Activate the localization services for the iPhone

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The localization services in the iPhone can be useful helpers. If you activate these location services, z. B. Maps show your current location. You can determine which app you want to allow access to your current location.

iPhone Maps uses the current location.
iPhone Maps uses the current location. © Thomas Siepmann / Pixelio
  • The localization services on the iPhone the spirits part. Some enable all location services for you to all Apps be able to use extensively with GPS support. Others want to reveal as little information about your whereabouts as possible.
  • Both are well advised with the iPhone because you can activate or deactivate the localization services yourself. This is easier and more extensive than ever with iOS 5. The functions under iOS 4 are similar, but do not always allow certain services to be differentiated in detail.

You don't have to activate all localization services

  1. The corresponding iPhone menu for activating the localization services can be found in the 'Settings' app, and then under 'Location services'.
  2. Here you first have the option of activating or deactivating all location services with a screen tip.
  3. If you scroll down, you can determine for each individual app whether or not you can access your whereabouts via GPS.
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  4. In any case, it is useful to activate the localization services for map services such as maps, the weather and other map-based applications.

More information about the localization services on the iPhone

  • If you scroll down even further in the 'Location Services' menu, you can tap on 'System services' narrow down which factory system services are using your current location to be allowed to. So you can z. B. avoid receiving location-based advertising via iAds.
  • You may see a little arrow behind some apps. If it is purple, the app is currently using your GPS data.
  • If this arrow is gray, an app has accessed your location data within the last 24 hours.
  • Apple states that the collected location data is recorded in a way that does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the personal identity of the user.
  • You can save battery life by turning off location services. Locating via GPS shortens the battery life.

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