Anybody have credible knowledge/confirmation of the iPhone acting as a wireless base station/repeater when OFF? or ON but not in active use? (in other words, the iPhone functioning as a mini cell tower all the time, even when "powered down")? Grateful if you have something to share. Also curious about any information about why the battery cannot be removed in an iPhone?
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iPhone as wireless repeater, base station?
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it doesn't act as a repeater. They are constantly transmitting data with towers, but they do not act as repeaters for other cell phones.
The battery is removable, you just have to disassemble the phone. Apple says it should be this way, and so it is.