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iPhone 6 GPS not working

Hello there,


For just about the past year (since about iOS 9 release), my phone's GPS has not been working. When I would try to use Apple Maps, it would say my car was off the road somewhere in the grass, and sometimes many roads over. It could never keep up with me while driving. This also occurred while using Google Maps, so I knew it wasn't just a problem with the Apple Maps app.


I tried to restart the phone several times, delete GPS apps and reinstall them, fully wipe the phone and start it from scratch, etc. The problem still exists. So for a while I just dealt with it. I just used my car's GPS if I needed one. Though it always bothered me that my 128GB iPhone 6's GPS was not working. However, with the release of the game "Pokemon GO" which relies on GPS, I am quite disappointed as I keep getting an error message that my GPS signal is not detected (yes, I enabled location services for the app).


Is there some app or something I can use to diagnose my GPS antennae within the phone? I have full 5-bar (dot?) signal, and my phone is in developer/debug mode, so I can also see the detailed signal strength is -81. I have AT&T as my carrier. There must be some way to determine if something in my phone is damaged. I would go to the Apple Store, but the closest one is about an hour and a half away, so I would like to avoid that if possible.

iPhone 6, iOS 9.3.2, 128GB

Posted on Jul 7, 2016 7:11 AM

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Posted on Jan 3, 2017 9:21 AM

I FIXED the problem. Before I give you the answer read on and make sure this is what is happening to you. I was having GPS issues where the both Apple and Google Maps were incorrectly mapping my location so directions would just cease. I would drive on a freeway and the Maps program would show me off the freeway in a field a little distance away and the Maps would not provide any direction other than the message "Proceed to the starting point". This issue happened after a recent iOS update and I assumed it must be an iOS bug. Turns out that it was not an iOS update bug...


Instead, it is the antenna inside of iPhone6 that was malfunctioning. The malfunction probably was made more apparent by the iOS update but the GPS issues were a result of antenna malfunction. I called around 6-7 iPhone repair places and 2 of them said they can replace the antenna for 60 bucks. I believe that the part is called "iPhone6 Logic Board Antenna Flex Cable". Once replaced my iPhone GPS issues went away and all is back to normal.

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iPhone 6 GPS not working

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