Google Dialer Location Access Question - OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers

Hoping for some help, I've searched but can't find anything.. In order for the phone number lookup feature to work in Google Dialer, WiFi scanning has to be enabled, which is fine, but causes unnecessary battery drain. Is there any way around that? BBS shows WiFi on 100% of the time with WiFi scanning enabled. I thought about trying to use Tasker to enable WiFi scanning when Dialer is opened, but don't want to get too involved with it if it won't work. Any other suggestions? Not really familiar with IFTTT, but what about that?
Edit: The reason I put location access in the thread title is because as soon as I grant location access to Google Dialer, it turns WiFi scanning on in Google settings.

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Internet Browser Location Settings.

I have a few android devices and they usually let me go to certain webpages and it asks if you want to share the location and or even the google website that shows the location settings, Neither will show location on my vivid or my wifes but yet on other android devices it shows the locations.
Is there something Im missing?
I do have share location on the browser setting checked and also on location in settings itself with also the settings on the google website but still only shows location unavalible.. but for a brief moment you can see my location there and then disappears in a half a second. Does anyone have a solution ?
Ive tried other browsers and they all do the same thing, But maps and the apps like google earth,google sky,laditude,and all else work perfectly..
Anyone have any input?

[Possible solution] Google maps wakelock

I have been in trouble for a past month. Google maps was holding partial wakelocks on sleep with all settings sync check boxes cleared in Google maps app. But it didn`t help. Settings->Battery always had google maps in here for lower or higher percentage. A day ago I started using better battery stats and noticed networklocationpassivecollector holding wakelock. So i dig into Settings->Locaion access-> Access to my location switch is on. If i switch it to off and then again back to ok dialog "Locations consent" appears when I pressed disagree the problems went away. Dialog message: Allow Google`s location service to collect anonymous location data. Some data may be stored on your device. Collection may occur even when no apps are runing.
Can somebody with google maps wakelock problem confirm this?
Open maps and then location settings in that and disable the report from this device option.
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If you disagree in that dialog, then your location discovery will be less accurate, because one of the 2 checkboxes on that screen will not be set.
This appears to be a location settings bug. This also happened to me but with the Facebook app.
vukis said:
Can somebody with google maps wakelock problem confirm this?
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I had Google Maps related wakelocks as well. They went away when I turned off everything that had to do with
Location reporting form Google Maps, Account Settings and GPS Settings. I'm not sure which "feature" was
causing it but there is indeed a problem.
Can anybody with this wakelock problem install Greenify app from play store. I had this problem but as soon as I hibernated maps they no longer cause wakelock and GPS and all the location settings are on. Maybe it will help same as me without a need to switch anything off.
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vukis said:
I have been in trouble for a past month. Google maps was holding partial wakelocks on sleep with all settings sync check boxes cleared in Google maps app. But it didn`t help. Settings->Battery always had google maps in here for lower or higher percentage. A day ago I started using better battery stats and noticed networklocationpassivecollector holding wakelock. So i dig into Settings->Locaion access-> Access to my location switch is on. If i switch it to off and then again back to ok dialog "Locations consent" appears when I pressed disagree the problems went away. Dialog message: Allow Google`s location service to collect anonymous location data. Some data may be stored on your device. Collection may occur even when no apps are runing.
Can somebody with google maps wakelock problem confirm this?
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Google uses Android phones to keep its Wi-Fi database up to date, saves driving around in a car and getting into trouble for collecting data This is why they state it may use some data even if you aren't using Maps or location services.
Disabling reporting of locations from Maps doesn't change the wake locks, as it isn't the reporting causing most of them.
So Google will use your device to scan for Wi-Fi points, plus enable your GPS if it can to get a location fix to update it's location database of Wi-Fi points. To further confuse things Google seems to have some adaptive way of using devices, perhaps after a time they give individual phones a rest from reporting, or they use more of your phone the more you use more of the service, sort of our cost for getting free location services. This means different people see different battery usage from Google Maps, and the same person will see loads one day then it suddenly stops another.
The best way of stopping it is if you have root access download an application that lets you disable apps, and then disable Google Maps, only turning it on when you need it.
Regards
Phil
PhilipL said:
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Google uses Android phones to keep its Wi-Fi database up to date, saves driving around in a car and getting into trouble for collecting data This is why they state it may use some data even if you aren't using Maps or location services.
Disabling reporting of locations from Maps doesn't change the wake locks, as it isn't the reporting causing most of them.
So Google will use your device to scan for Wi-Fi points, plus enable your GPS if it can to get a location fix to update it's location database of Wi-Fi points. To further confuse things Google seems to have some adaptive way of using devices, perhaps after a time they give individual phones a rest from reporting, or they use more of your phone the more you use more of the service, sort of our cost for getting free location services. This means different people see different battery usage from Google Maps, and the same person will see loads one day then it suddenly stops another.
The best way of stopping it is if you have root access download an application that lets you disable apps, and then disable Google Maps, only turning it on when you need it.
Regards
Phil
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Interesting. Is this an assumption or the fact? If former, could you link up the source please?
What about this app ? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elsdoerfer.android.autostarts
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Hey guys. Thanks for great advises I will try auto starts (or greenify), because after disagreeing to Google passive collector Google Now stopped working. But maps wake locks are still away
And yes Google do collects Wi-Fi routers information. I noticed that when I bring my router to other place all connected laptops web based Google maps showed that our current location is my home

