GPS feature

Avast Mobile Apps Avast Anti-Theft for Android
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Hi, I’ve installed Avast recently and I’m confused with the GPS location feature. It says on the menu that you need to root the phone to use this feature, but I don’t want to root the phone. Is there another way of using the GPS feature without rooting the phone? I want to be able to go online and detect where my phone is on the map.

I am on Jelly Bean, Samsung Galaxy S3 4G.

Thanks,

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where did you read that? GPS does work also on non-rooted phones of course, just ENABLING IT AUTOMATICALLY if it is turned off only works on rooted installations.

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Hi, Apologies if this is answered elsewhere but I can’t seem to find it. I have a non-rooted phone (Nexus S) so can’t have gps auto switching on. I’ve tried Locate on the website with gps off, and get no response. As soon as I switch gps on manually on the phone I get an accurate location on the web within minutes. So how can I turn gps on manually on the web or by sms?

Thanks

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If I remember, you can’t unless your phone is rooted or runs an old version of android.

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you’ll just have to try if it is possible to enable the setting in Anti-Theft. It will block if its NOT possible,and will work if its possible.

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Thanks for your replies - it seems gps can’t be switched remotely on a non-rooted phone. I imagine Google’s logic relates to privacy issues, but it could be a bit of a handicap if the phone is stolen… As a matter of interest, I think the coordinates I obtained were actually through the mobile network, and it was just coincidence I received these after (manually) switching gps on. So at least triangulation over the network still works, when there are enough telephone masts near the phone to do that.