Help Google apps only (inc Maps) don't connect to GPS (maybe because of AppOps??)

[prawn_guevara]

So I have just realised Google apps inc Earth and Maps (and Chrome) will and do not connect to GPS, but other apps will. I've been racking brain for ages trying to figure why but I think it may be to do with the now defunct and unusable AppOps where I had turned off Google services access to GPS once before the App got closed down.

Now has this messed up my GPS on G products? How can I fix? Thanks help much appreciated.

 

[Rxpert83]

Yes, this is likely due to app ops if you revoked google services ability to use the GPS.

Do you have root? I believe you need it in order to get to app ops on the newest android levels.

If not, you may need to either root or run the 4.4.3 factory image in order to recover those apps ability to have GPS

 

[Rukbat]

RXpert is correct. As of 4.4.2, there's no way to change app permissions without root. (Another example of Mama Google knowing what's best for us poor uneducated users.)

 

[prawn_guevara]

Yes, this is likely due to app ops if you revoked google services ability to use the GPS.

Do you have root? I believe you need it in order to get to app ops on the newest android levels.

If not, you may need to either root or run the 4.4.3 factory image in order to recover those apps ability to have GPS

I do not have root, when App Ops worked you didn't need it - but I'm kind of amazed I wasn't given chance to reset App Ops changes before it got revoked?

Even after clearing App Ops data and uninstalling App Ops you're still left with App Ops changes? That's pretty crazy to me when it means you've taken away GPS ability on all of your google apps.

Amazing Google just didn't give me any warning over this.

RXpert is correct. As of 4.4.2, there's no way to change app permissions without root. (Another example of Mama Google knowing what's best for us poor uneducated users.)

Yes and Google have really messed my phone up now, not giving me a chance to change App Ops changes before they made the app unusable.

 

[Rxpert83]

RXpert is correct. As of 4.4.2, there's no way to change app permissions without root. (Another example of Mama Google knowing what's best for us poor uneducated users.)

App ops was never meant for end users, so its understandable they closed the hole we used to get to it

 

[val88]

I went through this exact same problem. Took me a while to figure out the setting that broke gps on Google maps.
For me it was google play service location. I used appOps X. Didn't think it would hurt anything but I was wrong. This is why companies discourages folks from doing things outside of the corporate wall. Sometimes we are just too clever for our own good.

 

[prawn_guevara]

I went through this exact same problem. Took me a while to figure out the setting that broke gps on Google maps.
For me it was google play service location. I used appOps X. Didn't think it would hurt anything but I was wrong. This is why companies discourages folks from doing things outside of the corporate wall. Sometimes we are just too clever for our own good.

Did you fix the problem?

 

[Rxpert83]

Did you fix the problem?

You are going to have to flash the factory image or root the device

 

[prawn_guevara]

Just here to say I found the fix-

settings/apps/option button/reset app prefs

clears any stuff done by app ops.

 

[Rxpert83]

So you've confirmed it works? That's great. I wasn't aware of that

 

[prawn_guevara]

So you've confirmed it works? That's great. I wasn't aware of that

Yes it works GPS now coming on in all Google apps. I didn't know this was possible to change all app permissions with that option - but when you press it it does say that. The app permissions is the key thing here - this is the only way to reset permissions I know of - clearing caches, data, etc etc doesn't and didn't work - only this reset all apps prefs did.