topic Re: Phone location issue in Electronics

Phone location issue

lynne6was7 — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:58:18 GMT

I have had my Samsung galaxy smartphone for a couple years. For weather and Google map purposes, it uses my correct location. A couple weeks ago, when on retailer websites to determine my nearest store location, all of a sudden it thinks I am in the Chicago area. It does this on multiple retailer websites. Any idea how I can correct this on my phone so I don't have to manually adjust the zip code on each retailer website? Not sure why this happened, any ideas?

Re: Phone location issue

Still Raining — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:09:04 GMT

Safeway thinks I am in Albany, NY. I think the problem is on their end.

Re: Phone location issue

Jaspersmom — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:42:39 GMT

Check your privacy settings.

Re: Phone location issue

gardenman — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:13:39 GMT

Are you using a VPN? My VPN lets me pick a server location and I typically pick NYC, so stores think I'm in NYC when I'm not. That's where the server I use is from, so that's where they think I'm from. My phone knows where I am from the GPS, but retailers assume I'm wherever the server I'm using is from. It's also possible your ISP is using a remote server for some reason.