Google maps battery bug? - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Look at my two attached pictures. Phone has been in standby for 5 hours and battery is 95%.very good... But why is maps on top of my battery consumption list?? Haven't even openend maps! And everything is turned off in the maps app (location sharing etc...)
Is this a reporting bug? Ofc reinstalled the maps app with no luck.
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Did you use GPS with your car or geopositioning to find a bar for example ?

Memphis_ said:
Did you use GPS with your car or geopositioning to find a bar for example ?
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No... the phone was at home while i was at the gym

Seems like a bug as it doesn't show it as active on the second picture
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I've seen this too. Changed some location setting and it seems to have calmed down. Further to this Google play updated it yesterday for bug fixes.
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It's Latitude, which is a super juice sucker.

jujuburi said:
It's Latitude, which is a super juice sucker.
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Latitude is disabled... Always been..
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Quick Deep sleep question.

I read plenty of comments about deep sleep and people only wasting 2 percent better life over extended periods. However my phone doesn't do this. When I check cpuspy, it does say that it's time is spent in deep sleep but it still waste a sizeable amount. How can I make sure that it enters that energy saving state? And could apps be waking the phone on its own?
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it depends on your setup. yes, apps wake the phone on their own. anything that works in the background can wake your phone, f you have lots of apps with notifications especially.
Would weather interfere with that? I'm running cna and have it on my lock screen. I take it refreshing automatically could do that? Also Google location services?
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xdapadogx said:
Would weather interfere with that? I'm running cna and have it on my lock screen. I take it refreshing automatically could do that? Also Google location services?
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yes, even widgets that automatically update.
Apps that needs to automatically refresh usually has wake lock. Including built in weather widget
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So deactivation of weather, Google, and taking off Facebook and Twitter refresh intervals should solve that?
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xdapadogx said:
So deactivation of weather, Google, and taking off Facebook and Twitter refresh intervals should solve that?
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only uninstalling facebook will help, itll run in the background even if no notifications are set or even if never used. use the browser for facebook, its as good as the app. facebook is a known bad app.
simms22 said:
only uninstalling facebook will help, itll run in the background even if no notifications are set or even if never used. use the browser for facebook, its as good as the app. facebook is a known bad app.
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Also Twitter
kyokeun1234 said:
Also Twitter
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oh yea, but i havent used it. i like tweetcaster.

How to keep GPS on when screen is/goes off?

How can I do that? I was travelling in an unknown location yesterday and was using GMaps, but when the screen was going off GPS was losing its connection and it was re-established after some seconds, it was annoying and time consuming. Not only GMaps, other GPS related applications also react the same way! Could anything be done? Anyone?
Thanks in advance.
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jujuburi said:
How can I do that? I was travelling in an unknown location yesterday and was using GMaps, but when the screen was going off GPS was losing its connection and it was re-established after some seconds, it was annoying and time consuming. Not only GMaps, other GPS related applications also react the same way! Could anything be done? Anyone?
Thanks in advance.
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If you are using Google Maps without the "Navigation" like i do because of the country restrictions then you are right; GPS goes off with the screen. But if you have 3rd party navigation apps, like Sygic or Route 66, then they either do not allow the screen to sleep or do not let GPS turn off even if the app is minimised in the background.
But if you still want to use your Maps there was this app which you can select the apps and when those apps are on on the foreground it prevents the screen from turning off. But i can not remember the name. If i can find it i will post here.
'KeepScreen' available at Play Store. Just search for it.
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What happens when you have My Tracks recording in the background?
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Use backitude from Play Store to control gps usage
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What happens when you have My Tracks recording in the background?
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Yes, I've seen My Tracks keeps steady gps signal when screen is on, but it loses it's stability when screen is off, it's really annoying!
@Others: Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try them both and give feedback.
PS: Backitude is meant for Google Latitude! I don't use Latitude, so it'll do no good for me.
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Google Maps does not speak street names

