I'm a new Garmin inReach Messanger device user, I'm doing some testing on Android.
It looks like Messenger App uses my phone's location services instead of inReach Messager.
How I test this:
- Phone in airplane mode, inside the house.
- Connected inReach Messanger on a balcony.
- I'm trying to send a message from Messenger App, with "Message Location on".
- After 15 minutes the app could not find my location.
- I got out with my phone on a balcony, "GPS Cockpit" app immediately picks up 40 satellites and acquires a location.
- Messanger App found a location, I can send a message.
My question is why?! Yes, a phone is probably a lot better and faster at acquiring a location in a city: fresh AGPS data, WiFi+mobile triangulation, etc. But in airplane mode, or deep in a forest my phones were always terrible. Isn't "deep in a forest" an intended use? Shouldn't Garmin inReach Messager be a lot better at dealing with pure "GPS" satellites then a phone?
