FAQ:
>What country has this game been released in?
Officially: Japan, Australia and New Zealand
>It says that the app is incompatible with my devices! What gives?
This is a region lock and it is very probably that your device IS in fact compatible with Pokemon GO. Install the app to find out!
>If I live outside of Australia, can I download this game for Android?
Sure! Keep reading for directions.
>How do I download the game?
Go to http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/niantic-inc/pokemon-go/pokemon-go-0-29-0-release/pokemon-go-0-29-0-android-apk-download/
You will need a file manager on your phone. Get a file manager in the Google Play store.
>>27001423
Heh makes me remember early threads of /fgog/ and every warcraft expansion launch
>>27001423
ITS NOT IN JAPAN
ITS NOT EVEN OUT YET
THIS IS A CRASH TEST. THEY DO IT WITH MANY MOBILE GAMES, WHICH IS WHY THE KEKS AT NIANTIC HAVENT SAID ANYTHING YET
CAPS
Remember to jam out while you play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUlJA7YC_dk&index=17&list=RD5a8UXXEArw4
Can't even try to login with the Trainer Club account because apparently my account doesn't exist anymore, and I can't login on the website because the password is wrong (tried on different browsers and I'm now locked out for 15 minutes).
Is that related to GO? Is Trainer Club dead (RIP)?
>Try to sign in
>It says my password/username is wrong
>When I literally used it like 2 hours ago
REEE
NA WHEN AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>27001472
That's terrible
Is there a guide for this?
>>27001423
Servers are down here...fug
>>27001496
No. Nobody knows shit.
>>27001490
I just picked the first one that's open they've made way better.
Caught anything cool anon?
>>27001472
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YU2Cb2MVno
FIX SERVER BITCH
So how do you find pokemon other than incense? My cousin sat he sat down at work and two pokemon came to him just like that, but I'm been at my house whole day and nothing.
>>27001519
pure luck. you've got higher chance if you get out of the fucking basement and take a walk
Why
For the people in the US setting up throw away AUS iTunes accounts:
How are you all getting past the part where it asks for an AUS credit card?
>>27001451
Only two mobile games I play and the two of them are shit in their launch day
>>27001527
They are incompetent
What were they even thinking
OP you should add the iOS tutorial in future threads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUIK5XUrIM4
UPDATE FROM ITALY
Italy apparently comes and goes, but an Italian Pokétuber who is very often in contact with Nintendo confirmed some people who logged in with their Pokémon Trainer Club account actually got their account banned. We don't know if it is momentarily of definetely but it apparently is. I can give you source but it is in Italian with no subs.
I CAN ALSO CONFIRM MY MAIN EMAIL ADDRESS IS NOT CONNECTING, BUT MY SECONDARY IS.
Does anyone know what the spinning pokeball in the top left corner means? It keeps happening to me for extended periods of time.
>>27001511
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrp4joGGhOY&feature=youtu.be
not really a remix but comfy as fuck
also
>2008
>>27001478
I made an account just for this and whenever I try to log in it tells me my password is incorrect.
List of Pokemon caught so far? I'll start.
>Charmander
>Poliwag
>4x Rattata
>Goldeen
>Bellsprout
>2x Pidgey
>Spearow
>>27001535
I just got the mirror download of the APK, logged in with Google and started playing in USA. But having server problem now
It's not a problem of region lock
>>27001558
Gibe source I'm Italian and can't log anymore
Can't believe they'd ban for this. Are they stuck in the 90s?
>>27001558
Germany is also going up and down for some reason
>>27001535
Don't download and app that costs money. All you need to do is type in a fake name and adress you find and you can skip the actual purchase if the app you downloaded is free.
>>27001558
Source me.
>>27001526
I was relaxing in my house and a random metapod just showed up, I thought I lost it leaving the battle to show my brother but it came back.
