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Data Usage Out!!! Help!

Kimegatron
Kimegatron Posts: 772 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
Hi, I am over my data plan, so I can't use wi-fi on my phone unless I'm at home. Does this mean that my Fitbit app will not track my route?

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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    edited July 2015
    Do you have the dongle plugged into your pc at home? You don't need a phone for fibit to track.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    MobileRun requires cellular service or wifi to track your route via GPS.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    editorgrrl wrote: »
    MobileRun requires cellular service or wifi to track your route via GPS.

    Aah ok, I thought she meant just regular fitbit steps

  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Kimegatron wrote: »
    Hi, I am over my data plan, so I can't use wi-fi on my phone unless I'm at home. Does this mean that my Fitbit app will not track my route?

    Depends on your cell carrier and phone model.

    The phone needs assistance data to pinpoint what GPS satellites it's going to look for and use, and if not available what cell towers to trilaterate to in substitute.

    Those bearing signals traditionally come down the signalling data stream, like text messages, and therefore aren't data like web pages and videos.

    But some use Wifi points too and public database that does require data.

    If data is disabled now - simple test. Open up maps and see if it'll pinpoint you.
  • Kimegatron
    Kimegatron Posts: 772 Member
    Well, it did track me via GPS, so I guess that answered my question!! Although a very slow car going up and down my street scared the crap out of me while I walked my dog, and only got a 2 mile walk in.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Yikes, that's never good. Hopefully not deeply tinted full windows all around.
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