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Need some assistance, Galaxy S23 on cellular data has the wrong location

So like the title says,I have my S23 on cell data and Firefox and Chrome say I'm in Florida when I'm actually I'm NY. I turned on location data, turned off ad block (I really don't want to do that) and some other extentions amd did a restart. Any idea where I go next?

Edit/small update- I was in Connecticut yesterday and tried it again on cell data, it had me in Pittsburgh, so it's something on AT&Ts end. I'd like to thank everyone for commenting, I appreciate it.

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lemmy - Link to source

MentalEdge

Websites don't typically use the device location services.

I'm assuming that if you open up google maps, the GPS triangulated location shown there is correct?

Websites will determine where you are, typically, based of IP, but this is not always reliable. And especially on cellular, your IP will change every now and then.

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neon_nova

That’s strange, if it’s consistently saying that.

Does it do the same thing whether you are in WiFi or cellular data?

You can check the dns settings to make sure they are set to automatic or manually set them to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

Those are Google dns servers.

If neither option work, I’d be concerned that your data is being funneled through a vpn without your knowledge.

You might be able to check that by searching “what is my ip address” and use whatever website shows it. Write down what you see and then do it on the cellular connection. The ip address should be different.

If it is the same on both, then you might have your data going through a vpn located in Miami.

Please feel free to message me directly about either of these things.

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