I'm under the impression that the only way to fully disable location settings is to turn on Airplane Mode? Because I think when you turn off location settings it still leave the GPS on, right? I just miss on Oreo having more control over location settings. Google really arm twisting us with this Pie stuff, huh?
I believe you are wrong. As I have just tested it on my N950N, when I tried using Sygic with the Location Settings Off. A message came up asking me to enable Location Settings before I could use Sygic.
iceepyon said:
I believe you are wrong. As I have just tested it on my N950N, when I tried using Sygic with the Location Settings Off. A message came up asking me to enable Location Settings before I could use Sygic.
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Did it ask because it wanted the better location accuracy of combining GPS and data/wifi? I wonder if it wasn't satisfied with only GPS?
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Hi,
I'm posting this here because I'm kind of in a hurry and I might get a better answer here. I'm translating an Android phone, and it's full of commands in very broken English. So I ran across this term (mock) that I've never seen in such context and I want to know if that's the actual name or it's just broken English for 'fake' (fictitious).
This is the description of the function:
mock location
Create mock location sources for testing. Malicious applications can use this to override the location and/or status returned by real location sources such as GPS or Network providers.
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'Mock' to me is this: sticking your tongue out and make fun of the stupid so I don't get it. The term 'fake' is also used so it somebody might have overlooked at it and use 'mock' instead, or it's a different process. I'd appreciate any help.
It means it is not a real location obtained from the GPS.
mock location is the actual term used to allow you to specify (I believe in the android emulator) a location seperate from what you're actually at (to allow GPS on the emulator, when there is actually no GPS hardware preset, used for testing purposes)
Thank you so much to the both of you!
I know this is an old topic but with everything being said do we want the "mock location box checked on or unchecked off??
Titan33 said:
I know this is an old topic but with everything being said do we want the "mock location box checked on or unchecked off??
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If you want to accurately get a pinpoint of your location you want it off.
If you want it to tell you strange locations like Antarctica then turn it on.
If the phone can fake locations randomly, surely it can also fake location on demand to wherever a user wanted?
This would be extremely helpful for apps which are location based. i.e nba league pass.
Burko said:
If the phone can fake locations randomly, surely it can also fake location on demand to wherever a user wanted?
This would be extremely helpful for apps which are location based. i.e nba league pass.
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No, this is referred to in the emulator (on a computer) not the actual phone.
I have never seen my phone fake a location randomly. Talk to the NBA about blackout restrictions.
Thank you to All.
thank you very much for the info
thank you very much for the info
and wow this is the second search result in google.com for 'what is allow mock locations android' HAHA.
Devin-J said:
thank you very much for the info
and wow this is the second search result in google.com for 'what is allow mock locations android' HAHA.
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Hi all!
I got a bluetooth gps that I sometimes use it and sometimes I used the phone's built in gps. To use the bluetooth, I need to enable the 'allow mock locations'. To use built in gps hardware, I believe I need to switch off the 'allow mock locations' setting.
However, to keep turn on and off that setting everytime I switch between bluetooth gps and phone's gps is not very 'comfortable'. I wonder, is it ok for me to leave the setting enabled all the time. Will it affect the accuracy of my location when I'm using the phone's built in gps?
Thanks.
If it's an emulator function, why is it's switch on the phone?
rikupw said:
mock location is the actual term used to allow you to specify (I believe in the android emulator) a location seperate from what you're actually at (to allow GPS on the emulator, when there is actually no GPS hardware preset, used for testing purposes)
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If it's an emulator function, why is it's switch on the phone?
oh .. maybe to turn off the phone's GPS when connected via USB to the computer?
If so, its a strangely-labeled thing!
Thanks for info everyone!
I was looking for information regarding mock location and found this article very much helpful. Actually, I am developing an security application which includes mock location...
Do not get it to work ...omly when connecting usb ... and its says wireless on wifi when its on usb and tethering mode ??? not really wireless is`nt it ?? don`t get it ??
