Enable location services via ADB or shell

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I have a rooted phone. Is it possible to enable location services (GPS or network location) via ADB or Terminal Emulator?

score 20 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 16 '22 at 08:02

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On Android 6.0,

To enable:

GPS: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed +gps
Network: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed +network

To disable:

GPS: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed -gps
Network : adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed -network

On Android 11.0,

To enable:

GPS: adb shell settings put secure location_mode 3

To disable:

GPS: adb shell settings put secure location_mode 0

edited Feb 16 '22 at 08:02

vaibhavcool20

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answered Sep 16 '16 at 23:50

Aditya S

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Thanks, it works. Is there anyway we can enable/disable gps and network with one line adb command. I need it for high accuracy locaton. gps+network =high accuracy – Suban Dhyako Sep 11 '18 at 10:07

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 21 '21 at 09:02

Android location service comes with different options:

High accuracy: gps, network
- Enable: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed +gps,network
- Disable: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed -gps,network
Phone only: gps
- Enable: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed +gps
- Disable: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed -gps
Battery saving: network
- Enable: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed +network
- Disable: adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed -network

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 03 '19 at 12:23

location_providers_allowed no longer works for Android 10 (API level 29).

Instead, you can set the location_mode to LOCATION_MODE_HIGH_ACCURACY with a value of 3:

adb shell settings put secure location_mode 3

NOTE: Probably won't work >v29 as this is already deprecated as the docs on Location Mode mention:

This constant was deprecated in API level 28. The preferred methods for checking location mode and listening for changes are via LocationManager#isLocationEnabled() and LocationManager#MODE_CHANGED_ACTION.

Don't know what a programmatic way to do this through the shell will be once this constant disappears.

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 21 '21 at 09:02

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Enable: adb shell settings put secure location_mode 3
Disable: adb shell settings put secure location_mode 0

See Stack Overflow - How to enable/disable GPS location services on Android 9 via ADB commands (not rooted device).

edited Jul 21 '21 at 09:02

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answered Mar 10 '21 at 14:02

CoolMind

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Functions on Android 11. – user598527 Jun 20 '22 at 06:39
@user598527, hi! Thanks for the comment. Currently I don't know. – CoolMind Jun 20 '22 at 06:55

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