Geotag on photos not working on iphone 12 with IOS 17.5.1

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hoteltwo Author

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Geotag on photos not working on iphone 12 with IOS 17.5.1

None of my last 200 photos are showing GPS info on my iPhone 12, IOS 17.5.1

Location Services is ON - Camera is set to "While Using the App"

iPhone 12, iOS 17

Posted on Jul 27, 2024 3:34 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 1, 2024 9:03 AM in response to hoteltwo

Did you do a Forced restart?

By GPS info, do you mean there is no map, or that the map doesn't include location text?

You could go to Settings>General>Transfer or Reset iPhone and choose Reset. A bit scary, but the next screen asks what to reset, and you can choose "Reset Location & Privacy." If most of your stuff is pretty much default, like mine, that might be fast and work for you.

I'd try that and see what happens...

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Answer 2

Aug 1, 2024 10:26 AM in response to hoteltwo

Does maps show your location?

Maybe the GPS chip is broken?

Any GPS jammers nearby??

Is the iPhone time set correctly? Set the date, time, and time zone correctly on your device. In the Settings app, tap General, then tap Date & Time. If possible, turn on Set Automatically.

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Answer 3

Jul 30, 2024 1:01 PM in response to hoteltwo

What have you tried? Have you done a forced re-start?

Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

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Answer 4

Aug 1, 2024 10:48 AM in response to hoteltwo

A diagnostics will tell you that. On the Apple support app you should be able to run the diagnostics if unable to just call Apple support and they can do it over the phone.

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Answer 5

Aug 1, 2024 10:37 AM in response to hoteltwo

Have you moved these to a computer and used ExifTool to examine the data?

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Answer 6

hoteltwo Author

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Aug 1, 2024 8:54 AM in response to Richard.Taylor

Did restart couple of times. Went to Location Services - Was on. Location Alerts set to Show Map in Location Alerts. Went to Screen Time, then Content & Privacy Restrictions - was on. Below that under Privacy- Location Services set to ALLOW & under that ALLOW CHANGES is checked. Went to Settings, MAPS and LOCATION was set to WHILE USING the app.

Am I missing something?

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hoteltwo Author

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Aug 1, 2024 9:47 AM in response to hoteltwo

I volunteer & am one of the editors on the Historical Marker Database. When adding photos I have taken of a marker, the website uses the EXIF GPS coordinates to add the GPS coordinates to the marker page. I have been doing this for 11 years with iPhones 4S, 5S, 8 & 12. On the iPhone 12 have been doing this since I bought it years ago for thousands of markers. Just in June/July & those 200 photos (and continuing to now), the actual GPS coords are not there. I forgot to mention that I also done the Reset Location & Privacy to fix this & I just did it again and shutdown and restarted the iPhone. Still no GPS coords. Can't think of a setting that would have done this....

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hoteltwo Author

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Aug 1, 2024 10:34 AM in response to hoteltwo

Does maps show your location? Apple, Google & Waze ALL show my current location. I used all three for navigation to the states where I took the photos and to/from my house in AL (some 3500 miles)

Maybe the GPS chip is broken? If true would above answer disprove that?

Any GPS jammers nearby?? The photos were taken in OK, KS, CO, NE, & MO over a 2-week period. None show GPS

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Answer 9

hoteltwo Author

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Aug 1, 2024 10:46 AM in response to hoteltwo

Yes, all photos are now on my MacBook Air M2 (2022). I have been using two separate EXIF apps to check for GPS coords. Have tested both with older photos and GPS does show up. Thanks for staying with this. Anything I can do to check for a defective GPS chip?

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