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« on: July 21, 2009, 07:48:26 AM »
SO if this is true GPS why do I need a phone signal for it to work? 
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« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2009, 07:56:41 AM »
Because your phone did not come with the optional Satelite Dish.  You have to be on the SaskaBellMobile network for that feature...

You're phone uses triangular algorithms to locate your position.
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« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2009, 07:59:16 AM »
Yeah.... it's  AGPS. "A" being assisted.
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« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2009, 08:03:16 AM »
gotcha thanks.
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« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2009, 08:14:14 AM »
see i go through tunnels and will have no phone signal and the gps keeps on workin perfectly.  dont even get the low gps signal bs
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« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2009, 08:17:16 AM »
I think it has both true and assisted GPS.  Most Sprint apps use the assisted GPS because it's faster, but it's also less accurate.
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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2009, 08:18:43 AM »
Well, first I believe that the GPS signal is acquired via the data signal, not the phone signal.  Not 100% on that one.

Second, because the GPS uses three different tower signals to coordinate your location, in tight spaces when one or even two towers temporarily lose you, one can carry the load for a short bit.
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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2009, 08:21:12 AM »
i belive your right on the data but it shows theres nothin in these tunnels and it dosent skip a beat
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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2009, 08:24:22 AM »
The phone probably caches a bit of the route... if you're in a tunnel, you're not going to get a gps satellite signal either. Wink
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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2009, 08:49:53 AM »
you need a data signal for the maps within the GPS app and for triangulation when a GPS signal is not present
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« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2009, 03:01:11 PM »
Your all wrong...our phone has the 3G Super Duper GPS shock your hip and turn off all your electronic devices and shock everyone in the car with electricity chip....Shhh i work for sprint dont tell anyone (Im pretending to be World 1-1)
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« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2009, 03:42:45 PM »
Quote from: Balian67 on July 21, 2009, 03:01:11 PM
Your all wrong...our phone has the 3G Super Duper GPS shock your hip and turn off all your electronic devices and shock everyone in the car with electricity chip....Shhh i work for sprint dont tell anyone (Im pretending to be World 1-1)

Are you on crack, or what?
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« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2009, 03:49:01 PM »
Well sometimes on topic is ok.  Everything doesn't need to get retarded.
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« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2009, 06:37:47 AM »
Sometimes it's not the topic that's retarted...   Huh?
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