How do accelerometers in modern smartphones allow you to use your GPS apps that precisely for really long distances in airplane mode?
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GPS doesn’t send information from your phone, it just listens to what is essentially a signal reporting the time from satellites in different locations. Airplane mode stops your phone from sending signals to eliminate the risk (which is basically zero, but people still worry about it) of the signals from the phone interfering with the electronics on a plane. GPS will continue to function in airplane mode as long as the map of your current location was already loaded before shutting off wifi and cell signals.
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