Serious bug in location reminders, drains battery
There exists a serious bug in location reminders. Once a location is defined on a map the GPS will switch on and will never switch off, no matter if the app is running or not. This will drain the battery of the phone dramatically. The only workaround is to delete all locations and reboot the phone.
Please have a look at "location without tears" from the Tasker manual on how to avoid this:
http://tasker.dinglisch.net/userguide/en/loctears.html
Thanks!
Chris
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The app is currently turning on the GPS so that it can provide a reminder when a particular task’s location is reached. The app assumes that the user wants to be reminded even if the app is not running.
We have another feature request open to address the power drain issue by providing an option to use cellular location only. Feel free to add your vote and comments here: