iPhone 4S - INACCURATE GPS LOCATION

[lians60]

Hey guys,

I'm having issues with my GPS location, its very inaccurate at times.

The inaccuracy occurs mostly when im indoors. In at work it will say i am 1.5 miles away from my actual location. When at my girlfriends house, it will say im 10 blocks away.

However, when using her iPhone3g the GPS location is spot on, this is the same case when using all 3 of my coworkers iPhone 4's.

Is the 4s GPS faulty or could it be specific to my phone?

Please help!

BTW - I have Sprint, and live in NYC

 

[neutrl]

Hey guys,

I'm having issues with my GPS location, its very inaccurate at times.

The inaccuracy occurs mostly when im indoors. In at work it will say i am 1.5 miles away from my actual location. When at my girlfriends house, it will say im 10 blocks away.

However, when using her iPhone3g the GPS location is spot on, this is the same case when using all 3 of my coworkers iPhone 4's.

Is the 4s GPS faulty or could it be specific to my phone?

Please help!

BTW - I have Sprint, and live in NYC

Mine works excellent and I'm with Sprint in Philly...


Could be your device, or the buildings in NYC depending on where you're at....

 

[zekkragnos]

I'm having the same problem, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't

 

[Roessnakhan]

Who is your carrier? When I had Verizon and my Droid X, my GPS location was consistently off, or the range was very broad. AT&T has always been pretty accurate.

 

[RotaryP7]

Honestly, could be faulty. My 3GS used to have the same problem. It would work on and off. Never had the issue with the 4 and now the 4S. I'd take it to the Apple store. Tell them what's wrong.

 

[SirStrumalot]

lol if this is true, the guy who used Find My Friends to spy on his wife/girlfriend should probably re-evaluate

 

[Kadman]

I've only had my GPS produce significantly inaccurate data when I was in a hotel room on the 25th floor of the Bellagio Casino in Vegas. I attributed it to the structural materials of the building and possibly the elevation. Is this happening in a variety of locations or just someplace particularly challenging?

 

[lians60]

I've only had my GPS produce significantly inaccurate data when I was in a hotel room on the 25th floor of the Bellagio Casino in Vegas. I attributed it to the structural materials of the building and possibly the elevation. Is this happening in a variety of locations or just someplace particularly challenging?

It happens mostly when i am indoors.

This is very frustrating!

 

[FreakinEurekan]

It happens mostly when i am indoors.

This is very frustrating!

GPS does not work indoors. Location services on your phone will use a variety of data sources. If you're outside, you'll get GPS position (from the GPS satellite constellation) and your location will be accurate within a few feet.

If the phone can't get adequate GPS signal (needs clear view to at least 3 satellites), then it falls back to secondary methods of determining location - triangulating on cell towers, and WiFi location databases.

You're probably getting WiFi location, which is placing you based on the IP of the router. It can be off by MILES.

 

[lians60]

GPS does not work indoors. Location services on your phone will use a variety of data sources. If you're outside, you'll get GPS position (from the GPS satellite constellation) and your location will be accurate within a few feet.

If the phone can't get adequate GPS signal (needs clear view to at least 3 satellites), then it falls back to secondary methods of determining location - triangulating on cell towers, and WiFi location databases.

You're probably getting WiFi location, which is placing you based on the IP of the router. It can be off by MILES.

Thing is, every other iphone 3g, and iphone 4 i've tried had no issues. Also, my blackberry had never had this issue before.