GPSD Battery Drain on cell Network

I have even gone as far as to put my phone in ultra battery saving mode and gpsd still was the highest consumer of battery. Samsung S5 on cell C network.
 
GPSD was on 35% on GS4 (CellC) - after enabling GSM only the screen is at the top of the battery list. I think my S4 battery condition has been affected by all the drainage of the past few days - it discharges much quicker now than a week or so ago? I do not have a Samsung account therefore no remote controls running...
 
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Tovad said:
GPSD was on 35% on GS4 (CellC) - after enabling GSM only the screen is at the top of the battery list. I think my S4 battery condition has been affected by all the drainage of the past few days - it discharges much quicker now than a week or so ago? I do not have a Samsung account therefore no remote controls running...
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Agree. There seems to be no response from Cellc and they are not logging our calls. Did u try to o log a call? Anyone with a contact inside Cellc?

I still think its their free WhatsApp causing it
 
Let's face it, cell c network is the worst, on 3g I can't get data throughput even when there is plenty signal
 
torgo said:
Agree. There seems to be no response from Cellc and they are not logging our calls. Did u try to o log a call? Anyone with a contact inside Cellc?
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Are Samsung aware of the problem?
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I still think its their free WhatsApp causing it
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You indicated that this problem occurs on other networks as well. Do they also have free WhatsApp?

Anyone experiencing this problem with a custom ROM?
 
I had my phone a Samsung the other day all they did was re-install the phones software that did not help
 
Pity the Cell C rep don't care enough to give us more input from their side.
 
I noticed increased battery drain on my S3 over the last couple weeks too, I just assumed it was my custom ROM causing the issues. Then I found this thread and found out it is plaguing me too.
 
This is very interesting. Let me add something else onto what's already been said:
A couple of days ago my GPS stopped working on my Galaxy S2 (I have a CellC sim in it). I can't get any lock on it no matter what I did.

The problem started a day or so after I updated Cyanogenmod CM11 on the S2 from release M9 to M11. I thought the update caused the issue and flashed it back to the M9. No change. I then tried a few other custom roms. Also without any success. Today I eventually flashed back to the stock Samsung rom. GPS still not working. I started to think it's a hardware issue and the GPS module in my trusty S2 finally gave up the ghost.

I came across this thread and thought maybe the CellC sim is causing the GPS issue. Swapped the CellC sim for a Vodacom sim and my GPS started working again! Had a lock on it within a few seconds.

So there is definitely something going on with the CellC network and GPS.
 
Found a third colleague today (on S3) who is also having the same GPSD battery drain --- on cellc network too:mad:
 
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GazWrack said:
I've gone as far as switching off my data and GPSD is still draining my battery.
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Try what the previous comments state. Got toreboot phone after switching to 2g and kill the remotecontrol application under apps - running. It worked.
 
This issue appears to have occurred after software update to 4.4.2 (kit-kat) for the Samsung S4. We are still investigating the root cause. *DM*
 
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Also getting this.

I'm done with Cell C. I'm still on contract, but I'm over it. I'm going to pay R150 per month for a vodacom sim.

I should have done this ages ago. Cell C's network is just too bad.

Does anyone know what will happen if I port my current Cell C contract number to Vodacom?
 
Cell_C said:
This issue appears to have occurred after software update to 4.4.2 (kit-kat) for the Samsung S4. We are still investigating the root cause issue. *DM*
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Thanks for update. But seen it on an S3 too on cellc but maybe not as severe a drain.
 
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