How To Turn Off 5g On My Iphone

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Turning off GPS on your iPhone is very easy, and if you aren't using it, it may help improve your phone's battery life, and also making sure that hackers or someone can't view your location, as well as other apps seeing where you are!

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Go to your iPhone's home screen and click on the settings icon.
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Under settings, find "Privacy" and click on it.

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Click on Location Services.
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Turn off GPS here by turning off location services.
- Turn off location services.
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Adjust individual program settings if desired. You can turn off GPS entirely by turning location services off using the on/off button at the top, or alternatively you can turn off GPS to individual apps using each individual on/off button.

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Does Airplane Mode turn GPS off?

It depends on what version of iOS you are running. iPhones running iOS 8.2 or earlier will turn the GPS off when Airplane Mode is enabled. iPhones running iOS 8.3 or newer will keep GPS on when Airplane Mode is enabled.
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Does turning my phone off disable location services?

When you turn your phone back on, location services should automatically be activated. This varies depending on your IOS version.
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If location service is off, can I still use Find my iPhone?

You can use Find my iPhone even if location services are turned off, but not to locate it on a map. If location services are off, you can use Find my iPhone only to audibly ping your device (even if mute is enabled), lock it or erase.
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How do I shut off the map on my phone?

Double click the home button and scroll left or right through your open apps. When you get to an app you want to turn off, swipe up.
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Is the time recorded when I turn off location services?

Your iPhone records a variety of different types of information to help improve your experience. While there is no way to say for sure exactly what data is stored and what isn't, rest assured that Apple won't share your data with other companies or governments without your consent.
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Can a 911 operator still locate a caller if the GPS is off?

Yes, but with reduced accuracy. With GPS on, they should be able to locate your phone within a few tens of meters. Without GPS, they will attempt to locate you by triangulating your phone's radio signal using the cellular repeaters, but that may only locate your phone within 500 meters to 1 kilometer, requiring emergency responders to search an area 500-700 times greater.

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Having GPS off might make some of your apps stop working. However, each app should alert you should there be an issue.
Turning your GPS off could help your device save memory.

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