I'm interested in using the new GPS abilities of my Mogul to create GPS logs and tag photographs based on that data. I've found some good programs, but all seem to have the same problem - they stop working or crash when the device is put to sleep.
I've tried the Sunset GPS logger and NoniGPS and both have the issue. Sometimes even causing "Device.exe" to crash warranting a request to send microsoft a report.
Ideally, I would like to start one of these programs, then hit the power button and go about my business. If I get a call, or switch applications, I would like to maintain a log of my location. Is this possible?
Thanks in advance.
I used sunset just the other day to log my gps points for phototagging - worked just fine when I pushed the power button to turn off the screen etc. It kept logging points. Now this was before installing 3.35 so who knows now, but It seemed to work just fine for me.
What/how was it causing problems or crashing? did you have a bunch of other things running that possibly it ran out of RAM?
I figured this thread was a good place for this. If not, please re-direct me...
I'm looking to create Tasker profile "A" that stops Tasker profile "B" if; there is WiFi activity from app "A" in the past 5 minutes or less, and if there is a download in progress. Is this possible? And could I get some direction/ideas? Any help is appreciated!
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What to you mean by "wifi activity"? Do you mean traffic throughput, on/off or connected/disconnected events?
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What to you mean by "wifi activity"? Do you mean traffic throughput, on/off or connected/disconnected events?
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Any activity other than updates, basically any active uses but not passive. I have a profile that shuts down the wifi after 5 minutes of the display being off but wanted to add exceptions such as I'm in the middle of a chat with a chat app that is always logged on so the wifi won't go off until a certain time after the last active wifi action from that specific chat app
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Tasker lets you set up scripts to respond to states and events. You should be able to set a task to trigger on screen off and not a list of specific apps running. I do this with GPS on my phone so it only (and always) comes on when specific apps are running. In your case, something like "screen off and not chat running".
Tasker is pretty slick, but it's not always quick. I find it's fine for turning things off, but it sometimes is slow turning things on in a responsive manner. The GPS doesn't always get turned on in time for Maps not to complain, for example.
The problem with Tasker is that it can tell if an app is running in the foreground, but not whether it's passing traffic, at least in my experience. For the rudimentary wifi functions on my NOOKcolor, I found Green Power just as effective. It will shut down wifi after a period with no traffic, and periodically turn it back on to sync on a schedule, if you want. It is not sensitive to a specific app running, however.
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Tasker lets you set up scripts to respond to states and events. You should be able to set a task to trigger on screen off and not a list of specific apps running. I do this with GPS on my phone so it only (and always) comes on when specific apps are running. In your case, something like "screen off and not chat running".
Tasker is pretty slick, but it's not always quick. I find it's fine for turning things off, but it sometimes is slow turning things on in a responsive manner. The GPS doesn't always get turned on in time for Maps not to complain, for example.
The problem with Tasker is that it can tell if an app is running in the foreground, but not whether it's passing traffic, at least in my experience. For the rudimentary wifi functions on my NOOKcolor, I found Green Power just as effective. It will shut down wifi after a period with no traffic, and periodically turn it back on to sync on a schedule, if you want. It is not sensitive to a specific app running, however.
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Well if it can't detect certain traffic then I guess Green Power is my next shot. Thanks for the advice.
Tasker Read SMS
Hi. I installed Tasker and am trying to follow their walk throughs but the current version appears to be entirely different and I just can't figure out how do do any of this stuff. Could really use some help or an XML file. All I want to do is set up a profile that turns on bluetooth, gps fires up Google Maps and then starts listening for SMS text and read the SMS by voice if I get one.
All of their examples don't really jive with the way Tasker seems to work now.
Avatar, there are some obvious barriers I can see right off the bat, namely, no GPS or SIM card on the nook. Most of Tasker's functions (and wiki pages) relate to built in android functions so for example, instead of one action to enable GPS, it becomes a complicated series of actions such as enabling bluetooth, loading whichever bluetooth/gps app you use to connect, and simulating the correct sequence of button presses, waiting for it to connect, as well as dealing with it if it doesn't connect on the first try. It's very shonky and prone to failure compared to just enabling GPS on a device which has it.
