after updating to iOS 6 gps signals are no more transmitted to tomtom or navigon

Luis,

I upgraded yesterday and unfortunately the issue remains unresolved.

Same here. iPad mini and Dual XGPS150A. Updated to 6.1.2 and the behavior has not changed. My question is this limited to trying to use an external GPS. Has anyone heard of this problem with the 4G iPads with built in GPS? If this problem is only with the wifi only devices I may just bite the bullet and fork out the additional $130 for a 4G iPad mini.

Go figure? I have an IPhone 5 and IPad Mini both with the TomTom App v1.13 installed. Navigation worked perfectly under OS 6.1 (after some initial setting changes) and continues to work under OS 6.1.2. They work as unpowered hand held devices or in unpowered cradles with the devices powered from a TomTom cigarette lighter connect Fast Charger. Nothing sophisticated and no GPS boosting technology. I have been more than happy with the outcome.

I should have added that my Ipad Mini does not have cellular capability and is purely reliant on GPS signals to get a fix. This means that (unlike the IPhone) I have to be outside to pick up GPS signals to get my current location to plan a route. In retrospect it may have been more convenient to have the more expensive cellular version of the IPad and the associated cellular network costs. Nonetheless both are great GPS devices using TomTom navigation.

I have tried everything to get this to work. IOS 6.1.2 didn't fix the problem. Every other solution seems temporary.

What seems to work best for me is:

Close all apps in background. Relaunch TOM TOM. Signal fix is immediate.

It appears that some app was either locking out TOM TOM from acquiring GPS or a priority issue.

I only found out about this today when I wanted to go somewhere, Soooo peed off. Stationary GPS was fine, as soon as you start to drive.."GPS bla bla bla!!

I am on iPhone 5 6.1.2, prevously on my 4s 5.1 without any problems.

After going through the whole forum I have to agree that it is background apps that are trying to access location services. When I found the thread about turning off the automatic time update that did the trick. But it is too much trouble constantly monitoring which apps are trying to access location services. I just sold the wi-fi mini and the Dual XGPS150a and bought a Verizon version iPad mini. I really liked the accuracy of the Dual unit, but everything is working great now (I use Waze, Google Maps, and Apple maps while tethering from my iPhone and all work fine). No data plan costs and the 4G version costs the same as the wi-fi version and a $100 external gps receiver.

Guess Apple wins this round since I had to for out for the more expensive model.

I have also been through every post about this issue.

Annoyed with Apple that they have not fixed this yet, especially after 4 pages of issues with it.

The solution for me is the same as has been previously posted:

- Deactivate automatic time update and time zone

- Turn off wi-fi (I think that this is actually the key, as it seems to give a higher priority to wifi location than external GPS devices)

- Reset location permissions and restart (very important, but I will have to try the '2x press on main button' trick)

- Start your GPS app, and now it works.

in my case iphone 3GS GPS worked until 6.0 after 6.0.1 GPS stop working and 6.1 , 6.1.2 with clean restore as new iphone also does not work , wifi issues also after 6.1 & 6.1.2 , apple does not solve these bugs in order to puss us to buy their new iphones!

Disabling the Setting Time Zone system service from accessing location services fixed it for me too.

Unfortunately there isn't much incentive for Apple to fix the problem it seems. They manufacture and sell hardware. Untill any bug affects their ability to sell hardware, it's a low/no priority. 😐

I can't believe they have not fixed this bug yet. It is a real pain to have to turn off location services, turn-off the Ipod touch, turn on the device, turn location services back on again, every time you want to use an external bluetooth GPS device (Garmin GLO). An Apple wonders why their stock has dropped $300+ a share!

I totally agree and would add that I feel very disappointed by Apple's lack of acknowledgement and progress on this issue. Some folks on this thread have abandoned their bluetooth GPS receivers and purchased new Apple equipment to avoid iOS6's defect. This is not a solution as it does not have the same accuracy. I have found that the suggested work-arounds get the iPad Touch to use the info from my Dual XGPS 150A but I still have to reset it often. Also I want to be able to use the location based features like Find My iPod and auto time zone which I have to leave switched off. Pretty poor effort Apple - I am considering alternatives.

My issue is not with external gps devices, but with the the apps in the iphone itself.

I use Tom Tom Europe, Google Maps, and Waze.

All of them show an accuracy of 200 meters.

When I try to use the gps apps I get lost on the road because they take a lot of time to say the directions

Io ho un car kit tom tom per ipod touch, e non riesco a connettermi al gps nemmeno ripristinando posizione e privicy e riavviando il programma di navigazione come da voi detto. Chiedo aiuto a tutti per poter risolvere questo problema