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Location icon blinking constantly

Anyone see their location icon blinking constantly in the upper right corner? It just started this morning. I have had android 5.1.1 since late last week. It's eating my battery. 73% after an hour .

Seeing the same thing after upgrading to 5.1.1 yesterday

What build? I'm on Z and haven't had this at all. Obviously not a common issue. Yet.

sounds as you have an app constantly checking your location. set your location to battery saving.

Evolution_Tech said:
What build? I'm on Z and haven't had this at all. Obviously not a common issue. Yet.
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Z, rooted but no other mods.
simms22 said:
sounds as you have an app constantly checking your location. set your location to battery saving.
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The thing is that it's not really blinking, it's more flickering really rapidly. Looks buggy. And I've never seen it before. Had to turn off location for quite a while to get it to go away. It's happened twice in two days.

yhrn said:
Z, rooted but no other mods.
The thing is that it's not really blinking, it's more flickering really rapidly. Looks buggy. And I've never seen it before. Had to turn off location for quite a while to get it to go away. It's happened twice in two days.
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it pops up when your location is being used, ive seen it a few times.

Same issue!
I am having the same issue here. Its not blinking, its more a flickering of the icon like there is a loose connection to a light bulb. Quite odd....
It started just before I update to 5.1.1, sometime after I/O so I wonder if it might be related to the Photos app or another google app update. I hoped upgrading to 5.1.1 would resolve it but it was still there.
I am also on 100% stock android

Same, nexus 5_ 5.1.1 stocks
I've exactly the same issue. Hoping updates~~~ i've notice battery decrease vert fast sincères update. Not sure it's related

One of your applications keeps requesting location access and is being granted then it'll turn off. Find out which application it is and then uninstall the app or deny the location permission to the application.
Or just turn off location / GPS.
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Same issue!
I have a Nexus 6. I noticed the issue about 2 weeks ago. I was hoping to get it fixed with the 5.1.1 update, but it didn't.
I haven't been able to find out which app causes this. If someone finds out, could you please let us know?
Regards,

jmarcosa said:
I have a Nexus 6. I noticed the issue about 2 weeks ago. I was hoping to get it fixed with the 5.1.1 update, but it didn't.
I haven't been able to find out which app causes this. If someone finds out, could you please let us know?
Regards,
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Boot up in safe mode. Start each app until you find the culprit.

Any resolution?
Has anyone had any luck finding the app responsible for for the flickering icon?
I have started it in safe mode, however am unable to open 3rd party apps in safe mode so cannot find the cause.

Bump
Same issue every startup. 5.1.1 stock. Seems the easy fix is to turn on and off bluetooth though surely there is a more scientific resolution.

I'm been having same issue for some time now.
Today, while location was blinking, I checked the location options and "eye-fi mobile app" (for eye-fi SD card) was at the top of the list.
I have uinstalled it and the blinking stopped...
Will see these days if was the only one causing the problem

Wifi off when sleeping?

Did they remove the option to turn off WiFi when the phone sleeps? Can't find it in WiFi advanced settings.

Yup, i feel like it turns it off and causes issues with taskter, etc. could also just be tasker.

Zirc92 said:
Did they remove the option to turn off WiFi when the phone sleeps? Can't find it in WiFi advanced settings.
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Yes.... Samsung has been remove this option in the new Galaxy Note9 ..... they did a bad thing while removed it.
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haifish9999 said:
Yes.... Samsung has been remove this option in the new Galaxy Note9 ..... they did a bad thing while removed it.
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That's terrible. I remember that option was brought in a few years ago.
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Yes my apps all stop updating when the screen turns off. This is causing all types of problems. Why the F would they remove this, especially on a phone with a massive 4,000 mAh battery.
Stupid.

