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lynne6was7
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Registered: ‎03-15-2010

Phone location issue

‎04-22-2020 10:58 AM

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?
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Registered: ‎03-30-2014

Re: Phone location issue

‎04-22-2020 11:09 AM

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

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Jaspersmom
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Re: Phone location issue

‎04-22-2020 11:42 AM

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gardenman
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Re: Phone location issue

‎04-23-2020 07:13 AM

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.

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