Up until today, ive never had an issue with gps running in the background. Is there any app that can see what is using the GPS? I dont like switching it on and off everytime i need it. I havent installed much that i think even uses gps at all.
recently installed:
MLB.com at bat
Circle launcher
Park Mobile (an app for meter parking in Grand Rapids)
hmm
not sure but if you are worried about GPS use why dont you just use a GPS toggle widget and only enable it when you want it
hockey4life0099 said:
Up until today, ive never had an issue with gps running in the background. Is there any app that can see what is using the GPS? I dont like switching it on and off everytime i need it. I havent installed much that i think even uses gps at all.
recently installed:
MLB.com at bat
Circle launcher
Park Mobile (an app for meter parking in Grand Rapids)
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I believe Lookout Premium has the ability to show you what permissions each app is using. Can't remember as my trial period has expired and haven't upgraded yet. check it out.
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Hi,
I search but could not find on XDA
I use my X10 to log into my workplace wifi daily but the problem is that i have to manually connect it to the wifi network
Is there an app to make my X10 2.1 to automatically switch to wifi when i enter my workplace so that i dont have to manually do it daily?
The iphone has such an app
2.3 roll out is said to begin THIS WEEKEND!! so xcited i can provide link
khakhi said:
Is there an app to make my X10 2.1 to automatically switch to wifi when i enter my workplace so that i dont have to manually do it daily?
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How should the phone know, when you enter your workplace. There has to be some kind of trigger and in fact i dont really think that it is that hard to open the settings and turn wifi on. Create a shortcut or use an unofficial rom f.e. TW mod there you can switch wifi on in the drop down bar.
khakhi said:
2.3 roll out is said to begin THIS WEEKEND!! so xcited i can provide link
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Prove?
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I think Juice Defender Ultimate has a feature that uses the gps to do that.
punkkeks said:
How should the phone know, when you enter your workplace. There has to be some kind of trigger and in fact i dont really think that it is that hard to open the settings and turn wifi on. Create a shortcut or use an unofficial rom f.e. TW mod there you can switch wifi on in the drop down bar.
Prove?
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Yes the iphone has that app...so Android should also. Thats what apps are there for...to make our lives easier.
Was mentioned in this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1177372 that roll out will start this weekend.
But what is the trigger for your workplace? Should the wifi turn on 30mins after you say “‘til later honey!“ or what? GPS is more battery expensive than its worth. Tell me how the phone should know when you are at work?
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Tasker (tasker dinglisch net)
Locale (www twofortyfouram com)
punkkeks said:
But what is the trigger for your workplace? Should the wifi turn on 30mins after you say “‘til later honey!“ or what? GPS is more battery expensive than its worth. Tell me how the phone should know when you are at work?
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my friends iphone does it...this is what separates Apple from other OS's
will try out tasker
khakhi said:
my friends iphone does it...this is what separates Apple from other OS's
will try out tasker
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Found a solution already?
Else try Llama from KebabApps. It uses the cell locations for finding your position. No GPS is needed. Can switch a lot of things beside WiFi. Also time dependant tasks are possible.
Honestly I used it some time ago. But my workplace is too near to my home. So it never knew exactly where I am ;-)
romano8820 said:
Found a solution already?
Else try Llama from KebabApps. It uses the cell locations for finding your position. No GPS is needed. Can switch a lot of things beside WiFi. Also time dependant tasks are possible.
Honestly I used it some time ago. But my workplace is too near to my home. So it never knew exactly where I am ;-)
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thanx, i installed "tasker", still havent figured out yet how it works
will also try llama
Another vote for llama. Tasker is much more powerful, but I found llama more useful because it was so simple. The developer has been adding features and improving performance and respond to emails promptly. I really need to buy it already.
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I use "WeFi - Automatic WiFi" (NO, no typo! It's with an "e"...), free in the Market.
It makes a Wifi-connection in places that u assign as "always log in here"....
Works fine for me!
Greetz,
kwarkje
Hey everyone, i'm kinda newbie in this tablet. Do the apps work flawlessly after the root and custom ROM? are they compatible with the 8.9'?
Thank you
Yes, all of them.
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btw, do pdf reader like ezpdf work smoothly?
