My iphone 5 gps is bad. It follows me about once every 20 seconds.

I have had 3gs, 4 and wife has 4s. They all followed me perfectly in the car.
The iphone 5 I have strays off the road and picks up my position about once every 20 seconds.
I have reset the phone as new phone, reset location settings, rebooted, to no avail.
Navigon 'always' wants to simulate my route.
Phone shows me about 1 block from house even outside in the open.
I held my wifes 4s AND my phone in each hand, and ran an app called 'GPS Status'.
She shows status as 'excellent fix', even in the house. Mine shows Bad Fix, and Poor fix.
I would say the gps radio in the unit is bad, or not working correctly.
I have an appt with the Genius bar near my work Tues 9/25. I hope they can exchange this for a
NEW phone (dont see how there would be any refurbs yet).
I am still within the 30 day exchange/return, as I just got it Friday 9/21.
If I have any problems with the exchange as this is hard to test inside a store, they just have
to take my word on this. I can always return it and buy it when the phone is available again
I suppose if you have to return an item you will get your UPGRADE (199$) back to purchase
another or this same phone in the future as you shouldnt have to use up your upgrade price if the item
is returned..
chris

fixed. exchanged in apple store. works perfectly on new one now. oddly enuf old 5 had the 2 tiny torque screws missing on the bottom. Anyone else had this happen ?

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