For those who did a ipsw upgrade or reinstall with iOS 12 beta 2 does your gps work?
I did OTA and gps doesn’t get correct location unless I put wifi on.
I really hope Apple fixes this soon! Hopefully beta 3 fixes it today!
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GPS Issues?
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For those who did a ipsw upgrade or reinstall with iOS 12 beta 2 does your gps work?
I did OTA and gps doesn’t get correct location unless I put wifi on.
I really hope Apple fixes this soon! Hopefully beta 3 fixes it today!
Reset your network settings, that worked for meFor those who did a ipsw upgrade or reinstall with iOS 12 beta 2 does your gps work?
I did OTA and gps doesn’t get correct location unless I put wifi on.
I really hope Apple fixes this soon! Hopefully beta 3 fixes it today!
This doesn’t work for everyone. I have tried all the stuff posted. Nothing has worked for my iPhone X.
I never turn wifi off.
Sound to me like you are located by local wifis only, not the gps receiver.
Here's my experience:
I have had intermittent GPS issues with my X. Some times it will get a correct lock instantly, some times it will bounce around heavily (like a 4-5 mile radius) and then lock on a wrong position. Citymapper seems to be better than Google maps but this could've just been the luck of the draw.
I have had intermittent GPS issues with my X. Some times it will get a correct lock instantly, some times it will bounce around heavily (like a 4-5 mile radius) and then lock on a wrong position. Citymapper seems to be better than Google maps but this could've just been the luck of the draw.
This has pretty much been my experience, as well. I turned off Wi-Fi before going to lunch (now) and I was guided flawlessly. Other times, not so much.
Just ran that app. Shows everything is working but can’t located any satellites
Waze never locates me
Used Waze on the way home from my lunch appointment...worked fine as well and no sign that GPS was an issue.
Same GPS issue, its not app its the phone firmware doing it even apple maps is same
Thanks for the trust...
No affiliation. Just saw the app mentioned on a forum and have used it ever since. Think it was this forum, actually...
FWIW:
I reinstalled using the ipsw file, I did not wipe my iPhone and all my data was intact.
My gps connects bang on with my wifi turned off... so far so good. But will know more after tomorrow. Let’s hope this solved my problem.
I reinstalled using the ipsw file, I did not wipe my iPhone and all my data was intact.
My gps connects bang on with my wifi turned off... so far so good. But will know more after tomorrow. Let’s hope this solved my problem.
FWIW:
I reinstalled using the ipsw file, I did not wipe my iPhone and all my data was intact.
My gps connects bang on with my wifi turned off... so far so good. But will know more after tomorrow. Let’s hope this solved my problem.
thats good to know, ill most likely will be doing the same thing tonight
FWIW:
I reinstalled using the ipsw file, I did not wipe my iPhone and all my data was intact.
My gps connects bang on with my wifi turned off... so far so good. But will know more after tomorrow. Let’s hope this solved my problem.
It works for me, until few days later its starting again...
I wasn’t having any GPS issues for the first week running beta 1. Then it started happening. At first I thought it was a compass calibration thing but that was short lived and no troubleshooting listed has resolved it for me. Fingers crossed for beta 3!
Apple hasn’t delivered iOS 12. You’re talking about it like it’s the currently supported version of iOS. Have at it.
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There are, of course, limits to your point: if Apple delivered a publicly available beta with a non-functioning keyboard or always completely purple screen, it would look pretty dumb. The GPS issue isn’t as extreme as those examples, but is certainly farther out the spectrum than, say, an occasionally misfiring haptic feedback function. The question is: how far out the spectrum does an issue need to be before Apple elects not to ship a beta build. Some of us have argued that really wonky GPS, for want of a better description, may be far enough due to potential life-safety concerns. Apple chose differently and hopefully had good reasons for doing so.
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I'm not sure what your point is. My point was that if the keyboard or screen thing were affecting very large numbers of the developer beta population, I don't think Apple would ship to "public" beta testers. I suppose I could have made that more clear. I'm not talking about the scattered problems here or there, but rather on the scale we've seen with this issue.