Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
I think you guys are talking about two different things - the phone will still record your position from GPS but you can't use it to do anything (like look at a map) if you are out of range. Try it out - stick your phone in "no data" mode and turn on strava or something. You'll get track data.
On my wife's phone (LG Phoenix), GPS works just fine with data turned off (we don't even have a data plan for her phone - yes, I'm cheap). I downloaded the California map (via WiFi) and the GPS app does its thing even when we are out of range of cell service.