Hi Pinky - You're not alone. I went to Privacy > location services, and looked all the way to the bottom. I have no button that says System Services.
I have an iPhone5 with the latest iOS update. I'm wondering if the settings in question are not included in the old 5 series. Gary -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pinky Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 12:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Search for cell network under system services, what is it? I went there and did not see it. Ed -----Original Message----- From: 'Simon w' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 12:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Search for cell network under system services, what is it? Hi go into settings and check in cellular. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 6, 2016, at 1:19 PM, Pinky <pink...@abe.midco.net> wrote: > > Hi Sieghard, > Where do you find these settings? > Ed > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2016 11:22 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Search for cell network under system services, what is it? > > Hi Mary, > > The Cell Network Search has nothing to do with how your phone connects to the > cellular network or whether it connects at all. A Google search resulted in a > bunch of results, here is one explanation which is easy to understand: > > Cell network search: Apple keeps a database of cell towers and monitors > reception in your area based on this option. It’s used to improve products in > general and it’s not really a necessary function, so you can disable this > feature if you wish not to share cellular tower information with Apple. > > Wi-Fi Networking I am pretty sure does something equivalent for Wi-Fi > Networks and hotspots. > > Even Setting Time Zone is not required as your phone also receives this > information from cell towers. I have turned this on in rare situations when I > travelled to Asia and for some reason the date and time did not seem to set > themselves. Turning it on would fix the issue and then I turned it off again > since it anyways would only be important if you travel across time zones. > Here in Canada or the US I have never found that the time was not displayed > correctly even with this turned off. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Mary Otten > Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2016 2:20 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Search for cell network under system services, what is it? > > I took the advice about going into location services and checking the system > services under there and turning off things that you don't need. One of those > items is checking for cellular network services or something close to that. > Now that sounds like something you would want to do when you are signing up > and getting connected with your cellular network. And I think the advice in > the original post was that it could be turned off. But I wonder about what > might happen if you were on a road trip, say, and lost contact. Or even if > you had to reboot your phone or turn it on to airplane mode and then > off-again. Wouldn't it have to find the network? So, I turn this off but I'm > wondering if that was a good idea. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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