Iphone 3G S map could not detect my current location

hello everyone, i just bought my iphone 3G S last january and all went well until 3 weeks ago when my map could not detect my current location...whenever i push that circle picture to detect my current location, it just keeps on connecting but wont detect at all...my internet is fine...but my only problem is my current location cannot be detected...please help me solve my problem...thank you and God bless you everyone!

rhowan_jacky wrote:
hello everyone, i just bought my iphone 3G S last january and all went well until 3 weeks ago when my map could not detect my current location...whenever i push that circle picture to detect my current location, it just keeps on connecting but wont detect at all...my internet is fine...but my only problem is my current location cannot be detected...please help me solve my problem...thank you and God bless you everyone!
I have the same problem sometimes when inside my house, on some occasions it shows the wrong location (1/4 mile out), when it does this, this is because it cannot get a GPS signal and instead triangulates the cellular network for a location. On other occasions it does not get GPS signal.
Has soon as I go outside the Map works fine and shows my exact location.

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