No GPS position reported from Home Assistant companion

[gannick]

Hello,

I used /e/os on a Google Pixel 6 for 1 week. Everything is working properly (or look like). Except the position reporting from Home Assistant Companion which was working perfectly on my previous phone, a Nokia 7.2 with a stock Android 11.

Here you can see a screenshot from my HomeAssistant where you can see that my current /e/os phone is seen but the positions are not reported.

I checked everything I found on the Internet about that problem.

I did not see a sensor in my Home Assistant app. I was wondering if it could be a problem made by /e/os which maybe could restrict the access to the position ?

Things I tried :

Device_tracker and geocoded location 'Unknown'

Troubleshooting | Home Assistant Companion Docs

I cannot found a “geocode” sensor in the Home Assistant app. Could it be the problem ?

Thanks if anyone got ideas about that problem !

My GPS apps worked well (I used that morning Waze with Android Auto for example).

[Vaughan]

Settings>Companion App>Manage Sensors

[gannick]

I think that’s that problem. I do not have that Geolocalisation sensor !

I authorized everything…

I made some screenshot.

(I make more screenshots about autorizations and things like that but I can only share one picture…)

Any other ideas ? My /e/os is a fresh install. Home Assistant is installed from App Lounge. I give every possible autorization to the HA app…

[gannick]

[gannick]

[gannick]

So I must ask on Home Assistant forums, but I was suspecting an /e/os issue.

Because it was working perfectly on my previous phone, Android 11 stock. I did not change anythinhg on my Home Assistant server.

[Vaughan]

Is it the Play Store Version or the F-Droid version? The latter is rather limited compared to the former.

[gannick]

Thanks @Vaughan

I didn’t know. But I uninstalled the app and reinstalled not from FDROID.

I now have access to the position. I will mark the thread as solved. Thanks for your help.

I didn’t knew that there were difference between apps on FDROID and play store.

[Vaughan]

You’re welcome. It’s quite common that apps differ slightly between stores so always worth checking. I always start with F-Droid and go to App Lounge if there are problems.