iPad (WiFi 16GB) won't find my location (when my iPod touch does)

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iPad (WiFi 16GB) won't find my location (when my iPod touch does)

I have a strange problem I don't quite understand.

I bought my iPad 16GB WiFi (OS 3.2)two weeks ago and used it in different networks and it worked perfectly fine. Now I have come back to my apartment and ever since the iPad is unable to find my location (and the option is not switched off).

Maps won't find my current location, the same with all the apps that use it..

Taking my iPad to another WiFi (work, college) solves the problem. So I was inclined to think it has something to do with my network.

However my iPod Touch 16GB 2nd Gen. works perfectly fine in my private WiFi network and the locations work as well.

So what is the problem here?
Any suggestions or solution?

Thanks in advance

Acer

Posted on Jun 10, 2010 6:16 AM

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red555

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Jun 10, 2010 11:15 AM in response to Offbeat1701

Your local wifi may not be in the Skyhook system.
Not sure why the ipod works, though...

http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/submit_ap.php

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Jun 10, 2010 11:06 PM in response to Offbeat1701

Oh, isnt this Service for commercial WiFi Networks or companies so they have a more accurate Position in Google Maps.
And As you Said, my iPod Touch Works perfectly Fine ... So I don't Know if it is the iPad or my WiFi or the Kombination of both. maybe the iPad Neefs a strenger Signal and my indoor WiFi is Not Strong enough?!

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red555

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Jun 11, 2010 8:20 AM in response to Offbeat1701

Not sure, but if WiFi is working for internet, it should be ok for location services.

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Answer 4

Jun 11, 2010 8:29 AM in response to Offbeat1701

Do you have a dual band router? Maybe the touch is connecting to the 2.4GHz network while the iPad is connecting to the 5GHz network. It is possible that the Skyhook database only has the ID for the 2.4GHz network.

The strength of the signal shouldn't matter as long as the WiFi is working at all.

Also, make sure that you have location services turned on in your settings (I assume that it probably is).

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Offbeat1701 Author

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Jun 11, 2010 8:30 AM in response to red555

It should but it is Not. Internet and everything Else Works perfectly fine but Not One Single Applikation can find my Location wen I am in my Wifi Network.. if i log on to another wifi the locations work. And my iPod Touch Is always working and my Location can be Found in my Home wifi.

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Jun 11, 2010 9:05 AM in response to Offbeat1701

I have the same problem. I registered my router a year ago and again a few months ago at skyhook. I know I did it correctly as it accepted it. Also when I start up MLB2010 to watch baseball on my iPad, it finds my location, which is required for it to work properly and blackout Twins games. So I know my router was registered correctly with skyhook. Also as the OP stated, maps finds me correctly on my iPod touch at home but not on my iPad.

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Jun 11, 2010 11:18 PM in response to Merged Content 1

And your ipads Location can Be Found wen you use a different wifis?
Did you dry and completely erseht your iPad? I only tried a Cold restart but it did Not work.

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Answer 8

Jun 12, 2010 6:04 AM in response to Offbeat1701

Same problem here with a 64gb wifi
Tried different networks
Ipod touch flawless. Already working.
Ipad non working
Tried soft reset, hard reset, factory setting via itunes sw recovering initial state for ipad.
Results: none!!!

It's frustrating....

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Offbeat1701 Author

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Jun 12, 2010 11:17 AM in response to Antonio Di Micco

Oh yes it is very frustrating ... Especially if you have AppS thatshould check your surrounding for Services or Restaurants .....

Is your ipad's Location working in None of the Networks or only in some like in my Case?

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Jun 14, 2010 12:35 PM in response to Offbeat1701

Some updates here. The thing is more and more strange...
I went in an apple store. Guess: erevything worked just fine....

Anyway i came back home. Everything fine.
Trirf other networs (one of it was via nokia 5800) with joikuspot that means it (nokia cell I mean) was seen as a regular wifi spot. Everything fine.

Then i moved away from my home in my office. I tried again via nokia. No luck.
Came back homr. Nothing. Again completely gone. No chance.
Of course ipod touch working ever and ever and ever and ever.

I suspect there is some sort of "cache" in maps application and once maps is not able to find location for some reason it freezes and no matter if you chanfe your network it doesn't work anymore. Even after soft and hard reset this "setting" doesn't seem to be 'erased'
What i can't understand is what happened in the apple store. It was like something resetted al this thing in maps and everything started again to work.

I'm quite sure this is a sw bug in the ipad.
Now I'm again at the starting point. And I don't know how to solve this big issue

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Offbeat1701 Author

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Jun 15, 2010 10:10 AM in response to Antonio Di Micco

Really Strange.
My iPad worked in like five different wifis without any flaws and the maps issue is only present in my Home wifi which is very annoying ..... It dies Not work After i take the iPad to another wifi and come back though.

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Jun 15, 2010 10:19 AM in response to Offbeat1701

My iPod touch (purchased a year and a half ago) has never been able to "locate" itself anywhere. I figured it was something about the WIFI services I was running into. But my iPad (received yesterday) "located" itself out of the box. I was hoping somebody ...

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Jun 15, 2010 12:22 PM in response to Offbeat1701

Don't know what to do....
I'm exaust of looking in forums, websites, docs.
My only chance is a sw updatd. I'm just sure about one Single thing: it's an iPad software issue. Nothing about routers, locations, whatever

By the way: my 700 euros toy also have the system clock bug. It's becoming to be too much....

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Offbeat1701 Author

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Jun 15, 2010 1:49 PM in response to Antonio Di Micco

I am also pretty surre its the iPad. I man why should my iPod Touch work perfectly Fine with the exaclty Same settings in the Same wifi as my iPad?

It is really annoying because i can't really use a Lot of apps properly because it can't check my surrounding without my Location ... That is really lamme and i wish Apple Gould finally do something against it.

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dperetti

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Jun 17, 2010 2:42 AM in response to Offbeat1701

It's not the hardware, just a software bug. I had the same problem and just fixed it by trashing locationd cache. Unfortunately, it requires to .... you know what with your iPad, something that's not approved 🙂
I guess backing up and restoring would work too.

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