GPS won't activate unless navigating - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6

Howdy. So I've got a t-mobile S6 running Looper 2.0, 5.02, rooted. The problem I'm having is that my GPS will not activate in any kind of navigation app, specifically Maps or Uber until I actually start performing turn by turn directions. The location indicator will only show in the status bar when doing so. Clicking on the target reticle does nothing. Maps has full permissions for location (checked in app ops) as does Uber. The damn phone just never turns the thing on. Once nav starts though, it's fine.
I've tried reflashing the zip, wiping data, etc. Nothing seems to help. It's gotta be something I'm missing, and I can't find any hints or tricks no matter what I google for. Anyone have any ideas?

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[Q] GPS always running and how to fix?

My wife and I both have the captivate and for some reason her GPS is always on. (The icon in the notification bar is always blinking) Its getting to be really annoying since her battery life has gone to complete crap, lasting no more than a few hours at most. How can I figure out what is causing the GPS to constantly be running?
I don't have this problem on my phone, it is just hers that does it.
It's likely an app still running in the background, grab one of the plethora of free task managers on the market, should help you narrow it down
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Will one of these programs list everything that is running? I ask this because the GPS turns on immediately as the phone boots, and stays running. So, I know its not an errant app.
Yes they will
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You can turn off GPS
You can trun off the GPS by going to settings->location..-> uncheck use GPS
eitan123 said:
You can trun off the GPS by going to settings->location..-> uncheck use GPS
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While this is a good temporary solution for saving battery, I don't consider it a fix because then the phone would have no GPS capabilities at all.
The phone should behave the way mine does, when something requests to use the GPS, the icon shows up in the notification bar, otherwise, it does nothing. Her notification bar ALWAYS has the icon on it, blinking away and doing something.
I am going to try some task managers tonight and see if we can narrow it down.
tikicult said:
Will one of these programs list everything that is running? I ask this because the GPS turns on immediately as the phone boots, and stays running. So, I know its not an errant app.
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Apps can start as soon as the phone boots. Again, I suggest going through the apps you have installed that use GPS and review each one to be sure nothing is amiss.
My friend got a Captivate this week. His GPS also runs constantly. I compared our phones side by side, and he had almost no apps running - just the basic apps. We totally cleared out his home screens. I was completlely puzzled why his GPS was running.
We both went to Settings->About Phone. He was running firmware 2.1, I was running firmware2.1-update1. He just got his phone, I'm not sure why it has the older firmware on it.
I'm wondering if this is the reason?
Perhaps deactivate google location update information services.
If it happens from the get go with no apps running, your gps could be running simply to let google know your location. Reset system to factory and opt out of (allow my location - or something like that)
give Startup Auditor a try - free app on android market
If you are within return period take it back and have it replaced. You shouldn't have to use any fixes on a brand new unit. Now if you've messed with custom ROMs or kernals that could be the cause. If you've done nothing to it and it's stock I'd do an exchange.
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It's got to be an app running in the background. You didn't happen to go into the GPS test service menu, did you? Because I know some people go there and press home instead of back to quit it, and the test app runs in the background (though I would imagine once the battery dies and the phone is recharged and restarted, it probably wouldn't still be running...
Last week, I traveled to some remote area that only has 2G data service. I found my phone's GPS stayed on when I fired up the Google map and closed the app right after. This never happens when I'm in 3G data service area. The GPS will be off automatically even before the home screen shows up.
I have to use the power widget to toggle the GPS off and on to turn it off.
So, it may be something special about EDGE service.
I was able to produce a similar issue twice by switching away from the camera app using the home button without having taken a picture. This is obviously with geotagging turned on in the camera options. I even turned GPS off, but it went right back to searching for satellites when I turned it back on.
This is inside a building with no hope of getting a GPS fix.
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Try use the back button instead of home button to get out of your camera app. Most apps will do a cleanup/release resources when using back button. But if you use Home button, most apps will stay running in memory without release any resources.

Did anyone notice constant "Searching using GPS" notification after Lollipop update

