Hello everyone,
Can anyone trace your real phone location even if you are using fake GPS apps ?
Sometimes when I run government-related apps, banks app, money delivery apps or even food delivery apps for example, the app asks me to turn off the fake gps I'm running in the background, otherwise it won't work.
To explain more, If authorities can trace your exact phone location through cell towers, why government related apps are programmed NOT to function unless you turn off the fake gps? Does this mean that FAKE GPS apps really hide your real location?
Thanks a lot
Solimann said:
Hello everyone,
Can anyone trace your real phone location even if you are using fake GPS apps ?
Sometimes when I run government-related apps, banks app, money delivery apps or even food delivery apps for example, the app asks me to turn off the fake gps I'm running in the background, otherwise it won't work.
To explain more, If authorities can trace your exact phone location through cell towers, why government related apps are programmed NOT to function unless you turn off the fake gps? Does this mean that FAKE GPS apps really hide your real location?
Thanks a lot
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Generally No.
But also as you said govt. related apps, they uses/traces your IP and GPS both for better service. The govt. has advanced tracking system. So, even if you are using a fake gps they can easily trace your real location without asking to turn off fake gps.
Also apps like food delivery and money transfer have good tracking systems so they can easily detect that you are using a fake gps.
Now, for fake gps apps like Fly Gps, etc.
Some of them work properly and some of them not. Also if you have a root access on your device then there are some apps that changes your IP and Location both for better work.
Yes they really hides your location but they can easily be traced and broked by any govt. or any good hacker.
Hope It Helps!
ai.Sanaul said:
Generally No.
But also as you said govt. related apps, they uses/traces your IP and GPS both for better service. The govt. has advanced tracking system. So, even if you are using a fake gps they can easily trace your real location without asking to turn off fake gps.
Also apps like food delivery and money transfer have good tracking systems so they can easily detect that you are using a fake gps.
Now, for fake gps apps like Fly Gps, etc.
Some of them work properly and some of them not. Also if you have a root access on your device then there are some apps that changes your IP and Location both for better work.
Yes they really hides your location but they can easily be traced and broked by any govt. or any good hacker.
Hope It Helps!
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Thanks a lot, very well explained.
Solimann said:
Thanks a lot, very well explained.
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Solimann said:
Hello everyone,
Can anyone trace your real phone location even if you are using fake GPS apps ?
Sometimes when I run government-related apps, banks app, money delivery apps or even food delivery apps for example, the app asks me to turn off the fake gps I'm running in the background, otherwise it won't work.
To explain more, If authorities can trace your exact phone location through cell towers, why government related apps are programmed NOT to function unless you turn off the fake gps? Does this mean that FAKE GPS apps really hide your real location?
Thanks a lot
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aiSanaul said:
Generally No.
But also as you said govt. related apps, they uses/traces your IP and GPS both for better service. The govt. has advanced tracking system. So, even if you are using a fake gps they can easily trace your real location without asking to turn off fake gps.
Also apps like food delivery and money transfer have good tracking systems so they can easily detect that you are using a fake gps.
Now, for fake gps apps like Fly Gps, etc.
Some of them work properly and some of them not. Also if you have a root access on your device then there are some apps that changes your IP and Location both for better work.
Yes they really hides your location but they can easily be traced and broked by any govt. or any good hacker.
Hope It Helps!
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Anyone know how to get fake gps working on iphone full process please and stable working. I need to know full method which includes what jailbreak is best, what iphone versions are best and easy to do. Also how to disable or turn off mock location detection. Like in andriod you can do it via smali. Please I tried looking for usefull info on the net everywhere but can't seem to find solid info. Cheers
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I was wondering. With all the talk about spying. What hasn't someone made a program that will prevent the GPS from being activated remotely.
For non-rooted users, Android doesn't allow apps to turn on GPS without user intervention.
I'm sure GPS can be turned on at any time, without user permission. With that said there has to be something out there that will scramble or disable GPS.
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For non-rooted users, Android doesn't allow apps to turn on GPS without user intervention.
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im pretty sure that even rooted devices will popup root access yes/no answer window, so unless u can auto-answer-root-access-with-yes nothing can turn the GPS on.
even if its tunred on and gets lock-on the app would need a some kind of logging on time+gps coorinates or even a internet access to realtime upload the data.
im sure most of ppl would notice that.
Gjole86 said:
im pretty sure that even rooted devices will popup root access yes/no answer window, so unless u can auto-answer-root-access-with-yes nothing can turn the GPS on.
