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GPS turns on automatically at 15% battery life
geodude87
Newbie
‎05-14-2013 02:30 AM

My brother and I both have Galaxy Nexuses and both experience the GPS turning on by it's self at 15% battery life. It started with the 4.2.2 update. I had Factory Resetted the phone and the problem initially went away but came back after a month or so. Anyone encounter this problem?

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Re: GPS turns on automatically at 15% battery life
Ann154
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‎05-14-2013 03:51 AM

Do both of you have an application installed that determines the phone's location before the battery dies in the event you lost the device? I think some of the anti-virus programs have that feature.

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Re: GPS turns on automatically at 15% battery life
geodude87
Newbie
‎06-09-2013 01:45 AM

Okay. I looked through Lookout's settings and found there was a setting. Hope it resolves it.

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Re: GPS turns on automatically at 15% battery life
Ann154
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‎06-09-2013 01:49 AM

Please don't forget to mark the post that helped you the most as the correct answer so that others might benefit when they have the same question.

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Re: GPS turns on automatically at 15% battery life
Cybergoobr
Enthusiast
‎06-12-2013 08:30 AM

Its a feature called "Signal Flares". IMO, a fantastic feature because if you loose your phone and its not connected to a charger, then you can get the last location of your phone just before it dies. Its only sending a GPS location periodically so its very little battery drain.  Why would you want that feature disabled?