Help Connection Optimizer and Location Services?

[Murf1]

I occasionally get several times a day a pop-up for Connection Optimizer wanting to do something and it says to enable Locations Service. I press Cancel.

- Do I need Connection Optimizer?

- Can I make it stop asking? (I am not rooted)

- What if I enable Locations Service?
- Will it stop the nagging pop-up?
- Doesn't that turn on the GPS all the time and use considerable battery?

Thanks

 

[xry75]

The only way to get rid of it is to root and remove. No you don't need it.

 

[MikeD3534]

Go under SETTINGS, APPS. I deleted mine and I'm not rooted.

 

[Murf1]

Go under SETTINGS, APPS. I deleted mine and I'm not rooted.

I'm on Virgin Mobile and the only "Apps" option it has is "Disable" and it is greyed out so you cannot disable it.

 

[MikeD3534]

Oh sorry. I'm on Boost.

 

[bg4m3r]

Go under SETTINGS, APPS. I deleted mine and I'm not rooted.

Oh sorry. I'm on Boost.

You can't delete Connections Optimizer without root. It's a system app. I think you're thinking of something else.

 

[bg4m3r]

For the record, I have locations services on high accuracy all the time. It doesn't mean your gps will run all the time. I can go 2 days between charges with light use. Even with moderate use, I have 30 to 50% left at the end of the day.

Connections optimizer is not essential, but it does store log in credentials for public Wi-Fi access points so you don't always have to reenter them everything you use that AP.

Locations Services just declares what is available to be used when determining your location. No GPS or other locating methods will be used unless you are doing something that requires it, in which case an icon will appear in your status bar to indicate this.

 

[Murf1]

Thanks.

 

[TNSmokey98]

I used the method posted on XDA to freeze apps without root. It worked for me.

 

[Gendo420]

I occasionally get several times a day a pop-up for Connection Optimizer wanting to do something and it says to enable Locations Service. I press Cancel.

- Do I need Connection Optimizer?

- Can I make it stop asking? (I am not rooted)

- What if I enable Locations Service?
- Will it stop the nagging pop-up?
- Doesn't that turn on the GPS all the time and use considerable battery?

Thanks

Just turn it off (uncheck it)

 

[Murf1]

"Just turn it off (uncheck it)"

Would that be the check box in the "Qualcomm IZat" app?

 

[kwknott]

Settings > More > Mobile Networks > Connections Optimizer.... Uncheck box

 

[Murf1]

Settings > More > Mobile Networks > Connections Optimizer.... Uncheck box

Thanks for the help.