Samsung: 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 SAMSUNG DEVICES:

On Samsung phones, you need to disable its automatic battery optimization for the Wikiloc app, so that the system does not apply GPS usage restrictions when the screen is off. Follow these simple steps to disable the automatic battery optimization:

1. Go to Settings > Apps > Wikiloc > Battery > Select Unrestricted.

   

   

2. Go to Settings > Battery and device care > Battery >

   1. Check that Power saving is disabled.

      

   2. Background usage limits > Check that Put unused apps to sleep is disabled.

      

   3. More battery settings > Check that Adaptive battery is disabled.

      

3. Go to Settings > Battery and device care > Auto optimisation > Check that Restart when needed is disabled.