Apple’s Suggested Fix For iPhone 3G GPS Malfunction
Aug 8, 2008
6 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.
6 Comments
Nov 15, 2008 | 2:13 pm
this worked for me. THX
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!
Oct 28, 2009 | 5:46 pm
Thank you so much for your post! It worked PERFECTLY in my device!
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
Mar 2, 2010 | 2:31 am
No luck for me.
Gets an initial fix from phone tower but not gps fix and even the phone tower location doesn’t update as I move.
Mar 13, 2010 | 4:59 pm
A new SIM card solves my GPS problem. Check your GPS thru Wifi by turning off 3G(Settings>General>Network>select “off” on “Enable 3G”) & (Setting>Wi-Fi>select “On”). If GPS working on WI-fi but not on 3G, it’s SIM card’s problem.
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