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Why it is not possible? Good question. I never had this need and do not remember any other user who needs this as well. The app works quite well even if music play and sound notification are usually a lot more useful than just screen turned on (that may be easily overlooked).

Anyway, what convinced me now is that disabled sound affects screen on/off functionality without an obvious reason. So I've just updated this system and in the next version, the screen on/off should work also in case, no voice is selected, thanks.

Super! Looking forward to my next guided ride 

Well got a chance on my way to work to test out Locus in accordance with what you said:

Oki, one major question: do you hear navigation instructions in the Locus Map? It is a key event that triggers "turn screen on".

And I have to say it worked brilliantly. I've no recollection of ever turning off voice navigation previously when things went wrong, but today when I definitely did turn voice off, the on-screen nav simply didn't work. When I turned voice nav down to 0 via the OS, the on screen prompts continued to work.
So now my question is why is it not possible to have on-screen prompts with voice nav turned off? What if you wanted to listen to music without being constantly interrupted and just wanted to rely on those screen prompts?

As long as you than stay active in the Locus app only (without request for any other external app use like texting) Locus will not ask for a PIN.

That's not my experience at all unfortunately. But that's probably because I have to turn the screen on manually as auto on is not working for me.

Oki, one major question: do you hear navigation instructions in the Locus Map? It is a key event that triggers "turn screen on".

I'm going to have to check that on my next ride which will probably be Monday

Hi Menion,

just a quick check: open device system settings > Security > Device admin apps > is here Locus Map enabled as admin?

Yes I can confirm it is active under device admin apps.

OsmAnd and Komoot turn the screen on automatically when approaching a crossing? Then they should be in this menu enabled as well, are they?

Actually no they are not. I tried Osmand this morning on my commute to work and only briefly went through fine tuning the settings last night after installing it. The only problem I had with it this morning was there were too many notifications for turnings or route changes which got a bit annoying but as I say it was my first outing with it. Again Komoot I only tried once and it worked pretty good.

The only reason for trying these apps was I thought maybe there was something up with my phone. I prefer the LMPro interface by far and the clean look of the maps. Also the rendering speed is noticeably faster than Osmand. But this is all useless if I can't get LMPro to work properly.

Just to say this morning I tried Osmand after installing it and half an hour later had it up and running more or less the way I wanted it. Still needs a few tweaks but there were no lock screens to fanny about with. So with little or no effort I've managed to get Komoot and Osmand to run with little hassle and both alerted me to turns using a combination of voice and auto screen on alerts. But I'm still struggling with Locus Pro and cannot get it to do the same reliably or at all as is the case presently. 

Yes I've read the thread but it's of no help to me. First of all gesture control turns off my screen but it does not turn it back on    And faffing about having to follow the process below is a PITA!

turning on by power button OR finger print sensor
pressing down button
then pressing back button
then finally access to LM nav screen

When you are cycling it's a dangerous distraction esp when you are trying to navigate.

Also I cannot get my Samsung to turn on the display when a turning is coming up. I have Screen on/off control ENABLED and all 3 tick boxes for Guidance/Navigation are ticked!


Incidentally tried out Komoot and it worked like a dream but I prefer LM as it's cheaper looks better BUT I can't get the damn thing to work on my phone 

If I can get Komoot to alert me of variations in my route why can't LM?

[and]

Why in Locus when gesture control is engaged, a password lock screen pops up if you try to access other functionality on your phone. Makes no sense to me. I want to be able to control my phone easily using gesture control and get to other functionality outside of Locus without having to type in my password. It's maddening!!

Secondly, auto screen on/off functionality when approaching a turn or nav point seems to be tied in with gesture control and in my settings it doesn't look like you can have one without the other?? Am I wrong if so how do I have screen on nav without gesture control (esp if the above problem persists and there is no easy solution)

[when there are no roads]

First of all I've read 'Guidance Along a Route' and it states:

You are guided to the first point of the route, then to the second etc. It is useful e.g. for sailing, sea-kayaking, flying or crosscountry hiking when there are no roads for turn-by-turn navigation.

But then above and below this it has pictures of a town/city with roads and a route being followed??!   

So what point is the author trying to make here because this is downright confusing?


I've recorded a route which I then want to cycle back on either immediately or at a later date. Either Nav or guidance will work but Nav along a route only offers reversely for offroad??? Whereas Guidance has a reversely option. So is Nav a route incapable of guiding if I want to go backwards on a route??

What should I use and why?

Is this in the Locus documentation?   

Should be, very beneficial 

Yea really good information I'll be checking next time I'm out.

Thank you

Thank you for replying.

Yes it does appear very restrictive unlike Scotland but to some extent I can sort of see why but also don't agree with it. Because the people who will abuse i.e. leave extensive trace e.g. raves, substance abuse fuelled parties will always ignore the law no matter what. The vast majority who wild camp I believe are sensible and will leave no trace.

UK ordnance survey maps show open access land (you can wild camp on) and private land (cannot camp on). How do I know this from looking at Lomaps?

Here is a screenshot of my route last week with a on screen instruction.

Locus gave me this direction as if I was travelling on a road with lanes. Is this normal? Note I'm walking along a path in the countryside.

Still puzzled how voice navigation is sometimes routing me in the opposite direction to what the map is saying.

Yes I also have the same problem on a Honor 8X

Well finally got out again yesterday and am glad to say I was able to navigate almost successfully. I say almost as something peculiar happened. On certain parts of the route (where there was a change in direction) the voice navigation attempted to send me 180 degrees in the wrong direction contrary to the on-screen navigation route. The route ahead, which I stuck to, was highlighted in blue and the part of the route which I'd covered was plain.
Any idea why voice navigation was trying to send me in the opposite direction to the on screen route ?