Location services not working on Ipad3 all of a sudden. Works with some apps but not most including maps, google earth etc

Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset all settings.

Then keep the Powerbutton and the Homebutton pressed at the same time until you see the Apple logo on your screen.

TravellingLad wrote:

My iPad has all of a sudden stopped being able to find my location. All the location settings are correct and I have even set the network settings, restarted the iPad but to no avail. Apps like maps, Google Earth all say they cannot find my location and the arrow that normally comes up never appears. The app 'Bump' appears to be able to use my location. I downloaded a GPS app and it did not show any location details.

Any help would be appreciated.

Your profile indicates you have an iPad wifi. GPS requires that your iPad be the wifi+3G model. The wifi-only model does not have the GPS receiver hardware.

Did you get this solved? Same thing has just happened to my wifi-only Ipad3. Locations services have been working great, now nothing.

I just had the same thing happen. iPad 3 has been working great since March. Today it stopped being able to find my location. I've reset location services, network services, rebooted the IPad, rebooted my dsl modem, nothing has worked to resolve the problem.........

I think I've narrowed this down to IP portability (in my case). Location services seem to be working fine when I'm on an IP that's stable or static, and it's completely worthless when I'm on my home wifi and the provider is 30 miles away and I've been hit with IP roulette. What we need now is an app to hack location.

Did know until I started looking into this that wif-only doesn't have GPS. Whoops.

Mine works fine on the wifi at work. If it has to do with the ISP, then what did they change? My home wifi worked perfectly for 6 months then just stopped working. If I call them, how do I explain what is happening?

I figured out my situation learning about geolocation by IP address and wifi hotspots. There's a bit to read, but you might discover an answer to your questions by seeing what applies to you. My work ip is static, my home ip is not. Any geolocation data assembled about my home ip is worthless when my ip gets changed. In doing my research I found multiple locations for my ip from multiple providers. There is also services that map you by your wifi router MAC address. Apple's system is apparently proprietary so, it's a mystery for me how I might influence the issue at home.