Did anyone notice constant "Searching using GPS" notification after Lollipop update
Hi guys,
I have Note 4 Exynos version N910C and I have just received OTA Lollipop update for my region. After update everything was ok until the day before yesterday when I needed to change the sim, so it was the first restart after the update. After restart I noticed that there is constant "searching using GPS" notification when I am in the building and seems to went out when I am outside, which means there is some app is constantly searching for GPS and it also seem to drain my battery. So I was inspecting in the settings under Location saw that Yahoo weather which I use as lock screen has reported high battery usage. So tried to clear the app data and voila....the notification went of and everything seem to be at normal. Then I tried to restart the phone and the notification displays again and remain again constant. So now after each restart I have to clear data from Yahoo weather to turn off the "searching using GPS" notification and for my phone not drain the battery. I think it might be some flaw in Yahoo weather after Lollipop update. I did not do factory reset after OTA update so the problem might be because of that.
Just wanted to share for someone who might face the same issue.
I had it on the 910F. Turned off that option for that app. User daemon? I think it was called. Check GPS log. They say by clearing it's cache it'll fix it. But I disabled it as I don't use the widget.
I think that's the Unified daemon which provides data to samsung apps like location for weather.
Yes. That's the one. I have it disabled and it worked wonders. GPS works perfectly, except for that widget.
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zkyevolved said:
Yes. That's the one. I have it disabled and it worked wonders. GPS works perfectly, except for that widget.
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Out of interest how do i turn this off do i need to be rooted?
Many thanks
chris
dambuster617 said:
Out of interest how do i turn this off do i need to be rooted?
Many thanks
chris
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No need to be rooted. Find it in options. Location. And there it will be with high under its usage. Everything else should be low....
Well that sucks for us that use the widget...
just remember that when you disabled it, you wont get the latest or regular weather update in your note 4.
I've noticed that since the lollipop update I lose the last known position on the GPS. This is used to get a fast fix. So after a reboot I need to go outside to get a GPS fix. Over I've got the first fix the subsequent fixes are sick, even indoors. It's like the GPS is not using a-GPS or Wi-Fi location based services to get an approximate fix to speed up the first fix.
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Looking around is there a GPS problem with the mi 8
Nope.
There was a permission related google maps issue. Workarounds were either uninstalling google maps updates / installing an old version via apk or revoking google location access, and then starting google maps again and allowing location access again.
There is. I have issue with GPS. Not Google maps. No App that uses GPS is getting coordinates some time. And when that happens, compass is non functional. It is frozen on some angle, no matter what i do. Also gravity Sensor (for fliping screen, on YouTube for example) is non functional. And when i try to reboot phone freeze on Black screen and i must force reboot by holding powerbutton for 10 seconds.
Yeah that's not a general issue or known bug.... somethings wrong on your device.
But it is software Bug on mine device. Right after reboot everything works as expected. After some time (3 to 5 days) it goes bad. I have the phone for around one month. I didnt do any mods only updated everything to latest version. So i think it is bug.
Search around, there's a couple things you can try.
.) Edit/fix agps settings
.) Fix google maps through revoking google location access
.) if all else fails factory reset
*edit*
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-8/help/issue-mi-8-gps-t3822926/page9 read this thread backwards
It is very rare. First time i have noticed it when i started waze and for 5 minutes it doesnt showed movement and i was going 130km/h. After quick reboot with powerbutton hold sorted it. Then in 3 days i couldnt rotate YouTube video. And i had a little time so i looked it up, and compass showed 349 degrees no matter what direction phone was pointed. And i also checked GPS test App, and 0 satellites were available. That all was week ago. Now everything is working fine. And i also noticed one small problem. When phone switch from 4G of home provider to roaming 2g or 3g data wont work. I need to activate airplane mode for a while, then it register again in roaming network and it works fine.

android auto weird navigation bar issue

My Android auto was working great, but today I went for a ride and when I plugged in my phone the navigation bar was flashing (it would be there, then disappear, then come back, continuously).
I cleared AA and reboot, but the issue persisted even after a fresh connection.
Just wondering if anybody else has seen this, and if anybody knows how to fix this.
Edit: figured it out. It was from Extras for AA. Even when I removed/uninstalled modules, they remained on the phone. I had to go in with a file explorer and remove them manually.
All is good now.
Cheers,
B.D.

Need to disable ALL of the battery optimization function on a pixel 4xl Android 11

Hi, I need to completely remove or disable battery optimization on a pixel 4xl. Something has changed on one of the updates, and now when I'm using any map program like google maps, or lyft driver, or uber driver and lay my phone on the wireless charger in the car, something goes to sleep and navigation stops working within 10 seconds. If I pick the phone up and shake it, navigation starts working again. If I hold the phone and it is moving around a little constantly, it keeps working.
I have disabled battery optimization on google maps, uber, lyft, carrier location services, and nothing helps. I need to disable the entire fscking thing because battery life is irrelevant to me ifI can't use it to work.
Looking for any assistance with ideas of how to fix this, whether it be rooting and adding something that will let me disable it, or just going with a completely different rom altogether. I'm happy with the current capabilities of the phone, minus the factthis singular thing is fscking up and it used to not do this.
TIA
The test...
Developer options >standby apps
If all power management is disabled, all buckets will show as active. If any other state is assigned to any of them power management is active.
selfinfliction said:
Hi, I need to completely remove or disable battery optimization on a pixel 4xl. Something has changed on one of the updates, and now when I'm using any map program like google maps, or lyft driver, or uber driver and lay my phone on the wireless charger in the car, something goes to sleep and navigation stops working within 10 seconds. If I pick the phone up and shake it, navigation starts working again. If I hold the phone and it is moving around a little constantly, it keeps working.
I have disabled battery optimization on google maps, uber, lyft, carrier location services, and nothing helps. I need to disable the entire fscking thing because battery life is irrelevant to me ifI can't use it to work.
Looking for any assistance with ideas of how to fix this, whether it be rooting and adding something that will let me disable it, or just going with a completely different rom altogether. I'm happy with the current capabilities of the phone, minus the factthis singular thing is fscking up and it used to not do this.
TIA
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The problem is caused by one of your installed app settings that you fscked with. You can try resetting app preferences under Settings>>Reset options. If this doesn't work just reset the phone and be done with it. Best way to do this is flashing a FULL image at the beginning of the month if you are unlocked. Otherwise do a FDR from Recovery. You talked about rooting so your phone must at least be bootloader unlockable. In lieu of FDR, just unlock the bootloader which will wipe the phone (you don't have to root) so in the future you can flash full images. MANY tutorials and guides on how to unlock the phone.

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