05-05-2013, 06:14 PM
GGD wrote:
[quote=onthedownlow]
Do GPS functions or GPS-enabled apps work reliably on the phone, still?
I asked the same thing in the previous thread. When you're away from WiFi, does the phone know where it is? Can it find it's location on a map.
And also are you sure that you can access the internet when you're away from WiFI.
Those are two critical things that are needed in order to function, and verifying that they work would rule them out as a possible cause.
And additional thing to check is to make sure that you can reach Apple's icloud servers when away from WiFi. Do you have an iCloud email account? Can you send/receive email from it when using cellular data instead of WiFi?
He is not home currently. I will check those things as soon as I can. Would that be doable by simply turning his wifi off?
I do not have an iCloud email account but will set one up for a test.
I'm more baffled by his situation. Mine has always been somewhat crippled since I don't have cellular data on my prepaid T-mobile service. What is puzzling with mine is that it won't work unless I'm on my home network.