Location icon

[lower]

I have noticed that on this latest update the location icon keeps popping up in the status bar more than what it should be it didn't do that before this update is anyone experiencing the same issue 

[Tom6068]

Do you have location toggled on in your quick panel? If you want it on but not seen, then using the QuickStar plugin in Good Lock will have a toggle to hide that in the status bar.

[lower]

Yes it is on in quick panel it has been on times before this update i never had this problem

[Tom6068]

I think that is so it lets the user know their location service is on. Like I said before, if you want it on, but do not want to see the icon, use QuickStar and it has a toggle to turn off that status bar icon (among many others too). If you do not have that, go to the Galaxy Store search for and download the Good Lock app. Open that, then it will have a list of plugins that can be used to customize the quick panel and even make color tones for the functions. Look at the lsit of plugins, click on and install QuickStar, open it then scroll down t location and toggle it off.

[lower]

Ok will do thanks for your help

[Tom6068]

You are welcome and also note that the app is made by Good Lock Labs. While GLL is its own entity, Samsung supports its software for Samsung device as they are closely associated.

[Robin621k]

It is useless now, the icon on your home screen will not turn green when a 3rd party app accesses your location. What's the point of it being forever there if it doesn't notify you when it gets activated?

[Tom6068]

@Robin621k if you touch the the green location icon, it will show what app etc is accessing your location.

[Robin621k]

Yes, I understand this.
You do not get a real time notice that a 3rd party app has accessed your location.
Before the the update, you open an app, boom you get a green location icon that the app you opened accessed your location.
After the update this is no longer the case, you don't know now unless you pull down the notification shade, tap the location icon and check to see if it did.

This is not intuitive, it is also a security and privacy concern.

[Tom6068]

How is opening an app prior to update, better to find that it tracks your location, as opposed to just touching the green locations icon in the quick panel? It would seem going through/just opening apps to see/find out which are tracking the location, is not as intuitive as clicking on the location icon itself and showing the app accessing it.