Deactivate assisted GPS (A-GPS)


Assisted GPS (A-GPS) helps your phone determine your current location more quickly. A-GPS is a network service. To save on data costs, especially when abroad, you can deactivate the service.

Select and Device > GPS and positioning , and deactivate Mobile data connection.

The Assisted GPS (A-GPS) network service retrieves location information using the cellular network, and assists GPS in calculating your current location.

Your phone is preconfigured to use the Nokia A-GPS service, if no service provider-specific A-GPS settings are available. The assistance data is retrieved from the Nokia A-GPS service server only when needed.

You must have a mobile data internet access point defined in the phone to retrieve assistance data.

Note: The use of assisted positioning methods may involve exchanging your location data, wireless network identifiers along with your unique phone or network service provider identifiers with a location server. Nokia processes this information anonymously. Depending on your positioning settings and your use of location services, your phone may connect to other service providers’ servers, which are not controlled or operated by Nokia. Check the privacy policies of such service providers to understand how they process your location data.