Thanks for the suggestions. My battery life has been ok for the last few days. Here is how I got there... First of all, in my case, safe mode was good with battery, so it didn't seem to be a p...
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Thanks for the suggestions. My battery life has been ok for the last few days. Here is how I got there... First of all, in my case, safe mode was good with battery, so it didn't seem to be a problem with the phone and lollipop itself. I tried back leveling google app, clearing data, and then installing the new one again. Google released an update at the same time too. In my case although the battery seemed a bit better after this, it still had periods of being awake when I wasn't using it, which drained the battery. I used to have WiFi on during sleep, but with the battery problems I tried it off during sleep. I actually think it uses less battery having it on. That may vary for others. In my case I am most often in areas with wifi access. The thing that seemed the most helpful in my case was turning off background data for specific apps that were showing up in my battery use list and data use list when I wasn't really using them. For me this included: Kindle, Words with Friends, Amazon Music, WatchESPN, YouTube. To do this, go to settings, data usage, and then click on an individual app, then scroll down and turn on the option to restrict background data. I think the combination of these apps with lollipop, google services, and google play services drains the battery more than it did on kit kat. Perhaps eventually as all are updated this won't be necessary, but for right now it has made a tremendous difference for me. I hope it is helpful to someone else.