iPhone 8 GPS problems

300 people out of how many?

I just got back from a trip where I used my iPhone X and GPS extensively with no issues whatsoever.

That doesn't mean you and others aren't having issues, but rather there seems to be some exacerbating factor that neither we nor Apple have tracked down as of yet - however the issue is not universal to all iPhones of whatever model.

Exactly. My phone works fine in one of my two cars. It just happens to be the car I drive that it doesn’t. If my car situation were reversed, and I noticed this once in a blue moon driving my wife’s car and need directions, I’d probably have written it off as not even a problem.

That said, if Apple’s flagship phone doesn’t work properly in what I think is the best or second best selling sedan in the US that SHOULD worry them. It doesn’t apparently. Plus, how many people in “affected vehicles” if that’s the case go out and get the latest and greatest. Probably not that many either. I’m sure even less actively participate in an Apple branded community support forum. So spare me that your phone works great, nothing to see here. 300 people alone registering a complaint in one specific place should be enough to speak to a fairly large problem. Even if it’s in the thousands, if it’s a hardware design flaw or a software bug, even thousands is unacceptable when they jump through hoops to fix an autocorrect bug in hours because it makes national news.

This is exactly why I returned my iPhone X and I encourage others to also. Its not known at this point exactly what the issue is, and therefore there could be a very long timeline before its fixed.

I'm not paid to test devices, so I'll just use my iPhone 7 until its confirmed resolved.

I should have also added I'm not willing to change cars either. From what I am seeing in this forum that may well be a solution, albeit a bit extreme. FWIW mine is a late model Sonata. I use it in a CD mounting bracket that grabs it on the sides, not a magnet. It (the gps) works about 40% of the time.

Another Sonata??!!!? That’s three on this forum and I know of another colleagues.

You’d think this would be easy to recreate in their own parking lot... which means they probably have and haven’t figured out how to solve it.

You're correct that the forum is more or less just a place to vent. I hope alot of people here have been reporting this issue to Apple. I have been.

I don't think returning it for another model will change anything. Multiple people in this forum have gone through multiple 8's, then get X's, then go through multiple X's and the issue doesn't change. It seems beyond just getting the right iPhone X or 8 that'll work.

And to add to the conspiracy I have a Hyundai Sonata as well.

Intelo2,

I tried what you said with turning the car on and off and also by moving the iPhone X away from the radio. However since the 11.2 update things seem to be better, in terms of staying on location and not wondering off and loosing the GPS signal (notification in Waze). It still seems to not actually be where I am but nearby. Also once or twice, I have stopped and the cursor kept moving through the intersection and beyond a bit then when I turned it self corrected. It is better but still not fixed fully. I did send a report to Apple about it as well.

Thanks for your feedback and video.

Does everyone have a different service provider? I have AT&T and wondered if it could be a service provider issue or a bad SIM card.

I have already had Apple replace my iPhone X once, and nothing has really changed.

I suspect that is not a factor. I had the Verizon variant of iPhone X with a cricket wireless sim card.

As soon as I placed the sim back in my iphone 7 I have a working GPS again on the 7 with the same sim.

iPhone X having GPS issues. Noticed today when using the Waze app, said I had no GPS

Apple Maps is all out of sorts as well as my go to - Google Mapss

Running 11.2

Have done hard- reboot, and deleted and reinstalled apps. No luck

Happens to me on my 8 too - Waze is borderline unusuable when driving as my position takes so long to update, and Google Maps and Citymapper are inaccurate whilst walking. Hoped 11.2 would fix this but no dice.

My issues just started today after having the iPhone X since opening weekend. the only thing that has changed for me in the last few days was adding wireless charging on Friday. Trying to go back and figure out why this erratic GPS behavior has just started. Today was horrible, had me going opposite direction at times. Same on Waze, Google Maps or Apple Maps. Very strange. Done just about everything everyone on here has suggested too.

After updating my iPhone 8 to 11.2 and testing my running apps again there was no improvement at all. Still horrible accuracy for Runkeeper and Strava, note that I was far away from buildings and in open space. As before Livelox freeze the position after 15 minutes.

It must be some of the first several production batches that are hit. I do not believe in software bugs anymore. This is a hardware issue. I can’t wait anymore now. I want a new X that is working or I want my money back! I’m writing on my old iPhone SE right now. No GPS problems, works perfectly 😡

This is basically the same response I've gotten, which I've told them I consider unacceptable.

Basically, Apple's current position as told to me is that both logs and screen records I've sent them on an 8 Plus show no software or hardware errors and that the phone is working properly and that it must be a third-party issue, which is ridiculous. If it is a third-party issue (i.e., Our phone is fine, it's your car/wallet/dog, etc. that's a piece of junk and you should replace it in order to work with our wonderphone....), Apple intends to do nothing so far as I've been told.

I'm awaiting a review of logs sent for the X, but I anticipate the same response. It takes a lot of what us New Yorkers call Chutzpah to **** on my $1,500 phone and tell me it's raining...

My bet is they won't do or even say anything unless this results in bad press. The fact that they are now aware of the problem and not even making anyone aware of it so that people can make an informed buying decision ("Gee, I never really thought about whether my freakin car was compatible with an iPhone, but it sounds like I don't really want to spend $1,500 to find out...") is just malfeasance at this point.