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ajifurailast Monday at 2:35 PM1 replyview on HN

In my testing, when sharing from apps that use MediaStore like Google Photos or Fossify Gallery (using a `content://media/` URI), the GPS location was stripped even via Bluetooth. This seems to be the default behavior from Android 10 onwards.

https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/shared/m...

> Photographs > If your app uses scoped storage, the system hides location information by default

When sharing via FileProvider from file managers like MiXplorer or Total Commander, the raw file is sent as is, and the GPS location stays intact.


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1970-01-01last Monday at 3:49 PM

You're doing it wrong then. I again verified on Android 16 using native Bluetooth sharing.

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