Phone Constantly Saying "Can't Find Your Location..."

[Wildo6882]

Every so often, usually upon waking my phone, I get a little blue notification that pops up on my screen saying "Can't Find Your Location..." I have GPS turned off all the time, unless I need it, and I'm pretty sure I went through each and every app I have and turned off all location services. But I can't for the life of me get it to quit popping up with this notification.

Has anyone else had this issue? And/or does anyone know how to fix it? Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. I really love this phone besides this.

 

[zeiss74]

i just noticed this problem myself yesterday (and found this thread by searching). i don't have location or GPS on, but i never do.

it's probably happened 4-5 times in the past couple days. it goes away after 2 seconds with no explanation.

i have a thunderbolt, running 2.3.4.

 

[Wildo6882]

That's weird. Two totally different phones. I wonder if it's something that has to do with the service outage. I haven't noticed in basically since I posted this thread. If anyone can shed some light, it would definitely be appreciated.

 

[milkshed27]

I notice this happens to me when I don't have Google services checked under location and security. I tried to just run with VZW services for a day or two and I started getting that message. I switched back to Google services and I've yet to see that message again.

 

[Wildo6882]

I notice this happens to me when I don't have Google services checked under location and security. I tried to just run with VZW services for a day or two and I started getting that message. I switched back to Google services and I've yet to see that message again.

Weird. I just tried that and almost immediately got that message when I opened up the Market. I hadn't got it since yesterday until this point. I'm not sure what's causing it, but it's slightly annoying. I guess my search goes on.

 

[GalaxyMan5]

Having the exact same issue myself! It only began around the time of the 10c sale, so I think an app we bought and downloaded must keep on requesting our location. If it's any help, I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S2 and really want to get to the bottom of this. Could you possibly post up the list of what apps, if any, you bought during that sale? I'll do the same asap .

 

[anon1337]

Hey guys, found this topic the other day while looking for a solution to this problem (happened the same way, the 10 billion promo. and bought almost all 10c apps), so I ended up asking on reddit.

Another user told me about the app aSpotCat, which allows to filter the apps installed on your system by permission, so I installed it and started uninstalling apps that uses the GPS.

Turns out it was the "HD Widgets". Even if you aren't using it it will keep trying to find your location for the weather widget. You can prevent this setting your location manually.

 

[Wildo6882]

Hey guys, found this topic the other day while looking for a solution to this problem (happened the same way, the 10 billion promo. and bought almost all 10c apps), so I ended up asking on reddit.

Another user told me about the app aSpotCat, which allows to filter the apps installed on your system by permission, so I installed it and started uninstalling apps that uses the GPS.

Turns out it was the "HD Widgets". Even if you aren't using it it will keep trying to find your location for the weather widget. You can prevent this setting your location manually.

I went through each and every app and stopped the location permissions, so I haven't seen it in awhile. But I did download HD Widgets, so I'm sure that was the culprit (even though I wasn't using it).

Thanks for the info!