Great News for PoGO Users

[Aman Chadha]

I have seen that if you close the game and put it in background and go somewhere without turning on wifi or data the distance actually increases tried 2 times and hatching distance increased. May be it takes information from pedometer i guess??

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[Lucy Davies]

What do you mean by put it in background? By pressing the home button?

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[Aman Chadha]

Yes

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[ZKnowN]

Well that's new.
I only know that if you leave your phone on a desk with Pokemon Go open, trainer usually moves. Hatched a few eggs that were about to hatch around .95-.96

 

[Morty2264]

Wow, I didn't know that. Will test it out. Thanks for the tip!!

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[LonestarROB]

I have seen that if you close the game and put it in background and go somewhere without turning on wifi or data the distance actually increases tried 2 times and hatching distance increased. May be it takes information from pedometer i guess??

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So use GPS only?

 

[Aman Chadha]

Yes gps should be turned on.

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[wwwoodchuck]

If I click the on/off button once, to put it to sleep, then open it a minute later, my trainer will RUN a little distance then walk back. Any PokeyMon within the circle at his farthest point will pop up and be catchable even when he gets back to where I actually am. If I sit at the computer working, and just leave it on, very little ever shows up. Doing this, it seems that about every time I wake the phone back up, something is there.

Of course it does not work all the time at other places, only home. And there is not always something there to catch either. His running does count towards km for egg hatching. It isn't a lot, but adds up in a day.

 

[Morty2264]

If I click the on/off button once, to put it to sleep, then open it a minute later, my trainer will RUN a little distance then walk back. Any PokeyMon within the circle at his farthest point will pop up and be catchable even when he gets back to where I actually am. If I sit at the computer working, and just leave it on, very little ever shows up. Doing this, it seems that about every time I wake the phone back up, something is there.

Of course it does not work all the time at other places, only home. And there is not always something there to catch either. His running does count towards km for egg hatching. It isn't a lot, but adds up in a day.

You're right: I bet that definitely adds up over the course of the day. Thanks again!

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[pcdebb]

I typically leave the game running, and have my wifi turned off (so it wont connect to my car) but dont get any increase. Matter of fact, i've been trying to hatch a 5k for a few days now....

 

[wwwoodchuck]

Not sure I understand, sorry. I don’t connect to any of the WiFi prompts, just use the phone plan. I get a lot of red dropdown prompts that some are available, I just ignore them and they disappear. If I leave my phone on in the car I can get quite a bit of km’s towards an egg. Not on highway driving, but at the ramps and traffic or in city driving.

I don’t do jackrabbit starts in stop & go highway situations, just ease it up a little then coast to a stop. Driving around in the neighborhoods, I keep it under 15 and can rack up quite a bit. Under 15 mph it all seems to count. I’m not going to spend my entire day driving around really slow but if you come to a lot of stops, it is worth it to leave it on and plugged in.

Shopping also I leave it on. Weekly grocery trips or out with the GF or wife doing lots of “ohhh, isn’t this nice” kind of things. You’d be surprised just how much ground you cover. At a place like Cabela’s, fagetaboutit. I cover just about every isle looking for something I can’t live without.

If you are a passenger, you can catch some while driving even on the highway. I turn it so I can see behind my guy. When something passes by, you can quick grab it and catch it as you drive away. Now that I’m driving I hear the phone buzz a lot but can’t do anything about it.

 

[Aman Chadha]

So it's proved that the egg hatching glitch is present in the game

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[Aman Chadha]

You've to be connected to both internet and gps for the trick. Just turn on the game before sleeping turn off screen don't turn off the game and leave it overnight. The time you wake up you'll see the distance in egg hatching has increased alot this really works tried on my S7e

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[ZKnowN]

If I click the on/off button once, to put it to sleep, then open it a minute later, my trainer will RUN a little distance then walk back. Any PokeyMon within the circle at his farthest point will pop up and be catchable even when he gets back to where I actually am. If I sit at the computer working, and just leave it on, very little ever shows up. Doing this, it seems that about every time I wake the phone back up, something is there.

Of course it does not work all the time at other places, only home. And there is not always something there to catch either. His running does count towards km for egg hatching. It isn't a lot, but adds up in a day.

Even if you don't turn on/off screen it will wander. I am currently doing this and am on my way to hatch a 10km egg. Currently at 4km and I haven't moved a bit. I only use my home WiFi and haven't taken my phone outside.

 

[LonestarROB]

None of these "tricks" have worked for me ( . I guess it's telling me to get off my fat ***.

 

[LonestarROB]

You've to be connected to both internet and gps for the trick. Just turn on the game before sleeping turn off screen don't turn off the game and leave it overnight. The time you wake up you'll see the distance in egg hatching has increased alot this really works tried on my S7e

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Did this lastnight and distance is exactly the same this morning.

 

[Aman Chadha]

Update - I tried it after the update overnight trick didn't work now will have to constantly check your phone after 5-10 min it will increase if didn't try restarting the app.

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[ZKnowN]

None of these "tricks" have worked for me ( . I guess it's telling me to get off my fat ***.

Its because you have set GPS to high accuracy. Try setting it to device only.

 

[kixfan]

Its because you have set GPS to high accuracy. Try setting it to device only.

Didn't work for me either. I'll try it again with the GPS setting to device only.

 

[rc213]

didnt work for me either at home but it does work a little bit at work.