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littleninjaman

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#76035 27-Jan-2011 21:30
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Hi I found out that my geolocation kept ending up in the middle off Christchurch where other people on other isps except telecom shows the geolocation of there house. I was wondering if there was any way of fixing this sence i would like to use my wifi for quick geolocation for my cell phone for when i leave home. 

any info would be cool
Thanks 

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  #431974 27-Jan-2011 21:49
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What software are you using?

Do you have WiFi on?

Are connected to your home access point when you see this?

Have you ever got a good GPS fix while connected to your home access point?




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littleninjaman

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  #431991 27-Jan-2011 22:11
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freitasm: What software are you using?

Do you have WiFi on?

Are connected to your home access point when you see this?

Have you ever got a good GPS fix while connected to your home access point?


Yea i have Wifi on but I was just using http://www.whatismyip.com/tools/ip-address-lookup.asp and some other sites with my ip address. If i enable wifi on my phone it does go any quicker but when i had data connection etc on my phone it loaded up fast sence its a-gps as well. I might not respond for a couple of days after this sence im going straight from work to a 3 day lan party lol so ill be back laterz :P

(EDIT: if im at my friends place with wifi it picks up where i am very quick) 

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  #432067 28-Jan-2011 08:58
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Sorry, but your response makes no sense at all... Please re-read my questions and answer each one separately. Once I have these answers then I can tell you more how it works, why you are seeing this and how to fix it.





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