iphone 13 pro max gps problems

I have the same problem on iPhone 13pro, gps would show me driving on another street 50 yards away. I have to turn off and on the location services in setting, and the gps will function perfectly again, it’s annoying and dangerous to do while driving. Apple, please fix this issue.

Had the same GPS issues driving home from my parents house in another state. The GPS would contestant reroute and would show me in the highway or in a field. Tried Apple Maps, Google Maps, and Waze. All three were acting the same.

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My iphone 13 pro max also has a problem with gps position reading. especially when I am driving a car in the city - and my phone is in a vertical position. It looks like the GPS receiver in this phone is not mounted on the top of the phone, it is located kind of on the bottom maybe - because when I turn the phone upside down - it reads the gps positions correctly. In a horizontal position it is also quite good and you can use it in a car, unfortunately only map rotates on the screen - 90 degrees. other messages are not - so this is a problem with longer drives.

I have the same problem with GPS which shows inaccurate position on my iPhone 13. I restart my iPhone, turn off and on location services but it does not help. I have iOS 15.1.1.

It is a very frustrating problem considering how many applications use location services, e.g. I cannot open an Inpost box remotely

So today I was running Strava, a tracking app while riding my bike. I looked about 1/2 mile down the trail and it was all messed up. I toggled location services on and off, and poof, my location instantly snapped into the correct location and worked the rest of the ride.

After my reset (which I did for reasons other than just this), the GPS issue has returned for me. Cycling location services does work for a little while too, but it's definitely not an optimal solution.

Good to know, I don't want to go through a reset if it returns. APPLE, are you listening? this is an issue. Apple told me they have never heard of this issue when I spoke to them on the phone on Friday. It's very annoying and hopefully they figure it out soon.

I have the same issue on my 13 pro and my wife's 13 pro max. Both running the latest 15.1.1 ios. GPS is not accurate and moves around, makes using the phone for navigation impossible. The problem seems to clear after a reboot. If the phone has been on for a while it will show up. I was sitting still on my front porch watching my location dot move around about a 1/4 mile in different directions even though I was not moving.

Yesterday was the first time the problem "self-corrected" on my phone. After the GPS went haywire (as usual), about 10 minutes later the GPS latched on to the accurate route. I've never had it self-correct in this fashion, but just curious if anyone else has experience this self-correction without needing a reboot?

Honestly I don’t have time for that right now. I am going to ride this out and see what Apple comes up with. When I got this phone I had started from scratch, and it was a bit of a pain. For now I toggle location services and it works so when I need accurate gps I will do that until they figure it out.

Im having the same issue with iphone 13 pro max 256gb ...

gps location are always off by a few blocks on both apple and google maps .. camera geolocation is always wrong as well ...

quite frustrated.

How do we get apple to actually respond with some type of status on this issue? I had an earlier post, but I hadn’t clicked the “Me too” button (currently at 90). If it gets to 100 will it trigger something? Is there some other place we should be posting these things to better inform apple it’s happening to lots of people?

I am having the same issue with my iPhone 13 256 MB.  Using Google maps or Apple Maps to navigate, my location sometimes appears as about 1 block from my current location.  Often that is in the middle of a field or on a different street.  The Apple Genius tested the GPS of the phone and it is “working normally”.  So far, the best help I have had from Apple was advice from one of their agents who said she was having the same problem.  She believes that somehow our phones are being confused when they are aided by WiFi location and/or cell tower location (handoff issues).  She suggested shutting off WiFi before starting navigation (as I often set my destination while I am still in the house) and this usually works well.  Also toggling location services on and off before setting the destination seems to help.  Unfortunately, I still get random inaccurate readings every couple of weeks.  I will follow this topic eagerly to see if someone comes up with a definitive solution other than resetting your phone as new. 

Well, i have the same issue…. just bought my new iPhone 13 pro yesterday and I cant play Pokemon Go or see my excact location on snapchat or anything else that uses the gps!

After trying everything the internet says, restart, reboot, delete the phone and start over, i’d spoke to apple support and they told me to go meet an autorised apple mechanic and get the phone connected to some kind of devices.

Also i happend to know a Apple mechanic, he says its the gps antenna that has a “born” problem.

This is not good enough Apple.

Very frustrating that I need to go to your repair shop with my new 1000$ iPhone that i bought yesterday…

Update 12/17

Apple has my log files and multiple screen recordings showing the problem, and it's been about 1 week since I've heard from anyone at Apple.

Instead of waiting for Apple to birth a magical solution, I went did a fresh install of iOS 15.2. I did not restore my data from an iCloud backup, so it's as if the phone has a clean version of IOS without any of my previous data and settings. It's been one week since the fresh install and I have not had any issues with GPS. It works great!

This is the same solution that Slick1978 deployed in his DEC 7 2021 post on this thread, and I can attest that this works for me as well. This leads me to believe the problem all along was a software bug and not the GPS hardware.

If you can't wait any longer on Apple for a software patch, I strongly suggest you use this solution (erase all content and settings; do not restore from iCloud backup). You will have to go through the serious pain and suffering of re-installing all of your apps. But, to me, it was worth the ROI of an accurate GPS experience. If you do any driving that requires turn-by-turn navigation, a malfunctioning GPS can be dangerous.