How to Turn On Location for Happn

happn runs on your phone's location, so if location services are off for the app, you will not cross paths with anyone. On an iPhone, go to Settings, then happn, then Location, and choose Always. On Android, open your phone's settings, then Applications, then happn, then Permissions, then Location, and switch it on.

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Scroll down and tap happn.
3. Tap Location.
4. Choose Always.

Always is the one to pick. happn keeps registering crossings while the app is closed and your phone is in your pocket. Always is the permission that covers those hours, not only the moments you have the app open.

1. Open your phone's settings.
2. Tap Applications.
3. Tap happn.
4. Tap Permissions.
5. Tap Location and turn it on for happn.

The menu names can differ slightly from one Android phone to another, so if a label does not match exactly, look for the nearest equivalent. The route is always the same idea: your settings, then the app, then its permissions, then location.

Most of what happn does depends on knowing when you pass close to another user. That is what a crossing is. The people on your home page are there because the app saw your paths overlap.

With location off, none of that can happen. Your feed will look thin, because the app has no crossings of yours to show you. Men sometimes decide happn "does not work in my city" when the real problem is a permission they switched off months ago.

A lot of men leave location off because they are uneasy about being tracked. It helps to know what happn actually says it shares.

happn says other users do not know your exact position. When you cross paths with someone, the location shown is your own, not the other person's, and it is approximate and never displayed straight away. The app keeps your location for a limited time, so the people you crossed can appear on your home page.

If you want to go further, happn's Settings include an option called "Share my crossing locations". Unchecking it stops your crossing spots from appearing on other people's maps. You can keep location on for the app and that option off at the same time.

Give it a day. Crossings come from where you go, so a man who turns location on at midnight on his couch will not see much until he has been out and about.

Then look at your week honestly. If it is home, desk and home again, there are very few places for a crossing to happen. A different coffee shop, a walk at lunch, the gym, a bar with friends on a Friday. Each one is a new place where your path can overlap with someone else's.

Once you have gone through the people you crossed, happn starts showing people who are further away. That is normal, and it does not mean location is broken. Your own crossings will keep coming as your week goes on.

The reason to bother with any of this is the date at the end of it.

A woman you crossed on happn spends time close to where you do. a dating coach's first rule for dates from the apps is to set the date near your place, walking distance if you can, and he puts that ahead of finding a nice venue. Location switched on is what fills your feed with women for whom that kind of date is easy.

It helps the conversation too. The area you both use gives you a natural first line and a natural place to suggest, somewhere public and familiar to her. That is a small piece of the comfort coach says a woman needs before she agrees to a date. She wants a sense that you are a normal man with a normal life in her part of town.

When the feed fills up, the temptation is to Like everyone on it. Do not.

a dating coach's view of the apps is that they rate you partly on how selective you are. Liking everyone makes you look unselective, and the apps tend to treat that as unattractive. Be choosy. Like the women you would genuinely be pleased to take out.

When a Crush comes in, write a first message that shows you looked at what she put up. The place you crossed paths is an easy option, as long as you keep it light and vague. "Apparently we share a neighborhood" is friendly. The exact corner is not.

Then move toward a plan. coach aims to get from the app to a plan in about four to seven messages. On happn you already know you are both nearby, so suggest somewhere in the area you both use, name a day, and ask.