Why does my phone think it is in Bogota?

[Guest Bibbly]

After I turn my pulse on and use a location app, my phone thinks it is in Bogota, Columbia, presumably gathering the location data from the cell tower. When I first got it, just before Christmas, IIRC, it thought it was in Austria. Some apps such as Google maps will then use GPS and get my location correct down to a couple of metres but some apps seem to refuse to use the GPS and show me data relevant to South America. Is this a known bug or am I missing something obvious? though I'm pretty sure I'm in the UK :-) I have the stock T-Mobile rom installed.

[Guest xangma]

Yeah I was in india for like a week. No idea.

[Guest jmmL]

Yeah I was in india for like a week. No idea.

On the way to Yorkshire recently I took a brief diversion to northern Italy, before returning to my original route.

[Guest racingclub]

mine always goes straight to Delhi when I reboot, seems ok after i wander around. I thought it might need to change cells before it worked itself out

[Guest scoobydoo99]

Mine thinks it's in Thailand - wish I was, it's bloody freezing in Aberdeenshire.

It was ok last week but can't sort itself this week - google maps is ok though, it's Accuweather thats lost.

[Guest Rem1x]

Mine thinks it's in Thailand - wish I was, it's bloody freezing in Aberdeenshire.

It was ok last week but can't sort itself this week - google maps is ok though, it's Accuweather thats lost.

Hey, it's only 0c. We've went though worse :)

[Guest scoobydoo99]

Hey, it's only 0c. We've went though worse B)

Yeah, but it's 25 deg less than my phone thinks it is :)

[Guest Rem1x]

Ah, I see the problem there :)

[Guest Calamity James]

Phew! It's not just me! I couldn't believe what Google Maps was telling me, I was on Orange and it only happened on their 2G network, when I turned 3G back on I returned to Maidstone, Kent!

Made me laugh so much I had to screen print the Facebook app:

It seems to have sorted itself out recently though on 2G!

[Guest Bibbly]

Mine is still telling me I'm in Bogota, I haven't had a chance to try it on a different cell, the weather has made us effectively snowbound.

What really annoys me is how some apps refuse to use GPS data. I can understand why an app would default to using cell tower location info but to ignore the correct GPS data when GPS is turned on seems like dumb programming to me.

[Guest Jason Patel]

When I am at home with 3g off the cell tower shows im in Russia, but stick 3g on and its pretty accurate. I always have GPS on but when lattitude is in the background it does not use GPS.

[Guest Remington Steale]

After I turn my pulse on and use a location app, my phone thinks it is in Bogota, Columbia, presumably gathering the location data from the cell tower. When I first got it, just before Christmas, IIRC, it thought it was in Austria. Some apps such as Google maps will then use GPS and get my location correct down to a couple of metres but some apps seem to refuse to use the GPS and show me data relevant to South America. Is this a known bug or am I missing something obvious? though I'm pretty sure I'm in the UK :-) I have the stock T-Mobile rom installed.

Wishful Thinking??