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[Q]Enabling the GPS automatically and WIFI testing functions

Hi all,
1.
I have created an application to test my GPS module on my device.
It works well thus far. However, I wonder if there is any possibility can enable
the GPS module without manually.
Here is the scenario, when i execute the application installed on my android
phone, if my GPS is disabled, a dialog will pop up to request the user to enable
the GPS module. Then the screen will turn into the GPS setting option, the user
needs to enable the GPS module manually.
Is there any possibility to enable the GPS module automatically when I execute
my aps on android? I was trying to google it but all reply is this behavior
involves the security issue so that there is other way to do it.
2.
I have an application which can help me test the wifi connectivity.
Again, it works well.
However,is it possible to transfer a file or send data using something like netperf? It is valuable to test this as Tx can use more power and I want to make sure it is functioning well.
Any reply is highly expected.
Thanks all

Can someone please guide me a direction to go?
Any reply will be very appreciated.

Samsung GPS Spoofing Leaks Real Location - Please Help

First time posting, so please let me know if I missed something. I will edit as needed.
Ok, so I am trying to setup a Samsung Note 3 with GPS spoofing.
System Information:
Android Version: 5.0
Model Number: SM-N900T
Rooted: Yes
Kernel Version:3.4.0-6005498
What have I done so far:
I rooted my phone and installed SuperSU
I installed FakeGPS and set it as a system application
I have set my location to GPS Only
I have disabled Fused Location and rebooted my phone (several times)
I looked for GNSS and other suggested location services but I am unsure what else I should/could disable
Long story short, I am rubber banding between my real location and my GPS spoofed location (which is about 100 feet away).
I would really like to know if anyone has any solid ideas on what I can do.
I am 100% comfortable with ditching this OS and using another ROM (which I havent done before, but I could learn).
EDIT: From what I am reading this has to do with the phone Location Sniffing. I have Wifi and Bluetooth turned off. I have searched for the setting where the Wifi is always searching, but I could not find it on my device. I dont think it exists.

Additional input.
I wanted to add:
It seems that if I stop Fused Location and restart my phone, everything works properly for a short period of time but the real location starts leaking eventually.
This gives me the impression that something might be restarting Fused Location. Does anyone think this might be what is causing the issue? Or is there a program that might be able to actively kill Fused Location?

Automatic Hotspot

Has anyone been able to get any program to automatically enable hotspot (for example, when bluetooth connects turn on hotspot)? I used to use Tasker on my Note 7 (without root and with Secure Settings), but now Tasker fails to enable hotspot on my S8+
Every program I've tried in the Play Store fails to enable hotspot...it is like Samsung has done something that to keep programs such as Tasker and Automate from working...

It fails because the US branded versions of the phone changed the normal way to enable the hotspot function in order to perform additional entitlement checks with some US carriers before enabling the hotspot. This is why Tasker and other programs fail.
On the unlocked, unbranded version of the S8+ (which doesn't run the carrier software and doesn't run those checks), it works fine.
The same goes to the pixel, only there it depends on the SIM you insert into the phone. If you insert a VZW or ATT SIM, the Tasker process will fail. If you use a T-Mobile SIM in the pixel, it will work because T-Mobile doesn't run those entitlement checks.
When I used an international SIM in the Pixel, it also worked.
I hope this helps.

This is the error I get with tasker, is this what you see?

Ugh...I figured it was something to do with that. That's like knowing cancer is the cause of that pain in your gut...good to know what it is, still sux.
I have been able to get Tasker and AutoInput to activate the hotspot fairly reliably when I connect to bluetooth. It actually works very well, even with the screen off. Guess it'll do.

Care to explain what you are doing there? Is autoinput disabling mobile data, enabling hotspot then re-enabling mobile data?

Auto Enable Hotspot with Tasker on S-8
I got the automatic hotspot worked out using Tasker and AutoInput. I tried several ways that were hit or miss. I finally figured it out and can now activate my Hotspot reliably when my phone connects to bluetooth.
If anyone is interested, here is the export. You will need AutoInput from the Play store, and Tasker. Root is not necessary. It is probably a pretty clumsy way of doing it, but it works.
Simply copy the Hotspot Enable XML file to your Tasker Configs folder. Then Tasker>>3-dot menu>>Data>>Restore>>browse to file

Thanks I'll try this. I always used tasker before but obviously w/o Autoinput.
Dave

No dice for me. Aside from autoinput and tasker did you have to install anything else? I did enable the autoinput accessibility service. I've included screenshots of what I get when I try to run the task and also when I click on any one line of the task. When I click to install what it says to it says it is just takes me to auto input in playstore which is already installed. Is there somewhere else I need to enable this auto input plugin?
It also seems I had to install secure settings which I did to no avail.
Thanks much
Dave

TT_Vert said:
No dice for me. Aside from autoinput and tasker did you have to install anything else? I did enable the autoinput accessibility service. I've included screenshots of what I get when I try to run the task and also when I click on any one line of the task. When I click to install what it says to it says it is just takes me to auto input in playstore which is already installed. Is there somewhere else I need to enable this auto input plugin?
It also seems I had to install secure settings which I did to no avail.
Thanks much
Dave
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Sorry Dave, I haven't been back on.
It looks like you need to install "Secure Settings" from the play store. It is an add-on to Tasker. It should work after that.
So yes, you need Tasker, Secure Settings, and AutoInput. You could honestly probably do without the first command in Tasker (the one that needs Secure Settings...it only turns the screen on).

