Location service won't turn on

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scaremenow Author

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Location service won't turn on

Location services won't launch. My theory is that it's router-related, bbut no changes were made to it recently.

Here are my current settings (iOS 8.3):

Airplane mode Off
Wi-fi connected
Bluetooth Off
Restrictions OFF
Privacy > Location services On
The App's privacy setting > While using (other option is never)

I tried:

- Rebooting the iPod (holding power button and home button until reboot)

- General > Reset> Reset Location & Privacy

and it didn't work.

It's supposed to turn on, but it doesn't.

iPod touch (5th generation), iOS 8.3

Posted on May 10, 2015 6:01 AM

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lllaass

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May 10, 2015 7:02 AM in response to scaremenow

Do you mean you can't turn LS on?

or

That the iPod can't find its location?

For location the iPod uses the location of nearby routers that are in Apple's database of routers and their location. Thus it appears that Apple's database is incorrect. You do not have to be connected to the router, just within range.

Apple periodically updates their database based on information they obtain from iPhones, The iPhone has to have turned on the option to send info to Apple. No one has found another way to get the location of a router added/corrected.

You can confirm that by going to well-know place with wifi like Starbucks or McDonalds

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