I am unable to get location to stay on.  Checking it does nothing, stays off.

yup same here

I'm pretty sure until an app requests location it won't turn on

Thanks for the reply, however, there is an app that requested it to turn, that's what brought it to my attention.

I think mine is off by default but I will give it a try when I get and report back. Thanks for letting us know. 

They have not said any thing, troubled