Using a stand alone smart phone as a GPS
I still have a dumb phone but have been reading threads on here about how folks are using their smart phones(I phones and Androids) and downloading the Co Pilot APP for $10 and using it for a GPS. Fro...
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mileshuff wrote:8iron wrote:
A smartphone does not need cell service for the GPS to work. It has a dedicated GPS chip for this.
What phones have such a chip? Every smart phone I've owned including my current Samsung S4 rely on cell towers for position, not GPS satellites. Without phone signal the GPS stops working.
clicky