Tablets are very capable so yes. Try it and you will see.
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data counter widget
hi all,
I'm not sure which thread should I post my problem since its related to apps then I throw my question here.
I have been trying to keep track of my data usage, its seems that all of apps available manage to show only wifi traffic but not 3g traffic. even I tried to used apps that I used to have also not giving any result.
is it because the apps was design for android v2 not v3?
the data usage show extremely low..
abima80 said:
hi all,
I'm not sure which thread should I post my problem since its related to apps then I throw my question here.
I have been trying to keep track of my data usage, its seems that all of apps available manage to show only wifi traffic but not 3g traffic. even I tried to used apps that I used to have also not giving any result.
is it because the apps was design for android v2 not v3?
the data usage show extremely low..
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How about 3G watchdog?
Ahtec said:
btw, do pdf reader like ezpdf work smoothly?
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Yes I use it on mk galaxy tab 8.9 and it works beautifully well.
jeremy89632 said:
How about 3G watchdog?
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not even a byte recorded on mobile data, wifi able to record.
Traffic Monitor works great.
Uno doesn't work
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orlandoxpolice said:
Uno doesn't work
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I am satisfied with RadioOpt Traffic Monitor Widget (version 3.0.2).
It has a simple and complete widget and you a report can be done showing the traffic for several app...
give it a try...
ciao
fausto
fcasini said:
I am satisfied with RadioOpt Traffic Monitor Widget (version 3.0.2).
It has a simple and complete widget and you a report can be done showing the traffic for several app...
give it a try...
ciao
fausto
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not even a bit for mobile data, only wifi.
the card game...
abima80 said:
not even a bit for mobile data, only wifi.
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3g Watch Do is the perfect solution, & it works good for me...
Def go with "My Data manager" it is the best on the market acurate and has a handy small widget.
I personally use "SPB Wireless Monitor" on my tab and also on my Galaxy S+ and it works perfectly.
I really like the AT&T communication manager app that comes on the 4g version. It tracks usage real time, including tethering, and syncs with the biller every 6 hours. Unfortunately, they will not have a market version until later this year.
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How do you tether on the 8.9 LTE?
can someone upload me stock Galaxy tab 8.9 browser pls? I am using overcome rom, but there is a problem with my browser and i don't have enought post to write it in right thread
thinking of buying an offline navigation app, as i live in Europe i can rack up major data charges just visiting friends, who happen to live in another country. also be used for business, i work all over the shop!
been checking on market, but lots of negative reports on most, including navigon. i have a navigon gps for in the car, its okay, but by the reviews the android app is not so good. or is it?? google maps/navigation is great, but it uses data charge, loads if on satellite view
anyone have an offline navigation system installed, or can recommend one thru previous use?
thanx!
sygic not bad too...
I use mobile mobile maps from sygic. Works pretty good.
thanks, i'll check sygic out later..
I think osmand+ is the best. You can download all maps vector-rendered (small files) or as tiles from google, openstreetmaps and many more web-map-services.
So, I live in an area for a while, where coz of the occupation there are no navigation-systems allowed... (even normal printed maps are ridiculous bad).
So thanks to openstreetmaps.org which is developed very well in the last years and helped me out a lot! Nevertheless some routes are interrupted by yet another unknown roadblock
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sygic not bad too...
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How to download and use offline maps using sygic
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soooooo,
been using the trial version of sygic, pretty impressed, used it for work and must say its pretty accurate, and very usable. i've been having closure problems, (not fc, just closing app and sending me back to home screen) although this may be related to a ram manager i had installed (testing now).
other was, in the centre of the dashboard display, you have the countdown to the next junction and an arrow to tell you the direction, these are overlayed on my phone and a bit messy, you cant at a glance see it properly, just a tangled mess. is this the same on the paid version? on the sygic site these are 2 separate boxes on the shown picture.
otherwise, no complaints, would like to know before i pay €50!
also forgot, the android splash bar is also hidden, if you recieve a text, you cant see the notification, or gsm signal etc.
also in the pay version?
Bought full version last night, thanks for the info!
