Done some research but can't seem to find anything on this,
Maps is showing as having used 44% of my battery so far today, however the total CPU total time is only 19 seconds and the app isn't open.
However GPS time is at almost 7 hours. GPS isn't turned on in location services nor has it been turned on apart from a a short amount of time when I was testing it earlier whilst out to see how quickly it locked. The time keeps going up.
Now this isn't really an issue that's having a major effect, battery life seems to be fine and all that. Just wondering why the GPS is still showing as being 'on' and whether it can be disabled.
Cheers.
John
The new versions of maps sucks in everyway. They went completely backwards.
I bet if u install 6.4 the problen will go away
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Hiya, Yesterday I loaded Damage Control v2.08.1 and it's been running pretty smooth. Just in the past few minutes I've noticed the phone getting hot around the battery. I've never felt this phone get hot before. A few minutes later it cut off. I had to press the power button to get it to turn back on. Everything seems fairly normal now and it doesn't really feel hot anymore. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Should I try a different ROM?
I think this is a random thing..ive had it happen a few times on diff roms etc..
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The ROM is fine I use it.
maybe you should take it to sprint and say it is getting really hot. They will trade it in for a new one. In less your over clocking it then you should know why it is getting hot. But I believe it is a hardware error.
Thanks for the input. The main reason I posted is because I used stock 1.5 for 5 months before loading a custom ROM and never once felt the phone get hot.
As long as it's a common thing I'm alright using it that way.
I ran into a similar thing when signal was low. A workaround is to turn off wireless triangulation in the location menu. Also turning off "always on" helps a lot, I forget where this setting is. I was hitting 43c a day before these changes, now barely get over 30.
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I ran into a similar thing when signal was low. A workaround is to turn off wireless triangulation in the location menu. Also turning off "always on" helps a lot, I forget where this setting is. I was hitting 43c a day before these changes, now barely get over 30.
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the always on setting is in location (it turns GPS off)
Line got really hot a couple weeks ago. At first I could not figure out why, but after looking at everything I realized it said I was roaming. O was in a location I was always at and never had s problem before. It said I had been roaming for 4 hours. Restarted the phone and the problem was fixed.
i turn on my 4g radio every now and then to see if i can get a signal, i was using my gps earlier today and didnt bother to turn it off, just a few min ago i turned on the 4g to look for a network and suddenly my gps is active but no location aware apps are running right now, has anyone run into this, i turned it on/off about 8 times and everytime the gps would go off, everything on this evo is stock
Hasn't happened to me, but if you have "use my location" checked under privacy, Google could be accessing that for whatever reason. Probably unlikely, but possible. Could've just been a random glitch also.
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Ok so my problem is whenever I leave my phone on for an extended amount of time the gps just will not lock at all but after I reboot the phone it locks within a couple of seconds. This has been happening with each radio Di01, dj05, and Dl09. I was just wondering if anyone else had this problem and whether or not it is a hardware problem?
Nope. With DI01 I had issue where it took forever to lock, if at all. With DL09 I have no issue at all. Connects quickly and just works.
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yeah. I thought I was the only one noticing that.
If I go into the gps setup (Dial: *#1472365#) and then go to command and start the gps, if the phone has been running for a long time, it will just sit there and say Number of Satellites: 0
But if I reboot, it starts finding satellites immediately and gets a fix super quickly.
Di01 was a nightmare with GPS locks...took upwards of 10 min or so. With dj09, I lock within 5 seconds max.
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anyone notice even though the GPS locks, it's off by a lot? went back to DJ05 for now....on the wife's Fascinate
I may be seeing the same thing as you Jaybap. Can you elaborate what a "long time" is since boot that you're seeing? 12hrs? 2 days?
I had horrendous issues w/ GPS on OEM DI01 prior to playing around with Adryn's local xtra.bin solution. I'm now on OEM DL09 and for a day or so after the install GPS would lock w/in 10-15 seconds outside. I leave GPS and VZ Assist on all the time. Accuracy is dead-on for me. I'm using GPS Test and GPS Status apps for testing.
I am now noticing that after some amount of time (at least more than 24-36hrs after installing DL09, no boots since install) that my GPS tests took longer to lock (>1 minute). The GPS icon in the notify bar wouldn't animate while searching for satellites and at one point GPS Status seemed to hang/freeze (no FC). So after i saw this thread I booted the phone. Now the GPS icon animation is back when initially searching for satellites and i get a lock in 10-15sec. So ya might be onto something...
BTW - I'm guessing the GPS icon animates when searching for satellites; becomes a static icon once a lock is achieved.
How do I dl and install DL09?
Having GPS capability was one of the reasons I upgraded from a non-smartphone to a smartphone. Just my luck that the smartphone I choose has serious GPS issues.
How might I go about dling and installing this fix for the GPS?
Thanks.
keena It's the same way with my phone the gps icon stops animating and this occurs after i leave my phone on for a few hours and it takes minutes to lock when it used to take seconds.
I have the same issues. I can get a lock in seconds after I reboot, but if my phone has been on for more than 10 min getting a lock can take as long as 45 min or more, if at all.
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Did you guys get your phones in September because I have a feeling they launched some of these with faulty hardware and that's why these updates aren't helping us.
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Did you guys get your phones in September because I have a feeling they launched some of these with faulty hardware and that's why these updates aren't helping us.
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Yeah, I nabbed mine on October 1st, so basically September.
But I'm still wondering if it's software related. Like maybe one thing (app? system?) in the background is trying to access the gps and won't let go of it for other apps to use.
Also, possibly unrelated: are you guys using Task Killers at all?
I also have the same issue as the OP. The only time I ever reboot my phone is right before I use Runkeeper... otherwise the Gps never locks.
I'm on dj05 using jt's clean rom & voodoo.
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I bought my phone the 2nd week of December. I don't run any task killer or battery minder apps...basically just a rooted OEM DL09.
I noticed that if you turn on the GPS and leave it on all the time. It will always lock on fast whenever you turn on Google Navi/Maps. If you turn on the GPS, turn it off for a while, and later, turn on Navi, it will sometimes take forever to lock on.
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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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
OK so my battery was amazing for the first two weeks. Starting this week my GPS is running constantly and maps is draining my battery. I will clear all the apps and turn off location services and the GPS still kicks back on and location Services gets re-enabled. I cleared the app data for maps and I've done a few resets nothing helps. Its really killing my battery and I really don't want to do a factory reset. Any ideas? Its driving me crazy....
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OK so my battery was amazing for the first two weeks. Starting this week my GPS is running constantly and maps is draining my battery. I will clear all the apps and turn off location services and the GPS still kicks back on and location Services gets re-enabled. I cleared the app data for maps and I've done a few resets nothing helps. Its really killing my battery and I really don't want to do a factory reset. Any ideas? Its driving me crazy....
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Turn GPS on if it isnt already. Open maps and wait until it gets a lock on your location then switch away from Maps.
This has been a bug with Maps for forever now....if you open it but dont let it get your location before you close it, it wakelocks the phone. Once it gets a lock and you switch away from it, it seems to release the wakelock. Not quite sure why Google hasnt fixed it, as the G2 is the third phone Ive been on that has this issue.
That's weird. Ive had TONS of phones in the last couple of years and I've never seen it before this one..
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