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Originally Posted by mav1178
Just upgrade your phone as others have mentioned already. I have a hotspot on my work phone and use it for whatever devices I want to use that I don't want to risk with a public hotspot. If you pick the right service you'll also get great coverage on the road... I've had Verizon since day 1 and have never had major issues. For about 3 years they were also the only decent cell phone carrier up in Mammoth Lakes, so all my friends with ATT had to make due without service while on the slopes.
The problem with Uber is that when you enter an address for pickup or dropoff, it uses an older version of Google Maps that is not as efficient. If you use a third party navigation app (Waze/Google Maps/Apple Maps) it pushes the address to latitude and longitude coordinates, and the app then navigates to that exact point on the map. If your location or property is closer to the street behind you (instead of where your address should be facing), often times it navigates the driver to the wrong location.
As someone who's driven Uber part-time for almost 5 years, this is something that I constantly have to explain to people. Part of the issue also is that the app allows you to drop a pin anywhere for pickup, so the only way to get an address for that sometimes is to convert to coordinates... not every driver realizes this.
-alex
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Interesting! That’s really helpful to know - Thanks for sharing!