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[Alan Bell <alanbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/04/16 16:16, Cesar Herrera wrote:
> I think it is used satellite. But it shoudn't be compulsory connect to 
> Nokia HERE and accept their conditions to use GPS.
> Cheers,
> Cesar
so, SensorsStatus is a third party thing, which is why I couldn't find 
it on launchpad, here is the relevant code

https://github.com/yohanboniface/SensorsStatus/blob/master/SensorsStatus.qml

it is looking at the Qt function geoposition.positioningMethod and is 
getting a response equal to the constant value 
PositionSource.SatellitePositioningMethod so displays Satellite as the 
method. The Qt subsystem thinks that it is getting a position from the 
sky. I am not so sure. I think location services might be just telling 
Qt that it has a satellite position even though it has no clue where it 
is, and no intention of bothering to find out unless something 
subscribes to movement updates. It even keeps saying that it will get it 
from Satellite when I turn off GPS in battery settings and in location 
settings.

there is this bit of QML as well
                        PositionSource {
                            id: geoposition
                            active: true
                            updateInterval: 1000
                        }

which I suspect means that when this tab of the QML deck of tabs is on 
top then it will subscribe to updates. As far as I can tell the 
sleepyphone stops doing this when that tab isn't on top, or sensorstatus 
isn't the currently focussed application.

Alan.