How To Turn An Old iPhone Into A Satnav With No Sim Card, 4G, Wi Fi or Cellular Data
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
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I demonstrate how to use an old iPhone 6 as a permanent satnav on my bike with no sims card, 4G, Wi-Fi or cellular data - the perfect setup fo an old device
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Been trying for 2 weeks to do what you have explained in 10 minuets brilliant 10 stars from an old man from Nottinghamshire thanks again
@@fmgizmo ❤️🙏🏻
Absolutely brilliant! Thank you. I’ve been using an old iPhone as a satnav for a few years but I didn’t know that it doesn’t have to have a SIM card. You have just saved me some money! Thanks again. John
GOLDEN TIP - activate a wifi hotspot on the phone in your pocket and connect your sat-nav phone to your hotspot. BAM! you've now got live traffic and road closure/diversion updates 😇 🎉
The idea of this video is that you have no phone network so it demonstrates it can still work up a mountain
The title of the vid says with no wifi or cellular data so that’s probably though… that means no hotspot.
Brilliant content. Not only will I follow your advice with my old iPhone 6, I also ordered an ultimate addon phone case. Looks a far better option than a quad lock or similar. Subscribed 👍
That was a top video, what an excellent idea also like the emergency NOK details on the home page👍
Simples pimples 😂🤘🏻
Good Plan! nice thanks
The only problem is that doesn't tell you traffic conditions (red & orange) when on the move.
@@udayshome1793 that is true
Sounds great but I ran into this problem where the GPS thinks I’m at a different place than where I actually am. Any tips from anyone? Thx
Your a legend fella brilliant found your channel buy accident looking for a motorcycle sat navigation.
I've subscribed to your channel and liked the video
what a great video. great way to use an old phone and love the idea of emergency information
Cheers, many people spend £££££££‘s when they have devices that do the same.
Brilliant! converted an old samsung and it works a treat, thank you , great channel content too btw.
Cheers mate, glad it helped 👊🏻
great tip, thanks so much. was just going to throw away an old phone!!
Thank you! Going to France and don't want to use data (enemy husband can't navigate....!) so this is a fab back thank you xx
We’re going to France too in 2 weeks
Another great and informative video Craig.. I've got a old iPhone 5,,try to check it out later..
I've been looking into this exact subject and boooom I found your vid.. Thank you.. I am also trying a couple of free apps that you download the maps (via WiFi at home)
GPS Brasil is the better one, it has almost all maps.
Many thanks for a great tip, I already use my existing phone for offline maps but not as a satnav on the bike. Thanks to you I have now set up my old useless Nokia phone as a satnav.
Heading to Italy and will be taking your advice on this. Thanks for the insight. :)
Let me know how it works, we will be doing Italy too next year
Brilliant 👍, just used an old iPhone 6 for our trip this week to France and Belgium, worked a treat..thanks for the tip 😊
without service how did u get the maps app onto the old phone?
Brilliant idea! Well done!😀👍
Awesome video. Thank you.
Hmm. Interesting. I have an old iPad mini. I might see if that works.
Just make sure the iPad has GPS
@@Motourev ah, I don’t think it has actually. Never mind then. 😀 thanks
How did you select the correct areas for each download?? I understand how to save the maps but not sure how to select the additional areas without overlap. I love your concept and just installed a mount today, now I need to download all the map data for Pennsylvania
Amazing video m8! Used to use an offline map/app that downloaded tracked everything and no 3g/4g required
Very good thanks for uploading, isn't YT just great. Ride safe
Recognise your route - my route when I worked in B’ham!
This is brilliant. I'm upgrading to a new phone and the trade-in is worthless. I have a new driving job so this will eliminate all the confusion associated with using my personal phone. Thank you!!!
The idea dosnt work well off road/ where gps coverage is poor-
A phone connected to the web via mobile data uses the mob data to "help fill in the gaps" assisted by cell tower triangulation where gps locator is poor.Offline often there isnt enough signal.
I ride a lot off road and in offline mode it often loses the route completely.
I use avansi maps and a simple gps locator built into the map app to "re-find" my location which nearly always seems to work.
i,m going to try some other apps to see if the google maps app is contributing to the problem.
Thanks for that info that helps a lot 👍🏻
@@Motourev Cheers your welcome.Went riding off road today. Left data switched on from beginning of ride.Signal appeared to be a better.Still problems with "lost signal' but more manageable.Google maps problems for offroad use also include-
1/Dreaded "re-route" that you didn,t notice(dangerous)
2/Cant read screen esp.when planning route (blue/white)
3/useful info such as village names etc vanish when zooming in.
