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GPS does not work after installing 2.0.1

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sowlerrmgh

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Oct 26, 2004
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I installed the 2.0.1 update this morning and ever since the gps has not been working on google maps. The tower triangulation does not work either. I have tried restoring my iphone but it has not fixed it.

Does anyone else have any advice or is anyone suffering from the same problem? It is very annoying because i used the GPS feature most.
 
mine doesn't work either

London, UK

(never jailbroken etc, using on o2 iPhone contract)


i did and update...did anyone restore from scratch?
 
That's pretty weird. My GPS works fine, even after I updated to 2.0.1

I'm in San Francisco, California
 
I think mine still works. Although it took a longer time to get the blue dot on my current location.

I'm in Orange County, CA
 
mine's still working here (50 miles north of london)
although it was slightly inaccurate, but i was inside
 
For me, the location service is spotty when I'm on UMTS, but works perfectly when I'm on Edge. :confused: Perhaps the Skyhook database is incomplete for 3G towers? Or assisted GPS for some reason doesn't work well with UMTS?

Anyway, I think there must also be a software problem. Even if the cell tower positioning via Skyhook doesn't work, you should still get a GPS lock after a while. But in some cases the busy-indicator just keeps spinning and you never get a lock.
 
I have now managed to get mine working by turning off location services in the settings menu and then turning them back on again.
 
Mine works indoors, only if am connected to wifi, or ouside. My blackberry detects the position instantaneously although it hasn’t got GPS

I am in UK.

This is clearly a software issue.
 
Same here..ARGH!

Im in Louisville, KY and my GPS is also no longer working after new update
 
The GPS signal is fine. Don't forget how much being inside, cloud cover, weather can effect signal reception.
 
I thought

Hmmm...I thought something might be wrong with mine. I got it new yesterday and it triangulated my position in the flat last night (although I suspect not by GPS).

Had patchy coverage all day because 02 was porting my number across and then it won't work at all this evening. Cell coverage has been fine, both Edge and 3G, Google Maps works, but the location thing - nothing!
 
Turning off 3g

Hello all,

I too have had an issue with location services since I upgraded to v. 2.0.1 last night. When i try to use location services in Maps and have 3G (with full bars), It just continuously searches but never find me. When i turned off the 3g and used maps, it found me within 5 secs.

Hope they figure out how to fix. None of the apps I have, including the Camera ask me to use it anymore since it cannot find me. :mad:
 
That's so weird that alot of you are having problems. I'm pretty sure they changed something though, because mine is significantly BETTER after the update. I never had any real problems before, but after the update, the gps is locking on AT LEAST twice as fast as before (like 5-8 seconds now instead of 15-20 seconds). It also seems to be more accurate and tracks my position a bit smoother.
 
Still works on 2.0.1

<-Located right where it say's I am. Kinda creepy that I can watch the dot move with me as I move around my Condo. That's almost too accurate. :D
 
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