GPS battery drain even though Location is off

Sashaboy3

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Snapchat is draining my battery by around 30% after 8 hours, even though I barely use it, and after I finish, I always force stop it. I clicked on the little time graph in the settings Battery stats, and saw that GPS was on for most of the day. However, I have Location turned off.

What's more, I turned off Snapchat's permission to use Location, hoping that would solve the issue.

Thanks for any help!
 

Tim1954

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Looks like some app is turning on your gps.. Permissions should show you which ones... Don't forget to look in systems apps there...
 

Rukbat

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GPS itself, the radio, uses very little power - but an app that calls the receiver to give its current location could be drawing a LOT of power. So as Tim said, look for the app using location services.