What does green flashing mean on Find My Friends?

Answer: A: Is this for someone that is selected under Person? If so, that is showing it is a Live location versus just the Now location.
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What does the green light mean on Find My iPhone?

A green dot. means it's online. If the device can be located, you also see the time it was last located.
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What does it mean when location is flashing green?

A flashing green light on a traffic signal means the signal is pedestrian activated. So, when you approach a flashing green light, use caution, because the signal could be activated by a pedestrian at any time and you might have to stop and let the pedestrian to cross.
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What do the different color circles mean on Find My iPhone?

Answer: A: It means the location accuracy is not 100%, and the location is within that blue shaded area, but not exactly determined. Usually happens when the device is inside a building or something else obscuring exact location. The larger the blue circle is, the less accurate the location is.
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Does live on Find My mean they are on their phone?

No. It doesn't mean that the iPhone is in use. It just means that you are seeing the live location of the iPhone.
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Can you tell if someone is on their phone on Find My iPhone?

By default, no, there is no way for them to know the device is being viewed through Find My iPhone.
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Why is someone's location not updating on iPhone?

Part 1: 5 Reasons For Find My Friends Location Not Updating

Hide My Location feature is active on your friend's iPhone. Location Services are disabled on friend's iPhone. Inaccurate date on your friend's iPhone. Your friend is in a region where Apple doesn't have this service.
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Does the green Dot mean someone is listening?

The green indicator appears in the top right corner of your phone's display and is activated when an app is using either the camera or the mic. It serves as a warning to users to be mindful of what parts of the phone an app has access to.
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What do the symbols on Find My iPhone mean?

To determine the status of your device, look for the circular icon next to its name on icloud.com/find or the Find my iPhone app. A blue dot labels the device you're currently using. A green dot indicates your lost device is turned on. And grey means your device is offline, and some features aren't available.
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What does a blue circle in Find My Friends mean?

A filled-in blue circle next to your message means that your message was delivered. And, when a friend has read your message, a small version of your friend's photo will appear next to your message. | Facebook.
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What's the difference between live and now on Find My iPhone?

Seems like a distinction without much difference. “Now” is static and is current the moment you checked someone's location. ”Live” is dynamic and updated in realtime as you monitor someone's location.
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What does flashing green arrow mean?

When you turn during the green arrow phase, your turn is "protected" because oncoming traffic is stopped by a red light. If the green arrow turns into a green light, you may still turn in that direction, but first yield to pedestrians and oncoming traffic.
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Can you tell when someone locates you on find my friends?

Use the Find My app to get a notification when your friend's location changes. You can get notified when a friend arrives at a location, leaves a location, or is not at a location.
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How often does Find My iPhone update location?

Since iOS 13, “Find My” automatically updates the location after every minute. To do this, however, the tool requires a stable Internet connection. This means if you're in a place where the cell reception is poor, “Find My iPhone” will most likely struggle while updating the shared location.
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What does the time mean in Find My Friends?

This means that once your iPhone is shut off—or even if you've simply moved out of data coverage by going into a building or subway—your friends will still see your location from any time they requested it within the past two hours, time-stamped accordingly.
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Can find my friends work when the phone is off?

Does Find My iPhone work when a phone is dead? Yes, if you've set up the Find My iPhone last known location feature. If you don't have this feature turned on, it will be much harder to find an iPhone that is dead. The catch is that you need to have turned this feature on before your iPhone was lost.
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How do I turn off the green dot on my iPhone?

To manage this particular privacy setting, go to Settings > Privacy > Microphone / Camera. Here you will see all the apps that have asked to access your device mic or camera. Deny access to the apps that you think don't need them to function. To deny, simply turn off the toggle button next to the app name.
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Does orange dot on iPhone mean someone is listening?

The orange dot means the microphone is recording, not listening. Making phone calls does not require a microphone recording.
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What does the green dot in the top right corner mean?

The tiny dots visible at the top of the screen are Privacy Indicators aimed to alert users about apps using camera, mic, location and more on your phone's hardware without you noticing. Privacy indicators let you know when any app is using or used certain sensors on your smartphone.
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How do you know if someone stopped sharing their location with you?

How Do I Know if Someone Stopped Sharing Their Location With Me?
  • Open the “Find My” app.
  • Go to the “People” tab.
  • You'll see a list of people who can see your location and who enabled you to see theirs. If the person in question isn't on the list, it means they've stopped sharing their location with you.
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Why does my boyfriends location say not available?

It's probably a problem with your friend's phone

The most likely problem, for example, is that the other iPhone might not have cellular or WiFi reception. In addition, that other phone could be turned off, or your friend might have turned off location services in Settings.
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Can you pause your location on Find My iPhone?

Here is how to pause your location on find my iPhone. Head to the settings of your iPhone and tap on your name/phone number at the top. Click on the Find My App. Toggle off “Share my Location.”
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What does it mean when it says 30 minutes ago on the Find My app for an iPhone?

Answer: A: Answer: A: It just means that the phone has power (e.g., the battery isn't dead and the phone hasn't been turned off), and that it has an internet connection via cellular or wi-fi, and that Find My iPhone was turned on in the phone before it was lost or stolen (e.g., when you setup the phone).
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How do I stop sharing my location on iPhone without them knowing?

You can do it by going to People > Tap on the contact > select Stop Sharing Sharing Location option. Confirm your selection and you can stop sharing location with that person without him getting any notification and knowing about your choice.
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How can I check someone's location on iPhone without them knowing?

Use iCloud to Track iPhone Location without Person Knowing

The easiest way to monitor someone else's iPhone is through iCloud. Although you can't see a complete picture of their online activity, iCloud makes it possible to locate a device on the map, lock the screen, play a sound, and erase all the data.
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