[C2]Flightmode disables GPS

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Thank you for clarifying this.

However, I didn’t notice until after several years of use. My impression is that before the offline MLS stuff was introduced, I was able to enable Flight mode without killing GPS. So it could be that the implementation hasn’t always matched design intention.

Also, it’s a bit difficult to understand the design:

  • Expectation when coming from other systems is for GPS to be unaffected by Flight mode
  • Documentation only mentions Flight mode in the context of networking and telephony, not in the context of GPS or location
  • The Position toggle in the Top menu stays in the On state when enabling Flight mode
  • Jolla added this bug to their internal tracker in March 2023

Unfortunately, these ingredients form a recipe for getting many useless bug reports…

To improve the situation, I think there are a couple of options:

  1. Follow through with the design
    • Ensure proper UI feedback (e.g. Location indicator in Top menu should reflect actual state)
    • Update documentation (several pages) to make the design intention clear, to people coming from other systems can set their expectations correctly
  2. Adapt to the way of other systems
    • Ensure that Flight mode does not affect Location
  3. Keep everything as is

I would certainly prefer option 2, since I frequently use offline navigation.

Option 1 is probably more work, but the community could help working on the docs.

I think option 3 is the worst, as it would keep wasting resources on useless bug reports - both the resources of Jolla and those of the community.

Do you have any thought on this?