From Lisbon to Vietnam, to London and back to Lisbon in less than 5 minutes
So I was at a concert in Lisbon last night and when I picked up my phone to take some pictures of the show I noticed the iPhone was using the wrong time. It said it was 05:30 when it was actually closer to 22:30. Since I know the iPhone uses location to automatically set the time-zone and adjust the clock, I quickly opened the Maps app and to my surprise I was “located” in Vietnam.
Yes, Vietnam, and I have the tweet to prove it.
When I opened Foursquare to make a quick check-in in some Vietnamese location (to freak out my friends), I noticed that it was now locating me somewhere near London by showing nearby locations. I quickly changed back to the Maps app and sure enough I “was” now in London.
Yep, I also have the tweet to prove it. And this time I was able to check-in at the Apolo Theatre :)
A few minutes later, I noticed I was back in Lisbon as if nothing happened. At first I thought my iPhone’s GPS antenna just had a meltdown (since my wife’s iPhone still displayed Lisbon as her location) but then I came to know the same happened with other people at the concert and not all of them were iPhone users.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? Is there an explanation?
