Improve Location Accuracy pop-up keeps appearing

[Android Central Question]

Hi Peeps,

I have a Galaxy S7 running Android 8.0.0.

For the last week or so, I have been getting a pop-up asking me if I want to "improve my location accuracy" when I open several different Apps (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc).

Each time, I click "disagree" and the pop-up disappears, only to appear a few minutes later when I open another app. I then notice that my GPS has been turned on, so switch it off.

Locating method is set to "Phone only". When I look at Recent Location Requests, Google Play Services and TMS service are frequently listed.

It's doing my head in!! I cannot find a way to stop this pop-up. Can anyone suggest anything?

Thanks

Chris

 

[richardmiller79]

Hi Chris, have you managed to solve this? It's been happening on my wife's S7 for a week or so. Thanks

 

[Xence]

Exact same problem. Running Android 8.0.0 on galaxy S8. Right after the update this f*****g notification keeps interrupting what I'm doing every 5 minutes and turns on location services automatically. Any solution found ?

If this helps, I think I've noticed that it almost happens when I switch from an app to another. Even those already open and running on background.