Disabling Google location reporting leads to more battery drainage, as that means disabling the Wifi location provider, unless by that you mean disabling locati

Disabling Google location reporting leads to more battery drainage, as that means disabling the Wifi location provider, unless by that you mean disabling location services completely. Android 4.3 had a bug in it leading to a lot of battery drainage if the Wifi location provider was on (my phone's battery life went from almost 48 hours to less than 12). As a result of me disabling it, the GPS ended up being activated a lot, like on each opening of Facebook or others that insist on getting your approximate location, with no way to turn the behavior off, unless I completely disabled location services, which I did eventually (thank Android's broken permissions system for that). Thankfully it is now fixed in Android 4.4 - so if you experienced problems with Android 4.3 (as I did on a Nexus 4), then upgrade. > Not that I have Facebook or Skype apps installed either though... Not having any messenger synchronizing in the background sure helps with battery life. I've got an older Galaxy S that's not synchronizing with anything and that stays in standby for 7 days. BUT - mobile devices are all about communications and being online. I communicate with people on Skype, Facebook's Messenger, GMail, Hangouts, etc... and not having these services on my mobile phone defeats the purposes of a smartphone. After all, why is my phone a smartphone if I can't keep it synchronized with my online accounts? For browsing? It kind of sucks for browsing. For games? I don't do that.