iOS 10

I'm having problems with my Bluetooth Garmin GLO (it's a device that provides GPS information to other devices that don't have an inbuilt GPS - like my iPad).

Kept disconnecting - sometimes went half an hour, sometimes only 5 minutes. Very annoying! Grrrrrr!

Apparantly it's a problem with iOS 10........why oh why didn't I leave it a bit longer to update?!

I'm having problems with my Bluetooth Garmin GLO (it's a device that provides GPS information to other devices that don't have an inbuilt GPS - like my iPad).

Kept disconnecting - sometimes went half an hour, sometimes only 5 minutes. Very annoying! Grrrrrr!

Apparantly it's a problem with iOS 10........why oh why didn't I leave it a bit longer to update?!

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i have an older ipad (OH cast off) which is sitting at IOS ver 9.3.5, i guess it wont be able to use some of the IOS 10 functionality (similar to my DIL cast off iphone).....

however, these older devices both have their own inbuilt GPS.

i didnt know that any recent iPads/iPhones didnt have GPS.

how would they drive apps like google(maps) which all rely on your location to deliver their services accurately?

Ian/Rocky, do you have 'older' kit (no GPS) yet can still be upgraded to IOS10?

OH has an older iPad2. Just goes to show that latest shiny isn't always better.

BB - with iPads you have a choice of either a 3G model (or 'cellular' as they are often called) or wifi only.

If you go for the 3G/cellular version, then you need a sim card.

Only the 3G/cellular versions have a built in GPS. The wifi versions can get an approximate position using their wifi function (I believe they do it by triangulation) but it's only approximate and dependant on wifi.

iPhones are obviously all 3G/cellular and all have GPS built into them.

So why didn't I buy a 3G version of the iPad? Well, because a) they are more expensive, b) you have to have a sim contract, so more monthly costs and c) the GPS isn't very accurate or reliable (I believe it relies on the 3G signal and as I use it for navigation while flying, that isn't at all reliable!).

An external GPS is far more accurate and reliable - normally! The Garmin GLO receives both GPS (American) and Glonass (Russian) satellite signals and it also updates itself 10 times per second, apparantly.

But it seems to have been defeated by the Apple corporation! 

Ian, thanks, that would explain the non-GPS point as my ipad is a cellular model. we chose it (as with the wife's) because we thpught we would be driving them both from one or other's 3G signal when away from wifi.....different network sims in each....

however, i managed to get a load of data with my phone sim, so we actually run it and the two ipads from the same data source.

if we need to ise a different network to mine (vodafone, thpugh its been really good lately) we can use wither ipad to share data from their PAYG sims...

right, back to IOS 10....Im assuming this is likely to be model dependent as my ipad is 'old' as is my phone....

Further to my earlier post, OH's iPad is iOS9 and showing as 'up to date', so too old for iOS10. My Macbook has started nagging me to install "Sierra".

I quite like the new format. It's like everything new, once you get used it, you accept it as normal and forget the old. 

I did not like the fact that it made our iphone se switch on every time you touched it. The older iphone 5 was not affected. It took me ages to find where to switch it off. Finally found a function raise to wake, which was set to on. Presumably designed for those who leave there phones face up on the desk. So when they pick them up, it saves a button press. For me it just wasted battery every time I moved it.

IOS 10 is an all singing all dancing up to the minute Op System designed to be used by every piece of Apple hardware.  There will be winners and losers as some legacy hardware will be more compatable than others. 

Unlike other OP systems, The Apple IOS is virtually untweekable as Apple have made it impossible to tune or modify the system to suit individual circumstances. 

So there you have it - Either upgrade any hardware where problems are occuring, or stick to an earlier version of the IOS. 

K