I use Waze several times a week in my 2018, and have never had an issue with it.
iPhone X and GPS
Hi, Anyone on here have an iPhone X and use apps that need GPS?
I use Waze a lot, but since buying my L405 the app barely works at all. Apple recently changed the phone but the problem persists.
Searching online it seems that some cars interfere with the GPS tech inside the phone.
Anyone had the same issue?
I use Waze a lot, but since buying my L405 the app barely works at all. Apple recently changed the phone but the problem persists.
Searching online it seems that some cars interfere with the GPS tech inside the phone.
Anyone had the same issue?
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I think the issue is the wifi on your phone. I have an iPhone 7, but I noticed after the last update the wifi doesn't turn off when I leave the house. It stays connected and then thinks I do not have internet access. Manually turn off WiFi when you get in your car and see if it works. (swipe up from the bottom of the screen and you can quickly turn it off there).
Thanks both. I'll give that a go workdog
There are two versions of the iphone x. If you have the unlocked/verizon one then you have the better GPS, if you have the intel one that is sold with ATT and some others, they've had a lot of issues with the GPS in those. If the GPS works except for in the car then I suppose it could be the car, but most likely its the phone.
I only use the GPS in the truck. It's illegal to even touch your phone while driving, here in Georgia. I find that, along with the Sirius/XM traffic, the JLR GPS works great to steer me around traffic.
There was a lot of GPS problems when iOS 12 launched. It wasn't really hardware-specific, the problem was with the software. I have a Tmo X, my friend sitting next to me with a Verizon X late summer and we competed whose phone would display the weirdest locations. Also, this problem appeared on other iPhones, not just the X.There are two versions of the iphone x. If you have the unlocked/verizon one then you have the better GPS, if you have the intel one that is sold with ATT and some others, they've had a lot of issues with the GPS in those. If the GPS works except for in the car then I suppose it could be the car, but most likely its the phone.
These problems were fixed by subsequent updates.
They had major software issues too yes... where it wasn't even turning on the GPS and then just using cell tower triangulation which obviously had horrible accuracy... but the intel chipset are also just less accurate for some reason... so even when they are working they are off by a few more meters than the qualcomm chipsets. Not as noticable usually, but some were worse than others, I ended up getting mine replaced after the software issues didn't fix, the new one is better but still not accurate if you are hiking or off road and the map can't "snap to roads". I'd probably bore you with the details, but suffice to say, I'm very annoyed with my X. These are not cheap devices, they shouldn't be cutting corners on stuff like that.... the newest ones they even dumped the qualcomm all together and they are all intel... all because of some sort of cost or lawsuit thing so I heard. IMO, they are not worth the premium price. I'll probably go back to android again but its hard to find one I like there too... the build quality of the cases seems almost universally bad IMO.
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