Yes, but do you have a SIM card in the phone and are you getting a cell phone signal (now or recently)?
The question is whether one can get a GPS location when there is no cell phone signal of any kind available, only WiFi.
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Using GPS Overseas (With an U.S. AT&T Iphone)
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Yes, but do you have a SIM card in the phone and are you getting a cell phone signal (now or recently)?
The question is whether one can get a GPS location when there is no cell phone signal of any kind available, only WiFi.
still no GPS
Dave mentioned earlier that the 3g uses A gps (assisted gps). This is true but it also uses gps (non cell tower or wifi hotspot). Just read the apple website: http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/gps.html
Also, in the US I don't have a problem getting my GPS location AND I've never had AT&T service - I don't even have a sim card in it. So I can't communicate with cell towers. Making A-GPS irrelevant (except for wifi hotspots). Not sure what else do to here. I'm in Egypt right now and GPS doesn't work.
Dave mentioned earlier that the 3g uses A gps (assisted gps). This is true but it also uses gps (non cell tower or wifi hotspot). Just read the apple website: http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/gps.html
Also, in the US I don't have a problem getting my GPS location AND I've never had AT&T service - I don't even have a sim card in it. So I can't communicate with cell towers. Making A-GPS irrelevant (except for wifi hotspots). Not sure what else do to here. I'm in Egypt right now and GPS doesn't work.
