Well, it looks like the iPhone isn’t out of the woods yet. Since the recent 2.0.1 update, my phone has been running faster, typing has gotten smoother and my apps crash much less often. However, some users are reporting many issues with the phone’s GPS system.
It seems both the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G are affected, though no one knows for sure if the update is truly to blame for the problems, which consist of everything from errors to failure. For some, the GPS continues to search but never finds a location.
Plus, some GPS outages and problems were reported prior to the update, as well. Even so, it seems awfully suspect for one to install the latest update and immediately experience a GPS outage, don’t you think?
[via EngadgetMobile]
I also never had a problem with the GPS until after the 2.0.1 update. I’ve had a couple times now when it triangulates using cell towers or SkyHook WiFi, when GPS should be used (outdoors, with great view of the sky).
that’s odd, I’ve been using the iPhone 3G in a lot of places around the country, even in Maui this past week and haven’t experienced any issues with the GPS.
What’s really odd is that the Original iPhone doesn’t even have a GPS in it.
The 2.0 and 2.0.1 updates suck anyway. My iPhone is buggier than ever. It crashes or freezes at least once a day now, the typing is unreliable and my signal constantly sucks. NONE of these problems were in 1.1.4 and earlier.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IM HAVING IS THAT MY GPS IS SLOW IT TAKES FOREVER FOR THE MAP TO APPEAR
[boys], check what apps you install — remember that there are a lot of shitty apps in the AppStore.
On the contrary, the update seemed to be beneficial to my iPhone which before it had problems in finding current location and froze quite often.
Is the Jesusphone using the REAL Global Position System’s satellites? Or cell phone tower triangulation?
Video out that worked before the update now with the new 3GS and updates to 3.0 to 3G the video out has a bug it doesnt work……..