If the location services android service constantly pops up on a mobile device, then it is often not enough to simply disable geolocation. This name may hide a dangerous virus that penetrates the system folder, gaining unlimited access to all phone functions.

What are location services?

This is a system application that is responsible for determining the location of a mobile device. It does not pose a danger, the geolocation function has recently been introduced into any software: games, programs, clients of popular social networks, etc. When the application needs to determine the coordinates of the phone and find out its location, the application calls the location service, starting the location services service.

The data is collected from GPS satellites and mobile network information, and then transferred to the application that requested it. As a result, for example, when a photo is published on VKontakte, a geolocation is attached to the photo indicating the place where it was taken. You can start location services even with the camera turned on.

Disabling a service

If location services keeps popping up, you can completely disable the location service.

So you completely abandon geolocation. If this option does not suit you, then look at which applications require location. You can remove permission for individual programs using the App OPS utility. After installing it on Android in the application settings, permissions will be presented in the form of switches that can be deactivated. You need to disable the “Location” item, after which the program will stop accessing the location services service. Instead of App OPS, you can use the Permission Master module for Xposed Framework. After installing it and restarting the device, you will see a new icon in the application list - a shield with a gear. Click on it to go to manage permissions. On the first tab, you will find a list of all permissions. Click on a location to see the apps that have been given this permission. Tap on the program from which you want to take away the right to access the geolocation service. It will be crossed out with a red line and stop bothering the location services component. In this case, the geolocation itself will function, so that in other applications there will be no problems with determining the location.

If you figured out how to disable geolocation completely or for individual applications, but the problem with the constant appearance of location services persists, then you are probably dealing with a virus that disguises itself as a system component. In addition to the inadequate operation of the location service, there are other signs of a virus infection.

• Money is debited from the account, unknown entries appear in the call and SMS log.
• Separate applications do not start, they give an error.
• Some functions of the device stop working or function incorrectly (in this case, the device determines the location incorrectly).
• The battery runs out faster than usual.
• The antivirus program informs about the presence of malicious code.

If the antivirus detects malware, then it will be able to remove it on its own. Unfortunately, the problem is not always solved so quickly. The virus refuses to be removed or moved to quarantine, or is not detected at all by antivirus software, although other signs clearly show that malicious code has sneaked into the phone and is actively operating. In this case, you have to use other methods - remove the virus manually or reset the settings to the factory state.

If your phone is rooted, you can find and remove the malicious application file manually. Use a powerful file manager for this purpose, such as Root Explorer. If you cannot do this in normal mode, try performing the procedure in safe mode.

To get into safe mode, press the power key, and then tap and leave your finger on the "Power off" item until a small window appears. It will prompt you to switch to safe mode.

Safe mode is good because third-party applications do not work in it. Therefore, it is highly likely that the virus will stop functioning, and you can safely remove it. But the advantage becomes a disadvantage: antiviruses in safe mode also do not start, so using them to detect and remove malware will not work.

Other ways to remove the virus

In the past, Android devices were identified as removable drives that could be scanned with antivirus. Now most phones do not have this option, because even with debugging enabled, they are displayed as media devices. Therefore, the option to use an antivirus on a computer or the Android Commander program is no longer valid. But this does not mean that the virus cannot be removed in any way. You can use the following methods to clean your phone:

• through the system menu.
• Rollback to the factory state through the Recovery menu.
• Reflashing a mobile device.

These methods have one common drawback: after applying them, you will get a clean device, on which there will be no contacts, messages, or other personal data. To minimize losses, use information backup. But do not make a complete "cast" of the system, save the necessary files in manual mode, so as not to transfer the virus to the backup.

Contacts can be synchronized with the Google service or copied to a SIM card, music, photos, videos - temporarily transferred to a computer,. After completing the preparatory phase, you can begin to implement one of the methods listed above. First of all, try resetting the settings through the system menu.