Really is all rng
>>27001563
I think it's just a loading icon
>>27001570
Please read. They're having problem setting up an australian account for the itunes store. iOS does not use APK
I got this parsing error when i tried to install the APK from the OP
How do I fix this?
>>27001586
Oh okay. Seems to take forever to load whatever it is its trying to load.
>>27001567
I'm having the same issue
>>27001558
France is going up and down
managed to log in, but it reset the account and had to re-do my trainer and pick a starter again
app crashed and now stuck at the server screen again
>>27001600
You downloaded AIDS
>>27001600
Model? Android version?
>>27001571 >>27001584
The guy deleted the video, but he's called Cydonia. He made a video this morning saying Nintendo was probably gonna do something to people who passed the region lock, he still has a post on his facebook page about this. I myself can't log in with the e-mail address I used all day, but if I use a secondary one I'm up in no time.
>>27001569
>Charmander
>Pidgey
>Pigeotto
>Rattata x3
>Ekans
>Sandshrew
>Nidoran (Male)
>Paras
>Parasect
>Abra x2
>Geodude
>Doduo x2
>Rhyhorn
>>27001600
parse this package
*unzips dick*
>caught some cool shit on the way home like a drowzee and venonat
>close it for a bit when I get back
>try to log back in
>says my password is incorrect
Are they cracking down?
>>27001616
I just got back in with my Trainer Club account. Also have a separate Google Account with a different starter.
>>27001600
It doesn't work on 4.2
>>27001571
>can't believe they'd ban for this
Friend, you've never played with Niantic, have you?
>>27001614
Samsung phone (SGH-T599N)
Android 4.1.2
>>27001620
>caught some cool shit on the way home
This is what I'm scared of. I already have a 20 drive back home, but I'm sure I'm gonna zigzag through the residential areas between my work and the highway I use primarily. It's probably going to wind up being a 2 hour commute so I can hit as many Pokéstops and gyms as I can.
>>27001636
I don't see how they'd be able to ban us from a Nintendo platform though.
>>27001558
Canada fag here, game is still working, or at least working just as well as it ever had.
>>27001478
>>27001479
Same issue here. Can't log in on the site either.
>>27001569
Charmander
Pidgey
Rattata x3
Eggxecutor
Doduo
Eevee
>tfw no gyro so you can't go into AR mode
why even live
>>27001647
Only works on 4.4+
source:I'm currently rooting my phone to try to update to 4.4 as well
>>27001647
Android 4.4 is required.
>>27001636
A friend of mine was actually saying the opposite.
He said that Niantic actually planned this, just wanted to see how much they can stress-test their servers. I really don't know.
>>27001633
Just got back in too with my normal account. Thank Arceus.
>>27001654
I hope for you it keeps working.
>>27001664
4.1.2fag here, got a guide on how to upgrade it, or is my phone too old and shitty?
>>27001544
To be fair happens with every game that has some exectations, irrelevant of the equip where its launched
Whats your strongest pokemon?
>FOUND THE FIX
GO TO LOCATION SETTINGS AND SET THE MODE TO GPS ONLY
>>27001684
source: my ass
>>27001684
Source!
>>27001654
Ontario here, it's not working for me.
>>27001684
who is that fag.
why should I trust him?
>>27001684
Bullshit.
Would you faggots stop with the "getting banned" nonsense already? I respect that you want the servers to yourself, but so do we for fuck's sake.
>>27001675
You can probably do it if your device has at least 4GB storage, but the guide would be different depending on your device.
You need to root your phone and then flash a custom rom with 4.4. Just google "*device name* custom 4.4" and you'll probably find it
>>27001706
His profile picture is himself as a cartoon in vague Pokemon artstyle. Its law that you have to trust him.
>>27001684
This fag literally mada video about Pokémon GO today. TODAY. And now he's telling people to delete the app?
Yeah, I don't think so.
>>27001691
fix for what?