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This is the second day in a row google maps is the top app user of battery (behind screen of course).... the kicker is I have never even opened the app! Overall the battery life is still very good, but I don't get why maps is using my battery if I never use the app... I did open it up to see if I could force it to close, but I didn't see anything. Anyone else have this issue? I have the phone on wifi most of the day if that matters.
I noticed that too. Be sure you're signed out of the latitude layer. Also consider disabling geo tagging in the camera app settings...
Holy cow, there are a bunch of settings to turn off in maps. Who knew? Been noticing maps using battery also, but it didn't occur to me to go into its menu and look around.
i was curious about that.. the only thing i could think of was its the gps from the weather widget and it was labeled as maps instead of gps
tmuka said:
I noticed that too. Be sure you're signed out of the latitude layer. Also consider disabling geo tagging in the camera app settings...
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that might be it, I signed out of lattitude and fixed the setting so it so it didn't update my location. Thanks for the tip, hope that fixes it
You should be able to report the app from the battery usage screen. Tap Google maps and report should be on the top right.
I do that whenever one of my app is misbehaving. It will help the devs fix the bug.
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Mine was super dead and wouldn't even turn on when Received mine, I let it charge all night and unplugged it this morning and am down to 64% after 3 hours and 30 minutes of heavy use. I notice that it also was at 92% when I unplugged it so far better than the 3d but we shall see after a weeks worth of use or so.
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You should be able to report the app from the battery usage screen. Tap Google maps and report should be on the top right.
I do that whenever one of my app is misbehaving. It will help the devs fix the bug.
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I just did this, for a while I had location detection off.... but I like to be able to google search a business or place and have it show me the nearest locations of that business.... and that doesn't work if you turn off location detection... not to mention the weather lock screen doesn't work.... so right now my only solution is to leave the location detection on and live with maps eating my batter in the background.... I'm waiting a few more months to let the various dev created roms mature a bit before I try something other than stock sense
This happened to me several days in a row I don't use latitude and I reported it...I'm confused to be honest.
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I am having the same issue and I am curious if you fixed it. I have Sony Xperia Twith ICS but I guess this is not related to the mobile. What settings are needed to stop this high battery consumption?
Thanks,
Mugur
http://mugur-ionescu/tag/xperia
If you use ROM toolbox, you can go to auto-starts and disable all the receivers for Google maps (or most of them, you choose which specific receivers). I think there are like 16 different receivers.
hurled from my AOKP'd Evo LTE. Enjoy.
scottspa74 said:
If you use ROM toolbox, you can go to auto-starts and disable all the receivers for Google maps (or most of them, you choose which specific receivers). I think there are like 16 different receivers.
hurled from my AOKP'd Evo LTE. Enjoy.
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+1...I have every start up event disabled for Maps in autostarts (available in play store) and it doesn't start unless I launch it myself. You could freeze it with titanium backup also, but then you'll need to defrost whenever you wanna use it which can be annoying.
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iamkoza said:
I just did this, for a while I had location detection off.... but I like to be able to google search a business or place and have it show me the nearest locations of that business.... and that doesn't work if you turn off location detection... not to mention the weather lock screen doesn't work.... so right now my only solution is to leave the location detection on and live with maps eating my batter in the background.... I'm waiting a few more months to let the various dev created roms mature a bit before I try something other than stock sense
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Viper 4g 2.0.2 is very mature and stable. And its a sense ROM. It was my 1dt custom ROM very easy until I went to CMX and pa which I use daily!
Is that a hemi? No silly its Paranoid Android!
EVO 4G LTE S-OFF;-]
Hey folks. I've been playing around quite a bit configuring my phone after the new 4.2.2 /sense 5 update. I use an app called Watchdog to monitor apps/processes to see what's going on, and I've noticed a process called com.htc.launcher.fakescreen running in the background, and I was wondering if anyone knows what that is?
ac42 said:
Hey folks. I've been playing around quite a bit configuring my phone after the new 4.2.2 /sense 5 update. I use an app called Watchdog to monitor apps/processes to see what's going on, and I've noticed a process called com.htc.launcher.fakescreen running in the background, and I was wondering if anyone knows what that is?
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Yeah, I got that as well. It's probably a process that loads up when you use a 3rd party launcher.
I think maybe this process takes screenshots of running apps and uses them for the app switcher / task manger thingy lol
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