xguntherc said:
Yes my apps all stop updating when the screen turns off. This is causing all types of problems. Why the F would they remove this, especially on a phone with a massive 4,000 mAh battery.
Stupid.
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Huh? I think we were talking about the opposite thing. WiFi stays ON when sleeping now. Before it could be set to turn off when screen was off thus your apps wouldn't get updated until your phone woke up.
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xguntherc said:
Yes my apps all stop updating when the screen turns off. This is causing all types of problems. Why the F would they remove this, especially on a phone with a massive 4,000 mAh battery.
Stupid.
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Yeah I know this wasn't the point of the thread, but this is exactly what happens to me. If my WiFi is on and I leave the phone off for a while I get no push notifications for anything, I only noticed one morning when I'd left WiFi on and woke up, when I turned it off and went back to mobile data, all my notifications came. It's not much of an issue for me as I don't use WiFi really, I get 20gb data a month so my mobile data is on 24/7 and get no problems with that.

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Yeah I know this wasn't the point of the thread, but this is exactly what happens to me. If my WiFi is on and I leave the phone off for a while I get no push notifications for anything, I only noticed one morning when I'd left WiFi on and woke up, when I turned it off and went back to mobile data, all my notifications came. It's not much of an issue for me as I don't use WiFi really, I get 20gb data a month so my mobile data is on 24/7 and get no problems with that.
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a lot of this has to do with the battery conservation features of Oreo. every oreo phone i've had has had this issue unless it was a custom ROM built over a 7.1 kernel

WaxysDargle said:
a lot of this has to do with the battery conservation features of Oreo. every oreo phone i've had has had this issue unless it was a custom ROM built over a 7.1 kernel
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Yes I agree, I've had constant problems with notifications for a year or more now, stock and custom ROMs, this is actually the first time I've not had a problem with them, except on WiFi like I mentioned. Everything comes through straight away on mobile data, even when the phone's been asleep for several hours.

WaxysDargle said:
a lot of this has to do with the battery conservation features of Oreo. every oreo phone i've had has had this issue unless it was a custom ROM built over a 7.1 kernel
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Yep. 100%. Since Oreo notifications have been hit and miss for me., Been like this since the note 8 Oreo update .
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March 2019 Security update AT&T (CSC1)

The March security update is out for AT&T. Pretty hefty at 343MB. Baseband is N960USQU1CSC1. Adds a Wi-Fi Calling tile to the settings dropdown. Not sure what all other chagnes but it promises the typical "device and performance improvements".
After updating last night, I do have a bit more battery left after my morning commute than before, not that it was bad before, but perhaps a wee bit better now. Time will tell.

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The March security update is out for AT&T. Pretty hefty at 343MB. Baseband is N960USQU1CSC1. Adds a Wi-Fi Calling tile to the settings dropdown. Not sure what all other chagnes but it promises the typical "device and performance improvements".
After updating last night, I do have a bit more battery left after my morning commute than before, not that it was bad before, but perhaps a wee bit better now. Time will tell.
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I've been sitting here staring at my Wi-Fi Calling Tile and for the life of me, it seems like I've always had that Andrew???

Wifi Calling
I have indeed had wifi calling in settings since my S6, so don't know what he's on about

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I've been sitting here staring at my Wi-Fi Calling Tile and for the life of me, it seems like I've always had that Andrew???
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Its It's always been there.

Yeah, it's been there

jimd1050 said:
I've been sitting here staring at my Wi-Fi Calling Tile and for the life of me, it seems like I've always had that Andrew???
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WiFi Calling has been around for awhile, but the latest update surfaced a quick settings tile as the second tile in my list. That was my only point. It's purely a cosmetic thing. Sorry for the confusion!

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WiFi Calling has been around for awhile, but the latest update surfaced a quick settings tile as the second tile in my list. That was my only point. It's purely a cosmetic thing. Sorry for the confusion!
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You didn't cause any confusion, people just didn't properly read what you typed. I did it too, had reread it like twice. The tile is new. On some devices, even the ones at the AT&T store, didn't have the quicktile and others did. Really weird.

Mine didn't, because I looked for it several times! *looks* Still doesn't! Thwarted again...

