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jefftk
on Oct 6, 2014
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Hundreds of Devices Hidden Inside New York City Ph...
I think most people just leave wifi on; constantly turning it off and on is annoying, and you get better GPS when it's on.
morpher
on Oct 6, 2014
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Friendly pedantic clarification: you get better
location
accuracy when WiFi is on by combining access point location databases with the GPS signal.
jefftk
on Oct 7, 2014
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While I
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using "GPS" as shorthand for "automatically determined location", technically doesn't the GPS receiver work better/faster when your phone already has a rough idea where you are?
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