I would suggest to go ahead and review the link of Steve Pointer. Although I can’t dismiss the chance of a similar function like the one mentioned before, I believe that the functionality of the A-GPS is the culprit here.

On Dec 21, 2018, at 12:02 PM, Steve Kinney wrote:

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On 12/21/18 1:21 PM, juan wrote: On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 18:06:36 +1100 Zenaan Harkness wrote:

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Any ideas why GPS would require a SIM card?

it's because amont the millions of lines of malware known as "androido" there's one that says : if (no_sim()) disable_gps();

Makes sense to me. Why should a phone's real owner permit its user to access GPS location data without reporting same back to the owner? That free ride would amount to theft of service.

Letting GPS work with the radio off would be as silly as designing a mobile phone's case to permit quick, easy battery removal and replacement - the phone's owner decides when "off means off," not the user.