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Re:OpenSignal Ports Its Crowdsourced WeatherSignal App to iO... by runeks on Thursday October 09, 2014 @12:25PM (#8433391)
Just installed it on my iPhone 6.

Why can't I allow WeatherSignal to access location services always?

Settings->WeatherSignal->Privacy->Location Services looks like this: http://i.imgur.com/BeOcOLP.png

when it should look like this: http://i.imgur.com/kAOB53B.png

The option "Always" is missing from WeatherSignal settings.

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Re:OpenSignal Ports Its Crowdsourced WeatherSignal App to iO... by cleis on Thursday October 09, 2014 @12:50PM (#8433550)
Because we can't collect pressure readings in the background (apple doesn't allow a background mode for pressure), so it would just be a waste of the user's battery to be constantly taking their location.
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