Until recently, the GPS icon only appeared in my status bar when I was using GPS -- running Maps or GPS Status or similar.
Recently -- probably after the recent 98.18.94.XT907.Verizon.en.US update? -- it's started running all the time. The icon is in the status bar, and it says "Location set by GPS" in the pull-down status screen. It also seems to have trouble getting a GPS lock, since last night at the airport the icon was flashing in "searching for GPS" mode for 20 minutes or more.
The phone makes a lovely hand-warmer when it's doing this, but it burns through 25% battery in less than an hour.
For now I've turned off GPS access so my battery lasts a full day. But surely there is a better answer?
Phone: Moto Droid RAZR M
Carrier: Verizon
Firmware: 98.18.94.XT907.Verizon.en.US
Baseband: SM_BP_101032.021.32.80P
Kernel: 3.0.31-gef7deb8 hudsoncm@il93lnxdroid86 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 25 15.22.18 CDT 2013
Build: 9.8.1Q-94
Recently -- probably after the recent 98.18.94.XT907.Verizon.en.US update? -- it's started running all the time. The icon is in the status bar, and it says "Location set by GPS" in the pull-down status screen. It also seems to have trouble getting a GPS lock, since last night at the airport the icon was flashing in "searching for GPS" mode for 20 minutes or more.
The phone makes a lovely hand-warmer when it's doing this, but it burns through 25% battery in less than an hour.
For now I've turned off GPS access so my battery lasts a full day. But surely there is a better answer?
Phone: Moto Droid RAZR M
Carrier: Verizon
Firmware: 98.18.94.XT907.Verizon.en.US
Baseband: SM_BP_101032.021.32.80P
Kernel: 3.0.31-gef7deb8 hudsoncm@il93lnxdroid86 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 25 15.22.18 CDT 2013
Build: 9.8.1Q-94