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Android Location Fused Location WiFi And Cell Data
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Android Location Fused Location WiFi And Cell Data
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Cell Data
How an Android Phone Works Out Where It Is, What It Keeps, and Why the
01 Executive summary
02 The problem in plain English: a fix is only as good as its source
11 Questions to ask · Suggested wording
12 Checklist and red flags · When to involve a digital forensic expert
13 Frequently asked questions
14 Glossary · References · Disclaimer · How a specialist laboratory can assist
Executive summary
The headline point: an Android phone fuses satellite, Wi-Fi, cell and sensor signals into a single location
whose accuracy depends entirely on which signals fed it, and keeps that location in Google's Location
History, the phone's caches, app databases, photo metadata and cell and Wi-Fi records, so the source of every
fix must be established because it governs the fix's accuracy and weight, and a placement rests on sources
converging.
§ 02 · FIRST PRINCIPLES
The problem in plain English: a fix is only as good as its source
§ 12 · QUICK CONTROL
Checklist and red flags · When to involve a digital forensic
expert
Where does an Android phone keep its location?
A location record shows an exact coordinate. Isn't that precise?
Google Location History is empty. Does that prove the person didn't travel?
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§ Common questions
Frequently asked questions
- A location record shows an exact coordinate. Isn't that precise?
- Not necessarily, and this is the commonest error (
- Google Location History is empty. Does that prove the person didn't travel?
- No, it usually reflects the user's settings (
- How do you make an Android location finding reliable?
- By establishing each fix's source and accuracy, then converging (
- Does location prove where a person was?
- It proves where a phone was; the inference to a person needs care (
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