>>27001569
>Charmander
>Nidoran (both genders)
>Nidorino
>Drowzee
>Growlithe
>Arcanine
>Eevee
>Pidgey
>Geodude
>Koffing (only came across it at a gas station, dunno if that's relevant)
>Zubat
>Clefairy
>Diglett
>Paras
>Cubone
>Venonat
>Rhyhorn
I've also seen Chansey, Hitmonlee and Vulpix
>>27001706
Some Bolggerfag i guess...
>>27001616
I don't get the error anymore now, but trying to log in just does nothing.
This is what you literal man children deserve. Grown men and women can't be patient and now they're getting banned. Literally lmao'ing at the fact you will be blocked out for life just because you can't act like adults and wait like everyone else.
>>27001684
It's impossible to do that. Not on Android.
>>27001684
>banning your device
Holy shit this misinformation. They have literally no way to do that, at least not on Android.
Is it possible to change your email for your account? Can anyone see it?
I accidentally didn't use my normal email.
>want to get the APK
>worried about getting banned for not waiting
well, let's just see how long before I can play it legit in Canada. Can't be too long.Right?
I have six rattata now, what the fuck do I do with them?
>>27001759
>>27001759
>banning probably the most potent market for this game
Pffff
>>27001749
That error >>27001527
>>27001684
Even if this was true I don't see how deleting it would make a difference, they'd still know you accessed the server.
If it is true we are already fucked.
Went for a walk for an hour to the closest pokespot (only got 3 balls fuck me)
Had the game running the entire time, it consumed a grand total of 6.28mb of data. This is NOT rough on your monthly supply of cell internet
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/4rj1jv/pokemon_go_has_soft_launched/
and no, you won't get banned xd
>>27001775
It's always too long.
>>27001569
>Squirtle x3
>Drowzee x6 (so fucking many)
>Jigglypuff
>Krabby
>Tauros
>Caterpie
>Weedle
>Pidgey
>>27001544
>mfw same situation
>>27001777
Release all except for the strongest CP, save candy to evolve it. Save candy for evolution, not power up.
>>27001691
seems to work but is asking me to remake my character from scratch, seems like everything has been deleted (or some server fuckup again, I'm not in any of the available areas)
>>27001780
They're completely unrelated on a technical level.
>>27001759
>banning the most dedicated consumers for literally no reason
>not a single screenshot of someone who got banned
laughinggirls.jpg
>>27001777
Keep he largest/strongest and give the rest to willow
>>27001784
It will, however, suck the shit out of yout battery
>>27001798
That it will. 38% gone during said hour.
>>27001785
>https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/4rj1jv/pokemon_go_has_soft_launched/
I've tried explaining that the game isn't out to these autists but they don't care.
are the pokemon available to all people in the area or are the generated on the phone.
like if I'm with a friend and there is a rogue bulbasaur walking by, will we both see it?
will it be a race to see who can actually catch it?
What
>>27001784
I found a couple Pokespots and a gym in my town but it is really laggy and only allowed me to interact with one of the locations. I got 5 balls.
I'm in the trainer club web page and I can't edit my profile, fuck
>>27001798
This. I take a short walk and my shit is drained, even with battery saver on
>>27001684
And her "Source"
>>27001784
I used my last 10% and it lasted a while and worked pretty well even after my main data ran out.
>>27001808
I actually had the same Krabby in the same location with a buddy today but we could both catch it. Prolly RNG tho
>People actually think you'll get banned for installing a fucking apk
I know /vp/ has a bit of a younger userbase than most other boards but fuck me, get some common sense please.
>>27001808
It's generated by the phone. So no, you don't need to stab anyone over a bulbasaur.
>>27001814
Good thing I'm about three days away from a new phone.
You need Dust AND Candy to level up. I thought it was Dust OR Candy and you needed Candy to evolve. All is well though, I only wasted one candy.
