I checked my logs. The last two times I had “GPS service” attempt a connection was on Dec. 2 between 1:01 and 1:04 am and then on Dec. 3 between 1:40 to 2:42 am with roughly 1 attempt every 10 minutes. No attempts since.
app is called “GPS daemon” (android.gps) - user ID 1021
Clicking on the “app info” button opens the system settings app which then - crashes
the app does not show up in the app list in settings
it also does not show up in adb shell with “pm list packages”
it seems to be installed in a hidden way and only active sporadically. so far I haven’t been able to get a pcap from it, since it simply didn’t attempt any connections since I enabled the logging 
