IPad GPS failed?

[vyv_cox]

I have an iPad2 with wifi and 3G connectivity. Navionics app for the Mediterranean has been working well until very recently. Now it fails to find us, often defaulting our position to what I assume is the nearest 3G transmitter. IPad system is a total mystery to me, can anyone point me in the right direction to restore it, please?

 

[nigelmercier]

Settings | Privacy | Location Services must be on. Also check the app is enabled in the list below.

Could also be a glitch in the app, try Maps to see if that works.

 

[vyv_cox]

Could be the answer. Location services is on but Navionics is not in the list. Can I enable it from the iPad?

 

[duncan99210]

Sounds silly, but we got the Internet connection sorted by shutting the iPad down and restarting it. If its some sort of glitch with Navonics, the shutting down and rebooting may do the job.

 

[Woodlouse]

Most sudden problems with Apple products can be fixed by rebooting. I think you shut down by holding down the sleep button then swiping the shut down bar when it appears after 5 or 10 seconds.

 

[Behome]

Reboot by holding down the off and home buttons until the Apple icon appears.

 

[benw]

You will need to select Navionics in your location services list. If it not selected it will most likely use your last known location .

 

[northwind]

I have an iPad2 with wifi and 3G connectivity. Navionics app for the Mediterranean has been working well until very recently. Now it fails to find us, often defaulting our position to what I assume is the nearest 3G transmitter. IPad system is a total mystery to me, can anyone point me in the right direction to restore it, please?

Mine has been useless today, I recently installed a navionics update, it seems to be crashing the gps / location services on my ipad, tried reboot ipad, no improvement.

 

[ribrage]

Mine has been useless today, I recently installed a navionics update, it seems to be crashing the gps / location services on my ipad, tried reboot ipad, no improvement.

+1 had nothing but heart ache with it last week on a 140 mile leg it crashed numerous times and lost gps position constantly , before the upgrade it had been working fine all over the world .

Currently in saigon vietnam and its working intermitantly with a seperate gps feed, im not reliant on it obviously but it was a nice to have , easy to see in the wheel house display ...hey ho

 

[vyv_cox]

Thanks for the input. I have rebooted countless times, no improvement. I believe I cannot enable the program without connecting to iTunes on the laptop, which I do not have here. GPS is currently displaying my position on both Maps and Navionics but experience to date has been that this will not continue. I will continue to monitor.

 

[ukmctc]

I have an iPad2 with wifi and 3G connectivity. Navionics app for the Mediterranean has been working well until very recently. Now it fails to find us, often defaulting our position to what I assume is the nearest 3G transmitter. IPad system is a total mystery to me, can anyone point me in the right direction to restore it, please?

Garmin do a nice GPS and cheap too that would be better.

 

[noelex]

Sorry to hear about your problems.
Its worth persisting with all the suggestions as most of these are software errors, but if it is a hardware problem, many crusers use one of these with their non GPS equipped iPads, so it should solve the problem.
They connect via Bluetooth, or plug into the port, depending on the model.
http://bad-elf.com/

 

[vyv_cox]

Garmin do a nice GPS and cheap too that would be better.

I have a Garmin 2010 which is brilliant, more than can be said for the cartography, which by Garmin's own admission is rubbish in the Greek islands. The Navionics fills in the gaps very nicely but it would be more useful if it knew where we were.