I have a new GS4 which is stock, I have not done anything to it except installing a couple of programs that I have always used on my other phones without any issues.
The GPS icon is constantly on and its displaying "Searching using GPS" while its draining the battery at 25% per hour. When I long press on it App info shows "System UI". Rebooting the phone does not fix the issue, thoughts?
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I have my GPS enabled. Half of the time I'm using my phone, everything is good, everything works fine. But during the other half of the times, the GPS is constantly on the notification bar. I try restarting my phone, still up there in the notification bar with a 'solid' gps icon which says "Location set by GPS"... I can even turn the GPS off, and then on again, and it still doesn't fix the issue. As i turn on my "Maps" app for the first time, my location is already "accurate to 3 meters" before it even loads the map graphics... How do i figure out which app is causing this, and how do i stop this? it's irritating. I have to constantly check my phone to make sure the GPS isn't active and draining my battery. And please, don't say "Just turn off the GPS". Android is designed to work with the GPS enabled. Even if the GPS is toggled "on", it shouldn't be using it unless it needs it, therefore using zero battery. (Just like wifi is supposed to). thanks.
I have the same issue and it seems like it's Maps that's constantly trying to turn on GPS. Once I have GPS off, my battery life is a lot better. Tried uninstall Maps, clear data, re-install...but the issue is still there but not all the time...very annoyed.
Another reason might be an app that is using gps in the background. Facebook, twitter, and other apps might be the problem?
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If you have your google search settings on to make local search better, then the GPS will be on.
Facebook, Maps are all GPS hogs.
Just turn it off and on when you need it, the GPS on the S3 locks in seconds anyway, so its not a problem.
Recently the GPS crosshairs icon flashes on my status bar like every 5 seconds then flips off...on and off, on and off all day. I know the simple fix would to be just to turn off gps, but again this just started happening recently. I always left my gps on all the time and the crosshairs icon would only flash when an app was using it, like in google maps or navigation. So I'm assuming it's an app that's using my gps in the background somewhere. How can I figure out what is using it?
Also, I've always kept my screen on the brightest setting with no problem regarding battery life. But I just looked in Settings>Battery and it shows that the screen is responsible for 80% of the battery, with no mention of gps. So, any ideas about what's going on with my battery?
Better battery stats will help you find what's causing the issue. Its a paid app on the play store, look for the picture of a battery and plus sign.
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You can find BBB here for free for XDA users.
My suggestion is to look at your apps and see what has Location or GPS permissions (ie. Facebook/G+/4Square, Maps, old Latitude-type settings, anything the "checks you in",...).
It is an app that is broadcasting your position and initiating your GPS to trigger. Find the app and fix the problem.
I recently updated from CM 4.0.4 to CM 4.2.2 (10.1.3 to be exact), and I found that my gps is ALWAYS on, no matter what I do.
What I mean by is that, when I first boot the phone, gps is off, everything is good. Then I use an app that uses GPS - most likely Google Maps, which prompts me to turn on the GPS. I do that, GPS connects just fine, Google Maps locates me using GPS, everything is good.
The problem is when I turn OFF the GPS. I turn off the GPS via notification drawer GPS button, and GPS goes off, and I exit maps. The issue is then is shown in the battery history. Even when I turn off the GPS after using it, according to battery history it was never OFF, and from that point on it would keep showing GPS as on in the battery history.
What's funny is that even though it says GPS is on in the battery history, when I go to Locations Access it is clearly shown that Access to my location is OFF, and the gps box is greyed out as well. However, battery drain seems to suggest that GPS is actually eating away my battery, since my battery drain is significantly higher. Just to check if my GPS is actually on despite saying it is off in Location Access, I try using maps, and it is clear that GPS is not working in maps.
The only way to solve this funny situation is to reboot my phone, after which it would be shown that GPS is off in the battery history. However if I turn on GPS even once, the problem happens, all over again.
I have of course checked all my apps - the only apps that access GPS are Maps, Google Now, Facebook, and GO Weather, and I've made sure that location access in these apps are off. Well, with the Location Access in the system setting off in the first place, these shouldn't be working anyway.
