Waldoing
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Q: Boost mobile iphone gps

I have a boost mobile Iphone 5s. Recently, I have been having GPS issues when connected to WIFI after moving from college. I am in Pennsylvania and when using wifi do avoid data usage, my yak and other apps say I am located at my old apartment. Is there some kind of sync I can do to my phone that will reset to never show I am in that old location?

 

I am using 8.1.2(12B440)

Model: ME543LL/A

Posted on Dec 27, 2014 7:42 PM

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Q: Boost mobile iphone gps

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  • by Jason L,

    Jason L Jason L Dec 29, 2014 2:49 PM in response to Waldoing
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    Dec 29, 2014 2:49 PM in response to Waldoing

    Hi Waldoing,

    Welcome to Apple Support Communities.

     

    The article linked below provides information which should explain why you've recently started running into Location Services issues with apps on your iPhone 5s, when it's only connected to a Wi-Fi network that was recently relocated.

    Understanding privacy and Location Services on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with iOS 8 - Apple Support

    Crowd-sourced Wi-Fi and cellular Location Services

    If Location Services is on, your device will periodically send the geo-tagged locations of nearby Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers to Apple to augment Apple's crowd-sourced database of Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower locations. If you're traveling (for example, in a car) and Location Services is on, a GPS-enabled iOS device will also periodically send GPS locations and travel speed information to Apple to be used for building up Apple's crowd-sourced road-traffic database. The crowd-sourced location data gathered by Apple is anonymous and encrypted. It doesn't personally identify you.

     

     

    Cheers,

    -Jason