>>27001809
I got that and I have a busted Gyroscope from dropping my phone like a retard too many times. It just helps keep things stable with a bland background on the Pokemon catching/fighting.
>>27001814
>some people I know confirmed it
literally my dad works at nintendo tier source
>>27001814
Btw, i spend all day on reddit and i see nothing of this
>>27001792
Well, it works for me™
>>27001814
Oh my sweet Jesus it's techno babble on the level of star trek. Fucking laughed hard.
>>27001828
my upgrade goes through on the 10th
what phone get?
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>>27001814
lol
>>27001807
what were you expecting of 4chan? some people complain about their impossibility to play, some people think they will get banned, some people say niantic hates america... it's a mess
>>27001790
Give the softcore CP to me
>banning customers for downloading a FREE app
That just seems incredibly retarded from a business point if view. I could understand a temporary block but surely nobody actually believes they are banning people, right?
>>27001814
>dark outside
>ran outta incense
>probably gonna get raped by someone hiding a bush
Looks like my adventure is over.
>>27001832
You can just catch more pokemon for dust so its not so bad.
I can't wait to go to campus tomorrow to see how many gyms their are.
Is the server still acting up? Was thinking of taking a walk and collecting some pokestops.
Also do Pokestops reset, or are they a one time thing?
Currently online, East coast
All my local pokestops are in a graveyard.
2spooky
>>27001867
Leave it to the Pokemon fanbase to be technologically illiterate
Welp, I'm not able to log in with trainers account anymore for some reason, login with google account has no issue for me, Rip username
>>27001875
>Also do Pokestops reset
I used two, drove around the block then was able to use them again. I'd wager a 5-10 min wait before they can be reused.
>>27001814
Keking 'til tomorrow
>>27001867
The app is completely location based. If they really wanted to block certain places, they would.
I wish I worked in a store in a bigger town, so that it could get flagged as a gym and we could have kids walking in to challenge us to battle all day so that I can act really confused
That'd be a fun time
>>27001873
>I can't wait to go to campus tomorrow to see how many gyms their are.
Probably 1
You fucking retards really think they couldn't have blocked fucking locations if they really wanted to region lock? It's a game about using the GPS for god's sake.
>>27001878
Not for me, Midwest USA
>tfw no Pokestops yet
Who /niagaracanada/ here?
Any differences between register with google or pokemon account ?
>>27001867
Especially considering those customers are the ones that are most excited aka the ones most likely to buy mircotransactions and advertise the game to all their friends.
>starts limited open beta without saying a word
>impatient people begin downloading the apk so they can play
>so many people download the apk that it causes servers to shit themselves
>maintain radio silence instead of taking 5 seconds to post a simple status update going over their plans
>allows rumors of bans and suspensions to spread like wildfire
>people already hurting themselves trying to catch pokemon or using the app while driving
>hype is already dying down for a lot of people
How can one company fuck up this badly?
>>27001684
>>27001814
Even if that'd be true... WHY the FUCK would they ban the majority of their userbase? That's literal suicide.
>>27001917
I have an account running for both, and oddly enough the "nearby pokemon" was different between the two, but that may just be random chance and RNG deciding what is nearby every time I log in.
>>27001923
It's obviously not true
>>27001902
Wow, I assumed it was 24 hours. Good to know, I can plan a hiking circuit for myself and get in shape, I already have been hiking more anyway but I have a nerdy reason to do it to.
>>27001913
They made a gym out of a fucking botanical gardens and a gas station/pet store we'll see mate.
>>27001902
If true that's crazy, why would I ever need to buy Pokeballs? I live downtown and there are like a dozen stops within a 3 block radius.
>>27001914
This. Jesus fuck, just don't let it work outside of offically released regions.
>>27001814
>woman
>knowing anything about technology in the slightest
>>27001922
I almost hit a parked car driving to the store last night and sniping pokestops on my way there.
>>27001917
Pokemon club account keeps fucking up for me even though I know I have one, game refuses to let me log in with it some times.