I tried again removing that first line and every single action if I click on it I get the error in the picture below. I try to manually run it in tasker it just sits at the first task. How did you create this exactly?
Btw, if I click to install it just brings me to autoinput I the play store which says it's installed.

Any help pinetreehater?

Well i ended up having my phone die and got a new one from samsung. Same issue I had w/ the other one. There has to be some other step involved that I'm missing here.

Any luck yet?

Sort of working
I downloaded and paid for AutoInput. The script is mostly working. But it stops at the Hotspot setting screen and never seems to turn it on.
Any ideas?

Apologies for necroposting, but I thought this might help future people. The only issue I can think is that you need to make sure you've activated Autoinput's trial period OR purchased the full version, do that and the supplied script works perfectly.

so I'm using the s9, figured the process would be close enough. first Trigonous' fix worked for me mostly, except I still have to unlock my phone before it finishes turning on hotspot. Also, for any totally novice users coming in to try to do this, I had a fun time at first locating the Tasker Configs file, if you create a back up in tasker it will create the file for you so you can copy the .xml to the proper place.
Most important part of this post, to me at least, is there a way to get it to by pass my unlock and just do it or do I have to pull out my phone still and unlock it for it to finish the task?

snaggle2thtiger said:
Most important part of this post, to me at least, is there a way to get it to by pass my unlock and just do it or do I have to pull out my phone still and unlock it for it to finish the task?
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I'm no expert, but why not set your cars Bluetooth as a trusted device, therefore unlocking your phone when connected, then maybe a brief delay after connection allow it to continue?

Thank you
pinetreehater said:
I got the automatic hotspot worked out using Tasker and AutoInput. I tried several ways that were hit or miss. I finally figured it out and can now activate my Hotspot reliably when my phone connects to bluetooth.
If anyone is interested, here is the export. You will need AutoInput from the Play store, and Tasker. Root is not necessary. It is probably a pretty clumsy way of doing it, but it works.
Simply copy the Hotspot Enable XML file to your Tasker Configs folder. Then Tasker>>3-dot menu>>Data>>Restore>>browse to file
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Thanks man, saved me some time, it works perfectly. I installed AutoInput and was moving in the same direction.

The fake location apps don't work (rooted device)

I have a rooted android device and have tried some fake location apps (non-root and root required). They work for Google Maps, it shows the location i choose. But for the other apps like connected2me and Tinder they don't work.
I tried to make the location setting as "device only" etc. but still don't work.
I started to think why it doesn't work and maybe it s because of this:
imgur.com/a/o66Jk
It says "Your device will need to use Wi-Fi and cell networks". As I understand, even though I choose a fake location, these kind of apps get the information from wifi provider, and that's the reason why it doesn't work.
Am I right?
Is there a way to solve this problem?
Edit: I just noticed something else. Unlike Tinder, connected2me doesn't want to use wifi and cell networks to find location. But it also doesn't show up in the location settings under "recent location requests" unlike the other apps. How does this app know my location without accessing my location lol

+1 i would like to find a trick. Normally when you are rooted you can do whatever you like with your phone even spoofing data to every app. So i'm sure there is a trick to do it. Anyway your post gives some nice clues to find the trick. I hope someone will share it here.

Dual SIM version : secure settings for SIM1 & SIM2

Hi folks,
I'm trying to setup a command in tasker to disable SIM2 depending on my phone location (home or work).
Problem is I can't find the secure setting to read or modify (I'm not sure you can change it without root anyway, so I'll just use autoinput from there - still I need to know the initial value to decide if I launch the autoinput task or not).
Can anyone help me with that ?
Thank you !

nuts77 said:
Hi folks,
I'm trying to setup a command in tasker to disable SIM2 depending on my phone location (home or work).
Problem is I can't find the secure setting to read or modify (I'm not sure you can change it without root anyway, so I'll just use autoinput from there - still I need to know the initial value to decide if I launch the autoinput task or not).
Can anyone help me with that ?
Thank you !
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@nuts77 i cant help you in this quest although i truly hope you succeed. If so may i ask if you can try implementing also a time schedule option to disable a sim on certain times..

Hi,
have not succeeded yet - although if I ever do, it won't be a problem to trigger the SIM depending on time whether than location.
When I have some news I'll be glad to post them here

nuts77 said:
Hi,
have not succeeded yet - although if I ever do, it won't be a problem to trigger the SIM depending on time whether than location.
When I have some news I'll be glad to post them here
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That would be wonderful if you can pull this off. I will keep track of this thread. Good luck @nuts77

so it seems that the system settings to enable or disable SIM slots are slot1_is_checked and slot2_is_checked... However it seems it requires root to change these settings. Not even autotools granted with ADB can change them so it looks like there's not much we can do without root...

nuts77 said:
so it seems that the system settings to enable or disable SIM slots are slot1_is_checked and slot2_is_checked... However it seems it requires root to change these settings. Not even autotools granted with ADB can change them so it looks like there's not much we can do without root...
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I rooted my device, would that help?

Perhaps adb command to specify which one is preffered?

lillypad_33 said:
Perhaps adb command to specify which one is preffered?
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Than what will be the adb command?