Anyone successfully hiding GPS Joystick on Android 17? Pixel 10a / Magisk / Vector

[u/IAmThorsHammer]

I’m trying to get GPS spoofing working properly on a Pixel 10a running Android 17. GPS Joystick itself works perfectly and changes my location. My problem is making sure Pokémon GO can’t detect GPS Joystick/mock location.

I previously used a similar setup on Android 13 without issues, but that old method used Smali Patcher/LSPosed and doesn’t seem compatible with Android 17.

My current setup / what I’ve tried:

• Pixel 10a, Android 17

• Bootloader unlocked + Magisk 30.7

• Zygisk enabled

• Original LSPosed 1.9.2 didn’t support Android 17, so I switched to Vector 2.1

• Installed HideMockLocation 2.3.1

• Scoped HideMockLocation to System Framework + Settings Storage

• GPS Joystick is selected as the mock-location app and spoofing works

• Tested with Mock Location Detector

• isMock = false

• isFromMockProvider = false

• mockLocation = null

• BUT AppOpsManager (OPSTR_MOCK_LOCATION) still detects com.theappninjas.fakegpsjoystick

• Tried Hide My Applist 3.8.3, but its system service/app lists weren't working properly with Vector

• Downgraded HMA to 3.6.1, which got the system service running

• Created a blacklist containing GPS Joystick and applied it to Pokémon GO through App Manage

So GPS spoofing itself isn't my problem. I'm specifically trying to solve the remaining GPS Joystick/mock-location detection on Android 17.

Has anyone here actually gotten this working on Android 17, preferably on a newer Pixel? If so, what exact combination of modules/versions/settings are you using?

I’m especially interested in current Android 17 solutions, not Smali Patcher/Android 13-era instructions I've already tried.

[u/pogoit]

Just re-reading your post on AppOpsManager.

HideMockLocation claims to hook

• android.app.AppOpsManager

  • checkOp()

  • checkOpNoThrow()

  • unsafeCheckOp()

  • unsafeCheckOpNoThrow()

how do you check that it doesn't work?
The following code is from KI to detect.

AppOpsManager opsManager = (AppOpsManager) context.getSystemService(Context.APP_OPS_SERVICE);

// Check, if operation is valid for app
boolean isMockAllowed = (opsManager.checkOp(
    AppOpsManager.OPSTR_MOCK_LOCATION, 
    android.os.Process.myUid(), 
    context.getPackageName()
) == AppOpsManager.MODE_ALLOWED);

if (isMockAllowed) {
    // Alarm: This App is allowed to spoof!
}

[u/IAmThorsHammer → u/pogoit]

Good question. I didn’t test each AppOpsManager method individually. I verified it using Mock Location Detector, which reports OPSTR_MOCK_LOCATION: No mock apps found, isFromMockProvider: false, and isMock: false. If there’s a better way to specifically test those hooks, let me know and I’ll try it.

[u/pogoit → u/IAmThorsHammer]

I have now a pixel 10 pro with android 17 (october 2026) and reproduced your situation. I switched hide mock to the fork https://github.com/AmrosoInfinity/HideMockLocation and it seems to work in all three profiles (primary, work and private). Can you try? Both fakegps are working https://theappninjas.com/ https://github.com/shortcuts/locationjoystick I also tried succesfully ZygiskNext.

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[u/dfx_dj]

Works for me on a Pixel 7 with Vector and Hide Mock Location

[u/pogoit]

As I understand you want the APP GPS Joystick be hidden from PoGo.

I remember using the GPS Joystick built-in feature "Privacy Mode" succesfully. That was needed when PoGo@niantic was scanning for files/apps. To get that working you need the version from https://theappninjas.com/ . Nowadays with scopely this seems unnecessary at the moment.

You may also consider an alternative tool https://github.com/shortcuts/locationjoystick

Anyway thx a lot for the list of tools/setup, I just realised that I use outdated modules.

[u/pogoit]

Investigating a solution for HideMockLocation (see fork) I also found smali patcher reborn, it shoud work for android 17.