IPhone 3g GPS doesn't work

Hi everyone,
I got a iPhone 3G the day it came out, and the GPS worked fine, now it doesn't.
Go into maps, press the target button, and it just goes round and round.
Location services is ON. I am in an open area where I should be getting a signal.
Please help!
Thanks,
Felix

I had the endlessly spinning target button today, but I think it was because I was indoors in a large building, so it might have been stuck trying to find the GPS satellite signal. I tried again a little later and it worked when I was indoors, though it was fairly inaccurate.
If you're in an open area, I'm not sure. Did you have cell-coverage in that area? Because both cell coverage and some satellite coverage is (i think) necessary to get a good fix and download the maps.

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