According to some users on xda, this appears to be an issue with the latest Google Maps update. The navigation simply states turn right, turn left and not the actual street names. I tried uninstalling the latest update and clearing the cache/data on Google Maps but that didn't fix the problem. I've had the same issue on my stock 4.1.1 and rooted 4.1.2
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Are you talking about the Google navigation app? If so I can attest that it does speak street names as I'm out of town on business and just turned that app off.
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Yes I meant Google Navigation
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shirazs said:
Yes I meant Google Navigation
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Yeah it definitely does not speak street names.
UrbanLagoon said:
Yeah it definitely does not speak street names.
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You must have a setting turned off because it definitely DOES speak street names.
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UrbanLagoon said:
Yeah it definitely does not speak street names.
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Mine definitely does...
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That's really weird, all it ever does say is take exit 51a and take a right, never speaks street names. Maybe because I'm on international ROM?
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Can I ask if you have the latest version of Google Maps, also do you have Talkback installed and enabled/disabled (this according to some users could be causing an issue)
Thanks
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I do have the latest version of navigation but I don't have talk back installed
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One touch gps?

Hello there. I'm one of those users Wii turns all GPS/location services off when I'm not using it, but when I want to use gps, I have to long press the gps toggle, click the 2 boxes, then go to Google settings, click location services, turn Wi-Fi on, all that good stuff. Is there any widget or app I could use to turn all this on and off at once? Thank you in advance for your answers friends.
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Armandopjr said:
Hello there. I'm one of those users Wii turns all GPS/location services off when I'm not using it, but when I want to use gps, I have to long press the gps toggle, click the 2 boxes, then go to Google settings, click location services, turn Wi-Fi on, all that good stuff. Is there any widget or app I could use to turn all this on and off at once? Thank you in advance for your answers friends.
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Why shut it off if not using it? It's not doing anything or activating anyhow so just keep it on. That toggle doesn't do anything but tell apps whether or not GPS is available. So if you aren't seeing the icon in the status bar, no GPS is being used. So just leave it on. Mines on all the time.
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elesbb said:
Why shut it off if not using it? It's not doing anything or activating anyhow so just keep it on. That toggle doesn't do anything but tell apps whether or not GPS is available. So if you aren't seeing the icon in the status bar, no GPS is being used. So just leave it on. Mines on all the time.
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But that won't cause wake locks and drain the battery? As sparsely as it's used, doesn't seem worth the drain possibility, but when I need it, it's needed immediately, and briefly. That's why I'm asking if what I'm requesting is even possible.
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Armandopjr said:
But that won't cause wake locks and drain the battery? As sparsely as it's used, doesn't seem worth the drain possibility, but when I need it, it's needed immediately, and briefly. That's why I'm asking if what I'm requesting is even possible.
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That's what I thought it would drain the battery so I have it off
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Armandopjr said:
But that won't cause wake locks and drain the battery? As sparsely as it's used, doesn't seem worth the drain possibility, but when I need it, it's needed immediately, and briefly. That's why I'm asking if what I'm requesting is even possible.
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futty said:
That's what I thought it would drain the battery so I have it off
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It will not drain your battery unless it's being used by some app or something. Other than that, it's not being used unless you see the icon in the status bar.
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you could use llama or tasker to create an action so when you open maps or any other program, turn on gps...and when you exit that program it will automatically turn off gps
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It will not drain your battery unless it's being used by some app or something. Other than that, it's not being used unless you see the icon in the status bar.
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I didn't know that actually. Maybe I can try that.
sdmark said:
you could use llama or tasker to create an action so when you open maps or any other program, turn on gps...and when you exit that program it will automatically turn off gps
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Hmm...tasker sounds interesting...can it also access the Google location settings?
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Armandopjr said:
Hmm...tasker sounds interesting...can it also access the Google location settings?
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Yes, you have to get an app called Secure Settings. I use it for my maps. The only thing is, you have to agree with the location service when it pops up. I don't mind, it only takes an extra second. I also created a widget that toggles location services on and off for the times I need to quickly access it. I love Tasker, it's awesome! I find automated tasks for it to do all the time.
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I didn't know that actually. Maybe I can try that.
Hmm...tasker sounds interesting...can it also access the Google location settings?
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I use Automateit, it turns on GPS when you open maps and vice versa.
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a103 said:
I use Automateit, it turns on GPS when you open maps and vice versa.
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I went ahead and bought tasker, and it's overwhelming and very very complex, but I got what I was looking for! Anything else cool tasker can do?
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Ok, after messing with it a few days, I can turn on and GPS when opening an app, but I cannot figure out how to toggle the location services in Google settings. Any suggestions?
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Anybody?
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Location

