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CaptainTruth

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13. Not if it's off. And I mean OFF, turned off with the power switch.

Fri Mar 19, 2021, 01:01 PM

Mar 2021

If it's powered off (the equivalent of taking the battery out) it can't send or receive signals, & therefore can't be tracked.

I don't know if there are any phones that go into standby & still transmit location data when they're turned "off" using the power switch. From an engineering standpoint it's certainly possible to design a phone that does that, I just don't know if anyone has. I haven't heard of any, but I'm not an expert on the latest phone designs.

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"That's an iPhone...right?" [View all] 634-5789 Mar 2021 OP

Exactly. brush Mar 2021 #1

Maybe not. lpbk2713 Mar 2021 #2

Faraday cage for your cell phone. paleotn Mar 2021 #16

If it's on, yes. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2021 #3

Well mine tells me how many steps I walk per day, per week, permonth malaise Mar 2021 #4

Somebody give me a straight answer. brush Mar 2021 #5

Nope, It's off, it's MIA. 634-5789 Mar 2021 #7

No. Nor if you are in airplane mode. rateyes Mar 2021 #8

Gets rid of ads in games too! CaptainTruth Mar 2021 #15

I do that too. rateyes Mar 2021 #17

I usually just give them the money krispos42 Mar 2021 #20

Demanding answers from the internet is fruitful and savvy. Maru Kitteh Mar 2021 #9

It's a yes or no simple question, not asking for the secret of life. brush Mar 2021 #11

We do have a groups for that, but GD is kind of random... Hekate Mar 2021 #14

No. kimmylavin Mar 2021 #10

If what I have been told is correct, you have to turn it all the way off. Every bit. Hekate Mar 2021 #12

Not if it's off. And I mean OFF, turned off with the power switch. CaptainTruth Mar 2021 #13

I'm not sure why all the "no" answers FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #18

Yup. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #6

These are the same folks who post.... paleotn Mar 2021 #19