I received the following from Verizon about my phone. Looking at the Verizon link and the further Homeland Security link, I see no info on the severity of the problem and if it is short term or permanent. Any Ideas? Ten bits sounds like planned obsolescence. Verizon offers that a good fix is to buy a new phone.
Starting November 3, 2019, for specific devices sold between 2006 and 2016, users may experience Global Positioning System (GPS) location-related issues due to the GPS Week Number Rollover. Voice, text and data services will not be impacted by this rollover.
GPS accuracy may impact the performance of navigation applications used on these devices. For additional information, please visit verizonwireless.com/legal/notices/global-positioning-system/.