According to this site, your 5190 is a 2G phone, which means it will stop working the end of December on AT&T towers. I am not a cellphone expert, but my parents run a cell phone store, so I has Google Fu skillz.
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Dang dude! Your phone is a museum piece. http://nokiamuseum.info/nokia-5190/
Do you have an AT&T contract? You should have been notified long ago.
Yeah, they don't need to know my acceleration, braking, and cornering forces.
You can still get locations, just not as specific.
I remember some folks here accessing the site to respond to PMs or browse classifieds during their morning or evening commutes. One could get a general idea of their area as their public IP changed along the way.
I believe you can still get it from WiFi connection information. As far as I know, location services only applies to triangulation when it comes to WiFi. I could be wrong on that; been a long time since I was directly involved in mobile app development.
You can still get locations, just not as specific.
I remember some folks here accessing the site to respond to PMs or browse classifieds during their morning or evening commutes. One could get a general idea of their area as their public IP changed along the way.
I believe you can still get it from WiFi connection information. As far as I know, location services only applies to triangulation when it comes to WiFi. I could be wrong on that; been a long time since I was directly involved in mobile app development.
tRidiot and sbeebe,
I'm with T-Mobile so I guess I'm good for a while yet. It's a great phone. I've had to replace the battery contacts and screw the battery down since the plastic catches are too loose.
I went to a pawn shop looking for one to use for spare parts and the shop owner gave me a basket with 5 phones in it. He was happy to have the shelf space available once more I guess!
Woody
I'm with T-Mobile so I guess I'm good for a while yet. It's a great phone. I've had to replace the battery contacts and screw the battery down since the plastic catches are too loose.
I went to a pawn shop looking for one to use for spare parts and the shop owner gave me a basket with 5 phones in it. He was happy to have the shelf space available once more I guess!
Woody
They can trilaterate your position based on RSSI. Carriers sell the data, providing real-time traffic services and other products.
The LCDs out of those older phones are great for projects, too.
I commented on that. Some apps you can't turn off. Find my iphone is one.
removing the battery from the phone is the only way to isolate yourself.
I watched some kind of real life murder thing once and they were able to track down a serial killer by his cell phone. Even though he turned it off after his taunts to the police (from another location) they were able to pin him down with the help of the carrier. I should know how this is done but they keep that sort of thing pretty hush hush. If I were to guess, I'd say it's still announcing it's position to the HLR (Home Location Register) so when you do turn it on, it knows immediately where you are. @dennishoddy is right, the only way to completely disable it is to take out the battery.
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