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Call for testing: background location updates

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      cliffcoggin @mardy
      last edited by 22 May 2021, 23:55

      @mardy OK. I will await developments.

      To get back to stable channel I changed to RC which appeared to go well. I then tried changing back to stable channel, and it told me it was switching channels, but it remained on RC. Is that because RC is essentially the same as stable at the moment? Do I need to do anything more?

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        mardy
        last edited by 23 May 2021, 05:09

        OK, now the PPA seems ready 🙂

        Please test it again, and sorry for the previous glitch!

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          cliffcoggin @mardy
          last edited by 23 May 2021, 11:08

          @mardy Initial indications are good. Lockscreen engages as normal, Sensor Status and Pure Maps show the correct location.

          I'll perform a longer test next time I go out and let you know the outcome.

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            cliffcoggin @mardy
            last edited by 23 May 2021, 13:53

            @mardy Further information: the battery level dropped from 65% to 5% in less than three hours. (I don't know the precise time as the phone turned itself off while I was away from it.) That's probably similar to what it would have been before the modification.

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              kugiigi
              last edited by 23 May 2021, 14:22

              If i remember correctly, the main issue before is that location stops working when you lock the screen even if you disable suspension. I had to stop automatic locking whenever I use Activity tracker. I was lucky Bq E5's battertly is great so I was able to use it for many hours.

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                TotalRando
                last edited by 30 Jun 2021, 22:19

                Hey this just turned my GPS on! Thanks!


                Nerd with UT on a OnePlus One. OnePlus 6T waiting in the wings for VoLTE.

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                  magdesign @mardy
                  last edited by 15 Aug 2021, 18:18

                  @mardy
                  Thanks!
                  After doing

                  sudo ubports-qa install xenial_-_locationbg
                  

                  and rebooting my oneplus6 several times the GPS is finally working!

                  Oneplus 6 (A6003)
                  UBports 16.04 RC 2021-W32

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                    hsce1 @mardy
                    last edited by hsce1 30 Jan 2024, 16:41

                    Hey @mardy, do you know if your background location service implementation has survived the transfer to focal?

                    Edit: I guess I found the relevant MR: https://gitlab.com/ubports/development/core/lomiri/-/merge_requests/70

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                      aimar
                      last edited by 1 Feb 2024, 20:52

                      Wow! How did I miss this feature? I have seen the last post and realize that it was available two years ago.
                      Well, BQ E4.5 OTA 25. I have just installed it, but I am not very confident it will work. I get some errors that make me suspect:

                      ubuntu-location-service-bin#####]
                      W: No sandbox user '_apt' on the system, can not drop privileges
                      E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
                      ERROR:ubports-qa:Failed to run 'apt full-upgrade'. See the output above for details.
                      mount: / is busy
                      WARNING:ubports-qa:Failed to remount root filesystem read-only.
                      WARNING:ubports-qa:Please consider rebooting your device.
                      

                      I have rebooted the phone. This weelend I will test the background data adquisition.

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                        aimar
                        last edited by aimar 2 Jan 2024, 21:06 1 Feb 2024, 21:06

                        I think ubuntu-location-service-bin is not properly installed.

                        Just some questions. I see the following packages upgraded:

                        biometryd-bin
                        libbiometry1
                        qml-module-biometryd
                        

                        Why do we need biometry stuff?

                        This ones were downgraded:

                        libubuntu-location-service3
                        qtubuntu-sensors
                        ubuntu-location-service-bin
                        unity8 unity8-common
                        unity8-private unity8-schemas
                        

                        @mardy you mentioned Lorimi, but I still see unity. Is it all right? I understood this change was for xenial devices.
                        I hope I do not miss anything with the downgrade.

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                          aimar @aimar
                          last edited by 16 Feb 2024, 13:41

                          It works.
                          I tried it with Activity Tracker and records my position with the phone locked.
                          During the first try, the location switch turned off automatically whenever I turned it on. But now the switch and me seem to have achieved an understanding.
                          Thank you very much for such a useful feature.

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                            AmauryDBZ @aimar
                            last edited by 23 Feb 2024, 19:56

                            @aimar didn't worked for me. Any tests that I can perform ?

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                              aimar @AmauryDBZ
                              last edited by 23 Feb 2024, 22:23

                              Hi @AmauryDBZ. Sorry, I am not a developer, so I cannot provide any hint. I usually use a trial and error approach. You can try uninstalling the package and reinstalling it again.
                              Actually for me, the first time it was not properly installed because I lost the wifi connection. I tried again and although I had some doubts (see posts above) it works.
                              My phone requires some time to connect to the satelites, but once it is done, Activity Tracker followed me.

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                                aimar @aimar
                                last edited by 23 Feb 2024, 22:25

                                Why have I been downvoted? 🙂
                                I was just reporting an initial weird behaviour, but finally a succesfull performance.

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                                  AmauryDBZ @aimar
                                  last edited by 24 Feb 2024, 08:08

                                  @aimar thanks I'll try this :thumbs_up:

                                  @aimar said in Call for testing: background location updates:

                                  Why have I been downvoted ?

                                  I had the same question

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                                    danfro @AmauryDBZ
                                    last edited by 16 May 2024, 16:10

                                    Can anyone here, who had background recording working, please confirm if that still works with current OS (OTA4 or newer RC/devel)? We sadly couldn't get it to work on two Xperia X and on OP5T with ActivityTracker.

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                                      AmauryDBZ @danfro
                                      last edited by 21 May 2024, 13:48

                                      @danfro not working on my FP4, but I didn't investigate much

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