<![CDATA[HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Other Manufacturers]]> http://www.howardforums.com/ Such as Sendo, Siemens, BenQ, InnoStream, Mitac, Mitsubishi, NEC, Ningbo Bird, Sagem, VTech, etc. en Thu, 23 May 2013 05:02:09 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.howardforums.com/images/hofo2013/misc/rss.png <![CDATA[HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Other Manufacturers]]> http://www.howardforums.com/ Eanbling A-GPS on a feature phone (for remotely locatiing the handset) http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1797980-Eanbling-A-GPS-on-a-feature-phone-(for-remotely-locatiing-the-handset)?goto=newpost Thu, 09 May 2013 05:11:37 GMT
I'm trying to understand the capabilities of feature phones to be located remotely.

I know that if I dial 911, the A-GPS unit will fire up and start looking for satellites. Where can I learn the practical details?

  • How fast typically will it acquire a fix?
  • What's the battery drain of A-GPS?
  • Is there any way of testing this short of calling 911?
  • If my phone had a clear view of a sky walking to a building, but I call 911 from the basement, does A-GPS help me at all?
  • How can I trigger A-GPS to get better position reports without calling 911?


I can easily get a quality position report on the location of a smartphone... but can I do the same on a feature phone? Are there differences in accuracy between Kajeet, Sprint Family Locate, Verizon Family Locator, and MobileLocate?

It seems this would require a phone that can receive an SMS to trigger the GPS, which would then return a quality report back via SMS. Do any extant feature phones have this capability, or are feature phone makers really trying to jumpstart the smartphone market :-)?
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