iPhone 4 / iOS 4 - Location Services Always On

Hi!

I had the same last week - in my case it was Pocket Informant that turned Location Services permanently on. I quit Pocket Informant and rebooted the device and it never happened again since then...

has anyone figured out a solution to the location services problem yet? i just noticed i have the same problem today and have yet to find a solution. i've tried restarting the phone multiple times, force quitting all my applications, and turning off the location services altogether. nothing seems to work. the closest i've gotten is by turning off location services, which does get rid of the location icon, but as soon as i turn it back on (whether i restart device in between or not), the blasted icon returns.

also, i've noticed that as soon as i turn start an app that uses the location services, it the purple location icon pops up next to it in the "setting > general > locations services" list and doesn't go away.

help!

Which apps have location services enabled (ON)?

If you go to Settings > General > Location Services > ON > List of apps > On/Off. Any that are currently actually using location services will have the arrowhead icon showing next to its On/Off switch. Some apps that use push notifications (like AP Mobile) use LS even though they don't appear in the recent used bar.

Alternatively, you can disable LS for each app, one by one, and see which one is causing the icon to show on your home screen.

so i actually ended up walking into genius bar today. they couldn't figure out which program was causing the glitch either, but the way they solved it was by resetting all the location service permissions altogether. for those of you who want to know how to do this, navigate to "settings > general > reset > reset location warnings".

also fyi, the apple service rep told me the purple location service icon next to each app simply signifies that particular app has requested your location within the past 24 hours, not necessarily that the app is active.

hope this helps those with the same problem as i had.

so i actually ended up walking into genius bar today. they couldn't figure out which program was causing the glitch either, but the way they solved it was by resetting all the location service permissions altogether.

hope this helps those with the same problem as i had.

Yet you didn't state what app caused your "problem" - the LS icon showing on your home screen when no app that uses LS was open or active. Which app requested LS with the warnings reset?

just turn off the ipod control in you Iphone settings than u will never see again a location notification arrow i hope this works for you because its work for me fine

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Alyaan Sheikh

There is one App on the iPhone store which is a streaming radio App from American radio provider GOOM radio their FOE radio App seems to have location services stuck as permanently on so if anyone has the Location services icon stuck on screen and that App installed just disable Location services
for it to solve the issue.

just turn off the ipod control in you Iphone settings than u will never see again a location notification arrow

Nonsense. There is no "iPod control" setting, and the iPod app does not use location services in any event.

Just worked out google latitude was the culprit. Despite being closed it still uses location services and knackers my battery.

Samething here: pocket informant cost the problem. Go in the settings and check each app one by one

"knackers"? ha, I love the British 🙂

We invented the language 🙂

That must be why the BBC shows are so much better, even when I don't always understand the slang...

Of course - British TV is the finest in the world and with the BBC no commercials -ever!!

http://www.effingpot.com/

That site might help you

Thanks for that link. Lots of good stuff there!

Unfortunately, BBC America isn't commercial free. Might have even seen an iPhone add in Top Gear...