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Find my Friends doesn't work after IOS 7 update

We use find my friends for our entire family to monitor kids locations, etc. Since updating to IOS 7, one of the phones only shows it's location sporadically - otherwise says location not available.

Have verified location services are turned on, nothing is blocked, etc.

This phone was updated to IOS 7 over wifi (vs. through iTunes) - one other phone had some minor (unrelated) issues after updating over wifi that were resolved by doing a factory reset & updating from iTunes - wondering if that could be cause of the issue here as well. Anyone else encountering issues with FMF?

iPhone 5, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 20, 2013 9:15 AM

166 replies

Feb 8, 2015 8:57 PM in response to manilx

I found that under Settings>General>Date & Time, if "Set Automatically" is not active, then FMF won't work if the app is not active or running in the background. However, turning "Set Automatically" to on (green), it works whether the app is active or running in the background or forced to quit. Verified it a couple of times..

Find my Friends doesn't work after IOS 7 update

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