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Re:DoD: Turn Off Your Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Watch GPS by magicalwh on Monday August 06, 2018 @09:07PM (#17703138)
That's because for Bluetooth pairing, Android requires location services to be on.

It's not fitbit, that's the problem with Android in general.

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Re:DoD: Turn Off Your Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Watch GPS by segmondy on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @09:08AM (#17706186)
how come I don't need location services for some of my other bluetooth device?
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Re:DoD: Turn Off Your Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Watch GPS by jnurmine on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @06:40AM (#17705280)
Is the location permission really required every time when connecting to a paired device, after the initial pairing is donr?
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