Apple’s Suggested Fix For iPhone 3G GPS Malfunction

blogswami Aug 8, 2008
Technology

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.