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Anyone know of a way or an app that will keep the GPS on my phone turned off but will turn it on say every hour for just about a minute? I will be in the Alps next week for some long days and not guaranteed of charging every night too. I would like to run Endomundo and have it record say every hour so that friends in the UK can track us. The battery will normally only last about 5/6hours if the GPS is running.
I know I can turn most other things off, screen brightness down etc to save the battery
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Chris
Juice Defender?
Nope Juicedefender doesn't do it,
C
Nah, Juice Defender just turns of updaes and track signals etc. It can't "turn Apps on/off" in a frequency timescale ie: 1x every hour.
Seems liek a logical thing Endo could use as an addin in the Pro version though, log it with them.
Not used it myself but this seems to be a swiss-army-knife of Android jiggery pokery and I think it should be able to do what you want;
[url= https://market.android.com/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm ]Tasker[/url]
Just found this alternative which is free, again I've no personal experience of it though;
[url= https://market.android.com/details?id=AutomateIt.mainPackage&feature=search_result ]AutomateIt[/url]
Turn on the aircraft mode when using GPS and endomondo this will save loads of battery. The only downside is you cannot receive calls or emails.
I think if you turn your gps on every hour using endo you will just end up with a straight line on the map from the last point your gps was logged
My iphone4 lasts a good 6+ hours using endomondo.
I also bought one of those portable charge gizmo's off ebay which was only around a fiver and can be plugged in to charge up the phone a bit while you have a mid ride break. If you buy a couple you could take some with you pre-charged to recharge your phone in the evenings and leave endo on for the whole ride?
Everytrail allows variable update frequency but I don't know if it switches off GPS inbetween - the max is 10 minutes tho.
Why do you mates back home need to follow you ??
I guess you dont mind paying data roaming charges either....
The plan is to log say every hour, yes I know this will show lots of straight lines, and only upload to the www ever time I hit wireless which might be every couple of days.
My route is 700km though so even if it's only every two days it's fine
C
what about using Latitude instead, it seems it does exactly what you want
How about just using cell triangulation rather than GPS? Not sure if Endomondo supports this - or whether there are enough mobile masts to give a decent position - but could be worth a look
Tasker could also be worth a look for turning GPS on and off every hour
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
Just remember to switch it on twice??ChrisE - MemberMy route is 700km though so even if it's only every two days it's fine
Remember, every time you change position the GPS will take a minute or so to get its bearings.