GPS works in Flight Mode?

[winsos1000]

Tomtom works very well on my TILT. But as long as Flight Mode is turned on, no satellite can be found. Is this a ROM limitation, or a software limitation, or a hardware limitation. Is there a hope to fix it? Or did I make any mistake? Thanks.

[pyraxiate]

Tomtom works very well on my TILT. But as long as Flight Mode is turned on, no satellite can be found. Is this a ROM limitation, or a software limitation, or a hardware limitation. Is there a hope to fix it? Or did I make any mistake? Thanks.

Hmmmmm think about this one for a second. Flight mode is made to disable ALL radios when in an airplane so as to NOT cause interference with the Pilots Instruments. GPS is a type of radio, therefore "Flight Mode" disables GPS as well as Wifi, Bluetooth, and Cellular radios.


Simple Answer........ Its SUPPOSED to disable GPS while in "Flight Mode"

[winsos1000]

Hmmmmm think about this one for a second. Flight mode is made to disable ALL radios when in an airplane so as to NOT cause interference with the Pilots Instruments. GPS is a type of radio, therefore "Flight Mode" disables GPS as well as Wifi, Bluetooth, and Cellular radios.


Simple Answer........ Its SUPPOSED to disable GPS while in "Flight Mode"

Thanks for the reply. Then it is possible to disable phone and GPRS while keep GPS working?

[hoyter]

Over the thanks giving holiday, I was able to use the GPS with flight mode on.

The GPS would not pick up a signal unless I held the phone to the window. Signal dropped immediately when I would pull the phone away.

Edit-I flew if you did not pick that up.

[kilrah]

GPS works perfectly fine in flight mode here.
Where were you? If on an airliner, you rarely get any GPS signal in there, the metal hull acts as a good shield and prevents signals from reaching in. Even with a good receiver, you will have some signal at some point if sticking the receiver on the window, but usually it's unreliable and it will regularly drop. Forget about acquiring a first fix inside too, if you want to standa a chance make sure the GPS is on and has a fix before entering the plane.

Hmmmmm think about this one for a second. Flight mode is made to disable ALL radios when in an airplane so as to NOT cause interference with the Pilots Instruments.
Simple Answer........ Its SUPPOSED to disable GPS while in "Flight Mode"

Disable all TRANSMITTING radios - GPS only receives, so no problem there.

[spip72]

Hmmmmm think about this one for a second. Flight mode is made to disable ALL radios when in an airplane so as to NOT cause interference with the Pilots Instruments. GPS is a type of radio, therefore "Flight Mode" disables GPS as well as Wifi, Bluetooth, and Cellular radios.


Simple Answer........ Its SUPPOSED to disable GPS while in "Flight Mode"

Actually I disagree. Flight Mode is supposed to disable all radio transmitters on the phone, so that it does not interfere with the airplanes electronics. But since GPS is only recieving, and not transmitting, there is no need to turn it off. The GPS satelites will be transmitting signals no matter what the setting is on your phone, and thank god for that - the airplane is likely using the GPS for navigation.

Regards,
Spip

[pyraxiate]

Actually I disagree. Flight Mode is supposed to disable all radio transmitters on the phone, so that it does not interfere with the airplanes electronics. But since GPS is only recieving, and not transmitting, there is no need to turn it off. The GPS satelites will be transmitting signals no matter what the setting is on your phone, and thank god for that - the airplane is likely using the GPS for navigation.

Regards,
Spip

Then I stand corrected. I never use flight mode these days because of the wonderful communications manager we get. I just click on what I want on or off. Its the easiest and most efficient way to have running only what I want on and killing my battery.

[anoano]

GPS/TomTom works perfectly in Flight Mode, I used it many times this way.

[winsos1000]

Thanks for the discussions.

I googled and found a possible solution to use GPS with phone disabled. One can set up a Simcard Pin. After rebooting the phone, you will be asked for the pin number, press "cancel". By doing this you disable only the phone service but GPS is supposed to keep running. At least I got it worked once this morning.

In flight mode, TT doesn't work in my case. The software says "no signal (flight mode)". But it's not gonna be a problem if the above solution works. Will try it again later and report here. The weather is not good here now in NYC :-).

By the way, I am doing it not for saving battery. I will travel abroad in the next month. It is important for me to have GPS work in flight mode, because the the locked device is not compatible with simcards from local carriers.

[parleyp]

Thanks for the discussions.

I googled and found a possible solution to use GPS with phone disabled. One can set up a Simcard Pin. After rebooting the phone, you will be asked for the pin number, press "cancel". By doing this you disable only the phone service but GPS is supposed to keep running. At least I got it worked once this morning.

In flight mode, TT doesn't work in my case. The software says "no signal (flight mode)". But it's not gonna be a problem if the above solution works. Will try it again later and report here. The weather is not good here now in NYC :-).

By the way, I am doing it not for saving battery. I will travel abroad in the next month. It is important for me to have GPS work in flight mode, because the the locked device is not compatible with simcards from local carriers.

Just unlock it. It isn't hard. You can usually get the code from your carrier.

[Flying Kiwi]

Tomtom works very well on my TILT. But as long as Flight Mode is turned on, no satellite can be found. Is this a ROM limitation, or a software limitation, or a hardware limitation. Is there a hope to fix it? Or did I make any mistake? Thanks.On my device (HTC TyTN II not a Tilt) TT6 works while flight mode is on as long as TT6 is started before turning flight mode on. It's only if I attempt to start TT6 while flight mode is already on that I get TT6 telling me it won't do its thing because of flight mode.