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The downside of buying a used iPhone
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<blockquote data-quote="MikeFromMesa" data-source="post: 1827369" data-attributes="member: 305741"><p>I admit that I am not sure about any of this, but I ran both Waze and Sygic on the iPhone 6 without a valid SIM card but connected to a cell hot spot and I noticed two things. </p><p></p><p>First, the software showed me located a long way from where I actually was - perhaps as much as a half mile, and I was in the middle of a reasonable sized city with very good cell signals. </p><p></p><p>Second, when I drove the software did not update my location except in very large jumps. That is, it showed me at home when I was perhaps 3 or 4 miles away and then, when I told it to "recenter" the display, it jumped to near my current location. The actual location was so far off that the proposed route was completely wrong. I knew where I was going, and I knew the best and fastest way to get there, but since the software thought I was somplace completely different it set up a very different routing.</p><p></p><p>I don't really understand any of this since there is good cell service where I was and there are no tall buildings. I live in the Phoenix metro area and outside of downtown Phoenix there is almost no building over 1 or at most 2 stories high.</p><p></p><p>As I mentioned the phone kept telling me there was no GPS, but my regular phone and my wife's iPhone worked properly. This evening I removed the valid SIM from my phone and put it into the refurbished iPhone to test that and it also told me that there was no GPS signal, so I assume that means there was no GPS signal and that the phone is the culprit here. I scheduled a return for the phone but before I actually send it I will call them and see what they have to say. Perhaps they can explain it, or perhaps they will just send me a replacement.</p><p></p><p>As I mentioned above the refurbished phone seemed perfect in every way. The screen was crystal clear and free of any marks, the case looked new, the OS and apps all worked perfectly (except for the navigation stuff and the No GPS message) and it seemed like a great buy at only a little over $100. I was going to give it a 5 star review on Amazon until I found the GPS issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeFromMesa, post: 1827369, member: 305741"] I admit that I am not sure about any of this, but I ran both Waze and Sygic on the iPhone 6 without a valid SIM card but connected to a cell hot spot and I noticed two things. First, the software showed me located a long way from where I actually was - perhaps as much as a half mile, and I was in the middle of a reasonable sized city with very good cell signals. Second, when I drove the software did not update my location except in very large jumps. That is, it showed me at home when I was perhaps 3 or 4 miles away and then, when I told it to "recenter" the display, it jumped to near my current location. The actual location was so far off that the proposed route was completely wrong. I knew where I was going, and I knew the best and fastest way to get there, but since the software thought I was somplace completely different it set up a very different routing. I don't really understand any of this since there is good cell service where I was and there are no tall buildings. I live in the Phoenix metro area and outside of downtown Phoenix there is almost no building over 1 or at most 2 stories high. As I mentioned the phone kept telling me there was no GPS, but my regular phone and my wife's iPhone worked properly. This evening I removed the valid SIM from my phone and put it into the refurbished iPhone to test that and it also told me that there was no GPS signal, so I assume that means there was no GPS signal and that the phone is the culprit here. I scheduled a return for the phone but before I actually send it I will call them and see what they have to say. Perhaps they can explain it, or perhaps they will just send me a replacement. As I mentioned above the refurbished phone seemed perfect in every way. The screen was crystal clear and free of any marks, the case looked new, the OS and apps all worked perfectly (except for the navigation stuff and the No GPS message) and it seemed like a great buy at only a little over $100. I was going to give it a 5 star review on Amazon until I found the GPS issue. [/QUOTE]
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