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Posted 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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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"?

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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.

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Posted Jul 13, 2012 18:58 UTC (Fri) by Fowl (subscriber, #65667) [Link]

I was referring to nonemergency calls.

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