Locus Map terminated on Huawei smartphones

Good day Kipcior,

I would also like to read some responses from other users that use Locus Map on latest Huawei devices.

I may confirm that few months ago, there were serious issues with Locus Map & Huawei devices. I even purchased P8 Lite just to solve this problem ... anyway unsuccessfully. Huawei optimization was so agressive, that is always killed Locus Map, no matter what I did ( as a developer ).

Anyway during last months I did not read about some new issues. So

• a) by some accident, Locus is now more robust on Huawei devices ( I don't think so ... )
• b) Huawei updated their software so it is now not so aggressive ( most probably )
• c) all Locus Map users already give up ...

So I do not know. I personally do not trust these devices too much, but as I wrote .. it's some time since I really read about some serious issues with Huawei devices. Some personal user experiences are welcome here ... ( consider this as my humble opinion from developer point of view ).

Thanks' for the answer Menion. That was quick :) Although it's still a mystery whether it will work properly or not - but thank's for honesty :) So, I'm also curious whether other users have any experience with this duo. Taking into account my phone requirements there's not much choice on the market in Poland. By the way, anyone have any experience with Asus Zenfone 3 ? I know it's not that powerful, but seems to have the features I want and also much cheaper then

p10 so maybe it's better choice (assuming it does not have that issue as huawei - at least haven't heard)

I see that no responses given so it;s a question mark. Although finally I went with OnePlus 5 phone - it;s on the way to me so we'll see how it handles with Locus and the processes in background. If anyone is intereste I can share observations after some time of usage

Thanks Kipcior for an information. Hope your new device will serve well to you! In case of problem, feel free to write us, we will gladly help ( if possible ).

Menion

Hello,

is there any user that can confirm that Locus is running on Huawei devices (P8 / P9 / P10 / Lite) and is not being killed? I plan to buy P9, but locus is the main interest - so it would be nice to know in advance if this issue is still valid.

Thank you in advance!

Can't say for P-series, but on my Honor 8 Locus is running nicely.

Yes, there are these powersafe settings killing apps when screen gets locked, but you can quite easily disable the killing for each app in power-settings.

The versions are Android 7.0 and Emui 5.0.1

I lately had problems with another app not running its background sync anymore, until I checked the powersafe settings. The developer there is also interested to see if there's a possibility from devel side, to prevent killing...

Else, I have no problem using locus. Did track recordings a whole day long, auto backup is working BLE (heart rate), all is well (as long as killing in background is disabled :-)

Same counts for my wife's Honor 6x.

Hi Uatschitchun,

thank you for your message. I am now testing Huawei P10 :) and I am quite surprised from the not accurate GPS. You said, it's running nicely for you - what about the accuracy? Do you get smooth logged trace (my is jumping around the path)? I have to play with it little bit, my concern is that the accuracy is lost when I turn off the display.

Can you please advice if some specific settings is necessary to get the best possible accuracy of the log and distance measurement?

Thank you

Hello,

just want you to know that I have the same problem on my Huawei P20 Pro. When recording a track the OS keeps killing Locus after about 10 minutes. I never managed to record any complete track. I tried whitelisting Locus on all features I consider related to power saving, which is "Apps > Settings > Special access > Ignore battery optimisation", "Battery > App launch > Manage manually" and "Lock" in the Recent Apps screen. However, no luck.

I really think of returning the phone, just because of this issue. No working Locus makes the phone effectively worthless.

Good day Patrick,

sorry to hear about these troubles. Huawei devices are known for this aggressive "sleeping" policy.

Anyway may you please try to enable in latest Locus Map version: settings > GPS & location > Google services assisted location . If this will make any difference ... thank you.

Hello,

Just for your information. I'm using a Huawei Mate 10 Pro since 01.2018 with Android 8.0. Locus Pro was working fine till the last update of Huawei in 04.2018 (BLA-L29 8.0.0.129(C432)). I have also tried the suggested settings, but without any success. The app will be exited after about 15min when the screen is off. My wife uses a Huawei P10 Plus, also with Android 8.0, and Locus Map is running fine on this phone.

Update:

I've disabled this function (German screenshot; -> manage automatically)

After that, I've started a record in the office and it runs over 50 minutes:

@Stefan, this is what I meant with "App launch > manually" above. I'm glad it works for you. Unfortunately it didn't change anything in my case. Just tried it again with and without the "Ignore battery optimisation" option enabled.

Look : http://forum.locusmap.eu/index.php?topic=6142.msg51217#msg51217

@freischneider

Really interesting information on the linked sites!

@Patrick

Yes, I've read your tips yesterday after posting my first comment.

I use these settings like you: "Apps > Settings > Special access > Ignore battery optimisation", "Battery > App launch > Manage manually"

Yesterday I had enabled this function in the Locus settings: "Google services assisted locations"

Today I've tracked my trip to work successfully without it.

And I use these GPS settings in Locus:

("deactivate if not displayed -> off" and "Track recording" -> on

Hello guys,

may anyone who use Beta versions, test just published version 3.30.4.2?

