GPS can't find me!

yea. same problem, my locater doesn't work either. Everyone keeps saying that you have to be "outside", that's ********! The whole point is that you can locate yourself and get directions to somewhere. So if I'm out of town in a hotel, I have to freakin walk outside to get directions? Or I can only use it if I'm driving, which is not practical and very dangerous. And if you are in a car... your not "outside", so how would it locate you then?

I had the same issue but got it fixed. My GPS couldn't find me for the first day or so after I got my 3G iPhone. Finally it occurred to me that I hadn't power cycled it since getting it activated and syncing it for the first time. I restarted the iPhone and GPS worked instantly when I brought up the maps app.

I had the same experience as ravinglogic. GPS couldn't find me for the first day after I got the iPhone 3g. Then I power cycled it and a few minutes later it was able to get a location fix. I went outside and GPS tracking worked great. The "Where" app from the App store works now too. I guess the five R's from Apple (reset, retry, restart, reinstall, or restore) are always good advice.

Mine works flawlessly. If i turn it on outdoors it can even keep track of me while inside my appartment!(if i zoom in enough) I really like this new feature!

I have not heard of any solutions yet for this problem. My problem is when i try to use GPS while I am on the 3G Network. If I turn 3G off and let the iPhone return to Edge the GPS finds me. If I turn 3G on the GPS says I am in Missouri or Houston Texas. When I am actually in the city of Portland Oregon.

My good friend who purchased his iPhone 3G the same time I did has the exact same problem.

The problem is that the software is not switching from GPS to A-GPS when there is no GPS signal. So if you are on 3G, and you are inside so you aren't seeing the satellite, the iPhone is supposed to switch over to A-GPS and triangulate your position based upon nearby wifi spots and cell towers. It isn't making this switch. If you are on EDGE, it just apparently uses A-GPS, suggesting that the GPS signal is carried over 3G.

This behavior was confirmed at the Genius Bar at my local Apple Store; we tried 4 or 5 phones and they all behaved the same way: when on 3G, infinite wait for GPS if inside; when on EDGE (we turned off wifi so we could see what network we were on; this is a somewhat fringe 3G area so it would go back to EDGE occasionally, enabling this test - no, that isn't the problem, because the same thing is happening with strong 3G signals), obvious A-GPS is called upon.

Anyway, this seems like a fairly simple bug for Apple to fix. The problem is 1: getting them to know about it, and 2: getting them to care about it. I have no clue how to do either.

mine works fine indoors. btw for english users.... when u want to find directions for an address in contacts, make sure it states United Kingdom in the address. otherwise it assumes its US and displays a message saying it cant find a route for u

The issue is whether you have a 3G signal at the time - as I pointed out, the A-GPS takes over when EDGE is active. When 3G is active and there is no GPS satellite visible, the A-GPS doesn't take over. That is the problem. Also, it may be different in the UK.

I'm in Portland also, but it says I'm in Houston sometimes!

I'm still having problems with the GPS. I've tried power cycling the phone and when opening Google maps it does work. But the next day it wouldn't work. Why are we having to power down the phone for it to work? I've tried switching it over to EDGE and I get the same results. It will not locate me. I switch it over to 3G and it will still not locate me. I'm in Houston, Texas driving on 45 and 59 state highways going or leaving downtown and it will not work unless I power down the phone. But if I close out Google maps I have to power cycle the phone to get it to work again. I have my BlackBerry Curve right next to it and my Curve finds me as soon as Google maps is executed. Apple needs to at least address the problem and provide some sort of fix. This is ridiculous.