The GPS together with the Global Satellite Navigation System (GNSS) for its acronym in English, are currently one of the most useful tools worldwide in terms of location technology. Especially in the Smartphone, the location system is fundamental , because these not only help you to know where you are, but also make it easier for you to reach a specific site without getting lost.
In addition to locating your destination, the GPS of your smartphone allows you to access your phone even if it has been stolen, or failing that lost . All phones contain inside a microchip that automatically recognizes the location of the device. This means that whatever the case may have been, you will be able to know where your mobile phone is, and if you wish, you can even delete all the information found on it.
Although GPS offers various services, many people still do not know how to use it. So if you want to enjoy this possibility and do not know how to activate it, in this article we explain how to do it quickly and easily .
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Steps to enable or disable the GPS of your mobile device
Turning your mobile GPS on or off is an extremely simple process, as easy as activating or deactivating WiFI or mobile data.
On Android
To use geolocation on your mobile phone, the first thing you have to do is activate the “Location System” . So that this access to the information of the place where you are and to guide you to the place where you want to reach.
- Go to the main menu and click on the “ Settings ” or “ Settings ” menu.
- Locate the option “ Personal ” followed by “ Location ”. In some cases it can be found in “ Advanced Settings ”, this depending on the type of phone you have.
- Slide the button to activate the location until it says “ Yes ”or be placed in green, blue or orange . In case you have another version of Android simply check the box to activate it. To deactivate it , you just have to slide the button again.
- You can choose which apps can access this information, being the most prominent, TripAdvisor, Google Maps, Wikiloc etc
- In this way the satellite signal has already located your device and you can indicate the place you want to reach. But first you must enter the GPS.
- Sometimes this operating system usually attaches all Google related applications in a folder, in order to access them more easily. If so, enter the shortcut called “ Google ” and click on the “ Google Maps ” logo. If this is not shown in this way, look directly for the application called “ Maps ”.
- Once the application is open, you can now use the GPS and reach the destination you want . Also with this App you can search for gas stations, ATMs, restaurants or any other place.
Keep in mind that in order to find the places you will have to locate on the screen, in the lower right part the blue icon that contains an arrow. There you can place the address where you are and the destination. Subsequently you only have to attend to the indications that the system will send you.
* Trick: To enable or disable GPS connections faster on a Samsung smartphone, simply move your finger from the top of your phone’s screen down to display the Notifications menu where we can with a simple tap on its icon, enable or disable it . It is a way to control our GPS connection quickly.
On iPhone
- In the “ Settings ” menu on your phone, look for the “ Privacy ” option, followed by “ Location ”.
- Enable the location option, by moving the button to the right. To deactivate it you just have to repeat the step but to the left.
- Within this option, you can activate the GPS for the apps , and websites where the use is required of your exact location. In the same way you can give the authorization of if you want them to use your location when you are using the App, or on the contrary that you do not access it at any time.
- If you want to find a specific address and want to do using GPS, once you have completed the previous steps, you just have to go to the application of “ Maps ”.
- Finally at the top you can write and search for the address you need and wait for the App to give you directions.
How to activate the GPS of Android or iPhone remotely if I was robbed the mobile?
Technology in recent times has made it easier to be able to recover your mobile device easily , either because it was stolen or because it is lost. For this there are several applications that allow you to control the phone through an internet connection. For example, they help you know where it is, clear your device data, activate the lock screen, among other options.
But there is also a way to do it through the Google account or iCloud to which it is linked to your mobile. In this part we will show you how to locate your mobile phone remotely.
On Android
- From the Google search engine, access the Gmail account that you have associated with your device.
- Enter the “ App from Google ”located in the top bar where the Google image comes out.
- Click on the“ Account ”option.
- In the “ Access and Security ” section, look for the “ Find your phone ” option. This will open a list with different alternatives where you can choose between any of them. Among these you can do:
- Ring your mobile
- Find the location of your device
- Block it
- Log out of Google account
- Clear your device data
- Google will automatically locate your device . Then it will show you a map with the country, municipality and street where it was located. It should be noted that it is not necessary to have the location activated , as Google’s smart system facilitates the process.
On iOS
- In the iOS system you can only make use of this, if you previously had the option to Search for my iPhone activated. You can also do it from iCloud , if you access it it will ask you to log in with your Apple ID and password, then you can activate this option.
- From iCloud you can locate your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch . Even if the battery is low or off, you can locate it.
- In iCloud you can make your device play a sound so you can easily locate it, or you can put it in “ Lost mode > ”, This will cause your mobile to block immediately and generate a search engine and track the location of where it has been in the last 24 hours .
- iOS has the particularity of make a message appear with a contact number on the screen , even if it is blocked. So that the person who has found it in case it is lost, can locate you without accessing the rest of the information.
- Through iCloud you can delete the content remotely from the device and recover it in the future through cloud support. Also perform the “ Activation Lock ” which is intended to prevent someone from using or trying to sell your device.