User level: Level 1 (12 points)I live in New Zealand, my iPhone 14 thinks it is in Japan. I get adverts iin Japanese, but my app store settings are NZ.
how do I persuade my phone to adopt NZ as its residence?
Posted on Oct 23, 2026 7:07 PM
User level: Level 10 (233,174 points)Oct 23, 2026 7:20 PM in response to Sjollnz
Sjollnz wrote:
I live in New Zealand, my iPhone 14 thinks it is in Japan. I get adverts iin Japanese, but my app store settings are NZ.
how do I persuade my phone to adopt NZ as its residence?
By chance do you have a VPN installed on your iPhone? VPNs can definitely cause such issues and aren't needed on iPhone unless required by a school or employer.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256381869