One of the problems of current smartphones is ubiquity, something that we can avoid on Android with different applications such as fakeGPS, capable of placing our device wherever we want. In this way we will be able to "trick" certain applications that require our exact location so that they "believe" that we are in a completely different place.
Imagine that we want to make sure that there is no possible way that a specific person does not know where we were that night, or we simply consider that our geographic location does not have to be "public" information. Android allows disable geolocation But perhaps what interests us is that our phone believes that we are in another part of the world, something for which we can use FakeGPS.
This application teletransport our smartphone to any part of the globe with just a couple of clicks. In this way, applications such as Facebook or Foursquare will geolocate us wherever we want, either for personal interests or to check-in somewhere in particular. To use it, we will have two ways to get it: one, go to Development Options and look for the option Allow mock locations. In case we prefer not to enable these options, the second is to move the file com.lexa.fakegps.apk from "/ data / app" to "/ system / app" using a file explorer with root permissions, set the permissions to rw-r – r — and restart the device (yes, in Android 4.4 and higher we will have to move the .apk to the folder to «/ system / priv-app»).
As indicated on the page corresponding from the Google Play Store where you can download the application, before using FakeGPS we must disable the option to use Wi-Fi networks in the Location options to avoid a general problem that causes the false location to continue on our phone after stopping the application. Also, unsurprisingly, FakeGPS must be run before running any other applications that we want to cheat.
As you can see, the possibilities of Android are endless and, as always, we recommend you visit our applications section to find everything you need for your terminal.