Everytime I unlock my note 2 the location icon comes up literatly every time, If I lock the device and then unlock it 10 seconds later its there, I can understand doing it if it was 15 mins or so.
Would this be an app doing this or is it just a samsung thing? Is there a way to tell or does everyones phone do this?
odd1ne said:
Everytime I unlock my note 2 the location icon comes up literatly every time, If I lock the device and then unlock it 10 seconds later its there, I can understand doing it if it was 15 mins or so.
Would this be an app doing this or is it just a samsung thing? Is there a way to tell or does everyones phone do this?
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check if you have some weather app which refresh itself everytime you unlock the screen.
this is not samsung thing, I faced the same thing with some weather apps
I only have two weather apps, BBC and notification weather bother are set as 2 and 4 hours refresh time. Any other clues or apps I can find out using this?
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Most likely an app and unless I do a lot of digging (I can't remember the apps name) I would shut off GPS unless needed... Essentials there is an app that can observe your wake lock behaviors and determine what the culprit is (I.e. which app is causing the GPS to trigger).. No one can really help you figure out a solution without knowing this info either... Do some research and see if you can't figure it out as I will in spare time try my best to point you in a better direction
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Most likely an app and unless I do a lot of digging (I can't remember the apps name) I would shut off GPS unless needed... Essentials there is an app that can observe your wake lock behaviors and determine what the culprit is (I.e. which app is causing the GPS to trigger).. No one can really help you figure out a solution without knowing this info either... Do some research and see if you can't figure it out as I will in spare time try my best to point you in a better direction
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Thank you for the honesty I have had a look at some apps and most weather have hour refresh rates. I thoght automate it could of been it but force closed it and it isn't that app either. Dont know why so many apps are allowed access to this stuff when they don't need it.
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i was going to ask if you are using tasker- automate is a lot like it.....but it seems you have eliminated that possibiltiy
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Thank you for the honesty I have had a look at some apps and most weather have hour refresh rates. I thoght automate it could of been it but force closed it and it isn't that app either. Dont know why so many apps are allowed access to this stuff when they don't need it.
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because you dont read which perrmision particular app need when you download it from play store or some other source.
next, next, next generation of users
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just opened weather widget settings and found the option 'auto update on opening' ticked - that turns on my gps and locations
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just opened weather widget settings and found the option 'auto update on opening' ticked - that turns on my gps and locations
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that's the option which I point at in my first post, maybe I was not clear enough, glad that you made it
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that's the option which I point at in my first post, maybe I was not clear enough, glad that you made it
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yes, of course, now I realise too !!
im using the 50 % transparent one- Note 3 or s4 i cant remember its a samsung one for sure
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because you dont read which perrmision particular app need when you download it from play store or some other source.
next, next, next generation of users
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I do read them but unless you want the app what can you do? Heck if I read them I would only proberbly have one or two apps installed as all apps ask for loads of permissions they don't need at all that's what I meant.
Anyway found the app, sense v2 flip clock thought it looked the best out of all the look alikes. Gone back to beautiful widgets now and ain't had the location thing back yet. Strange because there is an option to update upon unlocking and I had unticked that so I guess it ignores your preferences.
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