[Q] Kill Big Brother GPS1/AGPS

[nxb]

Monitoring my phone through QXDM I've come to some unfortunate conclusions. I used to have a Touch Pro 2 and it would NOT send gps/agps data back to the tower, this phone on the other hand sends messages like this for data/registration:

EVENT [01162] EVENT_GPS_SEED_GET 18:38:01.955 Option = 2, Latitude = x, Longitude = x, Position Sigma =x, GPS Week = 1719, GPS ms = x

I'm less than thrilled so I went into NV items and set:

gps1_capabilities to 0
gps1_allowed to 0
gps1_privacy to 1
gps1_net_acce to 0

Some of these were inactive but I wrote/set them anyway. Yet the messages persist. How do I make them stop? I've nixed google maps too. The location service runs without use wifi being set in settings and you cannot separate lattitude from maps anymore.

* Set gps1_seedpos_option to 0 and reboot:

get :

EVENT [01162] EVENT_GPS_SEED_GET 19:08:47.422 Option = 4, Latitude = 0, Longitude = 0, Position Sigma = 10000000, GPS Week = 1719, GPS ms = 414527421

Does this mean I've killed it?

 

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[emottau]

Monitoring my phone through QXDM I've come to some unfortunate conclusions. I used to have a Touch Pro 2 and it would NOT send gps/agps data back to the tower, this phone on the other hand sends messages like this for data/registration:

EVENT [01162] EVENT_GPS_SEED_GET 18:38:01.955 Option = 2, Latitude = x, Longitude = x, Position Sigma =x, GPS Week = 1719, GPS ms = x

I'm less than thrilled so I went into NV items and set:

gps1_capabilities to 0
gps1_allowed to 0
gps1_privacy to 1
gps1_net_acce to 0

Some of these were inactive but I wrote/set them anyway. Yet the messages persist. How do I make them stop? I've nixed google maps too. The location service runs without use wifi being set in settings and you cannot separate lattitude from maps anymore.

* Set gps1_seedpos_option to 0 and reboot:

get :

EVENT [01162] EVENT_GPS_SEED_GET 19:08:47.422 Option = 4, Latitude = 0, Longitude = 0, Position Sigma = 10000000, GPS Week = 1719, GPS ms = 414527421

Does this mean I've killed it?

I confirm. wtf? there must be a way to disable it...

 

[nxb]

I think the final options disabled it. I also deleted location service and use AFwall. Kernel seems to leak but I think location data is not going to either google or the carrier. GPS with airplane mode and static maps seems all winner.

Wish I could block google services and still use gmail. As a general computing device android is nice but my trust level isn't very high and seems nobody cares they're carying a hostile tracking device on them everywhere they go.

 

[-EViL-KoNCEPTz-]

The data it sends is anonymous so its not really hostile, you're just being paranoid. The data allows Google to improve GPS accuracy its basically just a log showing when satellite locks are lost and gained and which carrier and tower it's connected to at the time. It's to help locate deadzones and network conflicts the only identifiable data sent is carrier, tower and latitude/longitude, as well as whether a satellite lock was lost or gained.

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[EeyoreSyndrome]

People are too paranoid now a days.

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[-EViL-KoNCEPTz-]

People are too paranoid now a days.

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Yes, yes they are. There are many things to be paranoid about, however this isnt one of them. I mean seriously how do people expect location based services like search near me and weather to work? A magic genie living in their battery compartment?

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