Hey guys, I don;t really use GPS on my Galaxy Player 4'', but I have notices that it will all the sudden display the GPS icon in the notification area even when it is off. I have disabled GPS and the "Use wireless networks" option, but the icon will appear at least once a day and won't disappear until I reboot the device. It just keeps blinking over and over until I reboot the device.
I have noticed it drains my battery way to quick when that icon appears (uses about 10% when the deviced is locked), which is crazy because it uses about (2%) battery power when it is locked during the night and the player does not shows that GPS icon in the notification area. I have killed pretty much every single application I have been able to kill to find out what app is trying to use GPS, but the icon won't go away no matter what process I kill. I use juicedefender and it has really improve my battery life, but when that icon appears, my device still will waste about 10% battery power even when it is locked with no apps running. Cannot explained why this is happening.
Has any of you had this problem?
Thank you
Try reseting to factory default, my batttery life on galaxy 4.0 is incredible.
I've had the same problem on my 5.0. I figured out it was an app that was constantly trying to get a gps signal. Simply going into the app and the exiting out seems to solve it however. It still happens but going into the app and exiting out helps. I would try to figure out which app is constantly trying to connect and if you don't use it very frequently uninstall it.
Dampfire said:
I've had the same problem on my 5.0. I figured out it was an app that was constantly trying to get a gps signal. Simply going into the app and the exiting out seems to solve it however. It still happens but going into the app and exiting out helps. I would try to figure out which app is constantly trying to connect and if you don't use it very frequently uninstall it.
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Difficult to pinpoint this app.
Do anybody know any way to log what app is using (or trying to use) GPS?
I noticed this happening today. I have my notification bar hidden, so not sure how often this happens. I could make it go away by turning on GPS and GPS Test, then back off. I checked for apps that might be trying to find a location in running services, killed a couple "maybes", but the icon kept blinking. Only app I installed today was Simple Calendar Widget, but didn't see anything in it's options that would be pinging location...
I have Power Tudor that shows how much juice apps are using while you monitor them, the only app there that looked like it could be was something like "system_1025" or something like that.... nothing I could find to stop it.
Dampfire said:
I've had the same problem on my 5.0. I figured out it was an app that was constantly trying to get a gps signal. Simply going into the app and the exiting out seems to solve it however. It still happens but going into the app and exiting out helps. I would try to figure out which app is constantly trying to connect and if you don't use it very frequently uninstall it.
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tcat007 said:
I noticed this happening today. I have my notification bar hidden, so not sure how often this happens. I could make it go away by turning on GPS and GPS Test, then back off. I checked for apps that might be trying to find a location in running services, killed a couple "maybes", but the icon kept blinking. Only app I installed today was Simple Calendar Widget, but didn't see anything in it's options that would be pinging location...
I have Power Tudor that shows how much juice apps are using while you monitor them, the only app there that looked like it could be was something like "system_1025" or something like that.... nothing I could find to stop it.
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Also use Simple Calendar Widget, but I don't think it's the reason.
Did you use Samsung Dive recently? I did, in order to test the ring, lock and location service provided from within Dive. The service running on device tries to establish a GPS connection even if GPS is disabled. I didn't make a location trace, only a simple location test.
After reboot GPS icon do not show up any more ...
Looks like Google Latitude might be the culprit. Try opening it and signing out of that service. Also go into "Settings" --> "Location and security" and uncheck "Use Sensor Aiding". Once I turned those off the GPS Notification went away.
What does sensor aiding do anyway? Sure doesn't help the Compass!
I had the same issue with my HTC ONE M8 I did the same process as you. Went into my settings found my battery usage and saw what was draining my battery. It was groupon. So I force stopped the app and the GPS notification went away.
Hi, I recently installed CM7.1 on my HTC Legend and everything has been running great - theres one issue that is annoying me.
There seems to be a notification that alerts whenever the network signal is lost and found. This wouldn't be an issue except my phones signal at work keeps coming and going so the notification is constantly going off.
I'm considering going back to the stock ROM. Is there a setting or way of disabling this notification?
Thanks in advance
Is it wifi or 3g notifications?
Pretty sure its the 3g notification as I normally disable the wifi
When you go into the settings menu there should be an option for notifications. See if there is a disable option in there. Otherwise, I'm not sure.
No, cant see anything specific. But theres all sorts of overrides and things in the profile bit, must be some sort of conflict
I occasionally get a little pop-up notification towards the bottom of the screen saying something like, "Not all location services are enabled..." -- I haven't been fast enough when it happens to get a screenshot, but I'll try.
What is causing this? I have all GPS & location services turned off because I do not use them. It happens seemingly at random times, too. The last time it happened was when I opened the app drawer >.<
Any idea how I can pinpoint what is causing this? Thanks!
This is annoying anyone have a solution?
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This is annoying anyone have a solution?
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It happens to me also. Ive tried turning gps off, closing all apps and services but it is still there. This doesnt happens with custom roms, it only happens with the stock rom. But when go to battery in settings it shows me that gps is off, but i cant get rid of that notification.
try to go to apps that need GPS location (eg facebook or maps)
i happens got to that situation and then i go to facebook apps and GPS star to blink and then i just press home and the GPS sign is gone
Ive solved this, force stop facebook wont work, the only way to avoid this issue is uninstalling facebook app, and problem solved!!
Hi guys,
I have a problem with the GPS that I don't think is unique to the GS4 only ... it happened after I upgrade to 4.3, and the same on my wife's Note 2, seems to be 4.3 related.
Basically, I can turn on GPS no problem, but after turning it on, it will not turn off even though the GPS icon is turned off from the notification bar, and the GPS sign also disappears from the main bar. Checking on the battery stat shows GPS remains all along.
This can only be fixed by a reset, but the next time I turn GPS on, once again I need to reset the phone to turn it off.
Anyone knows how to fix this? I already have location services turned off. This doesn't seem to be located to google services at all.
This only seems to happen after upgrade to 4.3 as well.