[GH-ISSUE #65] Location bug on Pixel 5? #41

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opened 2026-02-26 21:31:25 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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2026-02-26 21:31:25 +03:00

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Originally created by @mmueller on GitHub (Apr 19, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard/issues/65

I left home today at 10:15. I got notified of several trackers today, and when I look at the timestamps and the locations of the pings, there are pings at my home at 11:00, 11:05, 11:20 mixed in with pings at my actual location (not home) at 11:15, 11:32. I don't own any trackers, but I'm probably near some in town right now. I've been in the same spot for the last two hours.

Is this a bug with location services on Android? If my phone gave AirGuard locations in different places while I sat near the same air tag, I can easily imagine it generating false positives as if that tracker was following me. Is this a known issue on Pixel phones, or maybe just me? Is there any way for AirGuard to know when it's getting a "stale" location from the system, or is that not really a thing?

In settings, AirGuard has location permission "all the time" and "use precise location" is enabled. The global "Google Location Accuracy" (aka "Improve Location Accuracy") is also enabled, but I wonder if this can actually introduce errors? I just dug into the developer options to see if a mock location app is configured, and no, there isn't one.

Originally created by @mmueller on GitHub (Apr 19, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard/issues/65 I left home today at 10:15. I got notified of several trackers today, and when I look at the timestamps and the locations of the pings, there are pings at my home at 11:00, 11:05, 11:20 mixed in with pings at my actual location (not home) at 11:15, 11:32. I don't own any trackers, but I'm probably near some in town right now. I've been in the same spot for the last two hours. Is this a bug with location services on Android? If my phone gave AirGuard locations in different places while I sat near the same air tag, I can easily imagine it generating false positives as if that tracker was following me. Is this a known issue on Pixel phones, or maybe just me? Is there any way for AirGuard to know when it's getting a "stale" location from the system, or is that not really a thing? In settings, AirGuard has location permission "all the time" and "use precise location" is enabled. The global "Google Location Accuracy" (aka "Improve Location Accuracy") is also enabled, but I wonder if this can actually introduce errors? I just dug into the developer options to see if a mock location app is configured, and no, there isn't one.

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@larsdennert commented on GitHub (Jan 1, 2023):

I have an issue where air guard rarely records location when it gets a hit. Almost all tags don't have location data. No permissions have been denied.

@larsdennert commented on GitHub (Jan 1, 2023): I have an issue where air guard rarely records location when it gets a hit. Almost all tags don't have location data. No permissions have been denied.

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2026-02-26 21:31:26 +03:00

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@Sn0wfreezeDev commented on GitHub (Mar 23, 2023):

Should be fixed in the next update

@Sn0wfreezeDev commented on GitHub (Mar 23, 2023): Should be fixed in the next update

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2026-02-26 21:32:24 +03:00

[PR #41] [CLOSED] Improve English "notification_help" string #152