I love to "travel" in MyTown. Here's how!

Wanted to visit a city and check-in to a location you thought was cool but don't have the funds to do it in real life? You can do it in MyTown easily with just a bit of effort!


Location Hack 1

1. Turn GPS off
2. Open MyTown app
3. Click 'cancel' if prompted to turn on location services
4. Click 'Check-in'
5. Search for anything (ex: "taco bell")
6. Voila! you are prompted with a list of cities and you can be wherever you want

Note: If you check the booyah blog (http://blog.booyah.com/booyah/2010/02/mytown-contest-update.html), you'll notice a few unknown cities (Abilene, TX ?!) at the top. Obviously some people have figured it out and so the top A named cities are getting some good check-in and popularity ratings

  

Location Hack 2

1. Essentially like Location Hack 1 but using a wifi connection that was broadcast from my phone in where there was no GPS signal bypasses some steps
2. Turn on phone wifi signal and connect to iphone/ipod touch
3. Start up MyTown
4. Search for something to Check-in to
5. I could choose my city of choice w/o needing to turn my gps off!

Note: To change to another city, just restart the app and follow the same steps!

HINT: For the most popular hot spots in any one city, click the refresh icon to get the city's default list of check-in venues! 

Enjoy your travels! ;)


Coming next: You've mastered Location Warping -- now it's Time Travel lessons! :)


-jrk