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Posted on 6/6/24 at 3:15 pm to baldona
quote:subtle “I’ve been to New Jersey” brag, bro
…New Jersey, Texas, etc. I haven't been to those states in years.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 5:15 pm to Dixie2023
Same my phone always puts me in Dallas. I think I looked for a fix at one point and didn’t come up with anything. It can be annoying sometimes but most of the time I just have to rehit like “update current location” or whatever option depending on app
Posted on 6/6/24 at 5:20 pm to baldona
Once, we set my wife's car GPS for Sam's Club in Fort Worth. It took us to a seedy residential area and announced, "You have arrived at your destination."
Posted on 6/6/24 at 5:23 pm to baldona
This isn't very hard. It's not your phone, it's the websites. They use the IP address from you device to determine your position, not GPS. You wireless carrier's I{ address is out of those cities you name. So it defaults you there.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 5:24 pm to baldona
IPs for cell phone network data in Baton Rouge seems to route through Dallas for whatever reason.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 7:57 pm to Lonnie Utah
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This isn't very hard. It's not your phone, it's the websites. They use the IP address from you device to determine your position, not GPS. You wireless carrier's I{ address is out of those cities you name. So it defaults you there.
Interesting, thank you for a reasonable explanation. So if I change my IP to a local address it likely won’t do that anymore?
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