GPS Not Working in iOS5

I ve a factory unlocked 4, and since yesterday the GPS in the maps has stopped working.

The blue dot which starts off with a zoomed out area, never really homes in to the exact location. Usually when the location is locked the blue dot starts blinking in small circles, however since yesterday that has stopped happening. The location of the blue dot however does change but that happens in the zoomed out mode. It is kind of irritating and frustrating.

I ve read all the posts on this thread however ve not come across with a valid and effective solution to this problem. I did a network reset/location reset, and now all that is pending to do is do a factory reset or reinstall my phone!

Any pointers on this will be much appreciated

Hi,

I finally updated my 3GS tot 5.01 (baseband 05.16.05) hoping the problem would be solved, but unfortunately it didn't!

Very disappointing again....

Main question of me is, because this is an Apple forum, why don't we get any respons of the Apple employees about this problem. This woul d make the problem much more understandable (is this proper English??).

Everybody is still compalining, but we don't get any sollutions form Apple...so sad!

I even think we still aren't heard and are talking againt a massive brick wall!

For now my hopes are pointed at 5.1....but my thoughts say it probably wouldn't solve this problem.

0 points for Apple so af....

Apple where are you? This is not an isolated problem. HELP PLEASE!

Main question of me is, because this is an Apple forum, why don't we get any respons of the Apple employees about this problem.

We are all Users like you. Apple does not monitor these forums directly.

I fully agree that Apple is not up to the circumstances in this GPS issue. And the news of this problem spreads quickly among GPS-smartphone users.

I wonder if this "patch" can help someone. After a few months without GPS signal at all (no Google maps, outdoors apps or CoPilot) I found by chance that if a kept my 3.5 jack of my headsets plugged into the iphone 3GS, I recovered the GPS signal (not perfect but at least satelites got locked and now I can drive, cycle or run following/recording tracks quite well). It's annoying to use the iphone constanly with the headsets but ... it is worse not having GPS.

Good luck.

J

I have upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iOS 5.1 but the problem remains.

And now? What should we do?

Bonjour,

Hello,

Sincèrement, j'enrage...

I am very upset ...

J'ai un IPHONE 3GS baseband 05.16.05, non jailbreak ou autre truc du genre... sous IOS 5.1.

Depuis la mise à jour vers IOS 5.0, je n'ai plus de GPS ou de WIFI (à plus de 2 mètres de mon modem...).

Since IOS 5.0 update, i've lost GPS and WIFIfunctionality(max 2 meters from source).

Je déteste ce manque de transparence propre à Apple qui ne publie rien à ce sujet. Je déteste le manque d'information des sites et journeaux à la solde des firmes dont leurs revenus publicitaires dépendent.

On m'a fait cadeau de cet appareil et à ce prix, je ne peux pas me servir du WIFI ou du GPS...

Pitoyable.

Pitiful.

Je ne réclame pas un produit parfait, je réclame de l'honnèteté et du respect de mon statut de client.

I do not claim a perfect product, I demand honesty and respect for my customer status.

Un client très mécontent qui possède 2 iphones (3G + 3GS) et 1 ipad...

A very unhappy customer who has 2 iphones (3G + 3G) and an ipad...

APPLE, this is just marketing.

Grrrrrrrrrrr !

Well, iOS 5.1 doesn't fix the problem for me. GPS will not 'lock on' and GPS apps do not work properly.

I guess my only option is a trip to the Apple store to see how much it will cost to repair.

Since iOS 5 several of the gps apps I've used are not functioning properly. I don't think the Apple store will be of help. But if anything is resolved please post back.

t22design...

GPS works... I agree with Pappasbike, it's not necessary to ask to repair. I think the problem come from something else.

For example, let's try taking some photo activating GPS location... and YES, it's works... !

It's like WIFI, it's works but not like we could hope...

Something about baseband ?...

I think it is a baseband problem. I believe that a 5.0 beta version has broke something in the firmware.

I keep hoping that someone will notice...

For your information : a french forum talking about the same problem !

.... we're not alone...

Now Apple can not ignore us.

We need help!

PLEASE!

I hope you'll find this funny :

http://www.beijingiphonerepair.com/baseband-chip/

... THEY know there is a problem but Apple don't ?

Sorry, i miss the link to french forum...

http://www.iphonegen.fr/forums/post540720.html#p540720