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So if your phone goes into sleep mode (or whatever you call it when you don't touch the app for a bit and the screen goes black), is it still scanning for Pokemon? I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S5.

Also, just joined Team Mystic. :-O
 
So if your phone goes into sleep mode (or whatever you call it when you don't touch the app for a bit and the screen goes black), is it still scanning for Pokemon? I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S5.

Also, just joined Team Mystic. :-O

You made the right choice friend

but nah it won't scan, screen needs to be on unless you have the battery saver option turned on where it dims your phone's screen. It's the one dumb aspect about the game imo
 
So if your phone goes into sleep mode (or whatever you call it when you don't touch the app for a bit and the screen goes black), is it still scanning for Pokemon? I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S5.

Also, just joined Team Mystic. :-O

If you activated battery saver mode, it'll dim the screen and show a PGO logo when you put the phone in your pocket while the app is active.

When that happens it's still scanning for pokes and you'll get sound and vibrations.

But if you put your phone in actual sleep mode (screen off) then it doesn't.
 
So if your phone goes into sleep mode (or whatever you call it when you don't touch the app for a bit and the screen goes black), is it still scanning for Pokemon? I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S5.

Also, just joined Team Mystic. :-O

You made the right choice friend

Does the team you join matter anything? Iam at level 3 so obviously I havent joined to any team :P.
 
If you activated battery saver mode, it'll dim the screen and show a PGO logo when you put the phone in your pocket while the app is active.

When that happens it's still scanning for pokes and you'll get sound and vibrations.

But if you put your phone in actual sleep mode (screen off) then it doesn't.
Is battery saver mode activated in app? You mentioned it'd show the PGO logo.
 
Does the team you join matter anything? Iam at level 3 so obviously I havent joined to any team :P.

It's really just preference, although I know some people try to base it off of what teams are popular in their area so they have an easier time taking down gyms. Don't know if that's actually worked out for them though.

I just have always liked Articuno more than the other birds.

Is battery saver mode activated in app? You mentioned it'd show the PGO logo.

click the pokemon button in the center of the screen, then click on settings in the top right

Battery saver is the 4th option down, it's set to off on default
 
If you activated battery saver mode, it'll dim the screen and show a PGO logo when you put the phone in your pocket while the app is active.

When that happens it's still scanning for pokes and you'll get sound and vibrations.

But if you put your phone in actual sleep mode (screen off) then it doesn't.

Your app doesn't have touchscreen issues after exiting the battery saver position?
 
Biggest catches today are Dragonite, Aerodactyl, Porygon(hatched), Geodude and Rhyhorn.
I'm the same level as you, literally 2.9k exp away from 17 D;

man I've only seen it on my radar once and it was 3 steps away, searched around my city for 3 miles and it never went below 3 steps. Highest it got on my list was 2nd slot

Oh nice! We're the same then. :D You'll hopefully spawn yours soon but yeah sometimes the rare ones are impossible to find. I was running around for an Aerodactyl today and was incredibly lucky to find it even if it sucked CP wise.
 
It's really just preference, although I know some people try to base it off of what teams are popular in their area so they have an easier time taking down gyms. Don't know if that's actually worked out for them though.

I just have always like Articuno more than the other birds.

Honestly if I had known that my area was full of Valor and Mystic, I would've chosen Instinct because challenging and beating gyms that aren't yours is a lot of free experience.
 
Also, just joined Team Mystic. :-O

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click the pokemon button in the center of the screen, then click on settings in the top right

Battery saver is the 4th option down, it's set to off on default
Ah, thank you!

On a side note, I see the Italian restaurant near my apartment is under the control of Team Valor. But my scrub-tier Pokemon are all like CP 60 — hardly enough to take on Valor's CP 1,200+ Pokemon.

Must train harder!
 
It's really just preference, although I know some people try to base it off of what teams are popular in their area so they have an easier time taking down gyms. Don't know if that's actually worked out for them though.

I just have always like Articuno more than the other birds.
Thanks, I dont know much about Pokemons and GO is not official released in my country (should be Soon(tm)). But curious to see how GO goes.
 
Is it better to power up a Pokemon then evolve it, or evolve it then power it up?

Supposedly it's the same in the end.

I wouldn't waste time powering up pokemon unless they're ones you actually want to use though. As you level up you'll always find stronger ones.
 
Is it better to power up a Pokemon then evolve it, or evolve it then power it up?

this needs to be the next OT title its getting asked so much

powering up costs are the same regardless of evolution status, its based on where the dot on the CP arc is. evolve first to see if your evolution has a good attack, and boost if you decide its worth keeping.
 

Just NYC things.

There was a gigantic mass of about 200+ people (no joke) chilling down by Union Square, just popping lures all night and chatting about Pokemon and life and everything in between. I met some cool people, made friends, exchanged some numbers. It was sublime

Screw the haters. This was the best night I've ever had playing a videogame, bar none.
 
So if your phone goes into sleep mode (or whatever you call it when you don't touch the app for a bit and the screen goes black), is it still scanning for Pokemon? I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S5.

Also, just joined Team Mystic. :-O

*Highfive* Welcome to Team Mystic

Sadly I don't think it is still scanning, the screen has to stay on.
 
You will be able to catch some elsewhere! :)

Nope, you won't find anything. It's not that we can't get the app (I have it on my phone, downloaded via the US App Store), the problem is that, unlike most other countries without an official release, the Japan map is actually offline and doesn't show anything.

So yeah, all of Europe doesn't have the game (except Germany), but if they get access to the app they can play it (and therefore, mess with the servers). In Japan even if you are a tourist from the US or Australia or whatever, you are straight locked out of playing it.

Same situation as mine. I think that Niantic locks the whole Asia region. If they open up the server to us, the server will not stay for long.
 
This is seriously super-addictive. I catch everything I see, even if it's a duplicate I've already caught 10 times. The way they reward you with EXP for every Pokemon you catch, and candies for transferring duplicates is pretty smart.
 
Had a good walk after work today and managed to catch a 990 Hypno.

Level 18 right now and it's definitely harder to catch pokemon. Basically if you can't do curveball consistently I can't see how you will make it past level 20. Start practicing now.
 
This is seriously super-addictive. I catch everything I see, even if it's a duplicate I've already caught 10 times. The way they reward you with EXP for every Pokemon you catch, and candies for transferring duplicates is pretty smart.

Only 10 times?

I must've caught like 200 Zubats by now.
 
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