If your Location Services setting on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch seems grayed out and you cannot make changes to it, you may have accidentally set a restriction on it. Check the setting using these steps.
1. Open Settings.
2. Touch General.
3. Select Restrictions.
4. Tap Location Services.
5. Make sure Allow Changes is checked.
Once this is set, go back to the Location Services setting and you should be able to make changes. If none of these steps worked, you may want to go through the process of restoring your iOS device.
Last modified September 24, 2012
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I say, well done old chap.
I had installed ‘Prey’, a location/theft recovery app, on my iPad and iPhone and had forgotten that as part of the set up process, location services are locked to prevent deactivation.
Thank you.
Thanx man i was really worried after updating…
Real usefully for me.it made me crazy more than 4hours
I turned on the restrictions and said turned off the location services and said “don’t allow changes”
However I then turned restrictions off and allowed changes for location services, but it now won’t let me turn location services on.
Can someone please help me?
thanks, this was very helpfull
Thank you so much. I had no idea how to change this and it was driving me crazy! You are the best!!!!
Thank you!! This worked exactly as you instructed!! It changed location in my phone for iOS6 and I didn’t think about it being in Restrictions. Thanks again!!
Actually, they changed the location of it. I have updated this post. Thanks for pointing that out.
I installed iOS6 and Location Services has disappeared!
You saved the day Mitch! After updating my iPhone I couldnt figure this out. I looked on several other sites that just said to reboot :( Thank You for the easy fix, YOU ROCK :)