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10.1.1 - GPS icon on every time I unlock my phone

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Hans_Gruber

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Oct 19, 2016
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Hi there,

ever since upgrading to iOS 10.1.1, every time I unlock my 6S Plus the GPS icon will be on and it will stay on for at least a minute before it goes away. I keep apps I want to use the GPS set to - "While using the app" in my privacy settings and do not have anything set to "Always". I also have background app refresh turned off and the GPS icon will be on even when there are no apps running.

Does anyone else get this?
 
Check your system services. I have the status bar icon set to off, because it usually checks quite often.
 
Hans_Gruber said:
Hi there,

ever since upgrading to iOS 10.1.1, every time I unlock my 6S Plus the GPS icon will be on and it will stay on for at least a minute before it goes away. I keep apps I want to use the GPS set to - "While using the app" in my privacy settings and do not have anything set to "Always". I also have background app refresh turned off and the GPS icon will be on even when there are no apps running.

Does anyone else get this?
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Might be the weather app. Check system services.
 
Armen said:
Might be the weather app. Check system services.
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I actually have the weather app set to "Never"

in my system services there are 2 icons that are purple meaning they have been recently used, compass calibration and location based alerts so I guess probably these.

Is the status bar icon option for system services something new to iOS 10.1? When I see it on all the time I just feel like it's draining my battery
 
Hans_Gruber said:
I actually have the weather app set to "Never"

in my system services there are 2 icons that are purple meaning they have been recently used, compass calibration and location based alerts so I guess probably these.

Is the status bar icon option for system services something new to iOS 10.1? When I see it on all the time I just feel like it's draining my battery
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You can turn off the locatio based alerts if you want. I have that off.
 
I found the culprit, it's compass calibration that's always on, i'll disable it for now and try restoring. Thanks!
 
Hans_Gruber said:
I found the culprit, it's compass calibration that's always on, i'll disable it for now and try restoring. Thanks!
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If you turn off compass calibration you can no longer use the compass app or the compass in maps.
 
Mlrollin91 said:
If you turn off compass calibration you can no longer use the compass app or the compass in maps.
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I guess i'll just turn it on when I use maps then. It shouldn't be on when I don't even have the maps application open.
 
Hans_Gruber said:
I guess i'll just turn it on when I use maps then. It shouldn't be on when I don't even have the maps application open.
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I have this happen every single time I turn my device on, but it has zero battery life effect, if that is what you are concerned about. Your talking about it powering on for seconds.
 
Mlrollin91 said:
I have this happen every single time I turn my device on, but it has zero battery life effect, if that is what you are concerned about. Your talking about it powering on for seconds.
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It's every time I unlock and it stays on for at least a minute before going away
 
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