The answer to the question of how to change your phone's location is useful not only for testers and developers who can check the functionality of applications they've written. By changing your phone's GPS location, you can access resources normally restricted regionally or cheat in Pokemon GO. We swear we won't judge (after all, we prefer to take care of our Vikings), if you plan to appear at a local gym without leaving home!
How to Change Your Phone's Location – Android
To set your phone's location according to your wishes, you need to use an appropriate application and grant it the ability to mock locations in Android's Developer Options.
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How to Change Your Phone's Location – Step 1 – Enabling Developer Options
Developer Options is a set of additional settings that allow for easy app testing on your phone. One of its features is granting permission for mock GPS data, which allows you to change your phone's location. To enable Developer Options:
- Go to Settings
- Select About phone
- Find the Build number field and tap it seven times
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How to Change Your Phone's Location – Step 2 – Downloading an App
There are many apps on the market that allow you to change your phone's location. When choosing one, it's worth considering ratings to avoid those that could endanger your device. After checking a few, we recommend Fake GPS, which combines good ratings with ease of use.
How to Change Your Phone's Location – Step 3 – Granting Location Mocking Permissions
For FakeGPS to work correctly, you need to grant it permissions to change your phone's location. To do this:
- Go to Settings
- Select Developer Options
- In the Debugging section, find Select mock location app
- Choose FakeGPS as the app that will be allowed to mock locations
Now, simply launch FakeGPS, select the spot on the map where your phone should "be", and click the start mocking icon.
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How to Change Your Phone's Location – iOS
Changing your location on an iOS device can be done using iTools. iTools is a comprehensive tool that unlocks many additional options on your iPhone. With this program, you can easily mock your GPS location. However, you'll need to connect your device to a computer. Here are the steps:
- Install iTools on your computer
- Connect your iPhone to your computer
- In iTools, launch the Virtual Location tool
- Enter the location you want to mock and press Enter
Congratulations, you've just bypassed regional restrictions that prevented you from accessing certain YouTube videos. Or perhaps it wasn't necessary, and you just needed to find the right music streaming app that doesn't have such limitations?
