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What does this icon in the status bar mean?

KA4993

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Dec 29, 2012
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The diamond shape indicates that one of the 4 location services are activated. If you see it alone, it means the E911 service is activated. Note: this service can not be deactivated on most if not all phones. The three lines on the right indicate that one or more of the other three location services (Carrier, GPS and/or Google) are activated.
 
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