Or I've made public link to our NAS here https://nas.asamm.com/share.cgi?ssid=0qf0UjQ.

I made more depth comparison of old 3.29.2 version and the latest and found one minor difference that may caused this change, so we will see. Thanks!

Hi there, i have the same problem since i updated my Honor 9 to version STF-L09 8.0.0.364(C432).

Version of locus is 3.30.4.

I will try beta and let you know.

And again. My Mate 10 Pro got an update last weekend to version BLA-L29 8.0.0.142(C432) and freezes totally the app. After switching on the screen, the app is in the background and it seems to be. that the app starts new, because of the first "Initialisation window". Also the track recording is being forgotten. But: Also the original weather widget doesn't refresh anymore automatically. Meanwhile I begin to dislike Android 8...

Good day guys,

sorry to hear about such problems. I'm seriously worried that I won't be able to find working solution.

Anyway, if anyone has a while, please give a try to this version 3.31.0.1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ArNUh_aPPbLq2tgCqW2YyZDSBpkgJV5s/view?usp=sharing

I made a small change especially for Huawei devices, so let's try it ... thanks.

If the app will be terminated by the system as before, create me please a log by the known method. Maybe there will be a visible reason why this happen.

Jiří M. aka Menion

Hi Menion,

About a month ago I reported you that I was finally able to run Locus Pro in the background on my Huawei Mate 10 Pro. I know that it is basically related to the agressive way in which Huawei does battery management. But since I use Locus a lot for recording trips and geotagging photos it was really a big deal to me.However, last week I updated to the latest version, BLA-L29 8.0.0.142(C432), and unfortunately the problems returned. So I installed your latest beta, but it does not solve the background problems. I also use Runtastic Pro, and what strikes me is that this app does work well in the background. So my optimistic conclusion is that there must be a way to get it solved. I do realize these kind of issues can be quite tedious to solve however. If you like I can create a log for your beta, maybe that gives you some clues. Anyway, thanks for being so persistent in trying to crack the problem!

Thanks, Duco

Hello Duco & Washa,

thanks for a testing, appreciate it. Damn, in case it works for other apps, there has to be any solution.

• Settings > GPS & Location > Google Services assisted location also not work for you.
• All possible battery optimizations in the system most probably also disabled.
• One user gave us tip on memory locker app, maybe it may help https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartprojects.MemoryLocker

Anyway, I'm little desperate for now, sorry. Will try to search on the internet if there isn't any new information. Thanks for a patience!

Jiří M. aka Menion

Searching and searching and this is what I've found so far:

• phone settings > apps > Settings button > Special access > Ignore optimizations > Locus Map Free/Pro > Allow
• phone settings > battery > 'disable' Power saving mode, 'disable' Ultra power saving
• phone settings > battery > Settings button > 'disable' close excessively power-intensive apps
• phone settings > battery > Close apps after screen lock > 'disable' for Locus Map Free/Pro

Tips also on Strava support site: https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216942547-How-to-fix-GPS-recording-issues-on-Huawei-phones

Hehe, the last comment is funny: "P10 - I now record using Locus Map and Strava at the same time. Locus Map seems to do a better job of keeping GPS running so this helps Strava to avoid crashing. This has not failed for rides up to 1 hour 40 minutes.

Not a perfect solution but I think starting two recordings is not a problem for me."

Any chance that you have enabled any optimization from a list above?

@Menion I've sent two links of log files to you. The beta isn't working on my phone. I hope this all will help you. BR Stefan Sorek

Battery optimisation disabled

Hi Menion, thanks for your reply. I had done the most of your setting advices, some I think I haven't got on my phone. I attach some screenshots to this message. If you need any translation, please let me know. Stefan

Hi Norbert,

the biggest problems caused by agressive system optimization are unfortunately with your device. As you can see in this topic, we've been fighting with it for a year: http://help.locusmap.eu/topic/locus-pro-on-huawei-smartphones. There is some advice in the topic, you can test them and let us know the result.

I have used Huawei P9 before but I have no problems that the phone killed Locus app. There is an option to exclude Locus in the list of apps that will be killed upon screen lock. Check it in the optimization. I'm now using Huawei P20, still have no problem. Try to run locus as a service.

The problem with Huawei is that it has a poor GPS performance that's why I bought Garmin GLO as my GPS receiver which is being paired with Locus Pro.

However, if you are using the built-in GPS of your Huawei Device, it could be that the GPS is being inactive due to poor signal or battery optimization.

Try the following, it may work:1. Run Locus as a service.

2. Exclude Locus in the kill list.

3. Use GPS Keep On application (see playstore) to make sure that the GPS will not be automatically off.

4. Configure your track recording to alert you (sound and/or vibrate) when GPS signal is lost.

5. Put your device in a place with less distraction or with a sky view while recording.

Hello guys,

topic with a summary of this problem: http://help.locusmap.eu/topic/problem-with-locus-map-on-huawei-android-8-devices

just to keep you informed: yesterday I had to purchase Huawei Honor 10 because of these problems. Till now, I was not yet able to find any hack, how to keep Locus Map alive :/. Always killed within a few minutes always on my device. I'll post here any news if I find something. For now, thanks all for the help and please be a little patience with me, thanks!

