Xperia Z extreme battery drain by Google Services

[jurchiks]

Hey, I just got a really weird problem with my Xperia Z (C6603) phone. I was sleeping when I heard my phone give off a notification sound (sound was turned off, no alarm). When I tried to check it, I couldn't turn it off; holding the power button for a second or two made one of the LEDs on the front blink red 3 times, but that was it. I also could not turn it off and on again.

I googled around and found out that there have been many people with the same or a very similar problem, but they solved it by either upgrading the phone (already done a month or so ago, no new updates so far) or hard reboot (power+volume buttons for 10 seconds, didn't do anything for me).

I plugged the phone into the PC via the USB cord, and it started showing some activity. After a few minutes I was able to turn it on, but the weird thing is, it showed me the battery was practically empty, but when I turned the phone off 9 hours earlier, the battery was at 50% and there were no applications running and mobila data was turned off to avoid receiving notifications.

Any idea what that was and if it's going to happen again? Because that was a very bad surprise. I have only had this phone since December, this is way too soon for a phone to break down, especially one that cost me ~440 euro.

[PBertie_85]

Actually if you change the location mode to device only you won't need to switch it on and off at all.
Settings > location > mode.
This fix is only a workaround until a patch is issued.

[Xperiauae]

Hi Team,

Just updated Google services to 5 my xperia on 2 different units.

But it seems to have the same problem, this does not resolve it. Very sad as such an excellent device I'd need to sell it under less price now.

The phone becomes hot and battery drains within 2-3 hours of standby.

This is such a disappointment, I got 7 devices of Xperia now I'd need to ask everyone to sell it and replace it with a LG / HTC or a Samsung.

Very sad, I was expecting the problem to be resolved on Google services 5.

[johny691]

unable the STAMINA...for me worked...

[louisloo]

I'm sure the problem is from the latest google play services, i had try few times already, if uninstall the upgrade for google play services, it will be OK, but after that, many app cannot use already.

[DjD]

Is there a proper solution here? This has just happened to my Xperia Z. I have kept it on charge for the last 2-3 hours and still it doesn't turn on. When I press the power button, the red LED turns on for a brief moment and dies out. How will I turn on my mobile now?