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[Closed] Using an old iphone as a GPS.

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I’ve got an old iphone 5S, which has a weak battery, and has lost its touch ID function. In all other respects, perfectly usable.

I’m considering using it as a GPS for the bike, either replace the battery, or use a battery back case thing.

I’m sure others have done similar, so what did you do?
Is their a case that makes it waterproof and has the external back up battery?
Did you run it with or without a SIM card?
What apps are good, apart from the obvious, Strava etc..?
Bar mount?


 
Posted : 27/12/2017 2:30 pm
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Ive got a cheap waterproof case with bar mount I got from aldi a while ago and use my old samsung s6 as gps navigation for mountain biking in the lakes. Works a treat using view ranger with no sim card in it. I just disabled everything except location settings and use the econamy gps mode on the view ranger app and its spot on


 
Posted : 27/12/2017 5:02 pm
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I ventured down this route but ultimately if the sun was out i couldn't see anything on the screen.


 
Posted : 27/12/2017 5:15 pm
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By the time you’ve sorted out battery and bought an environment proof case, you’re probably halfway to an ETrex or similar. Selling the handset could well give you the rest of the funding.

In my opinion, dedicated hardware wins hands down.


 
Posted : 27/12/2017 5:30 pm
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I have a 5 year old HTC One (M7) with MMTracker and a bunch of .qct files . Works well.


 
Posted : 27/12/2017 5:42 pm
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@vincie - that's what I've been thinking. The reason I want to try and use the iPhone is the screen, as most of lower end GPS have small monochrome screens that I struggle to read without my reading specs. Not practical to stop and swap as I blatt along.


 
Posted : 27/12/2017 7:03 pm