>the map is blank, but it logs me in
SOON
>>27001950
Totally true. I also got three eggs altogether from them. Considering you can only carry 9 at a time, I that seemed like a lot to be able to get within 15 minutes.
>>27001684
>>27001814
This is not fucking possible you tech illiterates
>>27001684
Sounds like some bullshit to me.
Why would Niantic/Nintendo go through so much effort to have people not play (spend money on) their game?
Should I be "powering up" Pokemon before I evolve them or does it not matter? Trying to optimally use my candies and shit.
>>27001950
I know that the whole needing to buy pokeball was the ebin funny joke, but sharply limiting pokeballs would be a good way to kill the game right off the bat.
I've seen people posting pictures of them looking through the phones camera and seeing pokemon there, like on their toilet roll or steering wheel etc - how do you do that?
All the pokemon I've encountered have just had a generic gane background similar to in the DS games
Also I live like 200m away from a polestar but it's a war memorial in the village square. Paranoid about people looking out their window and sewing a fucking 22 year old male walking up to it once every 15 minutes and then strolling back home
>throw pokeball
>catch
>screen stays on pokeball forever
I've been waiting 10 minutes and it's just sitting there
it's not frozen because the background is moving
is anyone else having this issue
>>27001973
>live in a ghost town
>once things get established probably going to dominate everybody on the block
Feels good.
Hey little buddy.
>>27001984
Evolution > Powering Up
What does holding a gym get you?
And how do you use incense?
>>27001993
Just restart the app
It's happened to me twice, pokemon was caught when I got back online
>>27001975
You only get one unlimited use incubator, it's a ploy to get you to buy more incubators to hatch more at a time.
>>27001993
Me, if you exit you get server down like everyone else.
>>27001980
Was he hitting the chair back with a half inch thick stack of paper?
>>27001980
>that webm
literally all of 4chan
>>27001989
On the Top right Corner is AR and a switch next to it.
Tap on the switch
post your strongest pokemans
>>27001989
>Local anon doesn't read the text the game literally gives him in the 1 minute tutorial
>>27002010
How does it calculate distance? I went all over and it recorded almost none.
>>27002007
Gyms give you coins I believe. And you press the Pokéball, items, and tap the incense and it'll boost the encounter rate for half an hour.
>>27001915
It's working for me in California
muh dick
>Unable to authenticate
uh oh
is the server down or...
What the hell are the pokestops even based on?
>>27001922
>>people already hurting themselves trying to catch pokemon or using the app while driving
I'm so looking forward to the headlines reading "kid got run over by a car trying to catch a Pidgey
>Weedle constantly "Nearby"
>can not find any
Beedrill is one of my favourites, I don't care how shit he is, I still love him.
>>27002004
Do I need to evolve a lot of the same pokemon or should I power up an evolved one?
>>27002000
based trips
>>27001878
but I'm in NY, the only relevant place on the east coast and it isn't in my store!
>>27001922
I think this is building more hype, really
>>27002038
Probably google map landmarks/restaurants/etc.
>>27002038
ingress portals locations I heard.
How do you find anything other than basic mons? Everything I have found is from the first few routes (bugs, birds, parias, etc)
>>27002038
People who played ingress/beta testers get to submit them. I suspect they'll have some sort of process for everyone once the game gets stable.
>>27002036
LORD ALMIGHTY WHAT
I'M MOVING WHERE YOU ARE
Anyone able to log back in with their Trainer Club account?
I got locked out for some reason even though I'm typing in the right password.
>>27002045
Evolve your strongest one, then power it up.
>>27002037
Google or Pokemon Club account?
>>27002052
Graves? One of the closest ones to me is an actual grave.
>>27002044
Honestly with how fundamentally different "battling" in this game is, you shouldn't have a problem using your favorites.
lol
If I stay in one place without incense can I still catch?
