How to set up NoTeleport

The setup is done once and takes a few minutes. The app leads you through the steps itself and marks in green what is already done. Here is the same, with pictures.

The pictures are from plain Android 14. On Samsung, Xiaomi and other phones the settings screens look different, and entries may be named a little differently. The steps are the same.

1Open the app

Install NoTeleport and open it. On the first screen choose the language and tap “Continue”.

The first screen of NoTeleport, with the choice of language and the “Continue” button

The list of “Required steps” in NoTeleport — A list of required steps opens. Do them in order: a finished step gets a green tick.

2Location access

In the step “Location access” tap “Allow”. In the window that appears, leave “Precise” selected and tap “While using the app”.

Why: to check the GPS signal and notice when it is spoofed. The location is processed on the phone and is not sent anywhere.

The Android window: “Allow NoTeleport to access this device’s location?”

3Location from Wi-Fi and mobile networks

Usually this step is already green and there is nothing to do.

If it is not, tap “Open” and turn on Google Location Accuracy in the location settings.

Why: this is how the phone works out where you are while GPS is off.

4Developer options

Android lets only the app chosen in “Developer options” switch GPS off, so those have to be unlocked first. It is a standard feature of Android: by itself it changes nothing on the phone.

In the step “Developer options” tap “Open”. The “About phone” screen opens.
Find “Build number” at the very bottom and tap it seven times in a row. On Samsung the way is a little longer: “Software information”, and “Build number” there.
If the phone asks for your PIN or pattern, enter it. “You are now a developer!” appears.
Go back to NoTeleport with the Back button.

The bottom of the “About phone” screen: “Build number” and the message “You are now a developer!”

5Permission to switch GPS off

In the step “Permission to switch GPS off” tap “Open”. “Developer options” open.
Scroll down to the “Location” section. The list is long; this section is near its end.
Tap “Select mock location app” and choose NoTeleport.
Go back to NoTeleport.

The selection itself changes nothing: it only gives NoTeleport the right to switch GPS off while it is being spoofed.

“Developer options”, the “Location” section, the entry “Select mock location app”

The “Select application” list with NoTeleport in it — Choose NoTeleport in the list.

6Notifications

In the step “Notifications” tap “Allow”, and then “Allow” again in the Android window.

Why: the notification shows whether protection is on and whether GPS is being spoofed, and it has the button that turns protection off.

The Android window: “Allow NoTeleport to send you notifications?”

All required steps have green ticks — When all required steps are green, the “Done” button appears at the bottom of the list. Tap it.

7Turn protection on

On the home screen choose “Protection from GPS spoofing”. There is nothing else to do: the app can be left in the background.

The home screen of NoTeleport: “Protection is off” — Right after setup, protection is still off.

The home screen of NoTeleport: “No GPS spoofing”, with “Protection from GPS spoofing” chosen — Protection is on.

While protection is on, there is one NoTeleport notification in the shade:

The NoTeleport notification: “Protection is on. No GPS spoofing detected.” with the “Turn protection off” button

Recommended steps

They are lower in the same list. The app works without them, but more reliably with them.

Running in the background

So that Android does not stop the protection, tap “Open” in the step “Running in the background”, then “App battery usage” (on some phones “Battery”), and choose “Unrestricted”. On Android 11 and older a list opens instead: show all apps in it, find NoTeleport and choose “Don’t optimize”. On Xiaomi, Samsung and Huawei also allow autostart in the app settings.

Android Auto

Only those who have Android Auto installed see this step. Android Auto may use the car's own GPS, which NoTeleport cannot switch off. If navigation in the car “teleports” you, remove Android Auto's location permission: it will then take the location from the phone.

Check how your navigation app copes

Do not wait for an alert to see what it will be like.

In NoTeleport choose “Switch GPS off now”.
Open your navigation app and see how well it shows where you are.
To finish, tap “Turn protection on” in the notification, or choose another mode in the app.

Navigation apps behave differently without GPS. If one shows you imprecisely, try another, for example Google Maps or Waze.

What happens during spoofing

NoTeleport switches GPS off by itself, and the status changes to “GPS is being spoofed”. There is nothing to do. When the spoofing ends, GPS comes back by itself; that may happen a few minutes later.

The home screen of NoTeleport: “GPS is being spoofed. GPS is off. Location is approximate.”

The NoTeleport notification: “GPS is being spoofed. GPS is off until the spoofing ends. Location is approximate.” — If your navigation app does not work without GPS, tap “Turn protection off”: GPS comes back at once, but with the fake signal.

If something is wrong

The notification “Protection has stopped”. Android closed the app. Open NoTeleport and protection turns on again. To make this rarer, do the recommended step “Running in the background”.
The notification “Protection is not working”. NoTeleport is no longer the app chosen in Developer options. Repeat step 5.
Anything else. Write: github.com/noteleport/noteleport.github.io/issues.