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iOS 7 Location Based Reminders aren't working

I am having trouble getting location based reminders to work on iOS 7 on my iPhone 5. I have allowed for it to use my location and refresh in the background. Reminders with set times and dates work without any problems. Any ideas about how to fix this problem?

iPhone 5, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 23, 2013 10:56 AM

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Nov 19, 2014 9:46 AM in response to waynefromwhitby

I posted this reply over on one of the other forums dealing with this same question so I thought I would repeat it here, but in the meantime I did some "work" on my phone...


I have an iPhone 5S running iOS 7.0.x (I think 3) on Verizon.


I have had, all the time, the background notifications that you speak of turned ON. I just went in and turned them both OFF, turned my phone OFF, turned my phone back on, re-turned on both the main and reminder settings, turned the phone off, then back on. ALL to the same result - nothing!


Here is what happens:

Go to Reminders App

Set a new reminder

to remind me at a location (arrive at home)

press "Details" and "Done" and it goes back to the Reminer home screen

When I FIRST get back to the Reminders home screen the "Arriving: Home" appears but within seconds (without ever leaving the Reminders app) that notation simply dissapears...


Do you have any further suggestions?


Thanks,

Keith




this is exacy what was happening to my 5S on iOS 7 and now on a 6 plus with iOS8. I have tried checking all of the settings for background refresh, leaving the app running, deleting and reinstalling everything from scratch and nothing works.

iOS 7 Location Based Reminders aren't working

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