Q: 1 possibly 2 GPS questions
I was under the impression that you had to initiate a GPS lock on your phone with whatever app you wanted to use if you knew you were going out of range of any cell service and that you could keep that lock once you left the world behind. Now I am reading with GPS apps for the phone that you can get a lock in the middle of nowhere with out any cell service or wifi. Granted I am under the impression that it would just take longer since it is an assisted GPS. So questions
1. If my phone is completely off. I travel to some remote place with no signals whatsoever and I turn my phone on and open a GPS app.. Can it still get a lock on me?
2. If my phone is in airplane mode does the GPS still work? Because I have only had a minute or two to test it but I drove to work in airplane mode and pulled over before I got there and opened the app and it still locked on to me.
That's it. Thanks for the help guys.
PS. I know about getting the offline maps and the apps that let you get driving directions without internet. Thanks
iPhone 6, iOS 8
Posted on Apr 29, 2015 8:21 AM
