R redvolvodavid macrumors newbie Original poster Nov 1, 2007 9 0 May 3, 2010 #1 So, from the best buy guy, he said that I have to have 3g service for the gps to work. Is that true? Will it still use triangulation even without the service paid? Anyone tried this?
So, from the best buy guy, he said that I have to have 3g service for the gps to work. Is that true? Will it still use triangulation even without the service paid? Anyone tried this?
P phillyred79 macrumors regular Mar 12, 2010 212 21 May 3, 2010 #2 GPS will work fine without the 3G service being activated or even turned on.
scottness macrumors 65816 Mar 18, 2009 1,368 5 Room 101 May 3, 2010 #3 Not required. Triangulation won't work, but simple gps will.