Ever since Android 10 my Poco F1 no longer has the option to use Location Access without using the GPS. Location Access now means using gps, wifi and mobile network. I can disable Google Location Accuracy and it will stop using wifi and mobile network to estimate location, but I want to turn off gps and use ONLY wifi and mobile network to estimate location. It drains too much battery so I stopped using Location 24/7. My work phone, P10 Lite with Oreo has that option, I want it back on my daily driver too. Halp?
It's simply missing in 11.0.4.0 QEJMIXM.
I also found no way to re-enable it yet.
Lineageos 17.1 e.g. has this option also for Android 10. So it's either added by LOS developers or MIUI developers removed this option ...
In Android 10, Location settings to use Wifi or phone only (battery savings) was removed. I have Poco F1 and Galaxy S9 both running Android 10 and they both don't have this battery savings feature in Location Settings.
I'm currently using Tasker app to set Location Mode to battery savings when I'm not using a GPS Navigation app. I can confirm its working fine.
What you want is not possible anymore. Google has bound the Location Access to the GPS module subsequently the Location Accuracy to the assists (WiFi, BT, Cellular, and Barometer). If you want to use Location Access, GPS will always be ON, if you want better accuracy, faster lock, or an assist when GPS signal is blocked, you use Location Accuracy. IF your need is to save power, disabling Location Accuracy is one option second to disabling the Location Access altogether via notification shade or the settings. I don't think that it's the GPS module was the culprit of high power consumption, it's just a receiver of satellite signal, more like an antenna while WiFI, BT, and Cellular were already known to hog power especially when signal is low.
It's still possible by using a third party app like Tasker. GPS can be turned off while still having Location access via Wifi and phone.
This feature is also still present in LineageOS 17.1 (which is based on Android 10 AOSP).
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Location services has an option "Use Wireless Networks" where "Location determined by WiFi and/or mobile networks". I usually leave Wifi turned off unless I'm somewhere I know has good quality Wifi as my plan includes 3GB of data per month.
My problem is that if I am somewhere without GPS reception and an app calls for location the phone then turns on Wifi briefly to find a location. This of course disconnects my HSDPA+ session which interrupts internet and makes whatever app I just loaded either take forever to load as it then needs to find a new connection (via WiFi); or the app complains that there is no internet and it exits.
Not all apps do this (some are better behaved).
I need to leave the "Use Wireless Networks" option on so that if there is no GPS the cellular network can provide a rough location to the app.
Is there some way I can have the "Use Wireless Networks" use cellular for location but not use Wifi?
This thread had a similar problem but no resolution.
Galaxy S II GT-I9100 Android 2.3.3 build Gingerbread.XWKE7 rooted.
Can someone clear up what it means for the battery when both Wifi and 3g are enabled at the same time but only one is connected? So when I pull down my status bar (on Gingerbread) both are lit up. Depending on where I am, only one will be connected. What does it mean (battery wise) for a constant on Wifi connection to have 3g data enabled at the same time, and more importantly what does it mean to have 3g enabled and wifi enabled at the same time yet set to sleep/never? If I toggle wifi when the screen goes on via a battery saver, is that causing more battery drain constantly turning the wifi on and off than having the wifi kept alive (still sounds like this would not save the battery from the name but that's what I read!) Surely if there are only a few hotspots I connect to, it seems that using a location based wifi manager to turn it off when traveling makes sense. But when at a location, even on battery, is it best to just leave the wifi on constantly or would toggling with screen off save more energy?
Toggling it would increase battery life.
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ZTE Grand X In, Android 4.0.4.
Google Talk services are draining battery, that seems to be known problem. But, this issue for this topic is different one.
I checked Better Battery Stats, Better WiFi. Seems that wake related to wifi is the main issue many times.
The problem is - when I have WiFi hotspot, good signal, got connection, but do not get network access (needs to be authenticated), all of that in background (no alert, no visible action on screen). So, on WiFi screen I can see connected, but actually I did not get network access, so all services which need network access (including Google services) are simultaneously trying to go to network, to get updates or any other data and - that is draining battery heavily - access to network is not existing.
Anybody experienced this? How to fix this issue?
So, connected to WiFi hotspot, very good signal, the WiFi is connected.
No network access (WiFi needs to be authenticated), all of that in background (no alert, no visible action on screen).
For example - trying to reach 8.8.8.8 - Google DNS does not work
Phone is rooted (just to say that - I may install any application that would be helpful, also, access to configuration files available).
What needs to be done? Which parameters are to be reconfigured?
How to control the number of attempts Android is doing from different applications to access network resources?
Hello,I'm looking for an app that:
1.Enables WiFi when there's a network available (based on location or checking periodically every hour for example) and disables data the moment it connects.
2.Enables Data the moment I lose WiFi connection and automatically disables WiFi.
Simple,but I just can't find such an app.Most of the just switch on WiFi using location based rules but also leave Data ON.
Looking to maximize battery life without having to keep switching WiFi/Data ON or OFF myself.
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Not sent from my Xperia.
Smart WiFi Toggler from Google Play Store does this. Now updated with Lollipop support.
Not sent by me!
This is a really odd issue and it is a privacy concern. I have a Samsung Galaxy A51 and a Samsung Galaxy Tab A with Android 11, and I have noticed on both that the device location setting is spontaneously being re-enabled without my intervention on both devices. It happens under the following scenario:
-Location off
-Wifi on
-No apps other than system apps (which cannot be uninstalled and cannot have location permissions revoked) have location access permissions granted
-While device connects automatically to a different wifi network than device was most recently previously connected to (e.g. being connected to wifi at home, then automatically connecting to wifi when visiting family at their house) or when manually connecting to a different wifi network (e.g. when connecting to wifi at a hotel).
I also notice that not only does locations services get enabled, but that the location being accessed icon shows up too. Yet, when I look at the location access setting menu in settings, it shows that nothing has been accessing my location.
Does anybody know why this is happening? Is this issue limited to Samsung devices or all Android devices?
Find my phone is set to enabled from within settings, but this wouldn't be causing this, right?