Hi all

Can any1 give me a clue on how to get my GPS to work as I have tried to use Facebook places and when I click check in I get this message

Your device does not support location services. To use Facebook Places, a device with built-in location services is required

I believe my phone should have this as its a curve 8520 but when I go to options/advance options/GPS to change date source it says none with no option to change

Many thanks

PS sorry if I have posted in the wrong place

8520 does not have GPS.

That option will remain unavailable and is there in case you ever connect something with GPS to it, i.e. a Bluetooth GPS dongle to use sat nav.

News at Ten Headlines.........Bong..........Boyzonegirl can't get facebook!

I couldn't be arsed mentioning the fact it was in the wrong place, hopefully her question is answered and this can drift away or be deleted.

I sometimes get this to on my blackberry?Hmmmmmmmm

Which BB do you have Sarah?

Your BB could have been picking up a location, very crudely, using any wifi signal?

Unless it is a model which supports GPS i.e. one of the newer ones or the Curve 8900 for example?

Mine a 9300 curve al:)
I don't inderstand these bb atall,it only happens sometimes tho,won't work for a few days then back to normal?

That's one of the newer ones with GPS so you will have location services. I haven't had a BB as a personal phone and not as a work one for a few years so I'm not really au fait with them at all.

Yes my bb is the newest one,thanks for your help anyway nobody,:)

if ur not interested don't reply, and if u look I did say may have posted in the wrong place and if so sorry

Don't worrie about posting topic in the wrong place,your a newbee so I'm sure most members won't mind a small slip up,it all happens to us!

Thanks Sarah I did have a look at older posts and some one had asked another question about a blackberry here so thought it was ok, but did say if it wasn't sorry

I know hun;)
Don't Worrie x

Nobody is just being a knob. Rather than point out the mistake that has happened to us all, he`d rather ridicule them! And he`s a forum Guardian! God help us!

rant over!
lol

Erm????

forum guardian is just a name given to you when you reach a certain amount of posts. Not actually guarding the forum,
that job comes under Moderators
Can someone post the other names for different amounts of posts please

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You didn't read my replies did you!? You just assumed.

I'm the one that answered the question and then said that I couldn't be arsed pointing out it was in the wrong place after someone else did.

Read it again, and again if that's what it takes to get it into your head.

Happy to help;

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Thanks for putting up list

in response to the actual question, to get the gps working you need to go to blackberry app world and download the gpslogger app for it to work

Ok thanks Tony I will have a look in the apps now

Sorry Tony but the only way she's going to get GPS on her Blackberry is by getting another Blackberry.

Hers doesn't have a receiver, I did answer the question just prior to being called a knob.

Sorry but you can download an app to make it work, and also you can connect with bluetooth to a Mac Desktop. Turn on your BB bluetooth and find the Mac computer and pair to it. Then go to BB options and Advanced settings>Location settings> and turn on all location options, in the top it will show the Mac computer you connected to leave it like that. then go to facebook app or other GPS app like BB protect and it will show your cell phone location...

Presumably we're talking cell tower triangulation here and not GPS?

The 8520 does NOT have built in GPS so there is absolutely no way of 'getting GPS to work'.

Really does it matter they work on the same lines. the member is asking how he/she can sign into facebook places. So as long as we can get it sorted for them who cares weather It's GPS or Triangulation..



http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=557870

One is more accurate than the other.

... and although I may be classed as arsey or pedantic or whatever, all I did was answer the question posed.



To be confronted with this.

I wouldn't want a member checking into Facebook places and being convinced her GPS was now working, when it's not.

Give ye head a wobble.....

I'd just like to put my bit in

Blackberry's are s**t!!!
Cheaply made tack! I hate them and always will!

Get an iPhone for a hassle free mobile experience

I quite often hear the great unwashed uttering this sentence and I've always been intrigued. What does it mean?

Oh and I agree with Ste.

I have had my Blackberry for a year with no problems at all even this GPS question I was asking isn't really an issue just more a query, to be honest wouldn't thank you for and IPhone as really don't rate them

your really not that thick so stop making out you are. The great unwashed lol Only a muppit like you would come back with that, I no what your playing at. Get back in your corner were you belong You silly girl...

Yeah because "give ye head a wobble" is something a muppet surely would never utter.

What is it that I'm playing at and what exactly isn't going to work?

Oh, and you're quite right, I'm certainly not thick.

I disagree with you ste!
As you well know my blackberry works very well and with no problems,everyone to there own opinion,I have used your phone ste and yes there good but blackberrys can do everything the an Iphone can!

thanks for this info I will try this and see how I go

Am I allowed to disagree with this? lol

Hi Everyone

would just like to say thank you to every1 who has replied with info to help me with this, will try the different way's you have suggested and let you know how I get on

You're welcome...

Lol if you want to disagree you go for it,as I said al everyone has there own opinions but I can honstly say that I find they can do everything that an iphone can.:)

Correction, they can't do everything the iPhone can

Give ya head a wobble!

What is it with everyone wobbling heads!? I'm with Ste by the way.

Well both of you wobble toghther lol:)

You can't synchronise your car alarm with a blackberry!
You can't open your gates or garage door with a blackberry!
Does the blackberry have tomtom navigation?
Does the blackberry do home streaming (wirelessly) to all tvs in the home in HD? No!
Blackberrys are a fashion statement, iPhones are usefull.

Hahaahahahahahhaah as I said give your head a wobble!!!

Blackberries aren't even a fashion statement, they're so 2002!! Haha.

Balding businessmen who get given them for work are the only people who should have a Blackberry in this day and age

Lol!!!!
Well I'm not bald or a man!
Look were all going to have different opinions not matter how much we go on about them lol