Binary100100 said:
If you want to accurately get a pinpoint of your location you want it off.
If you want it to tell you strange locations like Antarctica then turn it on.
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Now this is best answer one could have got
Is there a way I can turn on/off mobile data and sync and maybe other stuff on the go with my voice?
I'm often connected to my works wifi network when in the office but when I leave, I want to be able to use my voice to turn off wifi & sync and turn on mobile data so I can get directions to get home using the power of Maps to keep me away from heavy traffic. At the moment, I have to manually unlock my phone using my PIN, use the toggle shortcuts to disable wifi and enable mobile data, then go into Settings to turn sync off. Trying to find a simpler way of doing it with just my voice to save me some time fiddling around the OS.
Is this possible?
Note: Please bear in mind that I'm not rooted and don't want to root my phone at all to achieve the above
It's not via voice, but you could look into using an app such as Locale (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twofortyfouram.locale). I have a similar issue, so I used Locale to automatically disable WiFi at 4:45PM (I leave work between 4:45p and 5:15p every day). There's also a Locale plugin for toggling sync: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.andvari.android.syncsetting.
So you could setup a Locale "situation" that triggers at a specific time each day (only on the days you're at work), or you could use an NFC tag at your desk if you wanted to get fancy. Set it up so that when this situation is triggered, it disables WiFi and enables auto-sync. You could even have it automatically launch Google Maps if you wanted to make it even more smooth.
I've used Locale for years and found it's really handy for automating things that I do everyday. Here's some of my other "situations" http://rickycadden.com/2011/06/how-i-use-locale-to-automate-my-android/
I use the app Commandr. It's pretty good so far. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.RSen.Commandr
Commandr is what I'm looking for. The ability to schedule when wifi is activated and not activated is something I already have but it's hard to schedule when my work schedule is different all the time.
I've installed and set Commandr up but not tested it yet. Hopefully it works well with Moto Voice.
Commandr didn't work properly as telling it to turn on or off mobile data doesn't do anything! Looks like it's an incomplete app or there's not proper support for the Moto X.
I've managed to put something in place using an app called Tasker. This amazing app allowed me to turn wifi and sync off when I activate my mobile data. When mobile data is disabled, the wifi and sync are turned back on. Ideally I wanted it to be done via my voice but doesn't look like that's possible.
It's also allowed me to set up a timed schedule for the wifi & GPS to turn off during the night to save myself some battery power. Very cool app!
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Commandr didn't work properly as telling it to turn on or off mobile data doesn't do anything! Looks like it's an incomplete app or there's not proper support for the Moto X.
I've managed to put something in place using an app called Tasker. This amazing app allowed me to turn wifi and sync off when I activate my mobile data. When mobile data is disabled, the wifi and sync are turned back on. Ideally I wanted it to be done via my voice but doesn't look like that's possible.
It's also allowed me to set up a timed schedule for the wifi & GPS to turn off during the night to save myself some battery power. Very cool app!
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With a plugin called Tasker Now, you can activate any Tasker task with voice commands. I use it all of the time.
Wow that's perfect thanks!
I recently decided to root my droid turbo since it seems like we are never going to get the lollipop update ?. Im already seeing improvements in battery life and performance by using various apps like clean master and battery doctor.
I was wondering if anyone knew of any apps that would know when I'm using a certain app and toggle certain setting when I am and off when I'm not. For example, if I pull up the maps app, I obviously need location on so as soon as I open it, it turns location on, and then when I'm done with the all, turns it back off.
Ive seen the "tasker" app on the Google play store that's like 2.99 and I didn't know if it would do that or not.
Thanks in advance!!
IIRC, Tasker does this. I think Llama (similar to Tasker) can also do it.
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IIRC, Tasker does this. I think Llama (similar to Tasker) can also do it.
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Yes, Tasker does this with the addition of Secure Settings. You can set it so that whenever you open apps X, Y, Z, it will automatically toggle GPS.
