I am having a problem with GPS being active at all times. I think it may be an app but I can't find out which one. Spare Parts is not displaying anything under GPS usage. Is there any other way I can find out which apps are using gps without going through each one?
Thanks in advance.
lbe privacy guard is an app, which can show you what apps use ur gps, contacts....
and you can change the permissions, so that only apps which really need gps can use it.
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I just wanted a quick way to be able to do this in order to save battery when i dont need it.
i have read/heard that having gps enabled and active doesnt actually use any more battery until it is fed into a maps program (or something similar) which must then use that info to find a location from the internet.
so:
1) does gps really use extra battery when it is enabled/active but not actually being used at the time?
2) what is the best way to terminate the gps connection?
thx, Jim.
somewhere i read that if u go into settings...phone...services...location settings and turn that off (only 911 will use gps) it saves battery...but i havent even updated my vogue to use gps yet so i've only heard this in another thread...i wonder what happens if say u run googlemaps and try using gps while its off, will it enable or just not lock any satelittes?
t0mmyr said:
somewhere i read that if u go into settings...phone...services...location settings and turn that off (only 911 will use gps) it saves battery...but i havent even updated my vogue to use gps yet so i've only heard this in another thread...i wonder what happens if say u run googlemaps and try using gps while its off, will it enable or just not lock any satelittes?
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ya i have read that about the location setting too, im just not sure if that really truly shuts gps off/terminates it completely....? anyone?
as for if it will work with the location setting disabled i am testing it now and...looks like it wont so..maybe that does the trick? hmm not sure...
alright well after another 10000 hrs of fooling around with roms and gps i have learned a lot. but the thing relative to this thread that i just checked is that you do not need location enabled to use gps. works just dandy w/o it. though i think that is where the agps comes in and therefore can/will probably help a bit to have it on, though it does drain more battery so i think im going to leave mine off for the time being.
My TP2 keeps opening up it's data connection and I can't trace what it is.
I have turned off automatic updates for:
Weather
Facebook (manila & app)
QuickGPS
Is there anything else that opens up the data connection? I'm getting a bit concerned about it.
I have installed the following apps:
GSplayer
Tomtom7
Igo8
Coreplayer
Total Commander
S2U2
Also can anyone recommend a decent data usage counter for the TP2?
Use SPB wireless monitor. I think its awesome at keeping track of my data usage.
Wow that's actually really useful! Time to track down this rogue app!
Thank you.
i had the same problem.. i had Tomtom and CorePlayer installed...
I did a hard reset (for another reason) and i didnt install Tomtom yet... and so far i dont have my data connection opening randomly anymore.
It's strange. Is there a way to reset the stats in SPB Wireless Monitor?
I wanna start with a clean record so that I can see what app is opening randomly.
I had tomtom on my kaiser and it never did this. Whatever it is, it's not using much data.
I forgot to mention that I have google maps installed...and it could be this that's causing the problem..I will keep an eye on it!
You can use a couple of methods to stop your data connection opening at all. One I used to use is NOGPRS, which disables your data connection(s), or you can try Schaps Advanced Config (I believe he has released one for the Rhodium somewhere) where you can turn off your data connection(s) in the same way. I don't use either method now as I have an unlimited data plan, but it was really useful before.
I also have an unlimited data plan, but it has an AUP and I don't wanna exceed it by some rogue app downloading hundreds of MB of data without me knowing!
I am aware of NODATA and similar apps, but they're a pain when I actually want to use the net on the phone!
Beggars can't be choosers I know, but I just wanna find out what app thinks it has the right to connect to the net without me knowing about it!
Incidentallly, to reset stats in SPB Wireless Monitor, delete the files in \Application Data\SPB Wireless Monitor\ (though this deletes ALL stats, since the beginning of time etc)
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It's strange. Is there a way to reset the stats in SPB Wireless Monitor?
I wanna start with a clean record so that I can see what app is opening randomly.
I had tomtom on my kaiser and it never did this. Whatever it is, it's not using much data.
I forgot to mention that I have google maps installed...and it could be this that's causing the problem..I will keep an eye on it!
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Just a thought....
The latest version of Google Maps (3.0.1.6) comes with Google Latitude.
If Latitude is enabled it could be using your data network to send Location Updates to Google-Central (It would be low data volumes periodically).
To disable background Latitude:
When you exit Google Maps via "Menu->Exit", if you get asked a question: "Continue to share your location with Latitude?" answer "No" and this may sort out the Data Connection problem.
When my phone boots, the GPS begins 'searching' for a lock, which, when indoors, it will never find. I'm trying to determine what process or application is activating the GPS.
Couple of notes:
- The hardware toggle for the GPS is 'on' and I'd like to keep it that way; but I only want the GPS to activate when I need it (e.g., Google Maps, etc.)
- Using AutoStarts I've reviewed the list of applications that startup during boot, and cannot identify a culprit.
To be clear - I'm NOT looking per se for a list of apps that MIGHT be activating the GPS; what I'm looking for is a definitive way of determining WHICH specific app or process has activated the GPS. I do have a couple of logging/monitoring apps which I could use, but it would be helpful to know exactly what I'm looking for.
Thanks in advance!
I use google latitude and that's the only time I experience this. Whenever I'm logged out of it I don't experience the GPS at start up. Just my two cents on it. Might be the culprit for you too..
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<Bumping> this question back up, as I still cannot identify the process that's activating my GPS. Cheers!
Having the same problem on a Defy + after an update
Should the GPS be connected one time after the update?