We continue to talk about incomprehensible android programs. Today we will talk about the Fused Location application, this is not even an application, but a service, and it is needed in order to collect data about where you are, that is, to calculate your location. To do this, the program uses the operator's network and IP address, GPS module, Wi-Fi wireless network .. And based on all this, the location of your phone on the map is calculated. If you have a navigator, then after removing Fused Location, it will continue to work, but it will become LESS ACCURATE..

Aha, aha, I got it! So Fused Location is like a helper app! In general, the full name of the program is Fused Location Provider. Well, do you know why the application is auxiliary? The fact is that it HELPES you understand where you are. That's right, I already wrote it! But why help? This is because it is more difficult for the GPS module to determine where you are indoors than outdoors. Therefore, inside the building, well, or when there are some obstacles for the transmission of radio signals, the Fused Location application helps the GPS module, it does everything to understand WHERE YOU are as accurate as possible! That is, using Fused Location, your location is determined MORE ACCURATELY

Look, it seems that in this picture the application has already received the coordinates (indicated with an arrow):

Here is such a damn cool Fused Location program, but I couldn’t even think of it!

Guys, stop mobile! I found information of an IMPORTANT CHARACTER, look:

I also found info, a person writes that he turned off Fused Location and after that he rebooted in a circle. And then he had to REFLASH, guys, please be CAREFUL, watch what you are doing, you should not delete Fused Location, it's DANGEROUS ..

GUYS, I also found this information:

What is it that turns out? What does the Fused Location app also save battery power? OK. But how does it save charge then? It probably means that Fused Location simply makes the work of the built-in GPS module easier, I see only such a way to reduce power consumption

Before the release of the application, it was tested by users, then the application was called FusedLocation Test:

On another forum on the Internet, I was convinced that deleting Fused Location is NOT RECOMMENDED!

I found a picture like from an event when the Fused Location application was presented to the public:

I learned that LIKE Fused Location not only helps the GPS module determine where you are, but also allows you to roughly understand the TYPE OF YOUR MOVEMENT, that is, the user walks, rides a bike or drives a car. In general, there seem to be three geolocation modes, namely:

1. High Accuracy: high accuracy, using GPS, Wi-Fi, operator network;
2. Battery Saving: battery saving mode, using Wi-Fi and carrier network;
3. Device sensors only: in this mode, only the GPS module will work;

Here are the modes themselves:

Another picture, take a look:

Well, now it’s already clear why the Fused Location application can SERIOUSLY save battery consumption. Well, I don't think it's that serious...

I found a picture, there is something incomprehensible, like a setting, there is such a thing as Location Request Listener, but what is it? I don't know, just look:

So guys, let's take a look at the System Monitor and see that Fused Location eats 45 megabytes of memory (as I understand it, this is RAM) and the percentage does not load at all:

Oh guys, I also dug up that you might even have an error (error), saying that an error occurred in the Fused Location application, well, see for yourself.

Any operating system runs a lot of system utilities and services for normal functioning. At the same time, sometimes the user is not entirely clear what functions this or that application on Android performs, and besides, it can consume a significant amount of resources. Consider a service Fusedlocation, what is it for, does it consume a lot of resources and can it be deleted?

This service is a system service and it starts along with the operating system.

The full name sounds like Fused Location Provider and its main task is to determine the geographic location of the user using the operator's data, Wi-Fi wireless network, assigned IP address. The user may immediately have a question: why is this built-in program needed if almost all phones have a GPS module for this purpose? The fact is that in enclosed spaces, as well as in areas with a weak signal of the operator, wireless network, the module may not show completely correct data and confuse a person. Also, one of the advantages of Fused Location is that it allows you to save battery power, as experts say and provide statistics.

It should be said right away that it cannot be deleted in any case. This is due to the fact that after uninstallation, it will not be possible to perform a HARD RESET (reset to factory settings) in the mobile device. As a result, the user may lose the accumulated data, as well as the set settings, because restoring from a backup will also be impossible. From comments on authoritative forums, some users claim that after deletion, the device is rebooted cyclically and nothing can be done about it, except to flash it. Given the fact that this service consumes an insignificant amount of resources (shown in the screenshot), there is no particular need to get rid of Fused Location, and this service will save battery power to a large extent.

