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   Andy Burns to Ragnusen Ultred   
   Re: How does a Wi-Fi only tablet route o   
   30 Mar 18 22:56:27   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.home.repair   
   From: usenet@andyburns.uk   
      
   Ragnusen Ultred wrote:   
      
   > I must have forgotten to mention this is a   
   > WiFi-only tablet   
      
   You omit to say what O/S it is using.   
      
   > in that there is neither GPS nor cellular capability.   
      
   It was explained to one of your alter-egos some time ago, how Google   
   uses wifi for coarse geolocation, it may have escaped your notice that   
   unless explicitly disabled, recent versions of android will do that even   
   when WiFi is "off".   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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