Sieghard, I believe this does not always call on your GPS receiver, rather it firstly looks to less power intensive data such as local WiFi hot spots, even if you are not connected to them.
An example might be, if you walked passed my home, your phone will pick up my WiFi network, you may not connect to it, but, since I am connected to it and my iPHone has my GPS position, Apple, like Google and others, have used this combination of data to build a worldwide massive database of WiFi hot spot locations. This is how none GPS equipped devices are able to acquire rough location data. I personally have fed back to Apple that I would personally like to see an user adjustable setting on this option, as it certainly does drain a little on the battery… What I would like to see is the user definable option, check my time zone every x hours; from say constantly to perhaps once every 12 hours, with say two hour increments in between… The phone could also auto check this every time you power cycled or changed physical network etc. Basically, there's no real justifiable need to be constantly checking my time zone… In fact, there is no guarantee that the iPhone and other devices are doing this… The statement is, within the last 24 hours, perhaps we are being a little judgemental as to this meaning constantly! Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - [email protected] Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 4 May 2013, at 10:29, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andrew and Jonathan, > > Actually, Jonathan, I believe if you have “Setting Time Zone” set to on in > Settings, Privacy, Location Services, System Services, then your iPhone’s > time will be set according to the time zone you are in whether you have local > service or not. > > I am pretty sure of that because when I went to Thailand recently I first > flew from Vancouver to Beijing, China. As soon as I arrived and turned off > Airplane Mode, the time set itself even though I still had my Canadian SIM in > the phone and it said “No Service”. When I then flew to Bangkok the next day > once again the time set itself correctly when I arrived in Bangkok even > before I bought and put in the Thai SIM card. > > I usually turn all the system services off because I found that in iOS 5 > having especially the “Setting Time Zone” set to on, really seemed to use up > a lot of battery. Even now when I am looking at it, it says “Requested your > location within the last 24 hours”. I think if this is set to On it > constantly checks your location, probably using the GPS. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Jonathan Mosen > Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 1:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: audio within apps, the cloud, and updating time overseas > > Hi Andrew, what happens time-wise when you turn your phone on depends on the > network you are using. Many networks have a service that sets the time for > you when you connect, but not all. So you may or may not find the time is set > right. If you don't have a local sim in your phone, which would allow you to > use your phone a lot more effectively, then you can manually select a network > to rome on and hopefully find one that pushes the time for you. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > > On 4/05/2013, at 7:10 PM, Andrew Head <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > I just had a few more questions relating to overseas travel. > A friend of mine suggested just taking my iphone 4 and leaving the 5 behind > and just downloading the apps I would use while overseas. I must confess I > had forgotten about the fact that the you can have your account on multiple > devices at the same time. Lol silly me. Anyway, I was just wondering, If I > have apps that download audio content, such as audible and downcast, Are the > audio files synced when I automatically update to ICloud and if so, could I > turn on my iphone 4 and download these apps and will my books and podcasts > previously downloaded be automatically redownloaded, or will I have to > redownload them onto the 4? > Also, I have my clock set to automatically update time, so I'm assuming when > I turn on my phone in England, the local time is automatically updated and I > can view it on the phone? > Thanks heaps for any info you can give me, > Hope you all have a great day, > Andrew > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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