WiGLE location no longer runs in 'background'
It's worth making sure "battery optimization" or "adaptive battery optimization" are turned *off*.
We've definitely seen that make a difference in past instances.
We've definitely seen that make a difference in past instances.
I had the time to take a logcat while experiencing the issues. I have of course set the battery settings to not optimize and have given the app whatever permissions it has asked for.
There are definitely issues with NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN, android.hardware.wifi@1.0-service, and NetlinkEvent: NetlinkEvent::FindParam(): parameters. I wonder if it has to do with only having location permissions while using the app, rather than all the time.
EDIT: Definitely a location permissions issue:
There are definitely issues with NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN, android.hardware.wifi@1.0-service, and NetlinkEvent: NetlinkEvent::FindParam(): parameters. I wonder if it has to do with only having location permissions while using the app, rather than all the time.
EDIT: Definitely a location permissions issue:
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WifiService: startScan uid=10382
09-15 07:39:17.790 1036 4395 E WifiService: Permission violation - startScan not allowed for uid=10382, packageName=net.wigle.wigleandroid, reason=java.lang.SecurityException: UID 10382 has no location permission
09-15 07:39:17.791 16119 16119 I wigle : main] startScan returned false. last response seconds ago: 6.603Code: Select all
09-14 14:03:37.857 1136 1136 E wificond: NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN failed: Device or resource busy
09-14 14:03:38.754 1136 1136 E wificond: NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN failed: Device or resource busy
09-14 14:03:38.853 1136 1136 E wificond: NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN failed: Device or resource busy
09-14 14:03:39.860 1136 1136 E wificond: NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN failed: Device or resource busy
09-14 14:03:42.878 1136 1136 E wificond: NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN failed: Device or resource busy
09-14 14:03:44.344 1136 1136 E wificond: NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN failed: Device or resource busy
09-14 14:03:44.885 1136 1136 E wificond: NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN failed: Device or resource busy
09-14 14:03:44.975 1036 1064 I chatty : uid=1000(system) ActivityManager expire 11 lines
09-14 14:03:45.801 861 861 E android.hardware.wifi@1.0-service: Failed to open directory: Permission denied
09-14 14:03:45.802 861 861 E android.hardware.wifi@1.0-service: Error occurred while deleting old tombstone files
09-14 14:03:45.802 861 861 E android.hardware.wifi@1.0-service: Error writing files to flash
09-14 14:03:46.342 1036 2529 I chatty : uid=1000(system) uteStateMachine expire 12 lines
09-14 14:03:46.345 1036 2522 I chatty : uid=1000(system) BluetoothRouteM expire 1 line
09-14 14:03:46.448 1036 1446 I chatty : uid=1000(system) Binder:1036_3 expire 1 line
09-14 14:03:46.459 1036 1069 I chatty : uid=1000(system) batterystats-wo expire 1 line
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09-14 14:03:48.877 1036 1064 I chatty : uid=1000(system) ActivityManager expire 12 lines
09-14 14:03:48.879 1036 1036 I chatty : uid=1000 system_server expire 20 lines
09-14 14:03:50.321 1136 1136 W wificond: Scan is not started. Ignore abort request
09-14 14:03:50.470 1036 1870 I chatty : uid=1000(system) WifiHandlerThre expire 1 line
09-14 14:03:50.476 1036 2384 I chatty : uid=1000(system) Binder:1036_9 expire 4 lines
09-14 14:03:50.495 1036 1874 I chatty : uid=1000(system) ConnectivitySer expire 40 lines
09-14 14:03:51.729 1036 2380 I chatty : uid=1000(system) Binder:1036_8 expire 4 lines
09-14 14:03:51.968 693 764 E NetlinkEvent: NetlinkEvent::FindParam(): Parameter 'INTERFACE' not found
09-14 14:03:51.968 693 764 E NetlinkEvent: NetlinkEvent::FindParam(): Parameter 'STATE' not found
09-14 14:03:51.968 693 764 E NetlinkEvent: NetlinkEvent::FindParam(): Parameter 'TIME_NS' not found
09-14 14:03:51.968 693 764 E NetlinkEvent: NetlinkEvent::FindParam(): Parameter 'UID' not found
09-14 14:03:52.008 1036 2491 I chatty : uid=1000(system) Binder:1036_A expire 2 lines
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09-14 14:03:52.099 1036 1065 I chatty : uid=1000(system) ActivityManager expire 31 lines
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09-14 14:04:36.848 1036 1036 I chatty : uid=1000 system_server expire 10 linesI was able to resolve my background scanning by adding the following permission to AndroidManifest.xml and repacking the APK. I did manually set the "Allow all the time" location setting in the app settings.
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<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION" />Because WiGLE is written as a foreground Service (https://developer.android.com/guide/com ... d-services), ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION shouldn't apply, per https://developer.android.com/training/ ... ermissions.
Regardless, I was having a problem, but now I'm not and that was the only change.
Just upgraded a Pixel 5 to RQ3A.210905.001 - it had silently set WiGLE to "battery optimized" without asking.
Upon disabling, the app behaved as expected.
Upon disabling, the app behaved as expected.
I take that back. GPS appears only to function with the screen on. Furthermore in the case of this update (RQ3A.210905.001), adding has no effect - GPS does not update when the device is locked.
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android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATIONFound the root cause for why Android started assuming the service was started from background, fix will be in 2.62 which is currently in process of rolling out to beta channel.
-bobzilla - WiGLE.net just a little bit
fix confirmed - it's remarkable that Google would change such a core behavior at the very end of a release lifecycle.
bobzilla++
bobzilla++
bobzilla++ indeed! Thanks for the update.fix confirmed - it's remarkable that Google would change such a core behavior at the very end of a release lifecycle.
bobzilla++
I can confirm that the latest update resolves the issue for me.
and 2.62 has broken it for me, its not updating the GPS anymore as soon as the screen turns off.
Im running it on a S7 with Android 9.
Screen on and the Popup that it changed to GPS appeard, Screen off and no update.
The Version before, i think it was 2.6 was running fine (did a 300km ride with screen turned off) then saw the update in google play and did it. And then on the next 50km it tracked exactly nothing as the screen was dark.
Then uninstalled, took the version from f-droid (2.51), and drove the 300km back home with screen off and everything back to normal (except that i lost the total distance traveled on the device).
So whatever it has fixed, its broken now for me on Android 9.
Im running it on a S7 with Android 9.
Screen on and the Popup that it changed to GPS appeard, Screen off and no update.
The Version before, i think it was 2.6 was running fine (did a 300km ride with screen turned off) then saw the update in google play and did it. And then on the next 50km it tracked exactly nothing as the screen was dark.
Then uninstalled, took the version from f-droid (2.51), and drove the 300km back home with screen off and everything back to normal (except that i lost the total distance traveled on the device).
So whatever it has fixed, its broken now for me on Android 9.
Thanks for the report, should be fixed in 2.63 rolling out now.
-bobzilla - WiGLE.net just a little bit
An update on what I have been experiencing - doesn't work when locked - doesn't work when in background (screen on) - I observed this while using navigation. Screen was on with navigation in foreground - no scanning took place during this time.
Update to the app has everything back to normal for me. Thanks!
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