I'd imagine the sms stuff is even more complex as you're already using a workaround to have that ability in the first place, so you'll have to work around that workaround, like the GPS. I bought a cheap phone to handle all that and its a much more straightforward and enjoyable car/tasker experience, minus the 7 inch screen.
i came from 4.2.1. updated to 4.2 and now my tablet wont stop saying searching for GPS (i am indoors and no GPS lock can be found).
nothing has changed, i have the same APPs haven't removed or added anything except updating via OTA yet now after the update this searching for GPS wont go away and i have to toggle it off now.
i have always left GPS and Wifi on with 4.2.1 and didnt have this problem and its draining my battery so i disable GPS.
anyone else see this on theirs?
1) turn GPS off
2) download gps status
3) wait until you are outside and stationary
4) turn on GPS and run gps status to see if you are getting any kind of fix on satellites.
Zillow (an app in the Play Store) causes this on my device. If I force closed it, the GPS icon would go away. If you're not using Zillow, maybe another app is the cause. Try force-closing anything you think might be using GPS
while google nav is running in background (searching for gps..) Hit the home button Go to settings . Toggle gps Of then back on..
You might have to then exit google nav off then back on.. Sometimes it will take a few tired..
This randomly happens to me sometimes if i start google Nav with the gps enabled.. Was present in 4.1.2 after the latest maps update .
I had the EXACT same problem.. I had updated in my "bunker" where I work (no GPS signals get in here) and until it finally got a signal it tried for like 2 hours. Once it did it, it was happy.
I really, really wish there were some way to see GPS usage history. There has got to be a way to do that. A log of what apps used the GPS, how long, etc
Same here. I also noticed this today and the battery drained quickly. It looks like the Weather Channel app was causing it in my case. It had an unusually large share of the battery consumption (according to the Android battery monitor) and uninstalling it seems to fix the issue (will take another day to confirm). This was working fine on 4.1.2.
Mine also has gone AWOL. I tried the on-off trick, all styles, but no joy (and waiting 2 hours was not a possibility... I needed it there and then).
I'll try the apps suggested, but as Gps is a core service, and one Google relies upon, it's disappointing that this crops up after an update to 4.2.
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Same here. I also noticed this today and the battery drained quickly. It looks like the Weather Channel app was causing it in my case. It had an unusually large share of the battery consumption (according to the Android battery monitor) and uninstalling it seems to fix the issue (will take another day to confirm). This was working fine on 4.1.2.
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Thanks for bringing this up. I was having this problem, and I have The Weather Channel too so I went to uninstall it and right when I did the GPS notification went away. It's looking like it may be a problem with the app then and not the GPS. Maybe something changed in the background and they have to make some modifications to the app to fix it.
I reinstalled TWC and when telling it to find me through GPS on the first run, it doesn't seem to want to get my location. I did it indoors before so I don't know why it wouldn't pick it up now. But at least it doesnt seem to be constantly accessing the GPS. I was going to do a factory reset to figure out if it was a problem with the system update itself but I'll just chalk it up to an app problem right now.
It's strange though, in 4.1.2 I don't remember getting any notification that the GPS was searching\locked on unless it was Navigation or Maps doing something. Either way, I dislike this new GPS notification thing overall. On the other hand, it's a good thing that we know the GPS was being used improperly. I hope they update The Weather Channel app soon. Weather Underground is slow even on the Nexus 7.
I'm having the same trouble after the update.
I left The Weather Channel uninstalled and had the GPS on again... still a lot of usage so I've just turned the GPS off until I need it. This is very unnecessary though. It has to be something in the operating system (I don't have any apps running in the background that should be using it so much when fine location isn't required).
