Blackberry 7100I manual About A-GPS support, Acquire the GPS position of your device

User Guide

•Unlocked keyboard or device: In the phone, type the emergency number. Press the Send key.

•Locked keyboard or device: Click the trackwheel. Click Emergency Call. Click Yes.

Note:

Emergency calls can only be made to official emergency access numbers, for example 911 in North America.

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About A-GPS support (See page 12.)

About A-GPS support

Depending on your service provider, your BlackBerry® device might be enabled with Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS) support.

If your device is enabled with A-GPS support, when you make an emergency call from your device, an emergency operator should be able to estimate your approximate location (subject to A-GPS limitations).

Warning:

In an emergency, always provide detailed information about your location to the emergency operator. Because of certain limitations in A-GPS technology and emergency infrastructure, the emergency operator might not be able to estimate your location using only A-GPS information.

Acquire the GPS position of your device

Your BlackBerry® Global Positioning System (GPS) location is determined using information from GPS satellites, and it is expressed as a longitude and latitude. To acquire your BlackBerry satellite position, in the device options, click Location Based Services. Click the trackwheel. Click Refresh GPS.

Note:

If you cannot acquire your BlackBerry satellite position by clicking Refresh GPS, try again when your BlackBerry device is exposed to a wide area of open sky.

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About A-GPS support (See page 12.)

Change the privacy setting for location-based services (See page 12.)

About location-based services

The privacy setting for location-based services controls whether programs on your BlackBerry® device can use the GPS position of your device. For example, a program could use the GPS position of your device to give you driving directions.

Change the privacy setting for location-based services

To set the privacy level for location-based services on your BlackBerry® device, in the device options, click Location Based Services. Perform one of the following actions:

•To be prompted each time a location-based service program wants to use the GPS position of your device, set the Privacy Setting field to By Permission. Click the trackwheel. Click Save.

•To prevent location-based service programs from using the GPS position of your device, set the Privacy Setting field to Restricted. Click the trackwheel. Click Save.

•To always allow location-based service programs to use the GPS position of your device, set the Privacy Setting field to Unrestricted. Click the trackwheel. Click Save.

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