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Re:Google can use Bluetooth to track phones even with Blueto... by jschwartzi on Monday April 13, 2020 @12:44PM (#22857417)
On the LG phones I've used Google Maps is insanely slow when Location History is disabled. Same on the Samsung S7 my fiance uses.
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Re:Google can use Bluetooth to track phones even with Blueto... by izacus on Monday April 13, 2020 @01:14PM (#22857711)
Do you also have the Google service disabled? Because that will then fallback to pure GPS lock which needs of order of minutes to get a lock in cities and closed spaces. Since LH doesn't retrieve GPS data in background, the GPS location isn't warmed up and you need to wait for it.
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Re:Google can use Bluetooth to track phones even with Blueto... by jschwartzi on Monday April 13, 2020 @07:10PM (#22861190)
No, I mean the search bar and some features of the app are slow.
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