Location Services/GPS not working on iPhone [Solved]

For some apps to work properly on iPhone, GPS or location services need to be enabled. Many iPhone users have reported that location services/GPS suddenly stopped working on their iPhones.

There are many reasons why GPS is not working on your iPhone, some of them are listed below.

• Outdated Apple mobile software
• Location service option is turned off
• iPhone internal technical failure
• iPhone is located in a remote low-signal area
• The date and time set on iPhone is incorrect

After studying the above points, we gathered more information and compiled some strong points for this issue in the article below Powerful fix.

Initial Fix

Restart Apple Phone

When iPhone has certain issues, such as GPS, sound, internet not working properly, etc., it may be due to Some internal technical glitches. Therefore, we recommend users to restart their iPhone to try deleting it and see if it works.

To restart your iPhone, first, you need to go to "General Settings >". Now, you can scroll down the general page to the bottom and tap on the "Shut Down" option and move the slider to the right to complete the complete shutdown of your iPhone. You need to hold down the volume and power buttons on your iPhone at the same time until the Apple logo appears on the screen. This will restart your iPhone.

Update your iPhone

Sometimes, when Apple has solved some problems related to iPhone functionality, it releases the latest version of iPhone. The above issue may occur if users do not install the latest Apple updates on their iPhone. So please try to update your iPhone.

To update your iPhone, you need to open the Settings app and select the General option. To get the update, you need to go to the Software Updates page under the General tab and wait for some time until it searches online and loads the available updates. Please download any available updates and install them on your iPhone to update.

Move to other locations

Apparently, some iPhone users are unaware that they are in remote areas where there is almost no mobile data, network and location signals. This may cause GPS problems on your iPhone, such as being unable to locate, etc.

So try moving to a different location where you can find some strong signal and you can see the GPS start working again on your iPhone.

Fix 1 – Enable location services option

Common reasons that cause location services feature to be turned off on iPhone. So, to fix it, you need to enable it using the steps mentioned below.

Step 1: Open the "Settings" app page on your iPhone.

Step 2: Next scroll down the page and click on "Privacy& Security" option as shown below.

Step 3: Now select the Location Services option at the top of the Privacy & Security page.

Step 4: You must enable the "Location Services" option by clicking its toggle button , as shown in the screenshot below.

Fix 2 – Update Apps

If the apps on your iPhone are not updated to the latest versions, you may encounter the issues mentioned earlier in this article similar issues mentioned above. Therefore, it is recommended to follow the steps below to update all apps on your iPhone in the App Store.

Step 1: Long press App Store.

Step 2: When the app store context menu appears, select Update The options in the menu are as shown below.

Step 3: This will take you to the Updates page on the App Store.

Step 4: Scroll down this page and you will find the "Updates" section.

Step 5: If there are any app updates available, click Update All at the top as shown in the screenshot below.

Fix 3 – Allow access to the location

Sometimes you may find that this only happens when you are using a certain app on your iPhone problem, and is usually caused by not allowing access to location services settings for that specific app. To enable access to location services, follow the steps below.

Step 1: First, you should launch the "Settings" app on your iPhone.

Step 2: Scroll down to the app list at the bottom after the Settings page appears on your iPhone.

Step 3: Tap the app you want to allow access to location settings from the list.

Step 4: After opening, click on the "Location" option at the top as shown below.

Step 5: After that, you have to select While using the app option from the list.

NOTE – You can also select Always from the list.

This will grant location access to that specific app on your iPhone.

Fix 4 – Check Date and Time Settings

Some iPhone users said that they have solved this problem by setting the date and time correctly on their iPhone. So try to check if the date and time are correct.

Step 1: To check the date and time settings, first open the Settings app on your iPhone.

Step 2: Then scroll down to “General” option and click on it.

Step 3: Now select the Date and Time option from the General Page menu.

Step 4: On the Date and Time page, enable the Automatic Set option by clicking on its toggle button as shown below.

Step 5: This will ensure that the date and time are automatically set to the correct values.

Fix 5 – Reset Location and Privacy Settings on iPhone

When you cannot resolve this issue, the only solution is to reset location and privacy settings on iPhone. This can be done using the steps explained below in this method.

Step 1: To do this, you should launch the "Settings" app on your iPhone.

Step 2: Then scroll down and select Additional Company Information in the Options Settings menu as shown in the screenshot below.

Step 3: At the bottom of the General page, you will find the Transfer or Reset iPhone option you need to click on.

Step 4: After that, click on Reset at the bottom as shown below.

#Step 5: A context menu will pop up on the iPhone screen.

Step 6: From the list, click once to select the "Reset Location and Privacy" option as shown in the image below.

Step 7: It will ask you to enter your iPhone Password for verification.

Step 8: Now click again on the Reset Settings option in the confirmation window that pops up on the screen to continue.

Step 9: It starts to reset the location and privacy settings on iPhone and the problem will be solved.

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