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emergency callemergency callPosted Jul 13, 2012 0:46 UTC (Fri) by JanC_ (guest, #34940)In reply to: emergency call by Cyberax Parent article: Google plans to ease the Android update problem (The H)
All calls can (and sometimes do) automatically transmit GPS information and such, that's not specific to 911 calls. (But I suppose you mean you would want to actually test that functionality for 911.)
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emergency call Posted Jul 13, 2012 1:01 UTC (Fri) by Fowl (subscriber, #65667) [Link] That seems unlikely, as spinning up the GPS chip uses a substantial amount of power. Unless you mean "cell tower triangulation data" instead of "GPS"?
emergency call Posted Jul 13, 2012 9:26 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]
No. That means "GPS".
In Samsung Galaxy S, for example, there's a special protocol between radio interface layer and GPS daemon.
I don't really think people care much about shortened talk time due to GPS when calling 911.
emergency call Posted Jul 13, 2012 18:58 UTC (Fri) by Fowl (subscriber, #65667) [Link] I was referring to nonemergency calls.
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