Jiří M. aka Menion

Hello Menion, that are good news! Thanks for your effort and keep us informed please.

Stefan

Hello I'm very new to Locus Maps and I have the same problem on a Nokia 7 Plus with AndroidOne Oreo 8.1. Recording stops after 30-40 minutes. I disabled all battery management optimiations from the system for Locus Maps. I use no other battery saving apps but recording still stops after some time.

Maybe some tipps for development:

There are important changes for background services in Android 8.0 which affects ALL apps regardless of targetSdkVersion. See the following link:

https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/android-8.0-changes

https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/background

The Locus Maps service should be started with StartForegroundService() rather than StartService(). I don't know how Locus Maps service is implemented but this info may help.

Another subject is that Locus Maps has a targetSdkVersion of 25. This should be set to 26 in the near future.

I hope this will help and the problem can be fixed soon.

I tried to make locus pakage on white list with adb but but same problem After do this. Locus crashed. With recording and without recording. After some minutes locus ist of. I am angry about oreo and huawei

I think with oreo 8.0.0364 it was little bit better but on 368 not possible to use any tracker like locus komoot etc.

I am sad about it. I had a lot of fun with locus 800 km through germany. Now i havent the possibility to use locus. And i have taken a lot of time to find a way to fix :( my device is huawei mate 9

Problem is huawei Support said to me that the problem is from app like locus or komoot. They said to me the apps are not from us so it is not our problem. I was so angry. I told them that they will lost a lot of User and in Future i will buy another device. After that i didnt get a answer of them

I have tried some "map-apps". The most are stopped by the system, but this app "Hiking map Poland" indeed records when I switch off the screen. Tested it about 15 minutes at home. Tomorrow I will check it on my way to work. So there must be a solution for Locus Map, too, I think.

2 weeks ago, on a P10 Lite, it was working fine (Locus set to run as a service). Now it closes after a few minutes. There was no update done to the phone's software. But Locus did update. Maybe a glitch somewhere?

Oh there was a locus beta Update for few minutes have you try another possibility menion?

I tried it. Locus works 15 minutes in background than it was close from oreo. And i lost 20 % batterie for this 15 minutes :D

I checked again today, but these two apps have been running well in the background for hours on my Mate 10 Pro:

- Runtastic

- Geotag Photos Pro

So there definitely appears to be a way to get it right. Hope you find it Menion!

I have the same issue on my oneplus 6 with Oxygen-OS 5.1.7 (Android 8.1)

I think a erlier oreo Version like b364 it was better.

I had stops in locus or komoot but not After 10 minutes like now.

I used komoot an locus in middle of May and it worked better. I had only one break in 180 km. I went by bike. Same device and Android Oreo but an older Version from Oreo. Now i have 8.0.0368. Now it isnt possible to use komoot or locus.

+1

I have the same issue with my Mate 9. Locus Maps is amazing and I don't see the fault in Locus but in Google/Huawei. Nevertheless there seems to be a way to solve this from Locus site and this is to go to API 27 (well, at least it's worth a try). Is there anything the community could help Locus with? Like testing or something?

cheers,

M

Hi guys,

I've tested mentioned Runtastic and it does not work for me as well!

Update to target SDK 26+ as suggested by Markus seems to help a little bit, but still, the device is put to sleep. I'll create new Beta version during next days with this update. It won't perfectly handle some changes, but it least there will be something to play with.

I already wrote few times on Huawei support email, but still no response. Well, no single app as I know works perfectly on my new very nice (soon come to trash) Huawei ... well done.

I also made a topic here http://help.locusmap.eu/topic/problem-with-locus-map-on-huawei-android-8-devices , so if you are only interested in some bigger changes and not a long discussion here, please add a vote there and you will then get only email notifications on my own posts.

Jiří M. aka Menion

Hi all,

i have found this one:

https://www.xda-developers.com/android-oreo-background-location-whitelist/

and tested it today. Locus doesn't break in background. I used Bluetooth GPS. This is broken in 2 times, but when i open Locus and wait 5 seconds Bluetooth will come back and all is allright. And all the time Locus works still in background.

I did it and it didnt work on my Device.

After reboot it is possible u have to flash new the white list settings. It is not a solution. Not for them who havent a open bootloader. Not for normal User and it didnt work with internal gps on my Mate 9

Hi guys,

first Locus Map version based on Target SDK 27 with bunch of optimizations that should keep app following latest Android 8 requirements:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pTiUDcHy5GFvvGycCpvkiTy6slySXmxM/view?usp=sharing

Expect, there may be some problems ... consider it as Alpha version.

My own tests on Huawei? Fail as usually. But usually, app lived a lot longer than before.

Optimizations

• Battery > App launch > manual
• Apps & Notifications > Apps > Settings > Special access > Ignore battery optimizations > allow

Both seem to have zero effect. When I left them by default and Locus in default settings after install as well, it looks to me like an optimal solution, but still not perfect. Well, you may give it a try. Thanks!

