[Debian-on-mobile-maintainers] Bug#1117543: qcom-phone-utils: Enable GNSS when SIM is not detected

[Guido Günther]

Hi,
On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 10:02:43AM -0400, Juno Computers USA wrote:
> Package: qcom-phone-utils
> Version: 0.4.2
> Severity: normal
> 
> Currently GNSS will not be enabled if there is no SIM inserted on the Pixel
> 3a. I made some changes to qcom-modem-setup to make it work without SIM.
> 
> <https://gitlab.com/junocomp/qcom-phone-utils/-/commit/55a42ff74691fb3727fc9195ae3ec48c0336e886>
> 
> I am on Mobian Trixie, kernel 6.12.49-1 sdm670

I'm not a maintainer of this package (so feel free to ignore) but
looking at the code: why not simply enable GNSS before making the sim
checks? That would avoid shifting things around?

Cheers,
 -- Guido

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