Dicky Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 (edited) Hi all can anyone help, I have Navionics on my phone and IPad but when at sea my IPad doesn’t connect to gps but works fine when at home. I even hot spotted to my phone to give it internet but made no difference. My phone always works at sea. I did used to use a smaller IPad with no issues but as can only now have 2 devices on the same account I took that on off. Could it be that my iPad doesn’t have gps ? any help appreciated, thanks Edited August 12 by Dicky GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDP Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 I think it might be using your home wifi which it obviously can't reach while away from home. You will need to connect via the phone wifi away from home and share that with other devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Did you have location/GPS switched on, on your phone. I don't have mine switched on unless I am going to use maps etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted August 13 Author Share Posted August 13 14 hours ago, Malc said: Did you have location/GPS switched on, on your phone. I don't have mine switched on unless I am going to use maps etc The settings on my Ipad seem to match my Iphone GPSguru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 (edited) On 8/12/2024 at 9:48 PM, Dicky said: Hi all can anyone help, I have Navionics on my phone and IPad but when at sea my IPad doesn’t connect to gps but works fine when at home. I even hot spotted to my phone to give it internet but made no difference. My phone always works at sea. I did used to use a smaller IPad with no issues but as can only now have 2 devices on the same account I took that on off. Could it be that my iPad doesn’t have gps ? any help appreciated, thanks Generally, only iPads that have a cellular connection have built in GPS, so if your iPad doesn't connect to the network, then it probably does not have an inbuilt gps receiver. Easy to fix, just get a bluetooth GPS device and connect it to the ipad. Usually the branded names work well, like Garmin, and Bad Elf. If you post the model number (it is on the back of the case), it is easy enough to look up. Edited August 13 by GPSguru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted August 14 Author Share Posted August 14 23 hours ago, GPSguru said: Generally, only iPads that have a cellular connection have built in GPS, so if your iPad doesn't connect to the network, then it probably does not have an inbuilt gps receiver. Easy to fix, just get a bluetooth GPS device and connect it to the ipad. Usually the branded names work well, like Garmin, and Bad Elf. If you post the model number (it is on the back of the case), it is easy enough to look up. Hi Ian It's A1822, i don't think it has it as i think it is WiFi only not cellular thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 17 minutes ago, Dicky said: Hi Ian It's A1822, i don't think it has it as i think it is WiFi only not cellular thanks Yep, that is a 2017 5th generation ipad with the 9.7 screen, and wifi only. you need to get a bluetooth gps puck, plenty on amazon. No need to go to the sort of price that bad elf want, unless you find a cheap used ( probably £40 ish). some of the chinky clones work just fine. Dicky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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