Samsung Galaxy A6 Troubleshooting

Do you experience that Mileage Book stops recording your trip in the middle of nowhere, or register an incorrect distance?  

This may be caused be some power saving features in your Samsung device, witch can result in access to the GPS is being blocked.

The solution is to manage your Samsung power management so that you manually specify which apps your Samsung device should not put into a power-saving mode.

(Note: this guide is based on Android version 8.0.0 and above)

1. Select Settings
   
2. Select Connections
   
3. Select Location
   
4. Pick Locating method
   
5. Set this to ”high accuracy”
   
6. Return to Settings, and select Device maintenance
   
7. Select Battery
   
8. Turn the power saving mode ”OFF”
   
9. Return to Settings, and select Apps
   
10. Scroll down and pick Mileage Book in the list of apps
    
11. Select Battery
    
12. Select Optimize battery usage
    
13. Select All apps
    
14. Scroll down and find Mileage Book in the list of apps
    
    
15. Make sure that Mileage Book is disabled
    
16. Return to App info
    
    
17. Select Permissions
    
18. Make sure that ”Location” is enabled
    
    After all the above settings are set correctly, you'll not experience any misregistering of your future trips.