# GPS error = location provider is unavailable. make sure that location services are enabled

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**Created:** [September 29, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/gps-error-location-provider-is-unavailable-make-sure-that-location-services-are-enabled/1534433 "2021-09-29T22:16:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/gps-error-location-provider-is-unavailable-make-sure-that-location-services-are-enabled/1534433/3 "2021-09-29T22:57:13Z")

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Check this link. EnableHighAccuracy setting is version dependent.

> [@Location Sensor Unable to retrieve location with cellular data](https://community.thunkable.com/t/location-sensor-unable-to-retrieve-location-with-cellular-data/1482946/14):
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> Hi there, Unfortunately, this seems to be an issue with Expo, who provide the framework we use to build apps. ﻿ ﻿You can see discussion of this behavior on Expo’s Github [here](https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/14248). ﻿ ﻿Thunkable team member Jose has deployed a partial fix. ﻿ ﻿Depending on your version of Android, you may need to set EnableHighAccuracy to false for Location Sensor to work as expected on your device. I use Android 11 and I don’t need to do this, but Jose reports needing to do this for Location Sensor to work on A…

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