I tried re-flashing 10.1.3, re-flashing gapps, and factory reset, to no avail. I suspect that kernel might be an issue, since I was using an old KT kernel before I updated, and it was slightly unstable. But if that is the case, I have no idea how to fix the kernel aside from re-flashing 10.1.3.
Can anyone help me solve this problem?
I bought a Tab Pro 8.4 and decided to install Cyanogenmod 11 on it (currently on M12).
When I check my Battery usage under Settings after leaving it alone for several hours, "Android OS" is shown to be using over 60%. I tried using the Wakelock Detector app, and that didn't show any rogue apps. The "total wake time" in WD also closely matches the "keep awake" time for Android OS in Settings>Battery. There's even been a few times that my device didn't go into deep sleep at all.
Restarting the device didn't help as the problem would come back after an hour. I've tried several fixes including turning off auto-sync, using Greenify to freeze apps, and wiping my external SD card. None of them worked, but now I think I've found the source of the problem.
If I turn off wi-fi, "Android OS" no longer shows up at the top of my Battery page. Turn wi-fi back on and the problem comes back. Turning sync off doesn't change anything, so it seems like the issue is with the wi-fi itself and not with syncing apps. I even went into advanced Wi-Fi settings and changed it to 'turn off wi-fi during sleep' and still had the battery drain (though not as much - around 30% but still more than anything else). Changing the "Wi-fi Optimization" setting doesn't do anything either. I do notice sometimes when using my tablet that I don't have as many bars (on the wi-fi symbol in the status bar) as I do on my phone.
Does anyone have experience with this wi-fi issue? My GS3 doesn't do this. I assume that the problem is that my tablet device has a bad wi-fi connection and is always scanning or something, but I have no idea where to go from here.
EDIT: I might try downgrading to a previous milestone of CM11. I was reading in another thread how some other people were having wifi issues on M12 as well. My GS3 has been stuck on M10 because later updates broke stuff, so I'll try M10 on my tablet.
Has anyone else noticed a strange increase in GPS usage after the Lollipop update?
I've always kept the Location mode on High Accuracy, and didn't have this behavior until recently. Basically, whenever an app attempts to find my location, and I'm indoors or somewhere I can't get a GPS satellite, the GPS will say "finding location" for a very long, if not infinite, amount of time. It seemed that until recently, the device would give up after a few seconds with GPS and use Wi-Fi/Mobile to approximate my location - it doesn't seem like it's doing this anymore.
Most of the time, it's the Live Weather app that's looking for my location. I do use that for wallpaper on the lock screen, I know it probably drains the battery faster. However, I have not seen this behavior until recently; I used the wallpaper since I got my phone in December.
I have already factory reset and wiped system cache after the Lollipop update, and wiped the data and cache of Live Weather, no change unfortunately.
Has anyone else seen something like this before?
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It looks like this only occurs whenever I first boot the phone, whether it be a reboot or a cold boot. According to the Location settings menu, Live Weather is the only app with "Battery usage: high" listed under it; when I kill Live Weather, the GPS will turn off.
However, if I do step outside and get a lock, the GPS will eventually shut off. Whenever I come back inside, it behaves as I would expect it to, i.e., the GPS will come on periodically, then shut off after a few seconds.
supertoast92 said:
Quick update for more details:
It looks like this only occurs whenever I first boot the phone, whether it be a reboot or a cold boot. According to the Location settings menu, Live Weather is the only app with "Battery usage: high" listed under it; when I kill Live Weather, the GPS will turn off.
However, if I do step outside and get a lock, the GPS will eventually shut off. Whenever I come back inside, it behaves as I would expect it to, i.e., the GPS will come on periodically, then shut off after a few seconds.
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it looks like I have probably the same problem too. In my case it behaves as follows: if I'm not connected to the GSM network (when using the device without a SIM) and out of reach of any WIFI signal, then the GPS does not work at all. :crying:
Did you try changing your location settings to use only the GPS?
Also, I found a workaround: killing the Live Weather service seems to have no negative effect - it comes right back whenever you open the weather widget or view your lockscreen. Still a pain, but it works. It still sorts itself out the minute I step outside.