Was getting mediocre battery use on the first Pi update from ATT OTA. 9 hours max with a medium use day.
Since taking the March Security Update from ATT OTA, I'm seeing much improved battery consumption. 16 hours with medium use day.
Only took 2 charging cycles for it to stabilize.

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You didn't cause any confusion, people just didn't properly read what you typed. I did it too, had reread it like twice. The tile is new. On some devices, even the ones at the AT&T store, didn't have the quicktile and others did. Really weird.
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O.K., it has to be a "some devices" case like you state because mine has always had it as the 2nd Tile - THAT is what I was trying to say!!!

Unlocked N9 Android 10 / One UI 2.0 BETA Upgrade

Was shocked to see the notification this morning, jumped in with the update before leaving for work and seems fine so far. Navigation Bar customization lost for now, Nav Star under Good Lock says they're working on an update so hopefully that takes care of things. Haven't had much time to explore yet but initially phone is much snappier, even after considering it restarts automatically once a week.

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Was shocked to see the notification this morning, jumped in with the update before leaving for work and seems fine so far. Navigation Bar customization lost for now, Nav Star under Good Lock says they're working on an update so hopefully that takes care of things. Haven't had much time to explore yet but initially phone is much snappier, even after considering it restarts automatically once a week.
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What version software were you on before?

Good question, don't really see an update Log. Last update was November so I assume it was SJ1. Updates have been running around 45 to 60 days on this phone.

I will say, and unfortunately not sure this option was around on Pie, but looked up Android 10 tips and enabled Adaptive Power Saving under Device Care / Battery / Power Mode and at least for the first day it seems battery draw has improved. Time will tell.

JLFitzpatrick said:
I will say, and unfortunately not sure this option was around on Pie, but looked up Android 10 tips and enabled Adaptive Power Saving under Device Care / Battery / Power Mode and at least for the first day it seems battery draw has improved. Time will tell.
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Can you pull the update zip and post it?

JLFitzpatrick said:
Was shocked to see the notification this morning, jumped in with the update before leaving for work and seems fine so far. Navigation Bar customization lost for now, Nav Star under Good Lock says they're working on an update so hopefully that takes care of things. Haven't had much time to explore yet but initially phone is much snappier, even after considering it restarts automatically once a week.
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Were you on a US or EU firmware?

Should be on US Firmware. Not sure what you mean by update ZIP, but see attached.

JLFitzpatrick said:
Should be on US Firmware. Not sure what you mean by update ZIP, but see attached.
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You're using an N960U1 or an N960U but it has Unlocked US firmware on it, which just makes it an N960U1. Did you register for the beta on the Samsung Members app? Or can you tell us what your previous firmware was before you got Android 10?

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You're using an N960U1 or an N960U but it has Unlocked US firmware on it, which just makes it an N960U1. Did you register for the beta on the Samsung Members app? Or can you tell us what your previous firmware was before you got Android 10?
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I see in all these post about the beta, you seem to never get a straight answer for that :fingers-crossed: maybe someone will actually respond instead of just asking questions

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I see in all these post about the beta, you seem to never get a straight answer for that :fingers-crossed: maybe someone will actually respond instead of just asking questions
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Yeah it's kind of.....odd.??* I don't even want the beta. I just want to know what the banking schemes are for the firmware itself. It'll give us a hint IF Samsung is leaving towards a bootloader update. Which will help tell us they fixed something nasty from the current bootloader. ?

I think I did register for the Beta so that makes sense, went to the Members Center looking for something else and tapped the icon for it, never got confirmation of anything though. The upgrade notification didn't state it was Beta either. Based on dates per Samsung Phone was probably on SJ1 Pie prior to this. I assumed this was the December 1 patch when it first popped up.

