I have to close and reopen maps, or open maps AFTER activating location, which personally isn't that big of a deal.

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Updated, the process is now automated. Try out the new scripts at the bottom of the first post. Let me know if it's easy to read or if I can improve readability in any way.
Also do report back if it works and if it doesn't. If I can't replicate it, get a log.
@sandys1

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Does it work on lp?

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Too bad there's not an App for this so the user could select or deselect items. LoL
GPS has become the Pig in the Backyard, useful when ya need it but otherwise just makes a mess of things.
FYI: There are minimal versions of GPS that are unbloated out there.
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