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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

My phone says weve been unable to detect your current location.Any ideas how to fix this?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Turn your phones GPS on! That's all it is, the satellites can't find it

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By *irtyAndCh33kyCouple
over a year ago

North Wales

If it's an iPhone, you need to turn on location services.

GPS is done via mobile masts on most phones

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By *heRainManMan
over a year ago

Warrington & Glasgow

"GPS is done via mobile masts on most phones"
Global Positioning System can, as the name suggests, only be done via Satellite! You'll find an explanation here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System

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By *irtyAndCh33kyCouple
over a year ago

North Wales

"GPS is done via mobile masts on most phonesGlobal Positioning System can, as the name suggests, only be done via Satellite! You'll find an explanation here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System"

Sorry for being completely accurate.

Phones nowadays use the mobile masts to determine their locations. They also use wifi and Bluetooth for greater accuracy. When I said GPS I meant it purely as positioning system but without satellites. Thank you for pointing my mistake! As you can see, when I mentioned GPS it was wholly wrong and rightfully some pedant saw fit to correct me

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By *heRainManMan
over a year ago

Warrington & Glasgow

"Thank you for pointing my mistake! "
You're welcome!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Thanks guys iv tried allowing location services, and the gps is on but is still not working on my samsung tried logging off refresh etc...Giving up lol

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By *heRainManMan
over a year ago

Warrington & Glasgow

"Thanks guys iv tried allowing location services, and the gps is on but is still not working on my samsung tried logging off refresh etc...Giving up lol"

"Phone make + model? (Samsung)

Operating system?

Browser?

Do your other location apps (GPS, Maps) give your location correctly?

Have you given your browser permission to pass your location to Fab?

Etc.?"

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By *ichael McCarthyMan
over a year ago

Lucan

"Thanks guys iv tried allowing location services, and the gps is on but is still not working on my samsung tried logging off refresh etc...Giving up lol"

Yep, mines been like that since the android update. I'm now running Android 5 on a galaxy s5 and it's affected a few things like this. GPS is on and works in other sites.

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