Jiří M. aka Menion

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With Honor 7X and Android 8.0.0, track recording breaks, no matter what settings. Previous version of locus initializes complete after activating (same as when started). Current version seems to stay active in background, but recording stopps after few minutes. So this is the only thing I recognize after the last official version change. I updated Android from 7 to 8 after installation of locus. May it help/makes a difference installing locus from scratch?

For testing: on my device, the "outdooractive" app records without being stopped (excluded in the optimization settings).

Regardless to this issue - great App! Thank you for this!

Juergen

Hi Menion, I have tested your alpha version at home for 15 minutes on my Mate 10 Pro. And it was running well. Tomorrow I will check it on my way to work (about one hour).

Stefan

Didnt work on my Mate 9. Which settings you have in locus? Gps settings. Breaked After 5 minutes on my device

The new beta is not working for me :(

Didnt work on my Device too.

I think i have to change Device for a lot of money. Will never buy a huawei

Hi guys,

as I wrote, changes in Locus Map helped to keep alive a little longer (based on my experience), but definitely not solved this problem.

I just tried "Outdooractive" application mentioned by Juergen, but it also lost GPS fix after a moment. So till now, I stil do not know a single application that is able to keep alive on my Huawei with Android 8. Support on huawei email does not react ... hard work.

So still only solution: screen turned on or connected power source (powerbank). Stupid ...

Sorry guys, I'm trying, but I'm not completely out for usaful ideas :/.

Jiří M. aka Menion

But locus an komoot worked with a erlier Version of android 8. I was by bike 200 km at the end of May. I used one day locus and one day komoot.

I had only one break in total 20 hours.

It was also oreo 8. But a older Version.

When i have time i will Flash lineage 15.1 custom on my Mate 9. Emoi is waste

Hi Menion,

I've tested your version from yesterday this morning on my Mate 10 Pro. Locus map with default settings, Android with your suggested settings. And: IT WORKS!!! 48 minutes! (But with connected power cable, because battery was empty. I've just read your comment one hour before. I check it again this evening without charging.) Screenshots attached.

Which settings. Can u describe? Didnt work with akku optmize and manuell akku settings on my Mate 9. Bricked After 5 minutes

I hope when i have found a custom rom where i can Flash all what i need for mate 9 ican stop to check and try without success. I do it night and day. I am tired now.

I ask myself why i could Trave by bike 200 km total 20 h with only one break with older oreo?

I think 8.0.0364(c432)

Version without face unlock. There i had only one break while the Trip over 200 km

I've read the comment "So still only solution: screen turned on or connected power source (powerbank). Stupid ..." from Menion after writing my comment. So I've edited it (power cable was connected).

I haven't changed any settings in Locus map (version from yesterday; a few comments above).

And in the phone settings I used it like Menion suggested:

Optimizations

• Battery > App launch > manual
• Apps & Notifications > Apps > Settings > Special access > Ignore battery optimizations > allow

Ok i did the same without success

Yes, Locus map was also running fine on my phone with the previous version. Since the "Face unlock" version, Locus map is frozen by the system.

I've good news for all. I've a Mate 10 pro (bla-l09 8.0.0.142(c432), 3.31.2) and a mediapad M5 8.5 (sht-al09 8.0.0.151 (C432), 3.31.2) and both work well with locus (no interruptions of track recordings for days). The bad news are that i absolutely do not remember all the tricks I did :(. Surely I implemented all the "classic" suggestions (with Google service assisted location, too) and I whitelisted the application with adb https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216942547-How-to-fix-GPS-recording-issues-on-Huawei-phones. Moreover, and only with the mediapad, I changed the throttle delay from 6sec to 1day (in msec).

It looked like everything doesn't work immediately but needs some time (a day) to be recognized (I made several reboot without evidence of success). So, I'm lucky and I'm here: if someone needs an information I can discover, very happy to be useful. Good work to everyone

It would be helpful to know what you did in all steps :) white list didnt work on my Mate 9 all settings in locus i tried night and day. I think Problem is my new oreo Version. 8.0.0368

With older Version it worked better....

Tested it on my way home without charging the phone. Frozen after about five minutes after switching off the screen. But: A colleague has got a Samsung phone. Yesterday it got an update to Android 8 and the Google timeline doesn't work anymore. Only long lines between a few points like going by plane to work.

Thats what i say. I think it isnt conpletly a oreo problem. I didnt have big Problems befor i got the oreo Updates with face unlock.

Older oreo works better with tracking apps like locus or komoot. And from one day to another. Both Apps dont work anymore.

Downgrade is only possible with a little bit know how and with the risk to damage the device forever. When i have time i will try custom rom lineage oreo 8.1

Perhaps it will work. Or we all have to wait for an offical Update with bug fixed. But huawei Support didnt answer me. Or say they will tell Problems to huawei.... Or they tell me apps are the problem...

But all tracking apps? I cannot belive that locus komoot runtastic etc are the problem.

I think actual stock is shit

So i finished with emui. I flashed a custom rom.

And i have to say All Problems are gone.

Tracking perfect no Breaks and perfect tracks.

Good batterie Performance too.

