ilygor

Q: gps is not working

Hello! Made a reset of all the content and preferenses on my iphone 4s. Then i tuned it and tried to use maps. When i open maps, i am said that iphone is unable to get my location. And all the apps are unable of getting my current location! How to get my gps working? 

iPhone 4S, iOS 5

Posted on Jan 2, 2012 3:28 AM

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  • by Greenleaff,

    Greenleaff Greenleaff Jan 2, 2012 4:00 AM in response to ilygor
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    Jan 2, 2012 4:00 AM in response to ilygor

    Hi ilygor

     

    You need to receive wireless connection or mobile Internet in order to get your location , gps doesn't work without Internet connection unfortunately , at least to my iPhone

  • by ilygor,

    ilygor ilygor Jan 2, 2012 4:38 AM in response to Greenleaff
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    Jan 2, 2012 4:38 AM in response to Greenleaff

    I have 3G working but gps is not working!

  • by brad805,

    brad805 brad805 Jan 2, 2012 9:01 AM in response to ilygor
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    Jan 2, 2012 9:01 AM in response to ilygor

    Check that Data is ON. Tap Settings App>General>Network>Cellular Data, make sure it is ON. And also functioning.

  • by ilygor,

    ilygor ilygor Jan 2, 2012 9:44 AM in response to brad805
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    Jan 2, 2012 9:44 AM in response to brad805

    I have everithing working!

  • by Doc Martin,

    Doc Martin Doc Martin Apr 19, 2012 6:59 AM in response to ilygor
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    Apr 19, 2012 6:59 AM in response to ilygor

    re problems with non functioning or innacurate GPS on iPhone

     

    I have had this problem with my 3GS and had tried all the software resets and fixes.

     

    Having read another post on this forum I opened my phone ( see Ifixit.com) and pressed on connector 6 (which is labelled as such).

     

    Even though this did not appear to be loose it has completely fixed the problem ( which had rendered Satnav etc completely useless)

     

    I have see other reports of the problem resolving spontaneously, after banging the phone and after changing other components and I imagine that this lead tends to come loose when the phone is knocked about giving no or an intermittent connection with the GPS aerial.

     

    This seems a more plausible cause than OS problems. Which should affect all phones equally

     

    I hope this helps other users

  • by sonmezfromsausalito,

    sonmezfromsausalito sonmezfromsausalito Mar 20, 2016 12:42 PM in response to ilygor
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    Mar 20, 2016 12:42 PM in response to ilygor

    Hello ;

     

    I have an iPhone 6 that I bought from USA when I was in exchange program. My navigation stopped  working . It does not lock on me. It stops at same place that I started and it becomes grey. I do not know why I did not bought an apple care for this device although I used to. I went to the apple store in Istanbul and they wanted me to pay 1100 Turkish lira (350-400$) in order to get a replace. It is not fair. I was planning to buy iPhone 7 in October 2016. So could you please find me a logical solution. One more thing is that my warranty is expired in the October of 2015 but Apple retail store in Istanbul says, they are not able to fix that device because it came from USA.

     

    I also tried to restore from iTunes and set as a new iPhone and same thing happened.

     

     

    iOS : 9.2.1 (13D20)

    IMEI of this device: 35 206506 104011 6

  • by hjonpark,

    hjonpark hjonpark Aug 23, 2016 3:53 PM in response to ilygor
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    Aug 23, 2016 3:53 PM in response to ilygor

    Try this. It worked for me: SETTINGS>PRIVACY>LOCATION SERVICES>SHARE MY LOCATION>make sure "Share My Location is toggled to ON position. If you find it to be in OFF position, then there's your problem

     

    Doing this fixed my GPS problem. People who tried to help but couldn't: 1]Apple technical support over phone (two different agents); 2] Genius Bar reps (3 different "geniuses" at 3 different Apple Stores). They recommended the same old strategies: cold reboot of the phone, "Reset All Settings", "Erase All Content and Settings", "Reset Network Settings". None of these worked