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3108749524
Network Novice
Hace 8 años

Familywhere issues

Up until last week I was able to locate my 5 family members (including myself) using this service. Now all 5 lines give are unable to show me the map location. Each line gives me the message "family member was located, but the address could not be determined"  Please help.  I have tried calling customer support with no results.

  • Welcome! Sorry we're meeting under these circumstances -- we definitely want to get Family Where working for you. Can I ask what you see when you try to locate your lines? Does it show them (bear with me, I know this is going to sound bonkers) as located in the ocean?
    It looks like our support teams are trending an emerging issue with location trouble and we do need tickets filed with examples. I'm sorry we weren't able to help when you contacted us previously. We've got a basic troubleshooting page here: T-Mobile FamilyWhere customer support,​ but if your issue is part of the one we're working on, we'd definitely like to have a ticket filed. We don't have account access in this public user forum, but since you're already online, would you be able to reach out to our T-Force team? They're our customer support channel on Twitter and Facebook, and if you're already logged in you can reach out to them by clicking one of the icons on my badge below. In those channels we can securely verify your account information and get the ball rolling on this.

    As a side note, I'm going to send you a private message regarding your username in a moment. Can you please check your bandeja_de_entrada and reply there when you have a second? Thank you!

    - Marissa

  • Has anyone gotten any resolution on this? If they are having tech issues they should just say that! So annoying!!

  • Glad to know it's not just me. It starts to load in My T-Mobile in a browser, then it just brings me back to the home account page. It's really frustrating.

  • duhtroll's avatar
    duhtroll
    Network Novice

    Familywhere on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 does not have the option for “use (location) all the time”

     

    Other apps do.

  • Krunch65's avatar
    Krunch65
    Roaming Rookie

    Family Where does not give me an exact location, not even close to approximate. Always 5-15 miles (measured in yards by the thousands) from location. I tried to give it landmarks but that was no help. I have iPhones.

  • Tb11229's avatar
    Tb11229
    Newbie Caller
    MP0007 wrote:

    I am having the same problem for days now. Each time I try to open my Familywhere tab on my T-Mobile account it reroutes me back to the account page. I called customer service yesterday and spoke to the first support specialist, he could not figure it out. He elevated it to a specialist tech support, she could not figure it out either. She told me that she has created a ticket for another tech support level to look into it. I have heard nothing back. So, three levels of technical support and the problem is not fixed. I have tried 3 different computers, three different browsers, cleared all my browser history and none of that can fix it. I downloaded the familywhere app on my phone, that did not work either. This is very unusual for a reputable company like tmobile to show this kind of weakness. I have been with tmobile for over 13 years and this is really getting me to reconsider a competition for my five lines. If this is not fixed in the next couple of days, I have a serious decision to make. I am on travel and needs to locate my family.

    Same thing 5 days no help from tmobile at all 

  • Still an issue. Didn't have this problem before, now it won't even load. Keeps telling me to check my connection but every other T-Mobile app loads and works fine. This includes Google chrome surfing.

     

    What can I do to make this work? I am trying to find the location of my son right now...

  • Momof4's avatar
    Momof4
    Network Novice

    I have not been able to access my family where for a month now. It just spins until it goes back to the home page. I have tried on multiple devices with no success. It is extremely frustrating. 

  • Jeo's avatar
    Jeo
    Network Novice

    I keep getting this when I search family. What is going on?

  • BobBot's avatar
    BobBot
    Network Novice

    It only finds my phone and the other lines on the family is showing "The phone could not be located." It's important for this app to work for us, as we have health issues, some can render us unconscious and we want to be able to get help if unreachable really fast.

  • Dan1987's avatar
    Dan1987
    Network Novice

    Can't find my other lines on this app. I get to enter my email and it says "operation failed. Invalid parameter among contact/phone, email, mdn, password and zip code "  please advise what to do?