JMBasquiat
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It's not impossible to latch onto satellites inside a building, but it is difficult to maintain that connectivity.
GPS function is independent of your cellular service. regardless you have a non working sim (out of service area/country), doesn't even have a sim in it, or on flight mode, it just work when you turn on the location option in the Nokia map/ drive setting menu. In short, as long as you have the required map, you will be able to navigate when you get the minimum GPS signal.
Did you not even read the thread? I posted a screenshot of Nokia Drive refusing to work on my no-sim Lumia 920 and you keep saying it doesn't require a SIM.
Technically it doesn't, but Nokia's implementation does. That's the difference here.
Did you not even read the thread? I posted a screenshot of Nokia Drive refusing to work on my no-sim Lumia 920 and you keep saying it doesn't require a SIM.
Technically it doesn't, but Nokia's implementation does. That's the difference here.
Do you have your maps downloaded for offline use?
I use it all the time when travel, with or without sim.Huime is right ... my Lumia 920 works well without SIM card - YES, I just tested Drive+ and it catched GPS signal almost imm. (without SIM card) ... but I do not know what is wrong with your Lumia 920 ...
Seeing as Drive won't even open without a SIM, I can't download the maps even if I wanted to.
Everybody can test it easily ... disable your WLAN (wi-fi) and disable your cellular data connection, then you are OFFLINE (no any data from internet) ... and check that your location service is enabled and you have downloaded a country map where are you just now ... and then, open Nokia Drive+ or Nokia maps .... if you open Nokia Drive+, it will state "looking for GPS" and then, it will catch GPS signal (green arrow) ... remark: Nokia Drive+ can be used online or offline (change from settings) ...
EDIT: - it is harder to get GPS signal, if you are inside in building ... so you should go outside to check it ...
Not that easy man...the point is not if it works without data connection but if it works without any cellular signal. I understood that Lumia 920 uses A-GPS as well as other smartphones. It means that not only GPS satellites are used to locate yourself but a combination of GPS AND Cellular Antennas signals are used to determine your location.
So, we have to take off the sim card of the phone to test. And even if it works I still have doubt if at least from a very first time it is needed to be connected to a cellular antenna to acquire/accurate the position. I.e. maybe when traveling abroad we have to connect our smartphone at least once to a cellular network or a wifi to acquire our position and so we will be able to navigate without any data and cellular connection.
The Lumia 920 uses a-GPS, as well as the Russian equivalent. Traditional GPS, when in a new location, can take up to 15 or 20 minutes to properly fix your location by acquiring the right satellite signals.Not that easy man...the point is not if it works without data connection but if it works without any cellular signal. I understood that Lumia 920 uses A-GPS as well as other smartphones. It means that not only GPS satellites are used to locate yourself but a combination of GPS AND Cellular Antennas signals are used to determine your location.
So, we have to take off the sim card of the phone to test. And even if it works I still have doubt if at least from a very first time it is needed to be connected to a cellular antenna to acquire/accurate the position. I.e. maybe when traveling abroad we have to connect our smartphone at least once to a cellular network or a wifi to acquire our position and so we will be able to navigate without any data and cellular connection.
Not a concern at all. OVI/nokia/here/whatever they call it now does not need any form of assist other than the GPS/Glonass chip itself. Even my oldie 5800 gets a lock within a minute.Not that easy man...the point is not if it works without data connection but if it works without any cellular signal. I understood that Lumia 920 uses A-GPS as well as other smartphones. It means that not only GPS satellites are used to locate yourself but a combination of GPS AND Cellular Antennas signals are used to determine your location.
So, we have to take off the sim card of the phone to test. And even if it works I still have doubt if at least from a very first time it is needed to be connected to a cellular antenna to acquire/accurate the position. I.e. maybe when traveling abroad we have to connect our smartphone at least once to a cellular network or a wifi to acquire our position and so we will be able to navigate without any data and cellular connection.