Why do people keep coming to this couple’s home looking for lost phones?

Re:Why do people keep coming to this couple’s home looking f... by kuschku on Thursday January 21, 2016 @05:41PM (#10949094)

And it’s horrible when no one activates it, and you’re the first to do so – every minute your phone will activate WiFi, scan, activate GPS, get a lock, and upload the data.

Battery is empty in a few hours.

But, after doing so for a few days in a row, your battery consumption goes down again, probably because it has mapped enough for now.

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Re:Why do people keep coming to this couple’s home looking f... by egypturnash on Thursday January 21, 2016 @09:32PM (#10950384)

Or maybe because it's not seeing many new SSIDs because you mostly go to the same four or five places in the same routes.

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Re:Why do people keep coming to this couple’s home looking f... by kuschku on Thursday January 21, 2016 @10:14PM (#10950527)

That’s what I meant - it has mapped enough around my home that it doesn’t see new SSIDs anymore.

In the end, I turned off Google’s location service anyway.

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