I have this set up for Maps, Yelp, etc. When I exit the app, GPS is turned off after a 2 minute delay (it kept disabling GPS if I quickly switched to another app during navigation, so I set a longer delay than most tutorials suggested)
http://www.csullender.com/blog/2014/01/26/automatic-high-accuracy-android-location/
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Yes, Tasker does this with the addition of Secure Settings. You can set it so that whenever you open apps X, Y, Z, it will automatically toggle GPS.
I have this set up for Maps, Yelp, etc. When I exit the app, GPS is turned off after a 2 minute delay (it kept disabling GPS if I quickly switched to another app during navigation, so I set a longer delay than most tutorials suggested)
http://www.csullender.com/blog/2014/01/26/automatic-high-accuracy-android-location/
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Thanks, I decided to buy tasker right after I posted that. Was gonna wait till I knew for sure that it would work but decided I wanted to try it anyway. Took me a little bit to figure it out but finally did.
I'm trying to figure out now how to use the scenes to make a pop up menu that will be there during navigation to allow me to start playing music and different navigation tasks so I can stay on the navigation app. I'm having a lot of trouble with it.
So I just discovered the magical world of tasker, and am loving it! Totally worth the money, and one of the best apps to have (the best if you know how to maximise its use)! I have been experimenting a bit with it, so I don't have many profiles. I'm sure many folks here will be using tasker and would be having some great profiles, so I'm looking forward to hearing some suggestions! The profiles I use are:
1. WiFi off at night, from 00:45 to 08:00, except WhatsApp, Play Store, Quora
2. Airplane mode at night, from 00:30 to 07:00
3. Use of interactive CPU governor when using Real Racing 3, and revert to lionfish governor after exiting app(Kernel adiutor profiles do this for me). I also added a condition to use auto-rotate when playing the game, and revert to portrait orientation after closing the app.
4. Auto-sync every two hours, from 08:00 to 20:00 (I would like to improve this to auto-sync only Gmail, would welcome suggestions on how to do this from any tasker experts out here )
I would love to implement more profiles and automate my phone, so looking for ideas.
Need a tasker profile which can disable my mobile data only for some specific apps.it means If I start those apps then my mobile data would automatically disabled and when I close them Data service should be enbled.If u can help on this then That wud be very helpfull
Nothing very fancy for me - right now just have it turning on my wifi hotspot when it detects my car's bluetooth connection so my stereo can use the internet.
It sounds like you are taking it pretty far, @varunadi. You should check out https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker for more cool ideas.
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Nothing very fancy for me - right now just have it turning on my wifi hotspot when it detects my car's bluetooth connection so my stereo can use the internet.
It sounds like you are taking it pretty far, @varunadi. You should check out https://www.reddit.com/r/tasker for more cool ideas.
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Yep, I am looking to maximise the use of this app, so thanks for that link, will check it out!
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Need a tasker profile which can disable my mobile data only for some specific apps.it means If I start those apps then my mobile data would automatically disabled and when I close them Data service should be enbled.If u can help on this then That wud be very helpfull
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I'm still finding my way around tasker, reading a lot of tutorials so once I figure it out I'll let you know.
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Need a tasker profile which can disable my mobile data only for some specific apps.it means If I start those apps then my mobile data would automatically disabled and when I close them Data service should be enbled.If u can help on this then That wud be very helpfull
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I don't know if you can disable mobile data entirely (not just background which Android can do already) for just certain apps.
Perhaps it would be easier to use something like Netguard.
I've never used it but the description says "Applications can individually be allowed or denied access to your Wi-Fi and/or mobile connection."
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I don't know if you can disable mobile data entirely (not just background which Android can do already) for just certain apps.
Perhaps it would be easier to use something like Netguard.
I've never used it but the description says "Applications can individually be allowed or denied access to your Wi-Fi and/or mobile connection."
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Can't the secure settings plugin be used for that purpose? Toggle data on/off I mean.
