Anyway to update Apple's location database without an gps enabled apple device?
So I have moved from Manila to Angeles City here in the Philippines. Still using the same router. I've search countless ways on how to update your hotspot's location. Whenever I get connected to my Android's hotspot. It updates it to where I live. Whenever I connect to my router it gets confused. It says im at Manila or I'm at my correct location. Location disappears after a few secs on my router. It's stable when I connect to my android device. Non of my friends have iPhone's. I do have one but it's dead. Wouldn't waste my money on fixing it just for the location. Is there like any app for an android device to tell Apple where is my router located?
Nothing's going to happen until such time as you connect an iPhone or WiFi+Cellular iPad to your router. An Android device isn't going to have any way to connect to and update Apple's database, and a WiFi-only iPad doesn't have location information to pass on to Apple.
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