Yes, you are correct. Turning Dropbox off in privacy and on in background app refresh has corrected the problem.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 5 Apr 2014, at 14:09, "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi there. i believe it's one of those questions which is asked the first time > the app is run. However if you disable it from the privacy section of > Settings, that should be enough. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > They say "You are what you eat." This humors me because I don't remember > eating a bowl of Amazing lately. - Sheldon Cooper > Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 > >> On 4/4/2014 7:00 PM, David Chittenden wrote: >> I was unable to locate any setting in the Dropbox app for disabling >> location services. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 5 Apr 2014, at 12:52, "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> Hi there. I wonder what would happen if instead you disable the >>> location services of the dropbox app and leave the auto refresh in the >>> background on. I suspect it is a location service which would be >>> causing the battery drain. Dropbox has a feature where depending on >>> what your location is, it will do certain things or synchronize >>> certain files. >>> >>> --- >>> Sent from Raul's rectangular glass - 832.554.7285 >>> Please excuse any auto complete or dictation weirdness. >>> >>> On Apr 4, 2014, at 6:37 PM, David Chittenden <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> In my particular case, drop box was causing background refresh to >>>> keep the GPS receiver in the active state. Once I removed drop box's >>>> ability of background refresh, the problem cleared up. >>>> >>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>>> Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On 5 Apr 2014, at 12:31, "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi there. Background refresh isn't just for apps with location >>>>> services. Other apps that don't have their own push services can >>>>> also utilize this. It is my understanding that this will not highly >>>>> affect your battery. So in theory you shouldn't have to turn it off. >>>>> >>>>> I suspect the problems with the battery usage that some people are >>>>> having is more to do with some other issue not background refresh. >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> Sent from Raul's rectangular glass - 832.554.7285 >>>>> Please excuse any auto complete or dictation weirdness. >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 4, 2014, at 1:49 PM, Alex Stone <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Agreed, but I don't see why I should be forced to turn background >>>>>> app refresh off, what's the point in having it if it doesn't work >>>>>> properly? >>>>>>> On 04/04/2014 16:18, Chris Apple boy wrote: >>>>>>> It's horrible only if background app refresh is turned on as for >>>>>>> some reason location services are used when they shouldn't be. >>>>>>> It's this location services feature that uses the most power. >>>>>>> Turning this off solves the problem. 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