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How to Set Fake Location in Find My Friends on iOS 10

Last updated on November 14, 2016 By Hamza Sheikh 8 Comments

Wondering how to set a fake location on iPhone?  No doubt Find my Friends is a great app as it lets you keep track of your loved ones and it’s a great peace of mind.   From kids to parents and grandparents, Find my Friends keeps everyone in your focus right in the palm of your hand.  But, many people want to set fake location in Find my Friends for many reasons.

Set Fake Location in Find My Friends

Find my Friends has both advantages and disadvantages like anything else in the world.  It keeps you updated about your loved ones’ location in real time.  You see them move and the app tells you how far they are from you in miles.  But this benefit becomes a curse sometimes because everyone needs some privacy in life.  Disabling Find my Friends may not be an option for many and they look for ways to fake location on iPhone.

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Another big reason to fake location in Find my Friends is privacy concerns.  There are many apps that gather your location information even without your knowledge.  For example, when you share your photo, you might not even know and your location information is shared.  If you manage to set fake location on iPhone, apps will detect and share fake locations as well.

Set Fake Location on iPhone to Bypass Restrictions

This is a popular reason for getting fake location on iPhone.  People fake location on iPhone for accessing apps and websites that are restricted based on locations.  They want to step past the blackout restrictions to access news, TV shows, movies, and games that are otherwise restricted in their country/location.  Then there are Pokémon lovers who fake location on iPhone to catch their Pikachu.

People who use dating apps like Tinder also look for ways to set fake location in Find my Friends to avoid showing their exact location.  You can also fake location in Find my friends just for fun.  Make your friends jealous by changing your location to a favorite vacation destination.

How to Set Fake Location on iOS 10 for iPhone/iPad

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To set a fake location on iPhone, you have many tweaks available for Jailbreak users.  In this article we will guide you to use two of the best Cydia tweaks to fake location on iPhone that will set fake location in Find my Friends app as well.  Two tweaks that we’ll present to you in this post are FMFNotifier or LocationFaker to set fake location on iPhone down to the exact coordinates.

Install FMFNotifier to set Fake location in Find my Friends

Step 1: Launch Cydia > Sources.
Step 2: Search FMFNotifier package.  You can get this tweak from BogBoss repo.
Step 3: Install the package and configure it from Settings.

That’s it. Cydia will automatically start downloading the FMFNotifier for your device. Once the installation ends, you can browse to Settings > FMFNotifier to configure it.

Along with setting a fake location in Find my Friends, FMFNotifier also notifies you when an app tries to access your location.

Install LocationFaker to fake location on iPhone

Step 1: Launch Cydia and go to search.
Step 2: Search for LocationFaker.
Step 3: Select the suitable version for your iOS and tap Install.
Step 4: Open LocationFaker by tapping its icon on your home screen.

With LocationFaker, you can set favorite locations and change them quickly whenever you want.  It works in the background till you close it manually.

The best thing is that both the tweaks have simple and easy to use interface.  You can change your location by simply dragging the pin on the map to the location you want.  To drop the pin at specific coordinates, zoom in and set the fake location on iPhone accurately and easily.

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About Hamza Sheikh

Hamza is a geek with love towards iOS and Jailbreak. He is the founder of GeekSays, and many other iOS blogs. He is the most viewed writer at Quora.

Comments

  1. Glenn says

    December 2, 2016 at 4:13 pm

    My question is on an iPhone 7 how can you fake your location without jailbreaking your phone so that the other user when they see your status it shows from the last time you logged in to see them it flips to now and doesn’t show you the activity?

    Reply
    • Hamza Sheikh says

      December 7, 2016 at 1:12 am

      You would have to wait for iPhone 7 jailbreak first to get this working on iOS 10.

      Reply
  2. John says

    January 12, 2017 at 5:23 pm

    How to install Cydia on iPhone 6s with IOS 10.2?

    Reply
    • Hamza Sheikh says

      January 16, 2017 at 2:09 pm

      You cannot install Cydia on iOS 10.2 firmware version. There is going to be a jailbreak solution, but right now, there isn’t any option available.

      Reply
      • Heller says

        January 23, 2017 at 9:47 pm

        What version of iOS 10 can you JailBreak?

        Reply
        • Hamza Sheikh says

          January 28, 2017 at 7:44 am

          You can now jailbreak both iOS 10.1.1 and iOS 10.2, or in other words, you can jailbreak any iOS version from iOS 10 to iOS 10.2

          Reply
          • Legend says

            January 29, 2017 at 9:53 am

            How can I jailbreak iphone6s ISO 10.0

  3. Berkley says

    February 22, 2017 at 12:07 pm

    How do I know if this is going to work?

    Reply

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