Location status does not change signal value to yes

[Dylan Van Assche]

Hello,

On 21/07/2023 15:45, Florian Eckert wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have noticed that the 'signals' info of the command 'mmcli -m 0 
> --location-status' does not change!
> It always show 'no'.

Signals is the indication if DBus signal updates are enabled or not.
They are disabled by default because it is a security risk: everyone can 
listen to these DBus signals,
so it might leak your GPS position to applications who are not 
authorized to retrieve this information.

> ```
> root at G3000-L ~ # mmcli -m Modem1 --location-status
>   --------------------------------
>   Location |         capabilities: 3gpp-lac-ci, gps-raw, gps-nmea, 
> gps-unmanaged, agps-msa,
>            |                       agps-msb
>            |              enabled: 3gpp-lac-ci, gps-raw
>            |              signals: no
>   --------------------------------
>   GPS      |         refresh rate: 30 seconds
>            | supported assistance: xtra
>            |   assistance servers: 
> http://xtrapath3.izatcloud.net/xtra3grc.bin
>            | http://xtrapath1.izatcloud.net/xtra3grc.bin
>            | http://xtrapath2.izatcloud.net/xtra3grc.bi
> ```
> I have enabled GPS and get the following output:
> ```
> mmcli -m Modem1 --location-get
>   --------------------------
>   3GPP |       operator mcc: 262
>        |       operator mnc: 01
>        | location area code: 0000
>        | tracking area code: 00520E
>        |            cell id: 02A42B06
>   --------------------------
>   GPS  |                utc: 134224.00
>        |          longitude: 18.212824
>        |           latitude: 40.586625
>        |           altitude: 384.000000
> ```
>
> I could also not found any information when this info 'signals' should 
> change from 'no' to 'yes'!
> Does this mean that a GPS fix was done?

You can enable it with `mmcli -m any --location-set-enable-signal`.

>
>
> Best regards
>
> Florian Eckert


Kind regards,
Dylan Van Assche