Has anybody else tried a factory reset to see if this alleviates this problem? I really don't want to be the first and then lose important things I have saved to memory. :/
In 4.1.2 when using Navigation, GPS would be lost at times. Firing up GPS Test Plus would show no satellites, then rapidly find them, and suddenly Navigation would work again. I sometimes had to toggle GPS, sometimes didn't.
In 4.2 so far, I've had GPS vanish in Navigation, and stay vanished in GPS Test Plus. Toggling GPS doesn't seem to help. Rebooting is required to locate the satellites. Annoying.
About to delete 5gb of data to see if my 16GB model will magically speed up from the constant heavy lag.
A factory reset seems to have fixed my GPS problem.
same problem.i found a advertisement module in heywire caused it.as i force closed heywire,it is gone.before that,it continues for 7 hours.
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zhj said:
same problem.i found a advertisement module in heywire caused it.as i force closed heywire,it is gone.before that,it continues for 7 hours.
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Sorry for the bump but it seems even after uninstalling The Weather Channel and the factory reset I still get GPS activation for a long time from time to time. I seem to have found the process in the battery usage that's causing it. "Fused Location". Not sure what uses this or what it is, it has an android icon. I force closed it and GPS stopped searching. Probably not a permanent fix. I sent feedback from the OS on this process.
I've seen this in 4.2 on my Nexus 7 AND my Galaxy Nexus.
Not nailed it yet, one culprit was Shazam (turned off Location in the settings for that and it went away)
Checking my Battery stats again, Shazam is on 12% and I've not even run it! Gonna remove the homescreen widget, see if that helps.
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I've seen this in 4.2 on my Nexus 7 AND my Galaxy Nexus.
Not nailed it yet, one culprit was Shazam (turned off Location in the settings for that and it went away)
Checking my Battery stats again, Shazam is on 12% and I've not even run it! Gonna remove the homescreen widget, see if that helps.
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i suggest you to to Settigs -> Apps -> Running (Tab)
Individuall kill/stop the application that you think might have caused the problem..
You will eventually know which Apps has caused it because the GPS icon goes away after you killed the erring application...
This worked for me. The problem App was "Perfect World Clock"
That solution is rather clunky. I have created a couple of simple Tasker profiles to get rid of this annoying notification. Works flawlessly for me. What it does is it shuts off GPS when the screen turns off, and restarts it after a short delay when the screen turns on. The delay is the real key here, as it circumvents the initial GPS search and, hence, no annoying message. Google Maps and Google Nav are not affected, as the GPS is always on when the screen is on, i.e. GPS is on whenever it is actually needed and off only if it is not needed. And, these profiles do not significantly impact battery, as they are Event triggered rather than State triggered. In fact, it probably saves battery, given that it turns GPS off when it's not needed. There are two profiles needed, which I have called "GPS Suspend" and "GPS Restart." Their associated tasks both utilize the Secure Settings plug-in which is needed to turn GPS on or off. As you will see, I have also added "If" conditions to each task's GPS command, to ensure that the command is executed if and only if the screen is in the correct (on/off) phase.
Here are the profiles and their associated tasks...
Profile: GPS Suspend
Event: Display Off
Enter: GPS Suspend
A1: Secure Settings [ Configuration:GPS Disabled Timeout (Seconds):0 ] If [ %SCREEN ~ off ]
Profile: GPS Restart
Event: Display On
Enter: GPS Resart
A1: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:3 Minutes:0 HConfiguration:GPS:enabledours:0 Days:0 ]
A2: Secure Settings [ Timeout (Seconds):0 ] If [ %SCREEN ~ on ]
Try it and see!
modestdave
Hi all. I'm having a bit of GPS weirdness. GPS can get a lock quickly and accurately, however, I have to turn it off/on every time I open an app that uses it. Otherwise, it won't ever find the location. Once I turn it off/on it picks up and stays locked while the app is running. Also, if I switch to another app that uses GPS I have to do the same thing to get a location fix.
So obviously, the GPS function works, but something in the OS is not recognizing it until it's reset. Not the end of the world, but definitely annoying. Is anyone else seeing this?
This is on the AT&T version, by the way.
Thanks!