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Wifi mapping is the method by which google has no idea where I am. My roommate moved across the country and moved in with me, and android thinks I'm at his old
by Gracana 10y ago
Wifi mapping is the method by which google has no idea where I am. My roommate moved across the country and moved in with me, and android thinks I'm at his old house whenever I connect to his wifi router, even with GPS enabled, and even having installed OpenWRT and changed the ssid of the router. It's pretty maddening.
- sliverstorm 10y agoYou can switch your phone to "Device Only", to use only the actual GPS chip.
- Gracana 10y agoI have apps that ask to switch it back. They won't run without crap positioning.
- rtkwe 10y agoIt's because Google and other mapping companies use the BSSID (MAC) which doesn't change if you just change the SSID.
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- Gracana 10y agoOf course. I just wanted to point out that I changed everything that could be changed apart from buying a new router. I am at Google's mercy, they created the problem and only they can fix it.
- kalleboo 10y agoMy parents moved across continents and had the same problem. It finally fixed itself after a couple weeks/a month. This was with Apple devices though (not Google), so a different database.