EVERY time I turn on GPS on my Phone, I get the obnoxious/useless "My Location -- By selecting Standalone GPS Services ..." blah, blah, blah. I could understand if I had to "Agree" once but this comes up ALL the time. I'm trying to use Tasker to automate tasks and conserve battery usage but I can't turn on GPS due to this message as I can't get past manually "Agreeing."
Let it be known that I FULLY UNDERSTAND that Google and/or Verizon may be able to locate me. Big deal. I don't care as I'm not a criminal. I don't need this message to inform me how GPS works from the provider standpoint.
How do I turn this off? Verizon, can you Pretty Please send a firmware update or something? This message serves no purpose (other than raising my blood pressure)!
CoolHappyGuy wrote:EVERY time I turn on GPS on my Phone, I get the obnoxious/useless "My Location -- By selecting Standalone GPS Services ..." blah, blah, blah. I could understand if I had to "Agree" once but this comes up ALL the time. I'm trying to use Tasker to automate tasks and conserve battery usage but I can't turn on GPS due to this message as I can't get past manually "Agreeing."
Let it be known that I FULLY UNDERSTAND that Google and/or Verizon may be able to locate me. Big deal. I don't care as I'm not a criminal. I don't need this message to inform me how GPS works from the provider standpoint.
How do I turn this off? Verizon, can you Pretty Please send a firmware update or something? This message serves no purpose (other than raising my blood pressure)!
get rid of the task program
it is most likely turning your gps off
My GPS isn't "turning off." It's giving me the EULA agreement before turning on. It was doing this before I installed Tasker. Usually the EULAs display the first time you use an app and then goes away. When I turn GPS on it keeps giving me this EULA. I want the EULA to go away!
I'm not necessarily using either one. This comes up when I just toggle GPS on manually without activating an app. Also, I have it set up where each app that requires GPS turns GPS on and the EULA message comes up. It's not tied to a specific app. EVERY time GPS is turned on for whatever reason or by whatever means, I get this message. Sure, I can tap "Accept" EVERY time but why should I? I'm trying to automate my phone to conserve battery usage and to make it work more efficiently. This EULA does not let me do this to the extent I could.
I will gladly post this as solved when it is, well, solved.
Dear Cool,
When you say you "toggle on" GPS, I assume you are using your task automation app to activate GPS, correct?
You did not mention whether you have already signed in to either GPS app (VZ Navigator or Google Navigation) using the native icon provided with the phone. If you have not, I suggest that you do so, and set up/accept as required. I am guessing that this may be a problem created by using the task automation app; it may be that unless you go through the standard set up, the servers will treat you as a new client each time GPS is activated, and ask you to agree to the EULA. But this is a guess...
BTW, what appears below is my standard "signature" that is added to each post I make; I was not implying that I had solved your problem.
Thanks.
WC ...
You may be on to something. Testing ... Be back soon! (hopefully)
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just tested my phone
i get the popup when turning on google or vzw location services
not the standalone gps
the standalone is the one that uses sat signals
That's an option. I was hoping to conserve battery power. GPS is a notorious power-sucker.
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i leave google and vzw on with no power issues
they use wifi/cell signals to get gps location
the problem comes when you leave sat gps on and its searching inside a building
the search is initiated by a program normally
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