Does GPS work on iPad / iPhone without cellular data?

well, the quick answer is yes, but the maps application is not the same.

Does the GPS work on the ipad 3g+wifi without the carriers? Yes, with a limitation mentioned in the video

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ipad
• iphone
• 3g
• cellural
• GPS
• assisted
• agps
• a-gps
• data
• internet
• alone

[l0keman]

My 64 GB 3G ipad does not worth without cellular data when using map programs from the app store. Like navionics marine. When I go sailing and lose my signal... I loose my gps too. Same with my iphone 4g.

[JawnMercernary]

@l0keman The GPS is constantly working, but the maps won't load. You get lat long data, but it's useless without the map. What you can do is get a map that is saved on the device for offline use. It works for me. I have an offline Vancouver map that I used without the sim card or wifi.

[dandreas1973]

its obvious that gps will work without dependent of the newtwork, you only need network (gprs/edge/3G) to load the maps, unless you have installed map like ndrive or something..this video is not a new thing actually.

[JawnMercernary]

@dandreas1973 Its obvious that this video talks about gps working without a network, and that you only need network to load maps. You comment is not a new thing actually.

[Martins2012]

Nobody in the apple store was able to answer me that. Good job. I got the wifi one, and I tether it with my 3G phone, and it still finds my location and directions works. But I don't see speed numbers.

[JawnMercernary]

@Martins2012 oh, cool. I did not know that GPS works through teathering. 

[OSS732]

You have to mention WHO LONG IT TAKES TO GET A GPS FIX without any 3G cellular connexion. It is usually very long, sometimes up to 15 minutes. The GPS chip in the iPad is abnormal in terms of GPS signal acquisition time compared to current GPS stand alone devices. This is one of the major problem with the Apple GPS fix. If you are in the middle of nowhere, i.e. the Pacific Ocean, you might need to wait a long time before you get your position.

[sgris34]

just get navigon turn off your cellular data and watch it work anyware where there is a valid gps signal!

[Felix3301]

your voice sounds just like JD from scrubs

[papcyrill]

The iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G models do have built-in GPS chips that receive signals from the global GPS satellite system to determine your location - as closely as three meters, depending the the number of satellite signals the chip is receiving. GPS in the iPad 2 is classed as assisted GPS, also known as AGPS, which enhances the performance of standard GPS in devices connected to Wi-Fi or the cellular network. The iPad 2 W-Fi + 3G may be used for the full range of apps that require detailed location

[Luigifinland]

GREAT Video thx

[dancolman]

I know GPS works on my iPhone with the Navigon App (maps pre-downloaded for all of North America), but was unsure about the ipad.

I spoke to 3 apples employees who said GPS requires 3g, always, which I know not to be true.

They were wrong, GPS isn't available on wi-fi only (only wi-fi location services, which will find you, but is NOT the same as gps), but IS available on the wifi + 3g, even without a 3g plan.

Apple is usually great with informing their employees, not this time.

[l0keman]

@JawnMercernary I figured it out. If the cellular is turned on it looks for it and won't work without a signal. So if you lose your signal you have to turn of the cellular to get the GPS to work. Otherwise it will just keep searching for signal and never get it.

[AGazaMiSeh]

Lol, you could of download a offline gps lol, like city maps 2go.

[virtuozzzo]

Of course, it works!!! Here's the explanation why - ifaq.conforge.com/content/4/13­/en/how-iphone_s-location-serv­ice-works.html