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Re:Do you really want Linux phones by a0-prw on Thursday March 25, 2021 @04:03AM (#26577502)
On Android phones, if you enable "developer" in settings, the app "fake GPS settings" can do that.

Caveat: It's been almost 4 or 5 years since I used it. I used to prank colleagues on Facebook by posting from a local prison or other weird places. Have had no use for it since I deleted my fb account. So I don't know if it can still do what you want.

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Re:Do you really want Linux phones by matkoniecz on Thursday March 25, 2021 @06:04AM (#26578273)
You are unable to do it for specific apps, it is a global setting.
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Re:Do you really want Linux phones by eqvinox on Thursday March 25, 2021 @06:53AM (#26578606)
Also I think the apps can check for this. It's also been several years for me but I remember using an external Bluetooth GPS receiver needed this setting to allow an app to read the BT data and feed it into Android & some Apps just refused to work.
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