Samsung S7 Edge as presence senor

[jpark40]

Unfortunately this is an issue with the Samsung Android OS memory management, which is a core OS level problem.

See my post here.

Samsung Presence Horror Show

This is a fundamental core Samsung Android issue that’s been around for a while and it’s causing Samsung Galaxy phones to have these unreliable geofencing behaviors. Even with the “battery saving” and “doze” features turned off, the core OS memory management system in the Samsung Android kills background processes regularly, even if there’s plenty of memory left in the system. This is a well known fact amongst the Android enthusiasts at sites like XDA. One example: I’ve experienced your exact issue with various Samsung Galaxy phones (S6 edge, S7 edge, Note 7) over the years and not just with ST mobile presence. Geofencing in general on recent Galaxy phones are never reliable because the OS memory management system is constantly killing background processes, such as Life360, ST, IFTTT…

I’ve tried everything except rooting and nothing fixed the issue.

My ultimate solution was moving to iPhone 7 Plus. Rock solid so far from day one, not just for ST presence but for all my geofencing apps, which was never the case for any of the recent Galaxy phones I’ve owned.