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By *ramis55 OP   Man
47 weeks ago

Lowton

I keep getting a message saying the site cannot access my phone location and also in advanced search settings it keeps wanting to use a previous location I visited and won't allow me to change.

The problem is not with my phone or settings because everything is working fine on the Fabs wingers site

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By *uularTV/TS
47 weeks ago

Great Abington

I find I can sometimes "reset" where Fab thinks I am by clicking on the "Who's near ON" at the top of the homepage, and waiting for the GPS coordinates to show upon that page.

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By *o48Man
45 weeks ago

Gateshead

Same problem

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By *lasgow1975Man
45 weeks ago

Parkhead

It really doesn't work.

I was recently in Australia and 'who's near' took 2.5 weeks to recognise my GPS

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By *oodpeckerMan
45 weeks ago

Falkirk

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By *oodpeckerMan
45 weeks ago

Falkirk

In my experience, it works well in the UK 🙂

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By (user no longer on site)
45 weeks ago

Couple of things it might be worth looking at or trying - these are general as not much info to work from.

1. If you are accessing the site with a web browser then you need to make sure your web browser has permission to access your location.

2. Try with another web browser there are many out there. Although I use an iPhone, I use the Firefox browser rather than Safari - this works well for me.

Don’t know about settings on Android, and by default you will be using Chrome as the browser, but you can download and use another one if having problems.

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By *ramis55 OP   Man
43 weeks ago

Lowton

I am in the UK and it isn't working for me...

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By *ramis55 OP   Man
43 weeks ago

Lowton

I am on an android phone and the location setting and access is as it should be. Working fine on Fabs wingers and changes location to wherever I am but on here it is stuck on the Burnley area which I visited months ago and still do so at least it works while I am there!!

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By *ice WankerMan
43 weeks ago

Lancs

Why can't the who is near function be added to a normal browser on a tablet or pc?

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By *taffs_funMan
43 weeks ago

Retford


"Why can't the who is near function be added to a normal browser on a tablet or pc?"

Am assuming it's because only a mobile phone has a sim card and therefore GPS

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By *mma_EvansTV/TS
43 weeks ago

Preston


"I am on an android phone and the location setting and access is as it should be. Working fine on Fabs wingers and changes location to wherever I am but on here it is stuck on the Burnley area which I visited months ago and still do so at least it works while I am there!! "

Have you changed your postcode? xx

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By *mma_EvansTV/TS
43 weeks ago

Preston


"Why can't the who is near function be added to a normal browser on a tablet or pc?"

I use the mobile web app site on my Chromebook, it works fine, m.fabguys.com xx

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By (user no longer on site)
43 weeks ago


"Am assuming it's because only a mobile phone has a sim card and therefore GPS"

Not exactly. GPS is (or should be) a separate chip in the phone. The SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) is what identifies your phone and number to your service providers network.

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By *ramis55 OP   Man
42 weeks ago

Lowton

Ha. Yes, of course. Many times

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By *adame BootsTV/TS
42 weeks ago

Tetbury

It can and does work although I went through a patch when it was playing up, I think I was using private browsing and there were some boxes to tick that didn't stay ticked.

I now use Firefox for all this stuff on my phone, not private, but the app is well hidden on my phone just in case.

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By *ramis55 OP   Man
9 weeks ago

Lowton

Of course I have changed my post code but this problem has never resolved itself...

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By *ramis55 OP   Man
2 days ago

Lowton

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By *ub4daddyukMan
2 days ago

Warminster


"I keep getting a message saying the site cannot access my phone location and also in advanced search settings it keeps wanting to use a previous location I visited and won't allow me to change.

The problem is not with my phone or settings because everything is working fine on the Fabs wingers site"

Each site you visit can have it's own specific settings/preferences stored within the browser, so one site may work and another not

This happened to me, a permission box popped up for Fabguys and I hit the wrong option and that got saved and near me wouldn't work.

I couldn't find how to just change for Fabguys so I cleared all the browser history.

When I restarted Fabguys I got the pop up box asking for permission to access location and it's worked since then.

Just note if you clear history you'll lose lots so be sure , have to log in again etc

Not sure if it's exactly your problem but may work??

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