4/ Adding stop (waypoints) to prevent re-routes your route "vanishes" from the screen.You have to "re-find ' your last waypoint .Sometimes inexplicably map zooms out by itself.
5/Lots of'clutter" on map such as irrelevant businesses, multiple languages e.g in Greece-Greek,English ,French ,German,Polish depending on the Nationality of the person who wrote the point on the map-ridiculous.I suppose google thinks it may make them more money but in the end map unreadable!!
Patience required.Will get there in the end LoL
@@nickg2431 😂👍🏻 you certainly are extensively testing it to the max
Agree brilliant, this is the simple solution been looking for, thanks
Thanks for explaining how to set my old iPhone for google maps.
Really useful, was wondering how to set it up.
Brilliant idea. Gonna go and get another phone....
Excellent idea as I’ve an old iPhone 8 and the UA case already. How did you get the Emergency details on the home screen? Thanks
Cracking idea mate,does it send the route to your Cardo too ???
Only one thing though,did you have to keep mentioning the Iphone 6 is an OLD phone lol ;-)
Ride Safe Baza \m/
Yes just switch Bluetooth on and it connects to Cardo. Mate I’m only in the iPhone 7 myself. Had the upgrade to iPhone 11 but daughter soon took that off my hands so I ended up with hand me down phones 😮🙈
@@Motourev 🤣Kids eh 🤷♂️🤘😎
Going to do that as soon as I am back home tonight great idea Thanks for sharing
Welcome brother 👊🏻
I used to do this with my Samsung Galaxy S5, but it being a Samsung kept overheating. Left me stranded without directions quite a few times in my first year of riding. Seems to work fine with other brands' old phones though.
Excellent advice for using an old phone, I will be doing this, thank you very much, and a tip for you, keep your phone in your pocket not in a tank bag, then should you have an accident and you part company with your bike, you could end up in a ditch with a broken leg, your phone is within reach, and not another 100 meters down the road, ride safe many thanks
@@binness great idea ❤️👍🏻
Brilliant truly Brilliant and i have a old phone with a quad lock case 👍
Fantastic!! Thanks. I'll definitely be pulling out an old phone
Smart ideas. Thanks for the video
Brilliant! Definitely a helpful video! Gonna try my old iPhone 4. If it doesn’t work, I’m gonna use this iPhone XR once I upgrade to a new phone. Thanks man.
You’re welcome buddy, I had it working on an iPhone 5 too
Clever man, got my vote. 😊
Why has it been 2 years before I seen this, and good idea about the home screen
Trying this with an unused iphone7. I have managed to get my "home screen" blank, but can't figure out how to put all the emergency details on the screen that you have on yours. Please help.
I typed it out on Microsoft Word then I took a photo of the screen and then save the photo as the screensaver
Err .. Err . . Doesn't google require you to update them every 15 days ?
@@nicholasroberts6954 no idea but if so it’s fine, never touring for more than 15 days and takes about a minute to update
Do you still need to use your Apple ID to get the phone going?
Brilliant. I wonder if you could also use it as a stolen/lost bike locater. That's your next challenge Craig. John P
😂 ooooh good idea
Hello! Very nice video! Great information! I really like it! Nice upload! Thank you for sharing! Have a nice week!
I can never understand why these helmet mics never pick up wind noise... What am I missing?
Mainly a good chin guard on the helmet. Most wind noise comes from underneath the helmet.
Good info thanks
Great tip about the Lock Screen!
Legend!!!! Im going to do that now thank you
My pleasure 🤘🏻
Very useful way to use an old phone, thanks!
Great help, thank you! 👍🏼
Very useful video. I presume this will work on an older Samsung phone? How did you get the Emergency details on the home screen? Thanks
Wow, this was really helpful. Thank you because I always lose signal and by downloading it hopefully, it will work.
Hi Moto,
Really like the info you’ve provided.
I’m after some advice please.
I’m an old dinosaur biker ( not tech savvy at all )about to do my 1st solo motorcycle mini break , the Northumberland 250.
I’ve been practicing with Google maps and have come across a problem that I can’t fix, I’m hoping you can point me in the right direction.
The problem…..
