GPS position with no phone signal on 3GS

DingleRoad · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 50

As a complete newbie to the iphone I'm dead impressed with my 3 gs. The only complaint I could winge about would be the worse signal coverage than my old O2 orbit.
As such, none of the apps I have will give a position read out with out a phone signal, so I was wondering whether it was possible to get a GPS position without a phone signal, ie in flight mode

Darren · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:52 am Post subject:

You should not need a phone signal to acquire a GPS fix? Airplane Mode disables Phone/WiFi/GPS.

My 3GS will happily acquire even when the phone signal is poor or non-existent.
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DingleRoad · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 50

OK thanks, but on what aps do you aquire your fix when there is no phone signal. For instance, if I use the compass aps in a no signal area it won't give a correct lat long. I realize that anything requiring a map download won't work.

Darren · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:04 am Post subject:

GPS is OFF in Airplane Mode so no app will give you a fix.
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DingleRoad · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 50

Yes sorry, I meant no phone signal area not airplane mode.

Darren · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:12 am Post subject:

Any app that uses GPS should work when no phone signal is available?

I have Navigon and MotionX, both of them work fine as I was playing with them in my local pub garden last week. Zero phone signal there.
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DingleRoad · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 50

OK thanks, I'll get Motionx, Navigon looks a bit expensive.

Darren · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:46 am Post subject:

MotionX is a different app entirely to Navigon.

There is a MotionX Lite that is Free, grab that for testing purposes. MotionX is not a navigation app in case you thought it was?

MotionX LITE
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