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Can't the secure settings plugin be used for that purpose? Toggle data on/off I mean.
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I was actually going to suggest that as I have it installed already but when I tried it didn't work.
The "Mobile data" toggle was unavailable because it claims I don't have root. However, I'm definitely rooted and there's no listing (saying denied or otherwise) in SuperSU for Secure Settings so it didn't even ask for root. I'm not too surprised as SS hasn't been updated in over a year and a lot of the Play Store comments mention mobile data toggle specifically not working either (among other things). Too bad as it was pretty powerful and of course I think I paid for it right after its last update.
Not getting SS working for me might just be my problem and perhaps someone else can get it going.
I was also going to suggest [APP][2.2+][ROOT] Toggle Data 5.0 (xda-exclusive free version) but then I read more about what @anks095 said which was "can disable my mobile data only for some specific apps" so I'm guessing he just wants certain apps restricted and not all (although the next sentence seems to say otherwise but I might be reading it incorrectly). I'm not too sure that can be done via Tasker/SS - my guess is that it's an "all-or-nothing" kinda thing for mobile data so the VPN thing might be the only way.
I use a similiar app called automagic but some of the things that I got my tasker like program to do are: lockscreen enable/disable through wi-fi at trusted places (don't like geofencing due to battery), when connected to the bluetooth of my car. Auto silent 5 min before a meeting, but if not connected to my smartwatch then vibrate. And lastly sms emergency location request where my family can send a keyword and my phone will automatically send location.
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I use a similiar app called automagic but some of the things that I got my tasker like program to do are: lockscreen enable/disable through wi-fi at trusted places (don't like geofencing due to battery), when connected to the bluetooth of my car. Auto silent 5 min before a meeting, but if not connected to my smartwatch then vibrate. And lastly sms emergency location request where my family can send a keyword and my phone will automatically send location.
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How is the lockscreen one working for you? I find the built-in SmartLock to be really unreliable but when I tried to do lockscreen stuff before (last year) there was some bug in either Tasker or Secure Settings that would sometimes keep your screen black with just the nav buttons visible present. I'll have to re-try now.
That sms emergency request thing sounds cool! Can the recipient open the location in Maps to see exactly where you are?
Without issues I set it so that it clears the password. Makes it so that I have to swipe to unlock. As for the location, yes it sends coordinates and the user in the other end taps it to bring up Google maps.
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Without issues I set it so that it clears the password. Makes it so that I have to swipe to unlock. As for the location, yes it sends coordinates and the user in the other end taps it to bring up Google maps.
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Thank you very much - clearing the password was the key! I had been trying before to disable the keyguard entirely so I wouldn't even have to swipe but that's where the problem/bug came in. Thinking about it that makes more sense to have at least a swipe because I'd end up calling people from my pocket by mistake. So thanks again!
Tasker...hmmm. Bought it, but much to complicated for me. Macrodroid is much easier to understand and can also do complicated automation with a normal user friendly interface. I tried to like Tasker, but the more and more I tried the more stupid I felt.
Can anyone please tell me why location based profiles don't seem to work since I upgraded to pie 9?
Same Problem here....
Location works fine in Tasker on my Google Pixel 3 with Pie.
Only after the import of the tasks from Oreo to my new phone I had to reset the location of at least one location profil to get the location working again.
Have you checked the permission for Tasker to use the location?
Just for information: In Pie there's no "Energy Saving" location mode anymore. You can only switch between off, GPS only and GPS+wifi+bluetooth.
With Tasker, a user can create a task to set location mode to High Accuracy or Battery Saving Mode without root. I can confirm it is working on Pie.
You guys aren't understanding my problem. What DOESN'T work is having a profile get triggered by entering/exiting a geofence.
For example before I moved to Pie, I had a profile that turned my wifi on and off as I arrived home/left home by setting up a geofence 1km around my home. Now since I've upgraded to Pie, that profile never works anymore.