Iphone gps is jumping around locations and not working well
GPS on my iPhone has not been working very well across all applications, not just the maps.
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Hello and welcome to Apple Support Communities, Ses120.
If I understand your post correctly, location services is not functioning as expected with multiple apps on your iPhone. Being able to find your location is important for many reasons. I'd like to help.
Try these steps:
If you can't find your current location on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services and make sure that Location Services and Maps is set to While Using.
- Make sure that you set the date, time, and time zone correctly on your device. Go to Settings > General > Date & Time. If possible, use Set Automatically.
- Restart your device.
- Make sure that cellular data or Wi-Fi is on and that you have an active connection.
- Try a different location or switch to a different Wi-Fi network.
Location Services uses GPS, Bluetooth, crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot, and cellular towers to determine your location. Learn more about Location Services on your iOS device.
See the full article here:
Get help with Maps
You can also reset Location Services by using the steps below:
If you would like to reset all of your location settings to the factory default, go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset Location & Privacy. When your location and privacy settings are reset, apps will stop using your location until you grant them permission.
About privacy and Location Services in iOS 8 and later
Let us know if that resolves this issue for you.
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Take care.