in Airplane mode but location still traceable?

willhub · 4 Feb 2020 at 07:22

Has anyone noticed when in airplane mode and you're actually in a plane you can still track your location on the map?

I thought airplane mode would stop this? Quite a cool thing though

willhub · 4 Feb 2020 at 08:08

So really a phone's communication won't actually affect a plane? I've turned it off before and been able to receive messages on Messenger.

willhub · 4 Feb 2020 at 13:52

Terminal_Boy said:
There’s no uplink transmission required to receive GPS data, so airplane mode doesn’t to disable it.

Was that over a WiFi service provided by the aircraft?

No, just 3g lol, it was probably only about 10,000ft up in the air maybe a bit higher.

willhub · 5 Feb 2020 at 11:59

ttaskmaster said:
Surely, you can't be serious??!!

Serious about what?

willhub · 5 Feb 2020 at 19:11

You're not making much sense, are you up in the clouds?

willhub · 6 Feb 2020 at 14:28

ttaskmaster said:
Looks like you picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.....

Sorry but I think you're the one sniffing glue with your senseless posts.