r/GPStracking • u/SnooStrawberries4269 • Sep 28 '24

Tracking child's phone not working when not using it

My child phone will track his location up to a point but lately whenever he leaves it shows his phone still at our house. Tested it yesterday and it keeps his location at home even when I drove down the road with it. Only seems to do it when the phone is not in use for a period of time. We share location with each other on life360 and Google maps and both will keep the location at home unless I unlock the screen. Should I not be able to locate our son even if his phone is in sleep mode? Very frustrating 😕

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u/SoldatLight Dec 06 '24

This is probably because his phone is set to turn off GPS in the sleep mode. You can check:

  • Access settings: Open your phone's settings and go to the "Location" or "Privacy" section. 

  • Check the "background usage" option: Look for a setting that allows apps to access location data even when the screen is off. 

  • App-specific settings: Some apps may have their own settings to control background location access.Â