GPS accuracy issues on iPhone 16 Pro Max

Replace the iPhone. You shouldn’t have that kind of experience with a new device. Just exchange it and move on. Good luck!

Yours sounded like a defective device to me. No reason for that, when a swap resolves the issues.

I replaced the iPhone. I hope that the new one is ok. For now no issue seen since this morning when I received it

Is GPS ok outside the car?

“iphone 16 pro max GPS inacurate

We have had a hardware test at an apple store and everything is apparently fine. Reset phone (iphone 16 pro max on iOS 18), also deleted and reloaded GPS apps. […]There seems to be no acknowledgement of this issue by Apple to date, let alone recommendations for a fix or any official response that I have seen.”

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Troubleshooting iPhone GPS:

Tried this Site?: Turn Location Services and GPS On or Off on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch -  Apple Support

See if Anything here Helps:

• If Find My Friends isn't working - Apple Support

• how to Use Location Sharing in the Find My App - Apple Support

• Turn Location Services and GPS on or Off - Apple Support

Report this to Apple...

Question is: "Just how many people have actually reported this to Apple?"

So, do your Part: Provide Apple with feedback on this, letting them know about this issue.  Apple may not get back to you directly, but the more feedback they receive on this, the more they will know what is occurring, and what bug fixes to include in updates to come. Apple will know nothing of you occurrences, if you don't report it to them.

1. Go Here: Feedback - iPhone - Apple
2. Select: "Bug Report" for the "Feedback Type"
3. Comment: on when this issue began, and how you’ve troubleshot it, this far. Include the URL of this thread
4. Proceed from there as necessary

Hello

I have exactly the same issue with an IPhone 16 Pro. The phone is new, it has only 3 weeks. In the Apple Store they found nothing wrong. 3 entire réinitialisations, still the issue. During a complete week of holidays impossible to use the GPS and I came back home and it started to work properly. I found out that the phone has GPS issues when I use one specific pair of shoes which is more isolated from the ground and also when in the car I put the phone over a plastic sheet. It seems to be some kind of electronic interference issue. I have the issue in all the GPS app (plan, maps, even a gps app that provide accuracy).

I don’t know if it’s a bug or if it’s Hardware issue on the phone. I still have the possibility to change the phone but I need to be quick. It’s a real pain because I won’t have any phone for days and I don’t know if it will change anything.

what do you think about replacing the phone?

Hi Jeff:

The GPS angle intrigues me..

For an aside, seems someone from Australia has found their iPads are

showing they've moved on restart. Only: just returned from Singapore.

Their devices all show a specific address in Maryland USA.. GPS Error?

And as of yet, their thread in ASC has no replies; half world away.

..I'm Not directly involved, a shout-out back to Community could help..

.While this regional mess will not allow me to start a New Help thread.

Sorry for the interruption; rather than simply turn page & leave, I mention

this & their iPads all Think they are in Maryland USA. Really are in Australia,

back from Singapore trip. A lengthy post with details shows in blue above.

It's 9AM here in Alaska, trying to be spring near AK Range!

.Found this search result for GPS that might be useful..(?)

PS: address shows in their iPads is an 'auto body shop' in MD USA! Thank you.

What GPS apps did you reload?

So, you’ve used the GPS and everything is good so far?

I answered. Thanks!

I made some trials and yes no issue with gps