Notification popped up today when opening Settings that this is the Beta, a fact not communicated by Samsung during the update. Went into Settings upon noticing the Phone which was good all weekend today at work without using it started getting hot and draining the battery. Shut it down wiped partition cache a during startup then went into Battery / App Usage and found Camera, which had not been open since last night had used 62.7% of Battery over the past 6:43 hours. Toggled on 'Put App to sleep when not in use' for Camera App and will keep an eye on this along with everything else. All other App Usage seems to be normal. Charging phone now and it has cooled down.

Realize this was the Google Camera acting up that was installed from a link on this forum and mapped to activate by double tapping the Bixby button through BxActions (Samsung Camera activates by double tapping Power Button). Explains why it was acting up after the update. I like the G-Cam night mode and have been comparing the results to the S-Cam night mode including a few shots of Christmas decorations last night.

Updated this Thread Title to reflect what this upgrade actually is. Very happy with this upgrade so far, even though it wasn't labeled as the Beta version in the notification when it first popped up. Only real glitch I've noticed besides the G-Cam battery drain episode which is no fault of Samsung being a sideloaded App, is the settings security page. Phone is setup to require security log on when Settings is opened, currently the security pattern screen flashes then goes to Settings menu without requiring login fingerprint or pattern. Lost Navigation Bar customization I assume will be recovered when NavStar is updated, there is a notification in LockStar that let's you know they're working on an update.

Received another Beta update today.

Another Beta is pending, brings Security Patch up to January 1st, will install tonight.

Question Can't turn off always on display

Have turned off AOD as I don't need it nor want it and the white fingerprint circle pops up every ten seconds or so even though I've said I don't want AOD.
Has anyone else got this crap behaviour??

dladz said:
Have turned off AOD as I don't need it nor want it and the white fingerprint circle pops up every ten seconds or so even though I've said I don't want AOD.
Has anyone else got this crap behaviour??
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LoL! Try Settings-Personalizations-Fingerprint animation-None

galaxys said:
LoL! Try Settings-Personalizations-Fingerprint animation-None
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Haha it is

Haha, well then select settings in there, and Fingerprint Off

Lol honestly mate, AOD is off and fingerprint animation is also off. Try it yourself, I think it's a bug.
I've just turned on AOD, going to leave that bitmoji thing on. Why not.
I've tried everything to get rid of the FP, it just won't go.

Yeh sounds like a , I don't use Fingerprint and I leave aod on...
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Yeh sounds like a , I don't use Fingerprint and I leave aod on...
Cheers
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I'm sure if you tried it would do the same thing. Probably one of the many issues.
It's definitely a beta this firmware

dladz said:
I'm sure if you tried it would do the same thing. Probably one of the many issues.
It's definitely a beta this firmware
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Just tried on my Global usa model and I'm not seeing it. Also, I've never added a fingerprint to the device....

galaxys said:
Just tried on my Global usa model and I'm not seeing it. Also, I've never added a fingerprint to the device....
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Lol no idea then mate.
Not the end of the world

dladz said:
Have turned off AOD as I don't need it nor want it and the white fingerprint circle pops up every ten seconds or so even though I've said I don't want AOD.
Has anyone else got this crap behaviour??
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I even went so far as to disable the system AOD apk via an apk disabler tool & that did not work.
IDK if you ever found the actual toggle to turn it off......I finally found it by selecting the search result in Settings.
I typed in Always & stopped there,finding "Always-On Display".
The toggle is at the very top of the page (FWIW,I missed this earlier when in the settings,it was easy for me to overlook the toggle in dark mode).
If you've already tried this & it's still coming on,here's what I'm trying for the next day or so:
Turn Always-On Display back on & set a scheduled time for one minute.
For example,I've got it turning on at 4:00 A.M. & turning off at 4:01 A.M.
ATM,option 2,the scheduled on/off time,seems to be working.
EDIT;after a few minutes,AOD is coming back on.
This is annoying....... Not looking good as a keeper,not liking OxyColor OS at all,what a mess compared to the OP7T Pro.
Not just this,but,the settings layout (for individual app settings is a trainwreck & power/performance options not sticking,keeps reverting back to out-of-box settings.