With Oreo 8.1.

@menion thanks for your work and Support.

You do your Job very well.

But emui is a bad stock rom.

Evetything works better on lineage remix oreo 8.1

But it was a long way with bricks till i could finish flashing successfuly. But i am happy i did

There is available new release on Google Play since yesterday (june 21th), it's version 3.31.3, this seems to work again for huawei+oreo 8!

My device is Huawei P10 with oreo 8.0, i'm using locus map pro.

There are not mentioned any fixes regarding gps location problems in change log but it seems to be improved a lot.

@menion , is there something new regarding gps working in background?

I already did some tests:

• walked about 90 minutes with track recording mostly in background,i've made sure that it had been staying in background mode for at least 10 to 20 minutes before waking up.
• did also test navigation in background mode (i'm using offline BRouter) -> locus kept on talking to me
• did also test track guidance -> locus correctly sent notification sounds for "next turn" and for "Out of route" even after beeing in background mode for some 15 minutes

I'm very happy because of locus is working again on my device.

Hopefully this is good news not only for huawei + oreo 8.0, hopefully this release also works on huawei + oreo 8.1!

I will do more testing next days!

Many thanks to everyone who is working on locus keeping it functioning on new devices and new firmware!

On my Mate 9 there is no better result.

Locus close After few minutes.

I did everthing in the batterie settings without success.

I dont know what i should do.

Custom roms have a bad batterie Performance at the Moment.

Batterie down After one day if i do nothing with my mate 9

On my P10 there is no better result.

Locus close After few minutes.

I did everthing in the batterie settings without success.

I dont know what i should do.

Same here with Mate 10 Pro, firmware 8.0.0.142

I tried every possibile setting reported here, but Locus closes after 10-20 minutes.

I was only able to keep it working by connecting a power bank for the time i needed track recording.

I talked with huawei. They said they work to fix the problem. Dont know if its true

Yes After a lot of weeks i didnt know that i ever wrote then :D

But i should wait. I am very angry. Summer is now. I need komoot and locus now and not in Winter

Some who have a huawei p20 told that it work After an update. But my device mate9 dont work actually.

End of may it worked some days After only Problems with all gps Apps

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GOOD NEWS :

Its a Problem with a bad Google play Update.

Google works with huawei to fix

Actual they try Google play beta.

They found the mistake in their google play software

At the Moment i use a Remix Custom Rom

Everything works fine.

Yesterday i did a Navigation over 6 hours.

Tracking and Navigation without any Problems.

45 % batterie i needed yesterday for the 6 hours

Took a lot of Photos too.

I think its nice.

I will stay on this custom till huawei will find a way to fix the problem on their stock.

So i know it is not a Problem of the apps.

Its a Problem of huawei and Google

Every tracker works fine now.

Its a possibility to have a very nice summer with a lot of nice trips

Now i can relax and wait for a huawei/Google fix

I hope it will help somebody.

Greets from germany

Začal som používať PhoneMaps, ktorý spúšťam cez GPS Locker. Zápis trasy bezchybný ukladanie tiež.

Pri strate GPS signálu (pochody, tuneli ) pri východe sa GPS chyti a zápis pokračuje ďalej bez

prerušenia pri zamknutej obrazovke 2 hodiny súvisle. Používal som Locus Map pro , ale pokial

Locus neopravy chyby s nahrávanim trasy prejdem na PhoneMaps, ktorý ma kvalitné bezplatné

Rastové mapy a je funkčný zápis. Zápisy dám zdielať do Locusu, ktorý ma lepšieho správcu trati.

Huawei Mate 10 Pro

Perhaps in English?

oprava ( podchody, tuneli )

Google translator ?

I started using PhoneMaps, which I run via GPS Locker. Enrolling the route without flawless storage also.

When GPS signals are lost (traces, tunnels) to the east, GPS is captured and the write continues without

interruptions on the locked screen for 2 hours continuously. I used Locus Map for, but when

Locus to fix the bugs with the uploading of the route will go to PhoneMaps, which is free of charge

Growth maps and is a functional listing. I will share the minutes with Locus, who has a better track manager.

Huawei Mate 10 Pro

I have no idea what you want to say, but PhoneMaps crashes for me as well.

I think huawei has a big problem to fix this at the Moment. Its not a Problem of the apps.

I still stay on a custom rom and wait if huawei can fix all with locus and komoot.

On treble custom roms everything works fine.

And the batterie Performance is okay too

But i really hope they will fix on stock rom soon too.

I think for huawei mate 9 there is no update at the Moment. Last Version 8.0.0369 at the Moment.

I tried this stock but without success

There is a new build b370 perhaps they fixed.

I cannot try. Cause i am on custom rom

Good morning to all,

Locus is running again after an update yesterday!!!!!! Mate 10 Pro v 8.0.0.145

Tracked 1 hour without charging and screen off.

I am on mate 9 too. Have to wait for Update.

At the Moment there is no update.

Actual b369

Unofical b370

Today the new Mate 10 Pro v 8.0.0.145 OTA update arrived on my phone. After reading the above comments I immediately installed it and started Locus Pro in recording mode and switched off my screen. Locus is still running after almost 8 hours so it seems the problem has finally been solved. Very happy!

