Comment Re:Settings to disable (Score 1) 314
And for what it's worth, my settings since I bought the phone have been:
Auto Locate: Off. You will be asked for authorization when an application requests your location.
(I get prompted each time I start any app that wants my location. I can say no, and it starts with "limited functionality", like requiring me to type in a zip code for movie searches manually.)
Use GPS: Off
(I turn it on when I need to use it. Privacy and battery life concerns. Due to the latter, I know it's off when I turn it off.)
Background Data Collection: Off
(Based on someone else's post, I would guess this is Google using GPS coordinates and cell tower info to figure out where the cell towers are so they can provide location services without GPS active.)
I don' t have a Geotag Photos option.
Checking the current /var/context/contextfile, the first line is "{ "Location": false }". Every other line in there is an app start/stop time.
That doesn't mean it doesn't start up the GPS when it crashes to find coordinates to report, or anything... but I'd be curious what Joey's settings were here.
Auto Locate: Off. You will be asked for authorization when an application requests your location.
(I get prompted each time I start any app that wants my location. I can say no, and it starts with "limited functionality", like requiring me to type in a zip code for movie searches manually.)
Use GPS: Off
(I turn it on when I need to use it. Privacy and battery life concerns. Due to the latter, I know it's off when I turn it off.)
Background Data Collection: Off
(Based on someone else's post, I would guess this is Google using GPS coordinates and cell tower info to figure out where the cell towers are so they can provide location services without GPS active.)
I don' t have a Geotag Photos option.
Checking the current
That doesn't mean it doesn't start up the GPS when it crashes to find coordinates to report, or anything... but I'd be curious what Joey's settings were here.
