Realme: Straight line while recording a trail

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Have you recorded a trail that shows up as a straight line?

GPS tracks can be inaccurate and diverge from reality due to:

• A weak GPS signal: This may be caused by carrying the device at the bottom of the backpack, in a pocket, or even due to the presence of clouds or rain, as well as being in forests, canyons, gorges, etc.
• An inaccurate GPS chip: Mobile phone manufacturers choose chips for each device, and due to the great diversity that is available, the variation can change a lot depending on the smartphone model.
• An energy-saving system as part of some smartphones’ standard default settings, depending on the mobile manufacturer.

In this help article, we show you how to fix this problem on most mobile devices.

SPECIFIC STEPS FOR REALME DEVICES:

On Realme mobiles you need to disable automatic battery optimization for the Wikiloc app, so that the system does not apply restrictions on the use of GPS when the screen is off. Follow these steps to turn off automatic battery optimization:

1. Open the app Settings on your device > Battery, turn off Power saving mode and Super power saving mode.
2. Open the app Settings on your device > Battery > App battery management > Wikiloc, turn on Allow foreground activity, Allow background activity and Allow auto startup.
3. Open the app Settings on your device > Battery > More battery settings > Optimize battery use > Wikiloc, choose the Don’t optimize option.
4. Open the app Settings on your device > Battery > More battery settings > App Quick Freeze, turn off Auto-freeze for Wikiloc.
5. Open the app Settings on your device > Battery > More battery settings > Optimized standby, choose the Off option.
6. Open the app Settings on your device > Battery > More battery settings > Performance Mode, it may be necessary to activate High Performance Mode.
7. Open the app Settings on your device > Applications > Wikiloc > Application information > Permissions > Application Permissions > Wikiloc > Location, choose the Always option.