iPhone 3G GPS issues

[amardilo]

Hi does everyone's GPS work on their 3G iPhone?

I could not get GPS to work on my iPhone and I went over a load of stuff with Apple support including turning thing off and on, reseting network settings and restoring the firmware but I still can't get it to work.

When on WiFi or Edge (not got it to work on 3G yet) it does pinpoint my location but it thinks I am in the sea near Canada.

I have tried GPS in several different locations including outdoors in clear open areas with clear sight to the air.

Anyone have any idea's on getting it working?

[chrism_scotland]

Seems like there have been reports of faulty handsets as far as the GPS and 3G go, the issue where it thinks you halfway round the world is not isolated.
Some guy in the States had his telling him he was in Hong Kong!

[amardilo]

I got my iPhone replaced but I am still having the same issue with the replacement.

I was starting to fee like I am just too stupid to use the thing.

[chrism_scotland]

Originally Posted by amardilo

I got my iPhone replaced but I am still having the same issue with the replacement.

I was starting to fee like I am just too stupid to use the thing.

Nah I think there are some issues with the iPhone 3G, although unlike most companies I am confident Apple will actually sort them!

[oasismark]

Mine seams ok, i was walking the dog last night and had the gps on just to see how good it was, and it was no more than a few metres away at all times.

I wonder if you could have other people iphone gps positions on your iphone?

[hutch]

Have you tried it outside or just inside?

[davemulheran]

how are you guys testing the GPS?

[gastroboy]

Originally Posted by oasismark

Mine seams ok, i was walking the dog last night and had the gps on just to see how good it was, and it was no more than a few metres away at all times.

I wonder if you could have other people iphone gps positions on your iphone?

That would be pretty sweet, just to see other dots running around near you. Although there would be heaps of problems with it.. (like - you'll be a prime mugging target). Maybe only if you can see your friends or something. Someone should make an app for this.

[sim667]

My friends wasnt working, but kicked in after a couple of days..........

Im still waiting for my iphone, let alone the GPS!

[amardilo]

Originally Posted by hutch.

Have you tried it outside or just inside?

Both. I know the GPS won't work in doors but I tried anyway to see if it would work with WiFi which it sort of did but I wasn't in the sea somewhere near Canada which it somehow thinks I am there.

Originally Posted by davemulheran

how are you guys testing the GPS?

Lots of different ways.

Firstly I tried several different locations near where I live. Including vast open areas such as fields and lakes (no trees or buildings blocking any view to the sky), built up city centres (again tried to find a spot close to the sky), outside my home in my garden and in a car on an A road. I also tried these locations with a TomTom 520 and the TomTom spotted my location within a few seconds.

I also tried several different setting like having 3G on and off and WiFi on and off.
I tested with different firmware (if you do a restore in iTunes the version number goes up from 2.0 (5A345) to 2.0 (5A347)).

I tried resetting the network and carrier settings.

I made sure that the date/time and international settings were correct for the UK (according to Apple these need to be correct otherwise when it tries to compare times with the sats/servers and they are vastly off it won't work).

I have turned off all radios and tried and then just turned on location services.

I have tested the mapping service with different radio and internet technologies in different locations including 3G (didn't work), EDGE (did work however again it said I was in the sea near Canada also it was extremely slow), my home WiFi (using an AirPort Extreme Base Station and a BT HomeHub and again did work however again it said I was in the sea near Canada) and using 3G (didn't work).

I am not sure what else to try. I have had several phone calls with level 1 and 2 app reps and had an appointment with the guys at the Genius bar at the Apple Store in Milton Keynes and still have had no luck getting it working.

The only application I am using to spot my location is Google Maps and I am clicking the button on the bottom left hand corner which looks like a cross hair. Also I am not trying to get turn by turn directions (as I aware that's currently not possible) but I would like a marker to spot where I am. Most of the time when it tries to find where I am the icon in the bottom left just spins around for ages and most of the time keeps spinning well after the screen has turned itself off.

Anyone have any ideas for things I could try?

[llol_slim]

out of interest .. can someone explain how you make the map zoom in close on your specfic location? I did it last night, but now when I try to update it, it's still hovering over my home as apposed to my work. When i click the "locate me" button, it zooms right out over the entire town.. If I double tap within the blue target circle, then it zooms in over my house.. (I'm not there!!)
I have done it before as we tested it when we drove down to cornwall, but Icant remember how to do it ...

EDIT: I was inside

[coops233]

Had the same problem now its working.

Go outside (only works upstairs in my house) and go to -

Settings
General
Turn Auto-Lock Off

Try your GPS and it should now work. You can now put Auto-Lock back on and it will still work.

I think it is a bug.

Apple told me to take it back but a guy on this forum helped me.

[amardilo]

Originally Posted by coops233

Had the same problem now its working.

Go outside (only works upstairs in my house) and go to -

Settings
General
Turn Auto-Lock Off

Try your GPS and it should now work. You can now put Auto-Lock back on and it will still work.

I think it is a bug.

Apple told me to take it back but a guy on this forum helped me.

Thanks for that I'll give it a go. I'll set Auto-Lock to "Never" and test it out in an open area.

Do you need to do anything else (like turn location services on and off)?

[coops233]

just turn auto lock off - that's it.

[oasismark]

All i do to test is go to maps and tap the circle, bottom left,