This troubleshooting guide is for specific purposes only - if you intend to use the app as "intended", for its developing purposes, you don't need No-root mode with High Accuracy and you don't need this guide. Please note that No-root mode depends heavily on your Android Version and Android Security patch date! It is only available on devices with Android 6.0 and above. For devices with Android 6.0 and above and a Security patch before and excluding March 2017, you can use GPS only with blocked GPS signal. For Android 6.0 and above and a Security patch date after March 2017 including, you MUST set the phone to "High Accuracy". In this configuration the Update interval has no effect so don't change it.
If you are a Developer this guide is not for you - just disable No-root mode and turn on "GPS only" and you can spoof your Developer App and Google maps fine without issues. This guide is for all these special cases when you want to spoof deeper into the system and beyond Google maps…
1) First, you need to REALLY and ACTUALLY read everything. Not just the answers that interest you. We really mean EVERYTHING! Follow each linked guide, watch every video without skipping. Without doing the extra work you will probably fail, especially if you just want an app to "click around". There are almost 8000 Android variants out there and each Android device is different so you have to make sure you follow each step exactly as described!
2) Your phone is on a Security patch afar March 2017 and you enabled No-root mode inside the app and put the phone to "High accuracy"? OK, move to 3 (not GPS only, "No-root mode" requires High accuracy in this Android configuration!).
"Update interval" has no effect in this mode so even if you change it, it doesn't matter!
3) Shutdown the phone for 10 minutes to have a clean start and reset the GPS signal. No, simply rebooting will not work as you need to clean the GPS signal cache, Turn it completely off for a whole 10 minutes ( not 1, not 2, not even 5, but at least 10 minutes or even better over-night for better results. This is needed only when the phone has been running for a long time and has a good GPS signal now). This will reset your real GPS signal.
4) Make sure you find a nice little spot inside a building where the GPS signal is bad. A bathroom works good, basements even better. As long as you are away from windows and not in the open! Yes, spoofing outside of buildings in No-root mode in High Accuracy is NOT recommended.
5) Clear data and cache on the Google play services app, which is a hidden app that manages the location on your device. Without clearing data and cache there might be issues with a drifting blue dot. This is covered in an answer above ("blue dot drifting")
6) Start the phone and run Fake GPS - start and stop it a few times via the start button. Confirm with Google Maps that the location is stable. This is important. Make sure to start the spoofed app right after you opened Gooogle Maps. Do not wait long, a maximum of 5 seconds delay between starting Fake GPS and the spoofed app via Google Maps is recommended.
7) You are done! Read the limitations on the Joystick operation of "No-root" mode with the newest Security patches and watch all the videos on these channels! All of them, no really, all of them! Please note that what you might experience after about 30-60 seconds is not "rubberbanding", but a timeout which is documented inside the app warnings and also here - you need to restart the FAKE position before it "timeouts" due to the new Security patch.
8) Still not done? Test your real GPS signal with the GPS status app.
GPS Status Play Store Link Go back to step 2 and run the GPS status app when the phone boots after 10 minutes being off (Fake GPS must be stopped!). The GPS status app needs to be running with the screen on so make sure the screen is on for at least 2-3 minutes. Test it in the location you want to spoof, preferably a location with bad GPS signal as explained above.
9) Is the GPS status app picking up satellites and finding a GPS signal, reading "Error(m)" and the value is below 30m? You will have to block the GPS signal! Either with a lot of tinfoil (we have this covered below as well, watch the video) or find another room with bad GPS signal away from windows or no windows at all.
10) No satellites and 0 error(m)? Good. Then if your phone is on an Android Version 6 and above before the March 2017 Security patch level you are set, enjoy spoofing in all it's glory. No limitations on the Joystick and Routes.
But if your phone is on a newer Security patch level date after and including March 2017 then you will still have to restart the Fake position from time to time as explained in the answer "No-root mode limitations" (timeout). Make sure to watch the included videos! If you don't like this timeout, then read the next bullet point and enable "Expert mode"(semi-advanced Android users only!) In Expert mode there will be no limitations.
That's it! If you follow the suggestions exactly as written there is no way to fail. We have tested at least 30 different devices and we have hundreds of thousands of user devices out there running the app without issue. So yes, if you follow everything as explained, you will be fine!
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