What does Location Not Available mean on iPhone? For iPhone, "Location Not Available" refers to the location-sharing feature malfunctions in the Find My app, making users unable to track another device. It also results from multiple reasons: Poor WiFi/Cellular connection. The location-sharing feature is set off on another device. In this case, you'll want to repeat the steps from above, but tap into the Location Services, and do the following: Tap into Location Services (confirm if it says ON). Scroll down through Location Services until you see Find My. On the right-hand side, tap to set the access. Choose While Using The App . If you don't want your friends to see your location in Find My Friends, you can stop sharing from the app on your iOS device or on iCloud.com. You can still see the location of your friends, but your friends see Location Not Available when they try to locate you. 1. Open Maps (same map Find my uses) 2. Turn on Satellite and make sure the satellite imagery lines up with the roads and houses. Hard way (but more accurate). 1. Carefully look where that location you've shown above is. 2. Open Maps (same map Find my uses). Now Find My shows "No Location Found" and a loading circle, and has for about 30+ minutes. Going into our imessages I don't see an "X stopped sharing location" notification between us, and i don't think they're out of cell tower range or anything. Install this app on your Android phone to easily find it if it ever gets lost or stolen. It uses GPS tracking to find your device, so you get a precise map location by sending a command from another mobile phone. You can also assign a friend as a trusted contact who will receive a message if a thief replaces the SIM card in your phone. Scroll down and find "Share My Location." Tap on it to turn it off. You can also go to the Find My Friends app and tap on the "Me" tab. From here, you can switch off the "Share My Location" option. By turning off this feature, others will not be able to see your location through the Find My Friends app. When there is a Location not available message on the Find My App, it is mainly because your friends have switched off their location services. In that case, you are unlikely to see your friend's icon on the built-in map in the Find My app. Note: If you turn off Share My Location in Find My Friends, your friends and anyone temporarily following you through Messages won't be able to see you, because location sharing settings for both Find My Friends and Messages are managed with iCloud. Find My Friends: Share your location If you can't share the location with Find My Friend, you can share the location in Messages. This way is recommended especially if you just need to temporarily share location with others, maybe for one hour. To Share the location in Messages:en Messages. 1. Open up a conversatio n with the person you want to share with. 2. GUgA.