My Iphone11 Pro got problems with Location Service after updating to the latest IOS 16.6. Even if I try to reset Location Service, restart apps or restart the device. Seems that all my apps that using Location Service fail to get location and get stuck. For example, Weather App, Yr App (another weather app) , and Google Map. Please consider fix this error ASAP.
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iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 16
My Trial-and-error works but just you will miss an important feature, Find my phone. I turned off the feature Find My iPhone. Now all my location service is back to normal.
First, in settings, search the Location Services, then in Share My Location, turn off Find My iPhone.
Second, you need to reset the settings->general-Transfer or reset iPhone->reset->Reset Network Settings.
After it is back. then re-attach to WiFi and other stuffs, allow apps to use location services, etc. as normal.
It works for me for a day now. I think it is fine, but Find My iPhone is important. Waiting for the real fix.
This is super urgent issue. How to let Apple knows this issue. I use iPhone XS Max.
I have same issue after upgrade to ios16.6. All applications using current location don’t work anymore. For example weather, google map, apple map. I can’t navigate using any map application.
Please solve this sooner. I need to drive a car. I can’t downgrade ios too since I don’t have any backup on iCloud. Reboot doesn’t help.
Some other issue is my background photo on phone will be gone after a while. It will come back after reboot but will be gone soon.
Yes, that is correct. Me too. It works for a while and gone. Not sure how to solve it now. Support asked to reset the settings->general-Transfer or reset iPhone->reset->Reset Network Settings. This also works for a while and doesn't work after that.
Yeah same here. iPhone SE 2020 version. Update to 16.6 the other day. All weather and map apps have been unusable since. Anything that needs my location has not been able to locate me. From bird song identifiers to Google Maps. It’s all totally borked. No amount of resetting, reinstalling or off and on againing works.
How is your solution? Is this method really fix the problem? I tried the same but only reset the Location Service.( I don’t want to lose my network setting), it only works for a period, the problem still exist. if you confirm that your solution is work, I may have no choice for losing all my network settings.
I hope you haven't yet try resetting the network.
Apologies to others too. I was too hurry to conclude that the issue can be resolved. I just wanted to tell what I found, but later it seems the location service is not working again.
This is what I tried.
So, no solution yet. Interestingly, why does it happen to only somebody. I asked someone who did the IOS upgrade to 16.6. They don't have issue.
Thanks for your reply. Fortunately, I didn’t try it yet. And yea, seems like it doesn’t happen to all devices. May I ask if all you have any setting in common with me that possibly caused the problem. Something like Family sharing ( I enabled it to sharing with my kids).
Thanks for your info. I heard someone did the reset and reinstalled IOS from Apple store’s genius bar laptop. Even with that routine, the problem still exist. Glad to here that it works for you. Please kindly update us if your problem is really gone, may be another week later.
For me the GPS follows my location for a few seconds then just stays stuck even though I’m driving and still moving. It moves after a few minutes and refreshes to my current location. I’ve been missing a lot of exits and turns from this :( I’ve made sure each time that I have cellular data working and that there’s enough signal for the area I’m in. That’s never the issue though and it’s always the GPS not working.
Thank you so much. Please keep updated if your method is really works. I got almost 200GB on my phone, also some apps that already disappeared from Appstore (not sure if they will be available after reset to factory default)
I have GPS issues on my 13 pro max due to a iOS 16 update from a couple of months ago. My phone went into an Apple Store where a member of staff did their thing. Phone still has the issue. I can no longer use Waze or Google Maps to reach destinations and had to go back to using Tom Tom via its device on my windscreen. It’s like Apple is aware of the GPS error it created but don’t seem to care about fixing its problem. Cheers for that Apple. 😠
Again, I have spent hours and hours on with tier 2 support, who are talkign with engineers. but they keep coming back to me with wanting me to take snap shots of it not working, and then askign me if I am in a car with tinted windows, or near a microwave etc. just dumb, it is in the software. we have four in our family two are affected and two are not, and I think everyone is on 16.6 or 16.6.1.
I have replaced the phone, even set it up without my apps and data, and still did nto work after 15 mintues.
I am not sure if it is associated to my Apple ID somehow, as that is the only thing I used when setting up the new phone. or if maybe there are different manufactures of the phones and some are affected and some are not.
super frustrating, as it seems everything leverages locations servies these days, and I am dead in the water.
I wish I could go back to what version was out before 16/.6
EB30 - are you by a microwave? Love it! My phone is currently with the Apple Geniuses having its display replaced, as the display houses a bunch of GPS sensors. Last week they replaced all of the interior hardware components and location worked for 1 day then stopped. I'm fine with them trying to replace the display, but I am not hopeful, mainly because EB30 said they had their phone replaced (so new display) and still had problem AND it still doesn't explain why my husband and daughter are experiencing the same issue. When I get it back this afternoon, I will update to iOS 17 and see if somehow that resets something. Like EB30, I feel like 16.6 somehow corrupted something with my Apple ID. The Geniuses didn't think that because that's just an ID that houses/stores or is linked to your data. BUT, what the heck is it then?
Thanks for your info. I’m wonder if IOS 17 will work with many of my apps especially those disappeared from the App store. Please keep me updated if the IOS17 can really fix the location service bug. I’m starting to fear the IOS upgrading.
Please fix this… I can’t see the location of my child who updated their phone, but my others who didn’t I can see their location. I have to force restart my phone each day I want to use maps…. Pretty ridiculous
Thank you! Worked for me too. I upgraded to iOS 17 with my 13 pro, and almost every app was stuck. Your suggestion works fine, but now we are lacking the find my iPhone feature. Did apple clarify the situation or mentioned anything about it?
Location Services not working on iPhone
