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    • somevapourtrails
      somevapourtrails last edited by

      Hello everyone, I have the following problem.

      I use a Xiaomi Mi 10T lite 5G. The Android version of the Xiaomi is 11 RKQ1.200826.002. The Opera version is 62.3.3146.57763.

      Here's the problem. Whenever I visit a site like Amazon or any other vendor, it is assumed that my location is in the Netherlands instead of Berlin, Germany. That is pretty annoying. For some reason this happens on two different phones (the other phone is an old Alcatel 3V with Android 😎 and with two different phone numbers, it also happens no matter if I use Wifi or my mobile connection. It doesn't happen with mobile browsers like Chrome or Vivaldi either. So it's definitely not IP related but an Opera setting or bug. I checked my opera account setting. The location is Germany.

      I'd be very happy if anyone has a solution or hint what's wrong. Thanks in advance.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @somevapourtrails last edited by

        @somevapourtrails First, update to version 63, that is the latest one.

        Second, are those sites asking for your location? If not then they are just guessing your location wrongly.
        If you are using VPN or data savings, disabling it may help;

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        • somevapourtrails
          somevapourtrails @leocg last edited by

          @leocg Thanks for the answer. The version 63 is not distributed in my Google app store yet, so I can't update to the newest version.

          Yes, the sites don't ask for my location. They are only guessing my location wrongly in Opera, but not when I use Vivaldi for example. So it's definitely an Opera problem. I would love to fix it, because Opera is my primary browser on my mobile phones.

          No, VPN is disabled permanently. I also disabled the ad blocker and the data saving too. Unfortunately without success.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @somevapourtrails last edited by leocg

            @somevapourtrails Nope, it's a site issue. Browsers don't send your location to sites unless they ask for your geo-location and you authorize it to be sent.
            Sites try to find out your location based on your IP sometimes, but they don't guess it right all the times.

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            • somevapourtrails
              somevapourtrails @leocg last edited by

              @leocg I want to emphasize that the issue is not IP related. Because no matter if I use my mobile phone connection or my WLAN, this Netherlands bug appears. And it only appears in Opera, not in other browsers. Pardon my french, it's an Opera bug and it is quite annoying.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @somevapourtrails last edited by

                @somevapourtrails Go to https://www.iplocation.net/ip-lookup and search for your IP address (the page shows it) to see where several ip location databases think the IP is located.

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                • kopollo
                  kopollo Banned @leocg last edited by

                  @leocg https://myfree.app/what-is-my/location-now
                  where i am now
                  Browsers detects locations only by IP Address.

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @kopollo last edited by

                    @kopollo That site asks for your geolocation.

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