Timeline for What's using my GPS?
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| Jul 28, 2015 at 21:34 | answer | added | gcb | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 14, 2014 at 20:11 | comment | added | CptRobby | Ilari Kajaste - Having the GPS come on for a few seconds and then turning off is normal behavior for Android. Especially if you are using Location Services from Google in any way. Store and Coupon apps will sometimes do the same thing to periodically find out if you are near a store with coupons available to you, though many of those are moving to Google's Location Services API, which provides a more unified way of managing Location events. But regardless, the real issue is when a process turns the GPS on for several minutes, not just a few seconds. | |
| Apr 6, 2013 at 18:11 | answer | added | William C | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 10, 2012 at 20:12 | answer | added | t0mm13b | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 13, 2012 at 9:26 | comment | added | Ilari Kajaste | @Nicolás I have this exact same question, and I'm very sure there isn't any GPS route tracking software currectly active (I do have a few installed, though). The GPS just suddenly gets on, flashes for a while, then disappears (presumable because it found my location). This happens when I have no applications running that I imagine could have any use for GPS. | |
| May 5, 2011 at 0:11 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAndroid/status/65931602865307649 | ||
| May 4, 2011 at 20:57 | answer | added | terry1769 | timeline score: 13 | |
| May 4, 2011 at 16:18 | comment | added | Nicolás | For example I am testing an application called GPS Tracker that once opened uses the GPS (just as expected). But if you don't close it explicity (by selecting the option exit after pressing the menu button) and instead you press the home button or go directly to other app, then GPS Tracker continues to use the GPS, because it is tracking your route... I think the same happens with other apps you are using. The conclusion: find the way to close them directly from the app itself. | |
| May 4, 2011 at 14:25 | answer | added | Ryan Conrad | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 4, 2011 at 14:01 | comment | added | Matthew Read | Or to close apps one by one and see when the GPS stops being used. | |
| May 4, 2011 at 13:02 | comment | added | ale | One way to find out might be to turn off GPS and see which apps complain. | |
| May 4, 2011 at 6:19 | comment | added | eidylon | This is a good Q. Would love to know if there's some sort of log of GPS access too. I often find, when at my lock screen, something is pinging the GPS, which then stops as soon as I complete my login. | |
| May 4, 2011 at 3:16 | history | asked | Mark McDonald | CC BY-SA 3.0 |