GPS not working after update to IOS11

You have a fair GPS signal. As you note, not very precise.

Check again when you first get up in the morning. If no signal at all, probably a software problem.

How’s the signal if you go outside with no overhead obstructions?

Same with me. To be accurate, GPS is working but GPS navigation is not working with iOS11. I really want to downgrade to iOS 10.3.3 but I could not find how to without buying 3rd party software. Apple should admit this glitch and allow users to down grade to iOS 10 for iPhone 6 users. Or please find solution for the next round of iOS update.

Thanks.

Hi AppleQer,

I bought the GPS diagnostic. (It's actually kind of cool for $2.99) After trying it, no satellites showed, never ever, not even one. Again I tried resets, and reboots (didn't do another re-image / aka factory reset). All the GPS I could get was assisted GPS (GPS-A) without the sats. If I put the iPhone in airplane mode, then the position would not update. (GPS still works in airplane mode on my 6+).

Seeing how I'm going on an international trip on Friday, I had no choice but to either scrap the phone or try the SIM hot swap.

Ok, I did the SIM hot swap trick, exactly as you specified:

"take SIM out, shutdown phone with SIM out, restart phone with SIM out, put SIM in while phone is on; make sure you are in range of cellular signal the whole time), 3) start up GPS Diagnostic outside, standing still and wait 30 seconds without refreshing"

After restarting the iPhone 6s, I reinserted the SIM module, and after about 30 seconds while watching the GPS diagnostic, all the 3 satellites , and 4+ bars came up to nearly 100%. They even work indoors now, and better than my older iPhone 6 plus (which also is on 11.4). Hot inserting the SIM apparently doesn't cause any damage as far as I can tell.

So far the GPS is working reliably and perfectly. Thank you so much!

Based on this experience, I can say at least in my case that this is NOT a hardware issue. It has to be related to 11.X, and is an issue in 11.4, and 11.3.1 as those are the to firmwares I had an issue with.

Apple, are you reading these posts? Please log a bug report.

My GPS issue with my 6S seems to be resolved now. I finally got all the parts and tools from ebay and I've replaced the GPS antenna myself. It was my first time opening an iPhone but it wasn't that hard at all. You just need the right tools as everything is really tiny.

GPS signal gets really strong and fast now. In case it fails again, I'll report here again, but I consider this issue as fixed by replacing the device.

Turn WiFi on and leave it on for at least ten minutes. Then check gps.

Yes there is an update to address some gps. iOS 11.1 is currently in beta and should be released anytime between now and November 3rd usually around 12:00 pm central time. It worked for me.

What will apple store do if there is bug in ios. How can apple leave a bug in such an important thing like GPS.

Updated my 5S to 11.1. Whatever bugs Apple fixed with this update, the GPS problem is not one of them. No change, very annoying.

That makes sense. It is not a 6. The issue is correlated to 6 and below iphones.

Just got off a 2 hour long chat with a senior assistant and he said this exact same thing. Apple is stalling or trying to get us to buy the new phone. I am not doing that. I am buying Android now..