SURGE won't sync to my Android device without GPS being on, on the Android!

[Ash269]

I recently got my wife a Surge and I am unable to sync it with the Android device unless the Android device has both bluetooth and GPS enabled/on. I used to have a Surge and it would sink with my Android device just via bluetooth.

This is very annoying - to have it synced all day, the GPS has to be on all day and that consumes both battery and data!

[SteveH]

Google made a change with the introduction of Android 6 that required location services to be enabled for bluetooth syncing. There's more on this in this thread:

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/Android-App/Syncing-on-Android-6-0-Marshmallow-official-release/m-p/...

[Ash269]

Thank you. I see that...my question now is, is there a solution or is this
just the way we have to do it now?

[SteveH]

There's nothing we can do to avoid it unless Google change the rules or fitbit change the way they sync.

If it is a problem then you can choose to not have all day sync in use, just sync every now and then and switch location services on just to sync.

I think it differs from person to person but I find that if I leave location services on there is only a noticeable battery drain if apps use it and no noticeable drain if they don't. My setup is to only sync when I open the app which means that I - luckily - have no issues.

[Ash269]

Thank you for the help. I really appreciate it. Have a great weekend!