GPS shuts down while hot spotting

[jejb]

I was hot spotting with my N9 while traveling yesterday. I was also using Google Maps to navigate (I was not driving). If I powered the screen off when I didn't need to see the nav screen, I would get an audible message within a few minutes that the GPS had shut down. I open the phone back up, hit the Start button again on the map screen, and it would work fine again until I powered off the screen. I never had to restart Location or the app. If I left the screen on, it would work as expected.

This is the 2nd time this has happened, and I don't think it's only an N9 thing. Last time it happened, I still had my N8. But figured I'd start here. Both were/are Verizon phones on plans that allow hots potting. Stock phones, stock interfaces.

I was thinking I am putting something to sleep I shouldn't be, but if I'm not hot spotting, I do not have this issue with maps. So that does not seem likely to the issue.

 

[mustang7757]

Do you have any power save mode on ?

 

[jejb]

My power mode is set to High Performance. But your suggestion did get me to looking at other battery settings, and I found Maps is one of the apps that was listed in the "battery optimization" section as optimized. So I removed it from there. But that wouldn't explain why it only happens while hot spotting.

 

[mustang7757]

My power mode is set to High Performance. But your suggestion did get me to looking at other battery settings, and I found Maps is one of the apps that was listed in the "battery optimization" section as optimized. So I removed it from there. But that wouldn't explain why it only happens while hot spotting.

When you took it out of optimization did it work ?

 

[jejb]

I won't know for a few days, until we travel again later this week.

 

[mustang7757]

I won't know for a few days, until we travel again later this week.

Oh ok ..let me know