I've run a gps test soft found on the market, connect the gps to satllites. close the soft. close the phone.
When ligthe the phone, ther's no gps icon trying to connect nor gps ticked in preferences.
Problem solved
Hope it will work with your phone to
Hi,
I've disabled my Location and Google Play Services battery consumption reduced.
I've noticed that every time when I unlocked the phone, the system tries to access GPS - I can see for 1 second the the location symbol appears in the notification toolbar.
Previously I owned a G2 and didn't have the issue, with G2 you unlock of the phone and G2 doesn't try to start GPS, the location symbol doesn't appear in the notification toolbar! simple and battery efficient. Not the case with G3. Don't know what stupidity they did or what they've modified.
I don't know if is a Lollipop issue or a bug in LG G3 software.
It is stupid and drains battery fast.
I want to keep the Location active because of geotagging photo information or for using googlemasps. But it is annoying to start manually the location when using this.
I hope there is a workaround to this issue.
Tks
I'm using
5.0
SW
V20f-226-01
only to my phone happens this? or is a global issue?
did anyone experience this issue or I'm the only one?
did someone see this until now?
Use Disable Services and disable that service under Google Play Services
DelBoy said:
Use Disable Services and disable that service under Google Play Services
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Not only that you must be root to use the application, but it is not ok in my opinion to have this functionality on the phone.
I get 2-3 days of full battery with location turned off!
With location turned on only 1 maybe 2 days!!! big difference !!!
Still my question remains...
Is this a bug in LG software or it happens only on my phone? and what's the workaround for this?
If you dont have root, have in the world you have figured that Google Play Services is trying to access GPS for one second?
Google playServices accesses GPS and drains battery
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If you dont have root, have in the world you have figured that Google Play Services is trying to access GPS for one second?
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With Location ON it can be seen in the Settings->General->Battery->Battery Usage , that GooglePlayServices eats up to 20% battery when location is on.(daily usage) and as I've said previously the GPS is accessed every time you unlock the phone and go to home screen. You can see it in the notification toolbar the symbol of the GPS is ON for 1 second. I think that is the reason why it eats up so much battery.
When Location is OFF the Goolge Play Services (that includes also the Location Manager) eats up only 4% battery consumption and you don't see the GPS active each time you unlock the phone
From this I figured it out that GooglePlayServices has a bug or the sofware phone has a bug.
Is this happen to others?
how location is working on your side?
Hello...
are you experiencing the same issue? or I'm the only one?
You are the only one.
Make factory reset and see will it solve.
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You are the only one.
Make factory reset and see will it solve.
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youp, tks , that solved the problem! I did a previous factory reset but after the new update I have to do it again.
This is not ok. Every time you get an update you must do a factory reset... not so ok.
My battery lasts now about 3 days. Google Play Services eats about only 2-3% of battery.
This is awesome!
dantandi said:
youp, tks , that solved the problem! I did a previous factory reset but after the new update I have to do it again.
This is not ok. Every time you get an update you must do a factory reset... not so ok.
My battery lasts now about 3 days. Google Play Services eats about only 2-3% of battery.
This is awesome!
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I unchecked precise location (gps and network) and checked battery saving mode (wifi network based location) only in Location and this saved my batterylife.
fixed
gee2012 said:
I unchecked precise location (gps and network) and checked battery saving mode (wifi network based location) only in Location and this saved my batterylife.
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I like the geo tag posision to use with the camera application so... I like the location to stay ON. the only bug that I had was it was accessing gps every time I unlock the screen.
Now works ok
service type name from GooglePlay
DelBoy said:
Use Disable Services and disable that service under Google Play Services
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Dow you know what is the name of the service?
I've disabled
LoctionWearableListnerService and
LocationHistoryInjectorService
and bug is fixed!
but after some time ... even with this services disabled ... the problem reappears.
It is like some other service is reEnable them again even though in DisableService they are off(red).
Does anyone know what's the service name that should be killed?
It's not Play Services, it's some app that uses its API. For me it was LG Weather app.
I fixed it by setting my location manually in its settings.
is not the weather widget
YaDr said:
It's not Play Services, it's some app that uses its API. For me it was LG Weather app.
I fixed it by setting my location manually in its settings.
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is this a service or the widget weather?
I've removed the widget from the screen. The same!
Even placed the location manually in the settings of the widget.
Is there other place that I should be looking?
After all it shouldn't be the widget weather app. It refreshes the location in 3h interval.
I've tried also with the ROM fresh installed, with no new app installed still the same. GPS pups up!
Really stupid!
Has anyone fixed this by now ?or at least identified the cause?
Problem SOLVED
Come on guys!
Just go And turn SmartLock (Google) OFF in trust agents in security settings
As easy as pie!
Playing around with DisableService, I've stopped other services that were in use by GooglePlay.
Android system pointed out that GooglePlay has an error and needs to be updated from PlayStore.
I've updated GooglePlay from PlayStore and I don't have this issue anymore!!!
I leave my location ON all the time, I don't have battery drain anymore!!!
I think is a bug in GooglePlay version application that the ROM is coming with.
As soon as you get(update) GooglePlay form playstore, the phone behaves normally.
This way worked for me.
@Mo3ein - I had already SmartLock OFF. It's not from SmartLock
I used fake gps locator application. After using it i realised google maps jumps to fake location and doesn't go back to real location. I have disabled mock location and uninstalled fake gps app. Even tried gps fix apps. But none of them works. Do anyone has an idea to fix it?