All the android phones I&#x27;ve used do not let you turn on gps  (even the non assisted gps) option without making you agree to data collection. It does work without a data connection but I assume they store the data till the next time you get Internet.<p>Edit: I read a bit about this. There is something called Google location history. It&#x27;s on by default and tracks and reports your location to Google. You can turn it off (it&#x27;s a bit non-obvious but not very much so). The wording is &quot;Places you go with your devices will stop being added to your Location History map&quot;. So there, &quot;tracked by default&quot;.