I've been reading on other sites that people are complaining about GPS accuracy. Just curious how bad it is.
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GPS issues on iPhones
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Mine is fine but I've been seeing people posting with lots of accuracy issues. They have replaced their phones, reloads, restarts and even a couple of sim card replacements and they are still seeing it. It appears to be all models from the 7 on up to the X. I know that at least 2 of the posters had said their phones were made in a plant in China while mine was made at Foxconn plant 17 wherever that is. I'm just putting the poll up because I'm curious.
So then it would appear to be an iOS 11 issue, not the hardware if it going back to the iPhone 7. Apple will more than likely fix it in iOS 11.3.3.
Yes, GPS on my 7 Plus seems very flaky, and many times late telling me to turn after I already passed the intersection etc...
Seems like its not accurate and doesnt lock good signal like previous iphones.
Seems like its not accurate and doesnt lock good signal like previous iphones.
What part of the country are you guys in? I am in Central New York, works fine. Maybe we can get this down to a regional issue, though I still feel this is definitely an iOS 11 issue.
Both my iPhone X and my dads 8+ Say we are 4 buildings away from where we actually are.
iPhone gps has been poor for years now.
iPhone gps has been poor for years now.
I am having my phone replaced for the third time due to issues with GPS. It seems much worse than my iPhone 5/6s/7+
I've had my X replaced twice and still have issues. It happens for me when it is mounted on my dash while driving. Only the X, my 6S that I use for work has no issues in the exact same use. Apple is pointing the finger at Hyundai after several calls and chats with support. Apparently "the iPhone is working as it is supposed to" if I'm not having issues with it outside of my car.
Wow, way for Apple to deflect on this one...laughable! You should ask to speak to an Apple Senior Advisor and you will get a better response than that, and they will let the engineering team know of the issue. I know I have said it several times, however, I think with iOS 11.1.3 OR at the latest iOS 11.2 they will fix it. I am with my buddy who has an iPhone X, and I have one as well and both have our exact position in Apple Maps. I even had my buddy hop in his car and drive around a couple of blocks a few times, and I did the same AFTER putting our iPhone X's in AirPlane Mode so the GPS signal would have to be reacquired and it nailed our position(s) again.
If it is a hardware issue, then Apple is going to have quite a big issue on their hands or maybe not since not many people have been complaining about the GPS issue.
Also, I hope you are all reporting this to Apple at: bugreport.apple.com
Also, didn't Apple always say that their GPS could be as far as about 20 feet from you, or it can be a lot closer. A lot of things effect GPS accuracy.
I got my third iPhone X. Using it for navigation, while on foot, is just as bad as with the previous two units. When I say bad, I mean bad compared to my old iphone 5/6s/7+.
Driving accuracy this way it doesnt tell you to turn after you passed a street or exit and cause you to either drive around and do a uturn for nothing or cause an accident when you have to turn at the last second.
Off course its not a weapons GPS system but after many years of previous iphone models GPS use I expect it to work more reliable that it currently does.
I've read other people talking as much as 50 to 100 feet off. To me 16ft +/- isn't bad. It isn't military grade but 50 to 100 is too much of a difference. I personally only use it occasionally. If I want to be more specific I use my Garmin but I'm not on the roads as much anymore as I have come out of field so it's not that big a deal. If I'm in the woods then it's a big deal but I have a handheld GPS unit for that. I would never dream of relying on my cell phone for GPS out in the woods.
For me it will lose my location for a half mile or more and then relocate eventually. In Waze the current speed reading won’t function for several minutes and I get a no GPS error onscreen. In MileCatcher entire drives will not register or if they do, the mapped drive will show crazy errant routes away from my actual route.
Every GPS I've seen including Garmin, original vehicle GPS and GPS on my various IPs lag, especially when making a 90 degree turn.
I been using all kinds of gps systems including handheld and ones in smartphones for over 15 years now.
The newest gen iPhones have are very unreliable gps.
Even the iPhone 3G and 3GS had better and more reliable gps than current/newer iPhones.
It just sucks now and it's making me drive around for nothing and missing exits and streets and then telling me to turn when it's too late.
That's usually caused by being in an "unmarked" gps location such as a street not in the data base or leaving from say a mall parking lot, leading to "proceed to the route".
I’ll be on the freeway and then it’ll just venture me off of it into a field or a side road but keep me going in the same direction. Like the marker is running parallel to where I actually am and where it was correctly before it got all wonky
Here is a link to the Apple Support community forum, where people have brought up the same issue.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8081112?start=195&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8081112?start=195&tstart=0