[Q] Google Location Settings

Hello people,
in the latest Android versions the settings were made much more "simple". So we have just one toggle to change if all google-apps will have access to the GPS signal.
In my case, I´d like to disable it, except for Maps and Android-Device-Manager. But that´s not possible anymore! Because by switching this single toggle, you will enable GPS access also to PlayStore (-Services), G+, Now, Hangouts and much more datasucking applications.
But: As you can see in Maps, or in your location settings (last apps wich used your location), it still works by triangulate your GSM signal.
So, it seems that it doesn´t mind whatever you setup on the device.
What have you done? Don´t you mind about all these Applications, reading all your data and current locations?
Do you use any Apps which deactivate this behavior?

How to disable some services that allow the app to detect what we use?

i want to understand on how to disable few things and how about would i be able to stop this.
So i know that beacon manager tracks our locations so what i want to know there are some apps that check mock location and kicks you out and if app is on expert mode it does not detect it because the mock location is empy but jumps from original location to fake location back and forth even though if i am on gps only and in expert mode. If i disable beacon manager in system file would that prevent this from happening? i tried disabling the fuse location but the maps do not work without it. how can i also disable wifi and Bluetooth location and keep it gps only i already know from the phone settings but i mean in the system and would this jack up my note 5. I have a note 5 is rooted as well i have disable service app very useful but i cant seem to figure this out how to keep it on that location without detecting me that i am using a spoof location. There got to be a solution for this to make it work.
What are these apps using to find out what we have under mock location how can they know there has to be something on our smartphones that is allowing this to bypass.

Google Maps and YouTube not working after I disabled processes

Hi all
I recently did a gentle swipe left on the "Screen Lock Data Usage" notification banner to reveal the settings behind that notification. On the settings screen I saw a bunch of processes and few of the processes are just labeled in numbers. I've unchecked all of those processes thinking that it is going to disable future "Screen Lock Data Usage" notifications.
Unfortunately majority of my apps stopped working after the change as they can't seem to get connected to mobile data.
However these apps can still get connected to the internet via wifi. So I wonder if there is anything I did wrongly that resulted to this situation.
I tried looking up various sites to search for ways to bring up that menu of items again, but to no avail.
Please help. Thank you for your advice.
Have you tried minimal YT? I use it. It's spot on for YouTube.
In regards to the maps? Just enable the services again mate.

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