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iPhone 2.1 OS and GPS location problems – What’s wrong and how to fix it

Categories: Apple, iOS / iPhone OS, iPhone
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 at 11:22 AM
iPhone 3G GPS Problems

The iPhone 2.1 OS, billed as the iPhone firmware to fix all your iPhone stability, security, and battery woes, was recently released by Apple for all iPhone and iPhone 3G customers. Ironically, we’re hearing reports that the iPhone 2.1 OS is actually breaking one of the iPhone 3G‘s headline features – GPS location mapping, to be precise.

For those of you experiencing iPhone 2.1 OS-related GPS problems, you’ll already be well aware that Google Maps just doesn’t seem to want to zero-in on your GPS position. Those blue crosshairs show your general position, but the little blue dot that shows your pin-point GPS location just never shows up. It’s frustrating, to be sure, but keep your head up, sport. Here’s how you fix your iPhone 3G’s broken GPS functionality:

  1. Navigate to Settings > General > Reset on your iPhone 3G
  2. “Reset All Settings”

Did you expect the iPhone 2.1 OS GPS fix to be hard or something?

Happy iPhone-ing!

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  • david in stockholm

    Did not work for me but erased all my sound settings, personalised alerts etc. Thanks for wasting my time.

    I hate this phone nothing works properly.

  • Verne Brewster

    hi,
    upgraded two phones that worked with gps before and now they don’t
    reset all and no change

    Verne

  • Retrocool

    didn’t work for me either, just wasted loads of my time. Does this work for anyone or is it just BS?

  • ON

    Did it, worked for 2 days, now GPS is gone again…

  • Ric from TX

    This crap is ridiculous. I’ve never had so many issues with a phone. This is Apple’s doing, not AT&T. I’m a big Apple fan but this phone and its issues are just ever evolving.

  • David

    My gps hasent been workins since I updated my phone to 2.1 and doing a full reset dose not solve the problem …! I hope the next update will …

  • Doran Doran

    I called iPhone tech department and he had me reboot my iPhone (hold the home button and on/off switch till I saw the little apple on the screen – IGNORE THE MESSAGE SLIDE TO .. . .) and then I could do GPS.

    After reboot I was seeing “3G” next to my signal strength bars. That did the magic. He said there are so many variables that can cause this.

  • Dave

    I’ve done all of these “fixes” and they work for a while (1/2 hour, 2 hours, maybe part of a day) then it’s right back to the same old blue-crosshairs and no blue dot. GPS is definitely broken in 2.1

  • iozzy

    my freaken gps says I’m in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
    I’m actually in Salt Lake City, Utah!!!
    What is wrong with this?

    May the jailbreaking cause this issue?

    I dont even see the BLUE DOT anymore.
    It works fine like once a week and I really need b/c I just moved here from California.
    Please help!

  • robpearson

    BS, wasted a s**t load of a lot of peoples time, hey if you do not know your ass from your elbow, don’t advertise it..2.2.1 update totally blows..
    I am getting sick of Apples entitled BS

  • robpearson

    Hey Will Park, your sitting on your elbow…