My iPhone 6 since upgrading can’t find GPS

Hello,

Improve GPS accuracy

GPS accuracy depends on the number of visible GPS satellites. Locating all visible satellites can take several minutes, with accuracy gradually increasing over time. To improve GPS accuracy:

• Make sure that you've set the date, time, and time zone correctly on the device in Settings > General > Date & Time. If possible, use Set Automatically.
• Keep a clear view in several directions. Walls, vehicle roofs, tall buildings, mountains, and other obstructions can block line of sight to GPS satellites. When this happens, your device uses Wi-Fi or cellular networks to determine your position until the GPS satellites are visible again.

From:

About privacy and Location Services in iOS 8 and later - Apple Support

Yeah, Gus, that does nothing. There is very obviously a problem with the firmware for iOS 11. Not a single app that uses GPS still functions properly. Google Maps, Apple Maps, Pokemon Go, etc., none of them have an idea of where the phone is. Everything worked perfectly fine with iOS 10, and the only thing that changed was the upgraded firmware. Apple needs to find the problem with the firmware and release ANOTHER update to fix the problem they created. Right now the easiest way to navigate with my iphone 6 is to get turn-by-turn directions from MapQuest like it is 2004.

Hi all - I reported this problem as well, and after some deep searching, came across this solution. While I didn't do this myself (I took it into a service repair shop - not Apple, but it was out of warranty anyway) and after replacement of the antennae the GPS issue is very much fixed (along with the Bluetooth issues I was also experiencing).

Did you ever get it to work? I'm having the same issue. Updating to 11.03 didn't help either. I have seen lots of other people on different forums complaining of the same issue-- with no resolution after visiting a genius bar.

I was told by a customer a support representative to post an individual comment like this one in the forum and to also submit an issue in the actual Apple Maps app because the more instances of a problem they see, the more likely it is that they will find a solution for it.

I was on chat with them for a LONG time trying to fix it, with no results.

Yes, I am on 11.0.3 and it's still doesn't work for me. It's been a few weeks and pretty frustrating. It looks to me not a hardware issue but a software issue. I was going to visit a genius (?!) bar but after reading the comments here, decide not to waste my time there.

WiFI and Bluetooth are ON. AFAIK, the map app would use WiFi hotspots triangulation to get an estimate of the location but it won't be as accurate as GPS, that could explain sometimes I can get a rough location but it is never accurate enough to pin point the location (it would show my location off the road or highway) and cannot give turn-by-by instructions.

Doesn’t help. I have done this with all navigation based apps. Why won’t Apple just own up to the fact that it is because of a software issue that they rolled out without completely beta testing 0.1, 0.2, or 0.3? Instead they will force their faithful users to live with bugs until they can finally properly beta test 11.1 and maybe(HOPEFULLY) solve ALL of the issues, including this one. However, I continue to hold out little hope because I had the beta for 11.1 including at least one of the beta updates and my location services still wouldn’t work. Maybe they are just forcing people into upgrading to the iPhone 8 since their sales for that model have vastly underperformed what was expected. Samsung and Google are looking sweeter by the day...

Not sure if it’s the same problem i’m having but did you check to see if your data’s on? After the last update mine keeps shutting off so I have to go turn it back on a few times a day so my apps work when not using wifi 😕

I also have an iPhone 6 and ever since upgrading to iOS 11, I can no longer use any mapping apps (Google Maps, Waze, or Apple Maps) as it says ‘No GPS trying moving outdoors’. It works when I use it in my house with Wi-Fi, but does not work when I am driving. It use to work all the time when I was driving (same location) - I have done everything that has been recommended here and I still get no GPS.

Philly_phan, what do you not understand about the fact that this is not a repairable issue? This isn’t hardware related. Hardware related issues don’t just pop up immediately following an iOS update. The only way this problem gets fixed is with another iOS update or when you take it to the store and they fix it by giving you a different iPhone. You know this, you’re just too blinded by that chrome Apple to see the truth.

No need to be salty, I just don’t understand why you and others can’t accept that the almighty Apple may have rolled out a really buggy iOS. It is well documented that this is probably the smallest of the issues plaguing iOS 11.0, too...

Just to note, my problem with having no GPS did not come when I upgraded to IOS 11. My phone got wet and bricked. So I received an exact replacement through insurance. Once I had set up the new phone, prior to IOS 11, it never got GPS. Every so often, when I use Waze it'll will click into GPS and then the voice will start giving me directions because the app actually can tell where I am. So it feels more like the problem is that the phone unclicks itself from the system (turns off that feature) without the use knowing and every so often clicks it back on. It does not happen often, but if I'm driving long enough it'll click in. I totally understand the frustration. I haven't taken it to an Apple store because I really don't think they can do anything, except to upgrade me to a new phone. And I don't want to pay for that.

A buggy IOS would impact millions of users and that’s clearly not the case. Why are you absolutely refusing to go to an Apple Store to give them the opportunity to try to fix your phone? Are you NEVER wrong?

Again, I really don’t care. If you can live with the problem, I’m not going to criticize.