Blackberry 9105, 9100 manual Get your GPS location, Prevent others from tracking your location

User Guide GPS technology

4. Press the key > Save.

Get your GPS location

Depending on your wireless service provider and wireless network, this feature might not be supported. To perform this task, you must pair your BlackBerry® device with a Bluetooth® enabled GPS receiver, if your device does not have an internal GPS receiver.

1.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.

2.Click Device > Location Settings.

3.Press the key > Refresh GPS.

The longitude and latitude coordinates for your current location appear.

Prevent others from tracking your location

If your email account uses a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, your administrator might be able to track the location of your BlackBerry device. For more information, contact your administrator.

1.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.

2.Click Device > Location Settings.

3.Change the Location Services field to Location Off.

4.Press the key > Save.

Turn off location aiding

Depending on your wireless service provider and wireless network, this feature might not be supported. By default, location aiding is turned on to improve the performance of GPS technology. When location aiding is turned on, your BlackBerry® device connects to a central server periodically, which can increase your data service charges. To avoid these charges, you can turn off location aiding, but it might take longer for your device to get your GPS location. For more information, contact your wireless service provider.

1.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.

2.Click Device > Location Settings.

•To turn off location aiding, change the Location Aiding field to Disabled.

•To turn off location aiding when roaming, change the Location Aiding field to Disabled While Roaming.

3.Press the key > Save.

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