Does turning off location break Find My Mobile?

Yes. Find My Mobile needs an active location signal to show your phone's position, so disabling location system-wide removes that map data until you switch it back on.

Will disabling GPS noticeably extend battery life?

The savings are usually small. Screen brightness and background app activity typically use far more battery than the location radio alone.

Can I keep location on for navigation apps but off for everything else?

System-wide, no. The toggle under Tap on Settings ➔ Tap on Location ➔ Enable or disable Location affects all apps at once. To limit access per app, use that app's individual permission settings instead.

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Oppo: Turn Location (GPS) On or Off

When Smart Lock or Find My Mobile suddenly stops working on your Oppo phone, the location service is often the reason. Many apps also keep asking for GPS access even though you thought you had turned it off completely. Location tracking on ColorOS can be controlled system-wide or per app, and mixing up the two settings causes most of the confusion.

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Turn Location (GPS) On or Off auf Oppo

Location access on Oppo phones running ColorOS controls GPS, Wi-Fi based positioning, and network location together. Many system functions rely on it directly. Smart Lock needs a trusted location to keep your phone unlocked, and Find My Mobile cannot show your device on a map without it.

When location is turned off system-wide, every app loses access at once, even if that individual app has permission granted. This is different from disabling location for a single app, which only blocks that one app while GPS stays available for everything else.

To change the system-wide setting, go to Tap on Settings ➔ Tap on Location ➔ Enable or disable Location. The toggle at the top of this screen switches GPS on or off for the entire phone.

Keep location on if you use navigation, weather widgets, or Smart Lock regularly. Turning it off saves some battery, but the effect is usually small compared to display brightness or background apps.

If only one app behaves oddly, check that app's own permission first instead of the system toggle. That avoids losing location for apps you actually need.

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Some apps show a permission prompt regardless of the system setting, but they cannot actually access your position while the toggle under Tap on Settings ➔ Tap on Location ➔ Enable or disable Location is off. The prompt disappears once you either grant the app permission and turn location back on, or deny the request permanently in that app's own settings.

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