In the settings of this system software, there is a choice of operating mode, which allows you to choose the most optimal one, depending on the needs of the user:

• High Accuracy - used to display geographic coordinates as accurately as possible, allowing you to determine the location of the device;
• Battery Saving - allows you to save battery power using only wireless network and operator data;
• Device sensors only - only the GPS module is used to determine the location.

Note: the first mode is so accurate that it allows you to determine not only the location of the device, but also what type of transport the user can use (walk, bike or car).

In order to view the exact coordinates of the location of the phone or tablet, just go to the program manager and the corresponding numbers will be displayed under this application. Of course, they will not say much initially, however, these values ​​​​when using additional software (electronic maps) will show the exact location of the user.

Before implementing Fused Location into the Android operating system, it was tested not only by developers, but also by experienced users. At that time, the application was called FusedLocation Test. That is why we can conclude that this service is really accurate.

And although the application was written with high quality, nevertheless, sometimes it can be expected to work incorrectly. For example, it can spontaneously turn off (fly out).

To fix this error, experts recommend completely reinstalling all Google services, as well as performing an equivalent replacement Play Market.

Some of the built-in features in Android are really useless, as you can read about from a lot of online resources. However, with regards to Fused Location, the question is completely different here: it is a really useful service. And this is not even due to the fact that it cannot be deleted without consequences, just in the era of digital technology, having the most accurate data is not a desire, but a need.

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Occasionally, Android crashes that turn into unpleasant consequences for the user. These include the constant appearance of messages "An error has occurred in the application." Today we want to tell you why this happens and how to deal with it.

In fact, the appearance of errors can have not only software causes, but also hardware ones - for example, the failure of the internal memory of the device. However, for the most part, the cause of the problem is still the software part.

Before proceeding with the methods described below, check the version of the problematic applications: they may have recently been updated, and due to a programmer's flaw, an error has appeared that causes the message to appear. If, on the contrary, the version of a particular program installed in the device is quite old, then try updating it.

If the failure appeared spontaneously, try rebooting the device: perhaps this is an isolated case that will be fixed by clearing the RAM upon restart. If the version of the program is the latest, the problem appeared suddenly, and the reboot does not help, then use the methods described below.

Method 1: Clear app data and cache

Sometimes the cause of an error can be a failure in the service files of programs: cache, data, and the correspondence between them. In such cases, you should try to reset the application to the type of the newly installed one by clearing its files.

1. Go to "Settings".



2. Scroll through the list of options and find the item "Applications"(otherwise "Application Manager" or "App Manager").



3. When you reach the list of applications, switch to the tab "Everything".

   

   Find the program that causes the crash in the list and tap on it to enter the properties window.



4. An application running in the background should be stopped by clicking on the corresponding button. After stop press first "Clear cache", Then - "Clear Data".



5. If the error appears in several applications, return to the list of installed applications, find the rest, and repeat the manipulations from steps 3-4 for each of them.
6. After clearing the data for any problematic apps, restart your device. Most likely the error will go away.

If error messages appear constantly, and there are system ones among the failed ones, refer to the next method.

Method 2: Factory Reset

If the messages "An error has occurred in the application" are related to the firmware (dialers, SMS applications, or even "Settings"), you are most likely experiencing a system issue that cannot be fixed by clearing the data and cache. The hard reset procedure is the ultimate solution to many software problems, and this one is no exception. Of course, in this case, you will lose all your information on the internal drive, so we recommend copying all important files to a memory card or computer.

If none of the options helped, most likely you are experiencing a hardware problem. You cannot fix it yourself, so contact the service center.

Conclusion

Summing up, we note that the stability and reliability of Android is growing from version to version: the latest versions of the OS from Google are less prone to problems than the old ones, albeit still relevant.