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Hi all, I bought a used iPhone 6s recently, and it has been working fine until now. With WiFi off, the phone only has a rough idea of where I am, showing +/- several hundred meters. For comparison, that’s my entire housing estate. With WiFi on, the phone knows what street I’m in. However, previously the phone could pinpoint my location accurately. Taking it out Geocaching today, it was clear that the issue wasn’t due to houses or trees. Without WiFi and a weak 4G signal, the phone was completely lost - unlike before. Would this be fixed by replacing the GPS antenna, or is the GPS chip dead? Thank you!
That’s hard to say because you bought this phone used. That means you (and we) don’t know the history of the device. It may have received several impacts over it’s life, or been exposed to water or even previously repaired. The more we know about the phone, the better. It could be antenna related or it could be logic board related. Ultimately, this phone needs to be opened up and inspected. First you isolate the easier, modular issues (antenna, connectors etc) and then you look at the logic board itself. Take a look at this guide.
I fixed my problem by accident. I think the no gps fix started around ios10 and lasted till now. But when i was fiddling with my mail settings, noticing the odd | new data: ‘push’ | option at the bottom of the accounts and password page in ‘settings’. . Could that be the culprit? I flipped the switch and instantly gps had a location fix. So: to turn on gps location fix just flip ‘push’-button to ‘on’ under settings - accounts and passwords’ - new data : push>
iPhone 6 Antenna Flex Cable Replacement This will fix your GPS errors, I did it today and my GPS is now pinpoint accurate.
