Apple’s Suggested Fix For iPhone 3G GPS Malfunction

blogswami Aug 8, 2008 4 Comments

My iPhone 3G GPS thinks I am in Minnesota even though I am in Utah. So I called up Apple support, and here is their simple set of steps to supposedly solve the GPS issue! Did not work for me though.

  • Go to Settings->General
  • Turn Location Services Off
  • Go to Home Screen
  • Go back to Settings
  • Turn Airplane mode on and wait 20 seconds
  • Turn Airplane mode off
  • Go to Home Screen and then back to Settings->General
  • Tap on Reset, and then Reset Network Settings (WARNING: You will lose all your network settings)
  • Go to Home and the Settings->General
  • Turn Location Services On

Seriously, is this a joke or some wizard at Apple sat and figured this sequence! Here is a suggestion, Settings->General->Reset->Reset GPS Settings, now that would have been an Apple like solution.

4 Comments

  • erik
    Nov 15, 2008 | 2:13 pm

    this worked for me. THX

  • Paul
    Jul 6, 2009 | 7:17 pm

    You ROCK! I couldn’t figure out how to fix my problem and this worked like a charm! Thanks for posting it!

  • Daniel
    Oct 28, 2009 | 5:46 pm

    Thank you so much for your post! It worked PERFECTLY in my device!

  • Jeremy
    Nov 23, 2009 | 1:56 am

    Holy Moley this seems to have fixed the problem so far i will be back later to confirm if its permanent

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