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Celtics25 Author

Level 2

184 points

Imessage location sharing not working

Me and my friend are trying to share out locations. We both have fully updated Iphone 6's. We had it shared for a long time then I stopped being able to see hers and eventually she stopped being able to see mine. It just says "Location not available" . Sometimes I still get what town she is in and it often flashes for a second and shows me the location but never for more than a split second. How can we both fix this? It happens on both our phones.

iPhone 6, iOS 8.4.1

Posted on Sep 11, 2015 4:26 PM

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Bruce Mccoy1

Level 1

124 points

Posted on Sep 22, 2015 11:34 AM

I've had this same problem, used to be able to see my husband's shared location from his iPhone on my iPhone but it doesn't work after os9 update.

Interestingly, it still works via iMessage on my laptop. Anyone have a solution?

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MMHult

Level 1

5 points

Dec 1, 2015 6:11 AM in response to Celtics25

I had this same problem. I turned off both my iPad and iPhone. Rebooted iPhone; turned off location sharing - rebooted again. Turned it on and turned on location sharing and it was working again.

Owj001

Level 1

8 points

Oct 2, 2017 8:00 PM in response to Celtics25

Has anyone gotten a response from Apple that fixed the problem?

Oct 8, 2017 1:34 AM in response to Owj001

I’m having the same problem. Anyone can see my location but I can not see theirs. It says “location not available” .

Oct 23, 2017 12:37 PM in response to Celtics25

I am now on the 11.0 .3 and I am having trouble with My contacts location, same crap I’m beginning to think Apple Products are no longer for me .nothing but problems with this 5S

Dec 6, 2017 6:59 PM in response to Celtics25

Have you found a solution for this problem yet?

ashep1

Level 1

4 points

Jan 20, 2018 3:25 PM in response to Bruce Mccoy1

Hey I just got mine to work by going to Settings -> Apple ID (Tap your name at the top of the settings list)-> "Family Sharing" -> "Location Sharing" On. Hope this helps!

~ Allie Grace

Imessage location sharing not working