XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Cameo  wrote:   
   > Chris  wrote:   
   >> Cameo  wrote:   
   >>> Andrew  wrote:   
   >>>> VanguardLH wrote on Sun, 1 Dec 2024 18:38:09 -0600 :   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Me: "Which what GPS spoofing app do you use on your phone?"   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I can help answer all your questions, VanGuardLH, because not only am I an   
   >>>> extremely helpful person, but I've tested EVERY single free ad free mock   
   >>>> location app there is (and wrote about them on this ng many times).   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Given I've tested them all, it's likely perhaps that I probably know more   
   >>>> about GPS spoofing than anyone on this newsgroup, so I can help you too.   
   >>>>   
   >>> Since you mentioned VanGuardLH here, it provides me an excuse to bring up   
   >>> an annoing geolocation issue regarding the iOS version  in the Vanguard app   
   >>> of the Vanguard Funds investment firm where I keep some of my self-managed   
   >>> 401K  savings.   
   >>>   
   >>> Their app that is virtually identical on Android an iOS, does not allow   
   >>> download to locations outside of US claiming some security concerns.   
   >>> Interestingly though Vanguard allows the app to work anywhere as long as it   
   >>> was downloaded and installed in the US. This restriction does not apply to   
   >>> the Android version. So this means I cannot use the iOS version now because   
   >>> I bought my first iPhone in Hungary and tried to use the app on my iPhone   
   >>> 15. Luckily I can use the app on my old degraded Android phone that I   
   >>> brought with me from the US. But I don’t want to go back to that slow old   
   >>> phone, just for this reason.  What is puzzling is that the iOS app would   
   >>> work here if it was installed in the US before leaving the country.   
   >>> I tried to fake my location to my old US residence via SurfShark VPN, but   
   >>> the AppStore could not be fooled with that.  Interestingly, the AppStore   
   >>> does not have this restriction with a similar FldeIity funds app where I   
   >>> also keep part of my 401K savings.  I wish you or somebody else could help   
   >>> me overcome this problem.   
   >>   
   >> This sounds like a Vanguard issue. Have you contacted them?   
   >>   
   > Yes, but the guys you get on the phone don’t know much about tech issues.   
   > They know about financial ones, mostly.   
      
   They will have a tech team. Raise a support ticket.   
      
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