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Turn off GPS to save battery

onemulligan
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‎10-14-2010 02:42 AM

Is there a way to turn off the GPS feature so I can save some battery life?  Thank you

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budone
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‎10-14-2010 04:09 AM

 

onemulligan wrote:

Thanks, I hope this helps.  I did go to settings and turned off the VZW location services, Standalone GPS Service and Google Location.  The E911 can't be turned off but I think I need that one.  I hope this helps my battery life.  I will know in a day or two.  I have a navigator in my car so I don't think I need these unless I am in someone else's car.

FYI, simply having the GPS turned on does not use the battery. It sits in the background waiting for a request to be used. When used,, you will see a satellite dish with outward green lines.

 

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Ann154
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‎10-14-2010 02:57 AM
onemulligan wrote:

Is there a way to turn off the GPS feature so I can save some battery life?  Thank you

Press the plus sign on the bottom of the phone screen.  Select HTC Widget.  Scroll down to Settings and select it.  Then select GPS.  This will create a GPS widget on your home screen.

 

Once the widget is on the home screen press/click it to turn off the GPS.

 

I think you can also go through Settings >Location > uncheck GPS  and turn it off there.

 

hope this helps.

I'm most definitely NOT a VZW employee. If a post answered your question, please mark it as the answer.

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onemulligan
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‎10-14-2010 03:04 AM

Thanks, I hope this helps.  I did go to settings and turned off the VZW location services, Standalone GPS Service and Google Location.  The E911 can't be turned off but I think I need that one.  I hope this helps my battery life.  I will know in a day or two.  I have a navigator in my car so I don't think I need these unless I am in someone else's car.

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Nitesh
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‎10-14-2010 03:28 AM

Need Help:
If anybody can decode this CBS message sent through RNC to one of the mobile handset in Srilanka.otherwise guide me to decode this message.Msg is

Quotation===
The message received by phone, with message id=1, is “[…][…][…][…][…][…][…][…][…][…][…][…][…][…]26vwFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF - continuing ‘F’ characters.
The “26vw” part changed sometimes.

Thanks in advance

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budone
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In response to onemulligan
‎10-14-2010 04:09 AM

 

onemulligan wrote:

Thanks, I hope this helps.  I did go to settings and turned off the VZW location services, Standalone GPS Service and Google Location.  The E911 can't be turned off but I think I need that one.  I hope this helps my battery life.  I will know in a day or two.  I have a navigator in my car so I don't think I need these unless I am in someone else's car.

FYI, simply having the GPS turned on does not use the battery. It sits in the background waiting for a request to be used. When used,, you will see a satellite dish with outward green lines.

 

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onemulligan
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‎10-14-2010 03:31 PM

Thank you for the information.  I was just looking for a way to extend the battery life on my phone.

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