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How the iPhone determines location other than through GPS? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Nmn991@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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Hello, does anyone know how the iPhone determines location other than through GPS?

The thing is, recently when I turned on automatic time zone detection in settings, my time was set to Los Angeles even though I live on another continent. How could this happen? I need to do the same thing but with a different country. I've tried changing the region in iphone and app store, put proxies, but still the country is not what I need.

Fake GPS via 3utools is not suitable, as I somehow managed without it.

Disabling GPS in the settings also does not help, starts an endless wait.

Who didn't get it, I somehow changed the region so that even the iPhone thought I was actually in the US.

Whoever helps me, I'll send a whole dollar to TRON! 🤯🤯

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[–] SinclairZXSpectrum@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Where in settings did you disable GPS?
Where does it show you're in LA?
Is your iphone jailbroken?

[–] Uh-ohthelaundrysdone@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I've been in Tennessee for years on my phone and PC. I don't live in Tennessee.

[–] 0xWILL@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Your question doesn’t make a lot of sense. Are you trying to fake your clock somehow or is the phone incorrectly determining your actual location.

From experience, it seems to me it would use the phone cell towers and/or IP address.

When you turn on a brand new phone, it always seems to know where I am before I set it up.