I put in my destination then add several stops, making sure the final destination is at the bottom but when I arrive at the 1st stop the navigation system asks me to press ‘continue’ and I really don’t want to stop every 6 miles or so having to take my gloves off to press ‘continue’
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers Tony
Bostin, I'm going to have a go at that tomorrow, thanks Craig
Thanks very much for sharing, starting to wonder why i have a TomTom rider 5 now..lol
😂 that’s how these companies make money
👌👌👌👏👏👏
Thanks for sharing this,can you get google voice?
Never tried
This is great- many thanks for showing how to do this. Just done this on an old iPhone 5s - google maps working ok, I think. Do you (have to) leave your old phone logged into your apple and google accounts or do you sign off after your maps updated/ route set? Haven't been able to set map for whole of UK so not sure how you did that but I do have a reasonable chunk for offline...
I leave mine logged in so if need I can connect to WiFi in coffee shop if I need to update a map. Simple but works great.
yes that makes sense - thanks
how do you download the map onto the phone via the internet since I have no service on the 6plus phone?
Would need to join WiFi to download. So I download in advance when at home.
@motourev really enjoy your videos. It would be great to hear your thoughts on Google maps v a Garmin XT now you have a Garmin. Maybe a topic for a video.
top tip craig nice one
great idea, got an old HTC Android i can keep purely for on the bike.
Exactly what I’m doing 🤘🏻 boom shaka
Can you Bluetooth audio description / directions to helmet speakers with this method?
Yes
Thank you. 👍
no need for the offline nonsense… use your current phone to hotspot data 🤦♂️
You are missing the whole point of the video, completely missing it! This video shows you when there is no signal the phone will work in gps mode but only if there’s no cellular network switched on. No point hotspotting when you are in a valley and there’s no mobile signal, that’s when your maps stop working 😂🙈
Great vid Craig,i've not got a old phone to use just as a satnav.But like the idea,i can buy a unlocked iphone 6 very cheap.Do you think its worth a punt.Ps did you upgrade to a gobi 3.
Deffo worth it for how much they cost. No not upgraded tent yet, might go for the 4 man version for the extra room
@@Motourev Nice 1.
Great idea for your old phone 🤟
Bro,great vid can you save a route on the phone?
Yes you can 👍🏻
Great idea about the emergency information on the locked screen!
I've been using this method for a couple of years. Only criticism is that you don't gel traffic updates. If you can live with that then no problem.
Yes that’s the downside I found too 👍🏻 but apart from that it’s flawless.
Not really relevant in the mountains though..... And most have their day to day phone so as you can check😊
Brilliant idea
Hi Craig.
Thanks for a great video what a great idea 👍🏻.
My wife and myself are new to your channel and are just watching the France tour 2022. Really like how you narrate and the content you use especially the history parts of your journey.
Keep up the great work as we look forward to working our way through your content. 👍🏻
Hi guys, thanks for the comment. Hope you enjoy the series, I love the story telling part, we try to make our tours have a reason for the journey.
No worries 👍🏻 We really are enjoying the series with all the highs and lows. It’s good that you show it’s not all plain sailing like some do on TH-cam.
We’re just past the episode with the village 😢 such an horrific event but like I said earlier the original footage mixed with your content really works and you definitely do it justice.
@@bazzsom thank you ❤️
Excellent tip
Nice one 😎
You can go a step further if You like, if you set your prime mobile as Hotspot WiFi and connect the "bike phone" to have the real time data about traffic and close roads etc. You can set the notifications also off to avoid the annoying interruptions.
I actually set my "bike phone" as a "clone" of my prime phone in case anything happens to it, to put only my SIM to the "bike phone" and have everything available again as before. That requires of course an old phone with enough memory or a phone with expandable memory.
Good idea as long as you have a cellular network, this way no networks are required as we have found sometimes up mountains there was no cellular but GPS still works
Does the GPS update the route with live traffic data ?
can you change the road like on pc? I mean if i do not want to go on that road can I click and move the router like on pc?
Fantastic idea, would iy be OK to share your video with other biker groups that I'm in,
Of course feel free, thanks for the support ❤️🤘🏻
@@Motourev Thank you. Will tell them to like and support your channel.
@@MrStoney1961 🙌🏻❤️
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Can you use this as a tracker in your car (in case the car is stolen)? If so, how do you connect an old iPhone 6 to a 6s? Thanks!
Whats that phone case called?