Well I think I found a permanent fix for this...it's actually a bug (in my case anyway)
I was forced to wipe my phone, which was a huge pain due to a problem with a mod I'd installed..
Anyway on boot I set everything back up then realised it's got AOD on by default and I went a turned it off.
Low and behold it stayed off..no need to do anything.
So what I think has happened is the update that came recently (11_A.12) that could have caused issues, always good to wipe after an update.
I honestly don't know if this will fix things for you, but it did for me.
Couple that with the fact that I'm now getting unbelievable battery life...I think it's maybe a good idea to at least try, you may not fix your AOD but you may get better battery. As I did, I think you'll probably get both.
Here's a bunch of pics from the last 24 hours, midnight on Thursday evening /start of Friday up till now.
Absolutely amazing.

dladz said:
Well I think I found a permanent fix for this...it's actually a bug (in my case anyway)
I was forced to wipe my phone, which was a huge pain due to a problem with a mod I'd installed..
Anyway on boot I set everything back up then realised it's got AOD on by default and I went a turned it off.
Low and behold it stayed off..no need to do anything.
So what I think has happened is the update that came recently (11_A.12) that could have caused issues, always good to wipe after an update.
I honestly don't know if this will fix things for you, but it did for me.
Couple that with the fact that I'm now getting unbelievable battery life...I think it's maybe a good idea to at least try, you may not fix your AOD but you may get better battery. As I did, I think you'll probably get both.
Here's a bunch of pics from the last 24 hours, midnight on Thursday evening /start of Friday up till now.
Absolutely amazing.
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Are you using an Unlocked model, or a carrier (T-Mobile US) model (& are you rooted or unrooted)?
THX.

Turn this off

KOLIOSIS said:
Are you using an Unlocked model, or a carrier (T-Mobile US) model (& are you rooted or unrooted)?
THX.
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EU unlocked. Ne2213

Bliszcur said:
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Turn this off
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It was mate, they all were, it was a bug.

dladz said:
Well I think I found a permanent fix for this...it's actually a bug (in my case anyway)
I was forced to wipe my phone, which was a huge pain due to a problem with a mod I'd installed..
Anyway on boot I set everything back up then realised it's got AOD on by default and I went a turned it off.
Low and behold it stayed off..no need to do anything.
So what I think has happened is the update that came recently (11_A.12) that could have caused issues, always good to wipe after an update.
I honestly don't know if this will fix things for you, but it did for me.
Couple that with the fact that I'm now getting unbelievable battery life...I think it's maybe a good idea to at least try, you may not fix your AOD but you may get better battery. As I did, I think you'll probably get both.
Here's a bunch of pics from the last 24 hours, midnight on Thursday evening /start of Friday up till now.
Absolutely amazing.
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I just got the 1st system update for the T-Mobile US version.
The AOD option to turn it off is now working.
Here's what is/was strange, pre-update:
The only way I could see/access the Always-On Display settings/toggle was to have the stock OnePlus Launcher as the default home app.
Even then, AOD stayed on, whether toggled on or off.
I was able to figure this out from prior experience with the original Oppo Find X & VIVO NEX.
Very strange that certain (seemingly unrelated) settings would be hidden due to choice of home launcher,but,apparently,BBK doesn't see this as an issue/bug(feature, LOL) that needs to be addressed, guessing this "feature" is persistent on the home market China models/firmware.
Glad it was cleaned up for the T-Mobile US update.
On a somewhat related note, pre-update, I could not find a way to choose "No Lock Screen". I looked in the usual place to find such & it was not available, AFAIK.
Now, post-update, that setting is found in "Developer Options". (Why?????? LOL)
On an unrelated note, post-update, another bug has apparently been taken care of for the T-Mobile US version :
T-Mobile bloatware apps now stay disabled, if chosen to do so. Pre-update, they would re-appear after a reboot.
With these bug fixes, my outlook on keeping this phone has definitely changed for the positive. I still have about 10 days remaining before T-Mobile's buyer's remorse return window closes.