Made a new Appery app with gps service and nothing else.
Tested apk gave identical results with Phones GPS ON.
With GPS OFF....
code
06-22 08:37:59.998: E/AlarmManagerService(289): android_server_AlarmManagerService_set to type=1, 1371970800.000000000
06-22 08:37:59.998: E/AlarmManagerService(289): android_server_AlarmManagerService_set to type=1, 1371915540.000000000
06-22 08:38:22.500: E/AlarmManagerService(289): android_server_AlarmManagerService_set to type=2, 82383.614000000
06-22 08:38:22.540: E/AlarmManagerService(289): android_server_AlarmManagerService_set to type=2, 81576.173000000
06-22 08:38:22.621: E/AlarmManagerService(289): android_server_AlarmManagerService_set to type=2, 81576.278000000
06-22 08:38:24.212: E/power(289): acquire_wake_lock g_error=2
06-22 08:38:24.212: E/power(289): release_wake_lock g_error=2
06-22 08:38:24.212: E/power(289): acquire_wake_lock g_error=2
06-22 08:38:24.212: E/power(289): release_wake_lock g_error=2
06-22 08:38:27.625: E/AlarmManagerService(289): android_server_AlarmManagerService_set to type=2, 82383.614000000
06-22 08:38:27.625: E/AlarmManagerService(289): android_server_AlarmManagerService_set to type=2, 81621.285000000
/code
This is the last of my testing as I'm sure you will figure it out and fix appery accordingly.