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Originally Posted by candyflip
My phone get's my location no problem with GPS turned off. My tablet does too, and I don't believe that it even has a GPS module. Android OS on Sprint/Time Warner networks.
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Could be done via wifi. Google maps out access point SSIDs when they do streetview capturing. When trying to figure out location, your device phones home with a list of the SSIDs it can see, and Google matches against its database. The results can be surprisingly accurate, since access point signals cannot travel very far.