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Old 07-03-2019, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by glend View Post
The difference between the etrex and the phone is pretty small in my experience. And if your in a place without mobile coverage, say a dark site like Bretti, then GPS always is the
only choice.
The latter is not true. Set your phone to 'Device only' instead of the default 'High accuracy'. The latter is not a high accuracy at all and some apps even can't handle that. Device only os only dependant on satellites and not on cell coverage at all, so it just works like an etrex.
Even on the plane above the ocean, when the phone is held near a window, the GPS works flawlessly.
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