GPS can't find me!

GPS won't work indoors; it requires line of sight to the satellites to work - have you tested outside?

Try going into 'Settings' -> 'General' and check to see if Location Services is ON/OFF. If off, turn it on, and it should work, if it's ON, try turning your phone off and on and try it again.

I have the exact same problem. Just keeps loading and never finds a position. Tried everything suggested here, including a reset and a restore and still doesn't work. Pretty frustrating. My wife got a 3G same time I did and it works perfectly. Anyone else with this problem?

I have the same problem, GPS simply doesn't work. I think it's broken they need to fix it, hopefully a new phone, cause GPS is a main feature for getting a IPhone 3G

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I am also having the problem described. Outside, on a clear day, I still get nothing. Worse the 3g Internet connection stops working after I press the find button in maps

Same problem, maps can't find my location. I phoned up O2 who suggested a reset which I did. Maps then found my location but now it doesn't work even after a reset. This is really frustrating!

I'm wondering if anyone has called Apple support about this problem. I was on hold for about 40 minutes until I had to hang up to make another appointment. Will try later.

Anyone with any info from Apple support about GPS problems please post.

There is nothing to fix on apples side. Triangulation seems to be broken on the 3G side which is why if you are indoors on the 3G network it will tell you your are 2000 miles away. Turn off 3G and try again... It will work using edge. As mentioned elsewhere, Satellite GPS only works outdoors with line of site...

A purely GPS (i.e. not A-GPS) position lock can potentially take several minutes from a fresh start, so patience may pay off for many 🙂

A-GPS (assisted) uses the cell-tower network/listed wifi hotspots to help aid speed triangulation of positions (apologies if repeating earlier posted information).

I initially had problems with GPS, even standing outside. I tried altering settings for a few hours and even stood outside in the rain! The locater placed me on the island of Malta in the med, even though I'm in London. I called Apple support and they talked me through the reset procedures, still didn't work and while I was on hold for the specialist it started working out of the blue.

There does seem to be a 'glitch' that even if you are connected to a strong phone signal with 3G and wireless if it can't locate you rather than telling you this it defaults to a random location (in my case Malta). Would be useful if screen told you what was going on and if there could be a way to see how good the satellite lock is (like on other GPS devices).

{quote:title=Repudiator wrote:}The locater placed me on the island of Malta in the med

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Apparently I'm in Malta too. Give me a shout if you want to meet up for a beer although don't ask me to navigate to you, I may end up in Majorca...
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To respond to some responses here. The usage of GPS depends on the device and your location. I've developed on devices which won't pickup locations from the middle of a wide open field. I was surprised at the iPhone's accuracy though (to pinpoint me while inside to within what looks like a few feet).

Anyways, I had a problem too where GPS stopped locating me. The cause was an application I downloaded through the AppStore. The application started locating and just kept spinning. Ultimatly I had to restore the iPhone and problem was solved.

If a hard reboot (hold menu + power for several seconds until the iPhone powers off and then the Apple logo appears) does not work, then try a restore. Any applications you have purchased from the App Store can be downloaded free as you've already purchased them.

Cheers,

Yeah, same problem here. You're not the only one. I've re-booted the phone on one occassion and it found me, but then I tried again in the same location a few hours later, and no response.

I noticed that I had this problem whenever I had Wifi turned off. Try turning Wifi back on and see if it works then.