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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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