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Change location permissions for apps
You can review and remove any GPS location-related permissions that individual apps have requested.
Some apps require specific permissions to work as expected.
1. On the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen.
2. Tap
Settings > Security and Privacy > Application Permissions.
3. Tap an app.
4. Tap a switch.
Turn on or turn off location-based ads
If location-based ads are turned on, apps using the Advertising Service can use your GPS location to
present more relevant promotional content or offers. No data that personally identifies you is ever shared
with third-party advertisers.
1. On the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen.
2. Tap
Settings > Location Services.
3. Turn on Location-based Ads.
Turn on or turn off traffic data
If traffic data is turned on, your BlackBerry device sends anonymous GPS location information to
provide traffic data to BlackBerry applications.
1. On the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen.
2. Tap
Settings > Location Services.
3. Turn on Traffic Data Collection.
About the compass
The digital compass on your BlackBerry device works like a regular compass, but also includes more
features. For example, you can choose whether the compass points to true north or magnetic north. The
compass also works in any direction or orientation, including upside down.
Get a compass reading
To get a compass reading, rotate and tilt your BlackBerry device.
The current direction that you're facing appears at the top of the screen.
Point the compass to true north or to magnetic north
You can choose to navigate with your compass using either true north or magnetic north. Magnetic
north, which is what a standard compass points to, can be influenced by several factors and isn't
constant. True north, or geographical north, is what you would see on a paper map and is constant. If
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