Location Services and battery explanation!
Ok, so many of us are uncertain regarding leaving Location Services ON because of the battery life problem.
I will explain the issue here so there will be no more questions about this:
When enabling Location Services you authorize the usage of the GPS unit on your phone. Below the LS switch you will see other switches regarding the applications that were using the LS in the last 24H. So the question is: Does the LS drain battery when leaved ON but no apps are using it? The answer is NO!
When you use an application that has the option to get your location it will ask for your permission to use the Location Services, if you will deny it it will not use the GPS unit, and so no power will be given to the GPS to function. Try to think the Location Services as it's name says so: a Service: When an application needs GPS information, the service powers up the GPS unit, when no application needs the GPS it cuts the power off from the GPS unit.
Do not compare with the Bluetooth! When using bluetooth, to be always discoverable the BT chip needs to be powered up all the time.
Think this as a somehow "standby" mode, the Location Service is listening in the background for requests for the GPS unit, when needed it powers it up, when not it powers it down.
You shouldn't be noticing more than 1 or 2% drain because of this service being enabled, nothing noticeable.
So it's ok to leave the LS ON as long as the apps using it are not enabled to actively use the service.
Either one. When you see the white/purple arrow on the top, an application you are using has enabled Location Services for itself. While the app is running in either the foreground or background, LS continues to run until the app is either closed or has been force closed through the multitask bar.
LS only uses battery life when it either picks the GPS or the cellular towers to continuously ping your location. But the LS doesn't use as much power as believed. It's actually a combination of things such as GPS and Internet and Music or GPS, Internet and Camera.
Most people keep the LS running as it does little harm to battery life. Some turn it off or turn off certain apps to protect their privacy as they are broadcasting on a social network their approximate location such as LOOPT to friends that you are in a restaurant.
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I see this from the Apple site regarding reducing power consumption:
"Minimize use of location services: Applications that actively use location services such as Maps may reduce battery life. To disable location services, go to Settings > General > Location Services or use location services only when needed."
http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html
I can read this advice two ways:
1. Turn off Location Services in the Settings when not using Location Services. As long as Location Services is turned on in Settings, you are using more of the battery.
or
2. I can leave Location Services on in the Settings without reducing battery life. It is only when I use an application that uses Location Services that battery life is reduced.
Which is it?Either one. When you see the white/purple arrow on the top, an application you are using has enabled Location Services for itself. While the app is running in either the foreground or background, LS continues to run until the app is either closed or has been force closed through the multitask bar.
LS only uses battery life when it either picks the GPS or the cellular towers to continuously ping your location. But the LS doesn't use as much power as believed. It's actually a combination of things such as GPS and Internet and Music or GPS, Internet and Camera.
Most people keep the LS running as it does little harm to battery life. Some turn it off or turn off certain apps to protect their privacy as they are broadcasting on a social network their approximate location such as LOOPT to friends that you are in a restaurant. -
I disabled Location Services and now I want to enable.
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Hello john r.from ma,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
iOS 7: Understanding Location Services
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5594
Turning Location Services on or off
You can turn Location Services on or off at Settings > Privacy > Location Services. You can turn Location Services on either during the Setup Assistant process or later through the Location Services setting. You can turn it off if you don't want to use this feature or to conserve battery life. You can individually control which apps and system services have access to Location Services data.
Settings > Privacy > Location Services
Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services
By enabling Location Services, location-based system services such as these will also be enabled:
Popular Near Me: Your iPhone will periodically send locations of where you have purchased or used Apps in an anonymous and encrypted form to Apple to improve a crowd-sourced database that may be used to offer geographically-relevant Apps.
Frequent Locations: Your iPhone will keep track of places you have recently been, as well as how often and when you visited them, in order to learn places that are significant to you. This data is kept solely on your device and won't be sent to Apple without your consent. It will be used to provide you with personalized services, such as predictive traffic routing.
Location-Based iAds: Your iPhone will send your location to Apple in order to provide you with geographically relevant iAds.
Best of luck,
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