Oh thats nice. For my Mate 9 there is no update at the moment. I hope it will come soon too.

But i take it easy cause i use custom rom.

Everything work fine on it

Offical RR OS version

Works very nice on my Mate 9

Surch under RR OS offical than you will find.

But take card. Important to flash the right Version for your device.

Hi Menion and fellow huawei users,

I would like to share what I discovered on my Mate 9 (Stock ROM 8.0.0.369 (C432)).

The last days I played around quite a bit with track recording. During testing I as well tried different record presets to check whether the record settings can make a difference (like taking a point every 5sec vs. 2min).

Interestingly one of my profiles behaved different and did not get killed. I was able to have recording running all night long using that profile. As it turns out in this profile I had a pulse belt connected long time ago and "heart rate monitor" was set as an record option. I tried to verify and removed heart monitor on this properly running profile and now it got killed. (A pulse belt was not connected for all the testing and as far as i rember it never has been since I use my Mate 9.)

=> It seems like (at least on my device) activation of heart rate monitor does keep track recording alive. :-)

Hopefully this is helpful and you are able to verify on your devices.

Sorry for the screenshots in german language and my propably wrong translations, Locus refused to switch to English. ;)

Regards, Jan

PS: Does Huawei maybe already implemented in their firmware to keep alive tracking of heart rate but not of gps??

Had i phone call yesterday with huawei Support.

Told them Problems again and that evetything i working with custom.

They will send my Informations to devoloper from huawei. They told me.

Hope so. I will belive this first if they send i Update of divices

I have a Mate 9 and Android 8 since January or February. Locus Pro worked fine without any of the suggested optimization settings, except running Locus as a service. My last successful track recording was at June 10th. Some time later there was a system update from Huawei, and now Locus is broken, as described here in this topic.

So it is not caused by Android 8 on Huawei, but by their latest update.

Yes we know. End of may everthing Was fine.

Problems Start in june

There is a new komoot Update.

There are a lot of changes i think.

Does app work on huawei mate 9 now?

I cannot try cause i am on custom rom at the Moment

Kind reminder for my post from 2 weeks ago.

Has anyone tried the described "activation of bluetooth heart rate monitor connection"? Does it keep you recording alive?

The workaround completely solved the issue on my Mate 9. :-)

I think Komoot tricked Huawei. I have it running for 20 minutes now without crashing on my Mate 9. What they do? They let the app run in foreground. Means, that I can switch off the screen, but as soon as I turn it on again, Komoot is directly there. The mobile is not unlocked to this time. Is there an easy way to implement this for testing @Menion?

Hi there,

I'm currently migrating to Huawei P20 Pro (Firmware CLT-L09 8.1.0.131 (C432), which is the currently most recent available one) and I also use Locus Pro 3.32.0 (it updated today, so I don't know which one was the previous version).

I successfully got it logging tracks for over 4h on a bike tour after having some troubles in the beginning.

The key was to disable all energy saving options as already described in this thread and run Locus as a service.

What I don't like about the P20 Pro is, that it has no barometric sensor for height correction, but at least it is working and has great battery lifetime.

Now i tried komoot with stock rom on my Mate 9 without success.

I had custom rom till yesterday there locus and komoot works perfect

After my device batterie was empty yesterday i had a bootloop so i had to go back to emui first.

That's why i am on emui at the moment.

Could try locus and komoot without success

There ist a new update for mate 9

Its unoffical but i check it at the moment b372

But without success. Locus and komoot crash after few minutes.

So there is no reason to be happy about this update.

I tell you cause i had hope now i am sad

I tried an app which calls gpsLogger II

It works without crashes 3 hours in background.

It the one and only for huawei at the moment.

Perhaps its possible to watch the code of this application to fix problems with locus

I can acknowledge, that last update of Android solved the issue with killing Locusmap and other apps running in background. For Honor 10 View, you need update BKL-L09 8.0.0.163(C432).

Caution: this update was not visible in Honor's update utility even after using button "Check update ..." I had to use triple dot menu in upper right corner and select something like " Download last full firmware." Only after that the information about new wf appears. Strange.

Thank you, Menion, for supporting Huawei's users even it was fw issue!

I can agree with Jan Kuc that this issue seems to be solved for Honor 7 as well. With new patch 8.0.0.332(C432) automatically installed last week (revision date 01. July) I could successful record a 1 hour track with default settings in Locus and without using "Locus Map as a service". Great! Thank you Menion for your effort!

Same problem on my Huawei p10 plus. When the phone was brand new with initial software ( I think was android 7 but not sure) the Locus maps pro works perfect with no interruption for hours and hours. After updating my phone to android 8 the problems began. Now I stop time to time and check the phone and start again the recording. In my case the application is stopped at all. When I reopen the app, the initialization process is displayed and I have to wait every time to reconnect to satellites. All settings are set right- gps setting from locus, and all settings from android to ignore the app when is using battery. there is no power saving / ultra power saving mode activated.

yesterday I made an emui update to vky l29 8.0.0.375 (c432) - still not working :(

Have to confirm, that FW L29 8.0.0.375 is still killing the app within 10 minutes of switched-off screen. I wish I could easily downgrade to ..370 version. I have Huawei P10. Otherwise the phone and Locus work perfect!! What is interesting, that when the recording is off, then Locus stays on for several hours. Only when I start recording and the screen goes off the killing happens.

