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Is it possible to enable Location Services(GPS or Google NetworkLocation) via ADB or Terminal Emulator? I'm on a rooted Phone.

Extra Points: Is it also possible to change other system-related settings?

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  • This question already has been asked, see: Can I change some Android settings from the command line? – Izzy♦ Feb 22 '13 at 16:57
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    @Izzy I don't think that's fully a duplicate. – Matthew Read Feb 22 '13 at 17:37
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    @Izzy not related. The question you linked to has nothing to do with location services. – lorddev Dec 11 '13 at 20:05
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    @lorddev No, they are not explicitly mentioned. But you can use the same code to call the intent for location services. What confuses me a little is the phrasing of my comment, which suggests a "direct hit" (and here you're both correct: it's not exactly the same). Hard to say, half a year later, what I had in mind back then... – Izzy♦ Dec 11 '13 at 20:27
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For Android 6.0

To Enable use :

For GPS : adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed +gps

For Network : adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed +network

To Disable :

GPS : adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed -gps

For Network : adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed -network

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  • This worked for me, not the accepted answer. – Matt D Jul 18 '18 at 14:06
  • Thanks, it works. Is there anyway we can enable/disable gps and network with one line adb command. I need it for high accuracy locaton. gps+network =high accuracy – Suban Dhyako Sep 11 '18 at 10:07
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Android Location Service comes with different options:

1) High Accuracy: gps, network

Enable: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed +gps,network

Disable: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed -gps,network

2) Phone Only: gps

Enable: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed +gps

Disable: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed -gps

3) Battery Saving: network

Enable: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed +network

Disable: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed -network

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location_providers_allowed no longer works for Android 10 (API level 29).

Instead, you can set the location_mode to LOCATION_MODE_HIGH_ACCURACY with a value of 3:

adb shell settings put secure location_mode 3

NOTE: Probably won't work >v29 as this is already deprecated as the docs on Location Mode mention:

This constant was deprecated in API level 28. The preferred methods for checking location mode and listening for changes are via LocationManager#isLocationEnabled() and LocationManager#MODE_CHANGED_ACTION.

Don't know what a programmatic way to do this through the shell will be once this constant disappears.

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