How to use Location Spoof (iOS Only)

Introduction

You can use Location Spoof to change your iOS device's location to anywhere in the world. This can allow you to access geo-located events and releases, waitlists, games, location-based apps and services, and more.

Setup & Recommendations

• To use Location Spoof, you need to have an iOS device with iOS 9 or newer. It is best not to use beta builds of iOS, as they are likely to have issues working.
• If you are using a Windows Computer, you need to have iTunes installed. If you do not have iTunes installed, you can do so using the link here.
• When you launch Location Spoof on Windows, it will request administrator rights to launch a console window to connect to your iOS devices and install the necessary drivers. Please leave this console window open while using Location Spoof.
• Do not connect your iOS device to your computer until the console window has finished installing the necessary drivers. Otherwise, Location Spoof may not work.
• The computer you are using to spoof your location must be a local device in front of you. It cannot be a server or a computer that you connect to remotely since you will need to plug your iOS device directly into the computer running Spoof.

Location Spoof on Windows

1.  First, ensure that your iOS device is not connected to your computer. Having it connected when first opening Location Spoof can cause It to not work properly. 

2. Launch Location Spoof. When you launch it for the first time there will be a few dialogs that appear. If you do not have Python 3 installed from the Microsoft Store, a browser tab will automatically open, prompting you to install it.

3. Once you have finished installing it, click Yes on the Python 3 Install dialog, which should close it.

4. The next dialog notifies you that the Tunnel Service is starting up. You can close this dialog but do not plug in your iOS device until you see the console window has opened and finished starting. During this process, a window may appear requesting administrator permissions, make sure you click Allow access.

5. Once the Console window has appeared and finished starting, you can minimize it to your taskbar. 

6. You can now plug your iOS device into your computer. Ensure it is unlocked when you plug it in. You should see it appear on the left side of Location Spoof. If you are on iOS 16 or newer, then you may need to manually enable Developer Mode on your iOS device. If you do, it will show you an error next to your device in Location Spoof. 

7. To enable Developer Mode go to Settings on the device. Scroll down to Privacy & Security, then go down to Developer Mode. Click on that and Enable Developer Mode. It will prompt you to restart your device.

8 After you restart, you will receive a confirmation prompt to confirm that you want to Turn On Developer Mode before being asked to enter your passcode.

9. You will be ready to proceed once you see your device show up in Spoof without any errors.

10. Search Google Maps for the location you want to Spoof your iOS device to. You can search by the location name, street address, city, or even search using coordinates. 

11. Once you have a location set in the search bar, select a device on Location Spoof, then click the Spoof Device button. Location Spoof will begin working to Spoof your location.

12. To stop your device from Spoofing, select it from the left-hand side and click the Stop Spoofing button. It may take a few minutes for your device location to reset, however you can restart your iOS device if you want to speed this up.

Location Spoof on macOS

Not all of the steps shown may appear as below, but you will need to trust your computer on your iPhone, allowing Location Spoof to access your iPhone and vice versa.

1. Launch Location Spoof. When you launch it, a dialog will ask for your macOS login password. This is the password you enter when unlocking your computer. This allows Location Spoof to utilize Developer Tools on your iOS device. Enter your computer password and click Proceed.

2. Plug your iOS device into your computer and unlock it. If you do not see it appear in Location Spoof, you may need to go to Finder and find your device on the left-hand side. 

3. After clicking on the device, an image like the one below should show. You can click Trust to connect the computer to your iOS device.

4. After hitting Trust, you will need to fill in your iOS device password through a prompt asking you to enter your Device Passcode to Trust This Computer. Your device should then show in Location Spoof. If your iOS device shows up in Location Spoof with an error icon, you will need to enable Developer Mode on your iOS device. 

5. To enable Developer Mode go to Settings on the device. Scroll down to Privacy & Security, then go down to Developer Mode. Click on that and Enable Developer Mode. It will prompt you to restart your device.

6. After you restart, you will receive a confirmation prompt to confirm that you want to Turn On Developer Mode before being asked to enter your passcode.

7. You will be ready to proceed once you see your device show up in Spoof without any errors.

8. Search Google Maps for the location you want to Spoof your iOS device to. You can search by the location name, street address, city, or even search using coordinates. 

9. Once you have a location set in the search bar, select a device on Location Spoof, then click the Spoof Device button. Location Spoof will begin working to Spoof your location.

10. To stop your device from Spoofing, select it from the left-hand side and click the Stop Spoofing button. It may take a few minutes for your device location to reset, however you can restart your iOS device if you want to speed this up.

Troubleshooting Location Spoof

• (Windows) If you have Python 3.12 Installed and Location Spoof is still prompting you to install it, you may need to close out of the Toolbox and right-click to run it as an Administrator, then launch Location Spoof.
• The most common error occurs when you have not yet trusted the computer you are connected to. The first thing you can do to resolve this is to open up iTunes or Finder and ensure that your device shows up there. This can help prompt the trust message to get your computer and device trusted.
• If you are using iOS 16.1.1 on an iPhone 14 then you will need to enable Airplane Mode in order to successfully Spoof your iOS device. You will also want to re-enable Wifi and Bluetooth.
  
• If you have tried all of the above steps, try to clear the trusted devices. You can do this while the iPhone is plugged into your computer by going to Settings on your iPhone, and there is a Developer Category. Inside of that, at the top, there is a Clear Trusted Computers. After you clear trusted computers, you will need to restart the device and connect your device to Location Spoof again.