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Phone Operation. It is important that you read and understand this user guide prior to using the Wherifone GPS locator phone or the Wherify location services. THE LOCATION FUNCTIONALITY AND FEATURES OF THE WHERIFONE GPS LOCATOR PHONE, AND OF THE WHERIFY LOCATION SERVICES, WILL WORK ONLY WHILE THE PHONE IS POWERED ON, IS PROPERLY RECEIVING AND PROCESSING BOTH GPS AND GSM SIGNALS OF SUFFICIENT STRENGTH, AND IS USING A SUFFICIENTLY CHARGED AND PROPERLY FUNCTIONING BATTERY. IF THE PHONE IS OFF, THE BATTERY DISCHARGED OR TOO WEAK, OR IF EITHER GPS OR GSM RECEPTION IS NOT OF SUFFICIENT STRENGTH, THE LOCATION FUNCTIONALITY AND FEATURES OF THE PHONE AND THE LOCATION SERVICES WILL NOT WORK.
Failure and Disruptions of Networks, Equipment, and Services; Third Party
Services. The location services, and the location functionality and features in your Wherify GPS locator phone, will work properly only if there is proper communication among the Wherifone GPS locator phone, the required GPS satellites, the GSM cellular network used by your phone, and the Wherify Wireless, Inc. location service center.
[WHERIFY WIRELESS, INC. DOES NOT AND CANNOT ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OR RELIABILITY OF THESE COMMUNICATIONS. SUCH COMMUNICATIONS DEPEND IN LARGE PART ON CELLULAR, GPS AND OTHER NETWORKS AND SERVICES PROVIDED AND/OR CONTROLLED BY THIRD PARTIES AND MAY BE IMPAIRED AND/OR DISRUPTED BY A VARIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER FACTORS AND CONDITIONS. AT TIMES, ACTIONS OR INACTIONS OF THIRD PARTIES, FAILURES OF EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES (INCLUDING THOSE OF WHERIFY), AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND CONDITIONS, MAY PREVENT SUCH COMMUNICATIONS FROM OCCURRING PROPERLY. ALTHOUGH WHERIFY WIRELESS, INC. WILL USE COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORTS TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS IT CONSIDERS APPROPRIATE TO MANAGE ITS OWN EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES, DOWNTIME MAY RESULT, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM MAINTENANCE, UPGRADES, AND UNEXPECTED FAILURES. ACCORDINGLY, OTHER THAN ITS RESPONSIBILITY EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE SERVICE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND IN THE LIMITED WARRANTIES DESCRIBED IN THIS USER GUIDE, WHERIFY WIRELESS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY RESULTING FROM OR RELATED TO ANY FAILURE OF SUCH COMMUNICATIONS TO OCCUR OR ANY FAILURE OF EQUIPMENT, SERVICES, OR NETWORKS, INCLUDING THE WHERIFONE GPS LOCATOR PHONE.
Global Positioning System (GPS). GPS is a system of satellites, and associated equipment and facilities, operated by the United States government that can be used to determine the location of a GPS receiver, such as the GPS receiver in your Wherifone
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