Updates on iOS6, iPhone 5, and more...
Just a few quick updates from the Bad Elf team. The last few weeks have been pretty exciting in terms of Apple news...
iOS 6
We've tested the Bad Elf GPS (30-pin plug-in) and GPS Pro (Bluetooth) accessories with iOS 6, and there are no known compatibility issues. The current app runs fine on iOS 6. We will be updating the app soon to take advantage of the larger screen and the new Bluetooth discovery/pairing APIs.
iPhone 5
Our new iPhone 5 arrived today, and we are very happy to report the GPS Pro is working great with Apple's best-selling iPhone to date. It will take a few weeks for us to work thru the MFi process to officially claim full compatibility with the iPhone 5, but signs are good!
New Lightning Connector
We haven't been able to get our hands on a Lightning-to-30pin adapter cable yet, but as soon as we do, we'll post an update on compatibility with the plug-in Bad Elf GPS. We're expecting it to work fine and to be a good solution for people who are upgrading to the new iPhone 5 or iPod touch (5th generation) when it becomes available later this fall.
Coming soon...
I just got back from 5 weeks of business and vacation travel in Asia and Spain, and used the GPS Pro to record some of my adventures. I'm very happy to report that the real-world GPS performance and battery life have been extremely good in a variety of conditions and vehicles (train, car, plane, boat). During the next week I'll post some logs and images from these trips to give you a taste of the GPS Pro in action.
It’s definitely an iOS bug, not a ForeFlight or Bad Elf issue. But we understand your frustration and for most people who run across this, they only need to do the workaround procedure once. Every time is not acceptable!
We’ve renewed our effort to get this resolved in iOS – will report more as we move it thru the Apple support process.
Thanks for your patience.
-Brett
Wow, I just figured a way to make it work correctly and consistently on my iPad.
In the iPad settings under Location Services and then System Services, turn off all system services’ use of location services. After lots of experimentation this morning, it seems that the Setting Time Zone causes the problem on my iPad, but I am leaving all of them off anyway.
I can now shut off the iPad and turn it on again, and Foreflight successfully enables location services and gets data from the external GPS.
Hope that helps!
Brent
Thanks for reporting back. We actually had another customer run across the iOS bug last week after upgrading to iOS 6.1.2. We had them try these steps yesterday and they did the trick. So something else seems to have changed in 6.1.2.
I will post back to this thread if/when we have any updates from Apple.
Best regards,
Brett
I had the same problem as Bill Batman 27. Sep, 2012 at 18:34 and a reboot of my Ipad2/iO6 and reboot of Anywhere freedom map repaired the problem.
Raylon
Does anyone have a permanent fix for this problem? The issue happens on my iPad ever time, unless I turn off location services before turning off the iPad, then remember to turn on location services again after booting the iPad.
Needless to say, it’s easy to overlook these pat your head and rub your tummy steps ever time the iPad gets turned off and rebooted.
It’s obviously a Foreflight/iOS6 issue, but even with the latest version of Foreflight and iOS6 the problem persists.
I have tried removing/reinstalling Foreflight with no success.