Maps app starts on its own at random times

**Levolent com** · 02-05-2013, 09:25 PM

I dont even have location services enabled at the moment so I dont know what the google Maps app's deal is. I would just disable it but I like to use it occasionally and having to reenable it each time would get annoying.

**still1** · 02-06-2013, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by Levolent com

I dont even have location services enabled at the moment so I dont know what the google Maps app's deal is. I would just disable it but I like to use it occasionally and having to reenable it each time would get annoying.

Google maps are uses across Android. so if you open an app with some maps/location capture feature on it they will use maps. so it will run again.
since its used across apps it is build as a service which will start running again even if you close it.

**bigtroutz** · 02-06-2013, 04:29 PM

it's there so google apps can serve location specific advertising, even if your particular app set does not use a map or GPS.

**Levolent com** · 02-07-2013, 02:21 PM

There weren't any other apps running at the time except my browser. I also turned off location access, how does that not disable location specific advertising? How can I disable this? Without disabling maps?

**B. Diddy** · 02-07-2013, 02:25 PM

Are you saying that the Maps app actually opened up on your screen, or you just noticed it in the Settings/Running Apps list?

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**Levolent com** · 02-07-2013, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by B. Diddy

Are you saying that the Maps app actually opened up on your screen, or you just noticed it in the Settings/Running Apps list?

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The latter. It's also one of the few programs that actually show there like they're supposed to. I can go through each app in the All list and find a couple dozen more. Have to do that every reboot, fun stuff. Maps is the only one that seems to pop back on its own every 30-60minutes

**B. Diddy** · 02-07-2013, 04:32 PM

This is related to the whole issue of how Android memory management works. The Maps process keeps restarting because it's usually a frequently used app, and Android tries to keep its RAM filled with frequently used apps so that they can start at a moment's notice. If it isn't in resident memory when you want to start it up, it'll do so much more sluggishly, and you'll wonder why your system is so laggy.

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