I have noticed that when I have GPS toggled on, the icon will disappear from the notification bar when I exit out of an app using GPS (gmaps). Does this mean that the GPS radio turns itself off when not in use, allowing us to keep it toggled on all day and not kill our batteries?
tstack77 said:
I have noticed that when I have GPS toggled on, the icon will disappear from the notification bar when I exit out of an app using GPS (gmaps). Does this mean that the GPS radio turns itself off when not in use, allowing us to keep it toggled on all day and not kill our batteries?
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Yes it does, only when you use a program that actually uses gps it's turned on.
So bassicly there's no need for the widget. Unless you want to force localization through the network instead of gps
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Those of you who miss not being able to tap the the task bar in 2.2 (like you could in 1.6) can install an awesome app that lets you open most important quick settings from the task bar by sliding the task bar down. The app is free, its called Quick Setting (by Sergey Shafarenka). Just slide the top task bar and you will see the option for quick settings, then tap it and you will find: ringer, volume control, bluetooth, wi-fi, gps, mobile data. battery meter, and brightness.
If you prefer separate icons, you can try Status Bar Switch by friedflow for wi-fi and bluetooth - both free. I found them first but now that I learned about the Quick Setting App - I may just use it for everything.
Anyway, try it and let me know what you think.
i just tried it, and it looks really cool, specially together with his other app the battery widget which is cooler than the battery widget i had.
Only one thing missing, the option to be able to turn on airplane mode keeping wifi on
+1 for Quick Settings. Ive been using this app since my X10. One of the first apps I installed on my Streak, and couldn't live without it.
Up! +1
I've been using this excellent little app for 3 weeks already. It even give the shortcut for LED flashlight (given you configure it properly) so no need other 3rd party app for flashlight which may or may not work on our streak.
You can even customize what kind of settings you wanted to show, including GPS, mobile data, autosync data, wifi hotspot, airplane mode, auto rotation (yay!).
Edit: i show this to my friend and now his satisfy with it in his desirez
Great Find
Must have app!!!
Thx
Coupled with Visual Task Switcher (for mutli-tasking switch), my streak is finally user friendly
Hi. Recent, happy convert to CM7.1 on my Nexus One.
Question, though. I use Widgetsoid, and now that I'm root, I'm using the root data toggle method. This works, but the widget provides no feedback about what state you're in. So when I click it, I need to wait several seconds until the notification bar icon appears (or disappears) to find out if the click took. Also, If I have WIFI up, the cell data notification icon goes away, so I don't know whether cell data is also enabled. Since I routinely turn off data to preserve the battery when I'm not using it, this is a frequent issue.
So. Is there a way to get Widgetsoid to light up the data toggle widget when data is enabled? Doesn't seem to be - which is funny, because I used to use the old 2g/3g toggle, which did light up to indicate whether data was enabled, even though the widget itself was only a shortcut to the data settings.
Or... is there another widget that works the way I want?
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I switch off GPS vai toogle in the notification bar because I do not want it to be on (so strange uh?)
well, after I do this (or even disable all the option in settings) this bloody Location setting page continues to pop up all the time I am using the phone, while I am doing some call, writing messages etc, it stop only once a switch on the GPS again
SO ANNOYING
anyone can help? I would really appreciate it..love the S3 but I will smash it 1 of this days
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sgison said:
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I switch off GPS vai toogle in the notification bar because I do not want it to be on (so strange uh?)
well, after I do this (or even disable all the option in settings) this bloody Location setting page continues to pop up all the time I am using the phone, while I am doing some call, writing messages etc, it stop only once a switch on the GPS again
SO ANNOYING
anyone can help? I would really appreciate it..love the S3 but I will smash it 1 of this days
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Check your applications that initiate gps, maybe you can disable them manualy.
gee2012 said:
Check your applications that initiate gps, maybe you can disable them manualy.
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I thought about it but then all the time I open the app I need to go into settings, allow GPS and after switch on GPS toggle?
sounds a bit annoying too
sgison said:
I thought about it but then all the time I open the app I need to go into settings, allow GPS and after switch on GPS toggle?
sounds a bit annoying too
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In that case, it is the app you are using not the S3. Your title is misleading.
I've turned off all of the location services in settings, but my notification bar still has an icon that looks like the GPS is still on. It's a circle with a cross in it and arrows at the cardinal directions. I've even turned GPS off using the power control widget, but it's still there. Anyone know what this and how to get rid of it?
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I've turned off all of the location services in settings, but my notification bar still has an icon that looks like the GPS is still on. It's a circle with a cross in it and arrows at the cardinal directions. I've even turned GPS off using the power control widget, but it's still there. Anyone know what this and how to get rid of it?
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That is the GPS icon and unless you are unlocked you cannot get rid of it (that I know of).
Can anyone help with this. I did a Google search and looked in teh phone where the icon description list is and there is no info on this.
On the notification bar there is a new icon i have never seen. It is to the left of the 4G and is like GPS but it's not a circle but more of a diamond shape with curved signal bars going towards the right, at the 4G icon. I feel kinda silly but since nothing I've changed in the settings anywhere has turned it off.
Thanks
Eric
It's gps/location services (not just standalone). The bars can be removed by turning off location services but the icon itself remains from what I've seen. Probably icon represents at least e911?
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Hey thanks. It reminded me of GPS but looked different. So non-GPS but standard Location Services will keep that on? Too bad, it just clutters the notification bar.
Yeah i tested it out and the icon does stay but the signal bars go away if you turn off location services totally off. Bummer. I see that as something to maybe fix in the custom roms.