At the end of May, the Japanese company Sony released the official Android 4.4.2 KitKat update for the Sony Xperia Z, the Sony Xperia ZL and the Sony Xperia ZR. What at first seemed to be an update designed to improve the experience of using these three phones has ended up becoming a source of problems for some of the users who have already been able to download and install this update. In fact, Sony has publicly acknowledged that this latest update of the operating system Android creates problems that result in excessive battery consumption.
Although, yes, the Japanese manufacturer Sony has also informed users that the true responsible for this high battery consumption is the Google Play Services application. It seems that the most recent version of this Google application (named 4.4.52) has certain incompatibilities with the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update that has reached the Xperia range of phones. Therefore, all users who have experienced a notable increase in battery consumption after installing the update are advised to uninstall the latest version of Google Play Services until Google provide a new more stable update.
To uninstall the most recent version of Google Play Services we must go to the Settings application of our mobile. Once inside, we have to enter the " Applications " section to search for this Google application. When we have found it, we will click on the name of the application and, within the new screen that will open on our mobile, we will have to click on the " Uninstall updates " button. This process is likely to generate certain problems for us to use Google applications normally, but at least our phone will once again offer the autonomy that it should be able to generate.
In addition to the Sony Xperia Z, Sony Xperia ZL and Sony Xperia ZR, this solution can also be applied to other phones belonging to the range Xperia from Sony. At the end of the day, we are facing a failure that seems to be caused by Google, so that the rest of smartphones that work under the Android operating system in its version of Android 4.4.2 KitKat are also exposed to this problem of drainage of Battery.
On the other hand, the fact that Sony has ruled on the problems detected in these mobiles, informing us that Google is responsible, reveals that there is probably no update underway for the three smartphone models affected by this problem. Users have no choice but to wait for the Google developers to fix problems with their Google Play Services application.
