Poor GPS reception in IPhone 3GS, am I the only one having this problem ?

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Poor GPS reception in IPhone 3GS, am I the only one having this problem ?

Since I have many problems with GPS drop outs and poor signal strength errors when using navigation software for Iphone 3GS firmware 4.0.2.
First I reset my Iphone completely and installed all apps from scratch, but this has not solved my problem.
I now tried several tests to compare with both an Android phone HTC Desire and a very old Symbian phone Nokia E65. Neither the Nokia E65 or HTC Desire have any drop outs in the GPS reception while my Iphone has several dropouts, making navigation horrible.
Am I the only one having this problem ?

IPhone 3GS, iOS 4, .

Posted on Sep 1, 2010 1:22 PM

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Sep 1, 2010 2:14 PM in response to Jake8821

Unfortunately, you are not the only one (I personally use TomTom with car kit). This is one of the numerous bugs introduced by iOS4 and this one has been reported by many in this forum. Be careful not to use your iPhone based navigation system in a foreign country, due to high roaming costs ! I had to use it and nearly had an heart attack when reading the invoice.

Apple doesn't care. Unfortunately, I have to care for my budget.

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Sep 1, 2010 5:23 PM in response to Jake8821

You are not the oly one !
This bug is one of most noticible in iOS4, in addition to fast battery discharging.
they are upgrading soon (8 sept 2010) to 4.1 for 2 new features, I hope that the remove battery & GPS bugs.

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Sep 2, 2010 1:28 AM in response to Jake8821

But my problem is not specific related to IOS 4.0.2, I have always had this poor GPS reception problem.
Is it a general issue with the GPS chip in the Iphone 3GS (32GB) ?

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