Ultimateaddons
Thank you for the great tip!! Ride safe
Dude, use tethering. You will have it updated all the time.
Awesome information and I have an Iphone 6 in the cupboard doing nothing. Excellent idea. What case and phone mount are you using? Is it a Quad Lock?
Ultimate Addons case and Mount
The iPhone 6s is the newest phone that does not have the delicate electronics that vibrations are taking out! My friends KTM wrecked her new phone even with the Quadlock vibration damper fitted!
Thinking this was a tightarse video I was expecting the route to be in Yorkshire, but that’s Brum🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂🤘🏻
Hi ... wondering what video app allowed you to have have gopro (camera) and simultaneously the iphone screen ? thanks for sharing
I just screen recorded my iPhone and use Final Cut Pro editing software
What about sun glare. Does the case help a bit with that ? As I found smartphones pretty much suck in the sunlight.
The case does not have anything for sun glare
@@Motourev thanks for the quick reply ! I'm going to check if I can fabricate a sun visor or something for the phone mount
@@henrietn did you find a solution?
@@beatsmarttie5777 Nah man, its neigh impossible with a cellphone mount. they just suck in the sun. I now have a motoguzzi v85, which has turn by turn nav in the screen.
I have a old Samsung A8 (not to old) and use the waterproof case similar to yours. My question is how to keep the screen from timing out when plugged in to bike power. I have gone into the settings and set to longest time out in displays but there is no "on all the time" setting? I understand you used an apple phone in vid but hope you have a trick or to two for this.
Not sure on your phone but is there a battery saving mode switched on
Can you download the maps and turn on Airplane mode? Will that stop notifications coming through?
The idea is to use the phone with all cellular, 4G and WiFi turned off so no SIM card, you will not get any notification with no signal. The built in GPS signal will only talk to the map.
OR...... just keep your good phone in your pocket & use it as a hotspot for the nav phone to use it’s signal, also you can’t download a whole country in one map, just in pieces so unless they blend together during use you will ride to the end of the map
No point in a hotspot because if you have no cellular signal then the hotspot is useless and your back to square one trying to download a map when you have no signal.
The whole idea is to use the phone as a satnav where no cellular network is required so you don’t have to worry about losing a signal 🙈
Yes I downloaded UK and France in the pieces which stitch together when travelling, you don’t have to load the maps individually you just need to download them and Google references them in the background, obviously not the entire globe but I download all of France so I can travel the whole of France with no cellular service.
Brilliant idea!!! Do you also have it connected to your communicator in your helmet?
You can do but I don’t like having satnav instructions in my ears as normally I’m riding in a group and we are chatting
Which trademark and model is the smartphone mounting?
Ultimateaddons
Brilliant, thanks for this.
Hi. Could you somehow use an old phone and tether it to a new phone so you get live traffic?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
You can do but you might as well just use the new phone if your after live updates. I was demonstrating you can still use Google maps even if there is no mobile signal in the area you might travel to.
Excellent idea
Cheers pal
This is a very good idea but I could suggest two improvements.
1: Use your personal phone, but use ‘Do not Disturb While Driving’ - this means no notifications will pop up until you turn your engine off.
2: Put a SIM card in this with some data 3gb will do.
Both of these will allow you to use the ‘online’ versions of Google Maps, which means you get real time updates for road closures, speed traps, obstacles, accidents and traffic information. I personally wouldn’t use google maps without being online.
Good ideas but still the SIM card is useless when no cellular network in remote areas, the gps version worked perfectly even in the welsh mountains. It’s just a spare phone I wanted to do something with instead of getting rid of it.
It is better not use your personal phone for one very simple but important reason. In case you fall down and you get separated from your bike your personal phone will be in your pocket and you still can call for help.
hi Craig great vlog cracking idea any chance you could tell me what phone mount you use have same bike but cant see anywhere to mount case cheers mate , Bill
Hi Bill it’s Ultimate Addons, best one the market mate 👍🏻
Thanks for making a very useful video. Do you know if this would work in a car and if so, can you get the voice instructions?
Any reply would be much appreciated.
All The Best
Tom.
Hi Tom yes it also works in the car and the voice instructions work fine. I have the voice switched off as I listen to music.
@@Motourev That's great. My old Sat Nav has just packed up and my old Iphone 6 doesn't make or take calls. So I recon I can use the Iphone 6 to save on a new Sat Nav,
Once again,
Many Thanks and All The Best
Tom.