I also loose GPS tracking when display is turned off. During the last weeks I tried out nearly everything on my Huawei Mate 9 (see also http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php?id=manual:faq:gps_lost_fix_android6):

- Locus Map Pro - GPS Settings "Disable GPS when Screen is off" disabled

- Android - Battery optimization set to "ignore" for Locus Map Pro

- Android - Setting "Close apps after screen lock" disabled

- Android - "Power saving mode" & "Ultra power saving" disabled

- App "GPS Keeper"

Unfortunately, these measures did not work! :(

The only thing I did not try was the App "Memory Locker" as I would need to root my device. However, I did not want to do this as other users had problems with rooting their Huawei Mate 9 and I already spent so much time on this issue.

-> Is there any final solution yet for a Huawei Mate 9?

PS: Additionally, I tried other GPS tracking apps such as "Ortovox Bergtouren" -> same problem there, so I guess it's an Android and not LocusMaps problem?! Thanks!

My Huawei Mate 9 received a system update to 8.0.0.373(C423) two days ago, but unfortunately this didn't cure the problem, it still exists.

I use Nokia 7 Plus and have same problem too...

The app is off around an hour and cannot keep tracking the route...

Hi,

I am using a P20 with FW EML-L09 8.1.0.120 (C782). I have the same trouble with Locus Pro as mentioned above - lost GPS, Recording is interrupted etc.

...but my App for running "Nike Run Club" is working perfectly - it records my runs for 30 minutes or longer and tracks it without any faults... - so maybe it's not a FW problem?

Greetz

Boris

Had same problem with Nokia 7 plus. But after installing "Wake Lock" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.wldonate with option "Processor" active Locus runs all day long without interruptions.

Has anyone tried if same works on Huawei?

Hi Steen,

thanks for your post - I tried it with my P20 and it works! I recorded a 4,5 h bike trip without any trouble :-)

So if someone of the locus staff is following this discussion, pls implement this feature in locus.

Cheers

Boris

Hi guys,

if this works, I believe it will have a different reason. Based on what I read, this app just uses wake-lock system that keeps the system awake. But exactly this use Locus Map as well. As we saw, only apps that use GPS are killed after some time. Better: system seems to ignore apps that hold wake lock in case, they drain the battery with active GPS.

This small app does not use GPS, but keep enabled "wake lock". So it keeps your device awake and the system has no reason to kill it. Thanks to this, Locus Map and most probably any other application that needs GPS, may run without a problem, simply because the system is awake due to this small app.

Anyway ... interesting. If above is correct, then we can still do nothing because there is a need to have an app with active "wake lock", but that does not use GPS.

Hi,

thanks for your info, but why is my Nike Running App working too? This App uses GPS as well... As I mentioned before it tracks my runs for 30 minutes + more...

Greetz

Boris

Tried it on a p10. Does not work, Locus got killed within minutes. 

On Mon, 17 Sep 2018, 09:06 Locus Map, <locus.map@asamm.com> wrote:

it's really sad not to have stable tracking in Locus because of hardware manufacturer reasons.

On my P10 I miss the funtionality very hard. Strange is that with Endomondo app the tracking works most if the display is off.

I understood the impact with app crash is valid for all application using GPS.

Any idea?

I go a new FW EM-L09 8.1.0.152(C782) for my P20. I just did a short test with Locus but it's still not working. So I keep on using the "Wake Lock" app...

My Huawei Mate 9 received another system update, from 8.0.0.373(C423) to 8.0.0.375(C423). As before, it doesn't solve the problem. Wake Lock doesn't show any effect my Mate 9 as well, so I'm pretty lost. Last week was my second hiking vacation since this issue showed up where I wasn't able to track my routes. Very annoying.

Je něco nového? Po MATE 8 kde vše fungovalo bez sebemenšího zaváhání (záznam trasy i 24h) jsem si pořídil MATE 9 8.0.0.375 (C432) kde nejsem schopen aplikaci rozchodit. Ať nastavuji co chci stále padá, je to velké zklamání :-( :-( :-(

Google Translate, CZ > EN:

Is there something new? After MATE 8 where everything worked without the slightest hesitation (record of the route and 24h) I bought MATE 9 8.0.0.375 (C432) where I am unable to break the application. No matter what I want to keep falling, it's a big disappointment :-( :-( :-(

I'd like to inform you that Locus works properly on Honor 10, COL-L29 8.1.0.148(C432). The mentioned settings for battery and app are needed.

I found this site because i have the same issue with my "BLE in foreground service"-app on my Honor 7x test device.

What worked for me after many hours of testing/resetting the device/testing again...