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Dialing 911 will cause the phone to turn on GPS. The provider can turn on GPS. I'm looking for a bulletproof way to prevent GPS from coming on.
Dont you want police to help you?
Isn't that what the tin foil hat is for?
O wait no that's the mans mind control.... my bad
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XXCoder said:
Dont you want police to help you?
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Other than getting my cat out of the tree, no.
blackadept said:
Isn't that what the tin foil hat is for?
O wait no that's the mans mind control.... my bad
Sent from my DROIDX
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To the ill educated...what ever they tell you, remember, 'it is for the children'.
How about the "Permissions Denied" application?
It has the ability to block a permission for a specific app or for the whole device. Probably has what you are looking for.
Permissions Denied
Stephen (Stericson)
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There are a number of apps on the market that will allow you to spoof your GPS location. Start here: https://market.android.com/search?q=spoof+gps&so=1&c=apps
That said, if an app requests your location from Android it will get the spoofed location but if an app uses your cell tower ID or Wifi SSID/MAC and does a lookup on its own, it can still locate you.
Evo-3D said:
To the ill educated...what ever they tell you, remember, 'it is for the children'.
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Win
That is all.
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The cake is a lie
The cake is a lie
The cake is a lie
gthing said:
There are a number of apps on the market that will allow you to spoof your GPS location. Start here: https://market.android.com/search?q=spoof+gps&so=1&c=apps
That said, if an app requests your location from Android it will get the spoofed location but if an app uses your cell tower ID or Wifi SSID/MAC and does a lookup on its own, it can still locate you.
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Triangulation is fine by me. Due to the weather conditions here triangulation most of the time turns into biangulation, and even singulation. It is still a rudimentary form of pin pointing, hence the FCC requiring all cell phones to have GPS abilities.
As far as MAC, I again am fine with that. I do not use the phone via WiFi.
To everyone else:
Did anyone bother to actually read both HTC, Sprint, and Google's Privacy, Terms and Agreements?
Greetings -Not sure if this is the right forum for this question, but here it goes anyway...
I installed the AndroidLost APPS onmy Samsung Fascinate...All went well and I'm able to signon to their website...
However not getting any results when clicking the GPS tab to get the phone's location sent to my e-mail account...
I don't have GPS active on my device(have not yet downloaded the apps for that with the vendor)...
Do I need to have GPS active in order to get the location?...I know it sounds like a silly question, but I was under the
impression that I would be able to get the location via the network & GPS would not be required...Any assitance would
be greatly appreciated...Thank you...
From the original website:
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Find the location of your phone on a map. With AndroidLost you can find your phone with GPS precision. Even if the phone is indoor you will get a nearby location by network accuracy.
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It does not talk about other network, I suggest you to try other apps like avast (you install it and it ask about the anti theft, after that you can uninstall the antivirus keeping the antitheft, it's free and if you're rooted it can resist to hard reset) or prey (free, open source). Avast can send you an hidden sms with the position of your phone and so do prey. I've also heard about wavesecure and cerberus a lot..
BTW you can determine the position of your phone with 3 things:
-WIFI (must be on an connected to a net, it can be turned on by some application)
-GPS (must be on manually, I think this one can't be turned on by apps)
-you phone network (avast can turn on data connection)
I suggest you to try these different solution to find the best working one for you
Hello guys, I saw some apps for android like, comodo anti theft, avast anti theft, eset anti theft, and so on, for locating the phone.
Which one do you recommend or think that is the best?
I have gived a try to avast and comodo, but I saw that if the phone is in the house I can not locate it from the laptop browser / avast web-interface,
as it needs to enable the GPS reciver and gps can not be started automatically or even if it is started it will not "see" the gps sattelites because of the roof. And with comodo I saw no web-interface, only sms texting, and I have only one phone, no secondary phone handy for finding it easy.
I wish to be able do do two simple things by controlling it over internet using a laptop (wify or carrier data 3G/EDGE/GPRS)
1) If I forgot where is my phone in house and I have no other phone, to be able to make the phone to sound an alarm for finding it more easy, it happens often to forget where my phone is in the house
2) Locate the approximate location of the phone by using GSM towers, and NOT the GPS (in case that will be stolen, or I forget where I left the phone, in car / at work / at house etc.)
Hello, well to help you out I use Kaspersky Mobile Security, it has alot of features, you can lock the phone via sms messages, take mug shots, wipe the phone and locate it too, you can look for it in the play store, its a paid app but I think its worth it, I would look into it if I were you and consider it as a viable option. Hope this helps.
