Gaia is eating phone battery - can't stop the sync?
It's winter, cold and rainy. I haven't used gaia for a few months. I have a new phone. Same operating system - android. I did start working on importing some track tracks/route information. All of a sudden the amount of storage gaia is using on my phone is exploding.
I don't see any way to tell what the file size is, and/or what in particularly would cause the data to increase so much. I tried to stop they sync - but can't figure out how to make that work.
I've tried to use the browser version to toggle the sync - but it does not respond at all.
Any advise - I've already uninstalled gaia once so that my phone doesn't implode - I would hate to do it again.
I've used gaiga for four years - I thought I was a reasonably experienced user - but I've never had a problem with the amount of data it uses so maybe I'm not understanding something.
Help please.
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Gaia GPS is primarily a mapping service that provides use of their maps thru an active subscription. The APPs on Android and iPhone are there to allow you to use the maps and at times almost seem to be a secondary afterthought. They go out of their way to make sure your subscription is still active and remove access to the maps if it isn't. Stopping sync on the website in your account removes access to all the maps on your device - it doesn't delete or remove them, just removes the ability to access them. Stopping sync on the device or stopping the APP itself doesn't always seem to stop the sync process either. The only way I've found to really stop sync without loosing what you've downloaded onto your device is to shutdown the network access on your device. That BTW, seems to be the safe thing to do when you've got you maps loaded and are ready to go hiking or off-roading where cell service may not work. The last thing you want is for the APP to try doing a sync while you're on the trail and remove access to the maps you need because it wants to apply some new map updates.
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Force stop the app: Open your phone's settings and go to the "Apps" or "Application Manager" section. Find the Gaia app in the list of apps, and tap on it. From there, you should see an option to "Force Stop" the app. This will stop the app from running and may help preserve your phone's battery life. Drift Boss
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Stopping the APP will keep it from running down the battery, but it won't get the maps synch'd and with the APP stopped you can't use it. You can also just totally remove the APP, that will cause the sync operations to cease and the APP won't use any battery, but then of course you won't have the APP installed to use.
The problem is the APP keeps trying to sync and doesn't seem to accomplish anything in the process. I've got one running on a tablet with 5g WiFi and it's been running for weeks. On another tabet with 2.4g WiFi it's completed the sync operation weeks ago - both logged into my account so they're both synching the same map set. There's something clearly wrong in the APP that causes this endless sync.
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If you’re experiencing issues with Gaia GPS taking up too much storage, here are some steps to help troubleshoot and manage it. First, check how much storage Gaia GPS is using by going to your phone’s Settings > Apps > Gaia GPS > Storage. This will show you the app size and its data usage. Next, clear the app’s cache by tapping Clear Cache in the same menu, which will remove temporary files without affecting your saved tracks or maps.
Then, review your offline maps in Gaia GPS. Open the app and navigate to Saved > Maps to check for large downloaded maps. Delete any maps you no longer need or adjust their resolution to save space. If syncing is causing the issue, note that there’s no direct way to pause syncing within the app, but you can temporarily disable mobile data or Wi-Fi or log out of your dtf film account (although this may limit your access to certain data).
If the browser version isn’t responding to toggle the sync, try clearing your browser’s cache or using a different browser. As a last resort, you can uninstall and reinstall the app, but this may erase some settings or saved maps
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