(in the Honor 7x Android 8.0 update the "protected apps" list is missing and you can't whitelist the app propertly)

- Enable Developer options

- Enable USB Debugging

- Connect Phone via USB to pc/mac with Android SDK installed

- use adb to disable the freaking power management on the device

open a terminal and type

adb shell 
pm disable-user com.huawei.systemmanager 
pm disable-user com.huawei.powergenie

- reboot phone

- Foreground-Service doesn't freezing anymore

it is not a build-in solution but stops the source of the problem ;-/

Also on my Huawei P10, Locus Map Pro is killed few minutes after screen is turned off. No setting on app, battery, etc. seems to have any effect. The app worked fine before the OS update to Android 8.

The Huawei support don't give me any solution.

I also found that:

1) the app "GPS Locker" is killed too.

2) the app "Huawei Health" works!!! Aaaaargh!!! I have reported this incorrect behavior to the competition and market authority in Italy. Locus Map is 100.000 times better than Huawei Health!

3) I've also tried to run Locus Map together with Huawei Health. After 30 minutes it's killed again, with "Health" still working!

Hello guys,

With my P10 (Android 8.0) sadly I am next member of "disappointed Huawei users" with Locus problems.

After reading the discussion I've tried all recommended tips&tricks to keep recording alive in backround with no possitive result. Recording was still interrupted within 10 minutes.

Then I've tried next experiment - start recording directly from homescreen trough widget (with no previous Locus launch). Recording has remained live in background for more than half a hour without mobile data and display turned off. Just pure GPS. Than it was turned off manually by me.

Since that, I've been recording many tracks on bike, or hiking and no one of those tracks was interrupted during training (including 4-5hr trainings). During recording I get used to look in map or take some picture, so screen is waked up aproximately once in 1-2hr.

It looks like this solution helped me

Aha! Mato, your solution also seems to work on my phone. I tried only half an hour, however it worked well!

Hello guys,

interesting workaround Mato, glad that you found something that works.

Based on this, I made a tiny change and published it as Beta version. If anyone with this problem has a free time, give new Beta version 3.34.1.2 a try. Thanks and enjoy the weekend.

Hi, the new solution with widget on the screen worked for me (p10 plus). I tested in two different days, first run 5 hours and second 4 hours. So you have to start Locus app directly from the widget and if you want to check the track rec from time to time you have to "press" on the map mini button otherwise the track will be not saved.

Hello, how does the idea with the widget exactly work step by step? Thanks!

In the last week, I used Locus several times and it worked well. However, I found that you must: 1) stop the Locus app, and start it only from the widget; and 2) wait until the recording time starts, otherwise the app will be stopped.

I too did like Paolo4n. It seems that it works well. 

Il giorno mar 20 nov 2018, 12:42 Locus Map <locus.map@asamm.com> ha scritto:

Sorry I still dont get it: What exactly do you mean with a "widget" and where can I find it? Thanks!

Thanks! First test semmed promising on my Huawei Mate 9! :-) However, will it still work once I maxify Locus to see my position on the map?

Update 13 Dec 2018: I still have problems with Huawei Mate 10 Pro: Locus Map Pro stops suddenly, not during the recording, as some have complained but in normal running mode. I still have not found a solution, so I hope I can return the phone. The reason for the purchase of Mate 10 Pro was mainly the battery capacity and the large screen. Can anyone recomend a stable phone in the same price range and performance with Huawei Mate 10 Pro?

The problem is finally solved on my Mate 9 now. A few days ago I received the update MHA-L29 8.0.0.377(C432), and now I can do long recordings without using the widget workaround.

The last update has resolved the issue. Now everything is all right. Honor 10 android 9.

Good evening all.

I'm glad that Christmas 2018 may be a little more "happier" and we may close this issue thanks to the update published for Huawei devices. Thanks all for patience and help with this issue.

Perfect and have a nice holiday.

Dear all, although you wrote that problem was solved, I still have it with recording. Huawei P20 Lite. Any sugestion how to solve it? Thank yo

Milan

Good day all, I have a same kind of problem. My Huawei P smart , model FIG-LX1 8.0.0.170 stops recording and tracking after about 10 minutes.

Which android version u have?

When was your last emui update?

At the end of 2018 beginning 2019 they fixed the problem since oreo version b377 on mate 9

Now i have mate 20 pro with Android.

No problems

As Ingo correctly wrote, there was an update some months ago from Huawei, that solved these problems. Anyway on which devices it was available? Do not know exactly, sorry.

As I mentioned before, we collected all possible methods in our manual pages here. Also, one nice web page may be found here, that collects all possible problems with all main devices.I'm really sorry, but we try to find some method how to make Locus more resistant to these battery optimizations system, but none from our team was able to find out any useful method so far :(,

I tried Locus with mate 20 Pro and old device (mate 9)

No problems. Very important settings in Akku manager and manuell handling for this app.

Its not necessary to make locus as a service.

It runs only with settings in Android

Hello everybody,

does anyone have an experience with the new Android 9/EMUI 9.0 system on Huawei devices? I would like to avoid problems with the new system when everything works fine on Android 8.

Thanks a lot