You can locate your Android Device with Googles Device Manager and has a features to lock the phone and ring.. Also I believe there is APPs to track your device with GSM towers.
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
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Thx!
I have enabled in settings > Location services > Access my location and google location service, now I can find my location without using gps, avast anti theft works pretty well, I also found an interesting app on google play named Secret Control but it has some ads.
isabellamiller477 said:
Hello guys, I saw some apps for android like, comodo anti theft, avast anti theft, eset anti theft, and so on, for locating the phone.
Which one do you recommend or think that is the best?
I have gived a try to avast and comodo, but I saw that if the phone is in the house I can not locate it from the laptop browser / avast web-interface,
as it needs to enable the GPS reciver and gps can not be started automatically or even if it is started it will not "see" the gps sattelites because of the roof. And with comodo I saw no web-interface, only sms texting, and I have only one phone, no secondary phone handy for finding it easy.
I wish to be able do do two simple things by controlling it over internet using a laptop (wify or carrier data 3G/EDGE/GPRS)
1) If I forgot where is my phone in house and I have no other phone, to be able to make the phone to sound an alarm for finding it more easy, it happens often to forget where my phone is in the house
2) Locate the approximate location of the phone by using GSM towers, and NOT the GPS (in case that will be stolen, or I forget where I left the phone, in car / at work / at house etc.)
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kidkree1 said:
Hello, well to help you out I use Kaspersky Mobile Security, it has alot of features, you can lock the phone via sms messages, take mug shots, wipe the phone and locate it too, you can look for it in the play store, its a paid app but I think its worth it, I would look into it if I were you and consider it as a viable option. Hope this helps.
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Allen` said:
You can locate your Android Device with Googles Device Manager and has a features to lock the phone and ring.. Also I believe there is APPs to track your device with GSM towers.
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Wow! I thought we need gps in order to locate our location. This is great
Hello. I would like to know how to disable apps from accessing my GPS COMPLETELY (specifically FACEBOOK).
I have installed Lookout Security to locate my phone just in case it's lost or stolen, and thus from now on I will be keeping GPS turned on. I am a "GPS off" kinda guy, but with the security provided by this Lookout app, I feel safer having it on so I know where my phone is. My problem is, I have location turned OFF on facebook for facebook messaging, but every time I open it up, the little GPS icon seems to be active when app is opened. I do not want facebook to have my GPS data in any way shape or form. Also, other apps I do not really want to know my GPS coordinates.
So my question is, is there any kind of other app that I can use to dis-allow certain apps from accessing my GPS? Some apps are OK and I trust, but others just have no reason to be getting my GPS.
Thanks for any suggestions!
koolcat7 said:
Hello. I would like to know how to disable apps from accessing my GPS COMPLETELY (specifically FACEBOOK).
I have installed Lookout Security to locate my phone just in case it's lost or stolen, and thus from now on I will be keeping GPS turned on. I am a "GPS off" kinda guy, but with the security provided by this Lookout app, I feel safer having it on so I know where my phone is. My problem is, I have location turned OFF on facebook for facebook messaging, but every time I open it up, the little GPS icon seems to be active when app is opened. I do not want facebook to have my GPS data in any way shape or form. Also, other apps I do not really want to know my GPS coordinates.
So my question is, is there any kind of other app that I can use to dis-allow certain apps from accessing my GPS? Some apps are OK and I trust, but others just have no reason to be getting my GPS.
Thanks for any suggestions!
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Are you rooted? If yes, install Xposed and Xprivacy, then you can change the location behavior per app!
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setmov said:
Are you rooted? If yes, install Xposed and Xprivacy, then you can change the location behavior per app!
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ovmobile.appopslauncher
this will do. hope it can solves your problem
AppOps can show/disable gps per app basis, or you can restrict it via Xprivacy or via PDroid, and and and..
I think the new Pixel Tablet does not have a GPS chip. Will it be able to use the WiFi and bluetooth information to give a rough location in applications like Google Maps?
Good question. I never had an Android device without GPS, so I also wonder which third-party apps won't be installable.
swieder711 said:
I think the new Pixel Tablet does not have a GPS chip. Will it be able to use the WiFi and bluetooth information to give a rough location in applications like Google Maps?
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Really? That sucks.
It looks like UWB will be used for detecting a device in close proximity like a tile.
Has anyone tried Google Maps to see if it knows where you are?
Try GPS Status, you'll be able to tell pretty quickly if it can see GNSS sources
Other than that, it's not advertised to have satellite location capability
Droid info reports No GPS.
However, apps like Maps and Waze accurately show my current location.