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Dupdopy Interesting! Did not know such app exists. Thanks a lot, will explore it.
Still open to any comments, maybe someone experienced same issue and found a solution.
I have an RM-983 (AT&T version), and I had the same issue when I was on travel in Europe. I had pre-downloaded the maps of Switzerland, and I knew my SIM wouldn't work there since I have Cricket. When I had WiFi, I was able to get both WiFi and GPS satellite positioning. Without any data at all, I had no GPS satellite positioning. It was very frustrating. I'm not sure what the deal is/was. I ended up getting a prepaid Salt SIM with daily unlimited data for $2/day, after which my positioning information came from satellite and was reliable. Technically, there should be no reason to require an active data connection to receive GPS positioning. Without data however, it could take up to 12.5min to locate you, as most phones use AGPS or assisted GPS to both narrow your position and download the GPS ephemeris data. Either it's a hardware issue, a software bug, or something AT&T did.
I used this app to track where we went. Awesome app, and the pro purchase of $2 was worth it to export our GPS tracks to PC for viewing in Google Earth.
https://forums.windowscentral.com/e?...token=KHsBY5Dd