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> Otherwise, how could it know what cellular bands to use? By passively listening for what bands are being broadcast on? I mean, dumb phones without any kind o
by kalleboo 7y ago
> Otherwise, how could it know what cellular bands to use?
By passively listening for what bands are being broadcast on? I mean, dumb phones without any kind of location support whatsoever could do that, without determining what regulatory region they are in.
- CamperBob2 7y agoBy passively listening for what bands are being broadcast on? Exactly, that's my whole point. Obviously I didn't make it clearly enough. Are you in the 0.0001% of the planet's populated area where the local cell network doesn't tell you roughly where you are? Fine, then turn on location services. That's almost never going to be the case.