Verizon Navigation and Data usage
I have, for the last week, used my S4 routing quite a bit while on vacation in an unfamiliar area this week. It has been 6 days since my monthly reset and I show just over 1.1 Gb of my 2 Gb allowance....
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schneid wrote:
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With TomTom, Co-pilot and others, your maps are on board. Take about 2gb of storage.
This is the key. You need to find a navigation app for your phone that stores its maps locally instead of constantly downloading map data as you drive.
I use Co-Pilot, its maps require around 2GB of storage but they only get downloaded once. If you're concerned about data usage download and install when connected via wifi.
Another important reason to have the map data stored locally is that you can still navigate when you don't have a cell signal. With Verizon or Google you need a cellular connection for the map data. The gps function itself doesn't rely on having a cellular connection.
