I get that I can be necessary, but in connected mode, I don't see why it's required.
I ask, because my 5 month old Galaxy Watch 4 isn't lasting the round. I'm tech savy, and understand what impacts certain settings and features have on my watch. GPS being one.
If we're able to disable location on the watch, and simply allow it to read location data from phones position, then battery life can be preserved. Is this not possible?
I've looked through previous threads regarding battery watch life, and I haven't seen this mentioned.
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Brad Morganposted
24 days ago
Is that possible? When I turn my location off of my watch, golfpad immediately shows "PLEASE ENABLE LOCATION SERVICES" and I can't use it.
It's not possible. But I don't get why.
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Bgregster13posted
25 days ago
If you turn off location on your watch, and it is paired with the phone, you should preserve battery and still get location info via Bluetooth from your phone (location and Bluetooth needs to be on there of course). Sadly, this seems to mean that you need to carry your phone with you and you can get problems with the Bluetooth connection cutting when phone employs battery saving measures like screen timeout. I am hoping that phone GPS could be just enabled when you are on the green for putting as a compromise.
I get that I can be necessary, but in connected mode, I don't see why it's required.
I ask, because my 5 month old Galaxy Watch 4 isn't lasting the round. I'm tech savy, and understand what impacts certain settings and features have on my watch. GPS being one.
If we're able to disable location on the watch, and simply allow it to read location data from phones position, then battery life can be preserved. Is this not possible?
I've looked through previous threads regarding battery watch life, and I haven't seen this mentioned.
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Brad Morgan posted 24 days ago
Is that possible? When I turn my location off of my watch, golfpad immediately shows "PLEASE ENABLE LOCATION SERVICES" and I can't use it.
It's not possible. But I don't get why.
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Bgregster13 posted 25 days ago
If you turn off location on your watch, and it is paired with the phone, you should preserve battery and still get location info via Bluetooth from your phone (location and Bluetooth needs to be on there of course). Sadly, this seems to mean that you need to carry your phone with you and you can get problems with the Bluetooth connection cutting when phone employs battery saving measures like screen timeout. I am hoping that phone GPS could be just enabled when you are on the green for putting as a compromise.
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