Location Tracking in Airplane Mode: Cases of phone theft are heard daily. After theft, the thief first puts the phone on airplane mode, so that no calls or messages can be received on that phone. As soon as you put it on airplane mode, the phone’s internet connection, Wi-Fi connection, Bluetooth and everything else gets disconnected. In such a situation, many people think that if the thief has put their phone on airplane mode then it will be difficult to track it, but the truth is different.
Phone tracking does not stop even in airplane mode
According to the study, on airplane mode your phone will not have network access, calls and messages will not come, but this does not mean that your phone cannot be tracked. The reason for this is the GPS system present inside the phone. This function also works on airplane mode.
Even after turning on Airplane Mode, if you turn on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth manually, your phone can reconnect and location sharing starts. If this also doesn’t work, then police or agencies, if necessary, use advanced devices like Stingray, which can connect the phone.
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How does GPS work without internet and network?
Now this question might be coming in your mind that when the internet connection of the phone is broken, then how does GPS work on airplane mode? Actually GPS does not require internet or mobile network to work. Its work is done directly through satellite. He catches the signal from there and finds out your location. There is also a matter of relief here. Unless your phone is connected to a network, it cannot send this location data to anyone else.
The overall thing is that Airplane Mode does not make you completely invisible, it just stops your real-time tracking. Actually, its tracking can be done, but without network that location data cannot be sent to anyone else.
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