>>27001980
Literally no one in this thread believes this bullshit
>>27002068
even the trainer club website is going bananas
I'm getting a constant server error when I try to log in. Using Google. Anyone else?
Literally just finished vacation, went to dozens of towns during the time. NOW they release this shit.
>>27002036
>meanwhile I have one (1) visible to me
>it's 1km away
>no more in sight when I go there
>>27002059
Just keep looking, I found nothing but common mons, then I found Abra and Rhyhorn almost right next to each other.
>>27002068
same here, keep getting kicked back to login with no message
>>27002074
Pokemon Club
>>27002036
Where the fuck do you live?
>>27002059
Pretty sure it's linked to terrain, I found two water pokemon near my pond, and a Bellsprout in my garden.six rattata, three pidgey, and one eevee in my house
>>27002068
Trainer club is absolutely fucked for some reason. Sometimes it logs me in, other times it thinks I don't exist. Probably still some issues with the server.
>tfw don't want to make a google account since I already have like 50 things on my trainer club account
>>27002094
Speak for yourself
>>27002090
lol 2
>>27002091
Been sitting at my desk with it on all day. Nothing has come my way.
>>27002048
Not in the store, I'm talking about being able to connect
>>27002113
It's not, I have krabbies all over with no water near.
>>27002121
topkek
>>27002113
Shit, I had to drive a couple miles to find any. Everywhere around me lists none.
>>27002121
but who was phone?
>>27002121
lol 3
>>27002136
Get that shit checked out by a doctor, anon.
>>27002062
If that's true, no wonder there are zero places around here
>>27002095
>access denied
>access denied
>access denied
holy fuck get your shit together GF
Is it down again?
>>27002000
Fat legs, and there are two weedles in your pick
>>27002032
Not him, but I shut the app down last night since I went to sleep. The tut wanted me to go to a stop, and now it doesn't mention needing to go to a shop. There's a Tips? that goes through stops and gyms tho. Did I miss free items? I have an incense.
>>27002177
yes
>>27001923
Woah, she's really cute
Server down?
>>27002169
Shit, I set myself up for that one. Good on you.
People for the past hour have been reporting login issues, some saying they can't find their accounts anymore. I am not fear mongering, just saying what I'm seeing.
Someone on leddit said they cleared their cache and was able to login again, gonna try that.
>>27002036
>>27002036
+ another gym to the right and tons more pokestops
>>27002196
Down for me (Toronto)
>>27002209
Keep trying to get in because server aren't down it's just limited people.
Is there a cooldown for using incenses?
>>27002237
no goyim, you can buy and use as many as you want!
>>27002228
I can see like 3 in my entire area. Living in buttfuck nowhere sucks.
>>27001569
>Charmander
>Rattata
>Venonat
>Servers are currently offline XD
>>27002036
This is bull shit.
>>27002237
Probably not since you can buy them with real cash.
>>27002036
>>27002228
what the fuck?
>>27002209
More likely server issues than this retarded "muh nintendo will delete your account for playing a free game xDDD" meme.
>>27002007
If it's like beta, you get a few coins and a bunch of crystals every 24 hours
>>27002275
nothing like some fresh krabby steaks
>>27002276
Yeah I never really thought Nintendo would do that nor was I suggesting it, just speculating the extent of the server fuckup right now.
>mfw buddy comes out of a bar right as I'm having my session
>he asks what I'm doing with my phone out in the middle of the night
>>27002256
I'd be in the same situation, but some kind person made all the halls and buildings at the local university pokestops, so I'll just walk around campus when I need shit.
server down? :(
>>27002255
>>27002266
I keep trying to use mine but they aren't going through for some reason.
>>27002275
>that battery
Rip
IT WAS IN MY FRONT YARD AND THE SERVER CRASHED FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
>>27002275
>be American
>hunting Pokemon at local Walmart
>large African American woman becomes irate when she sees me pointing my phone at her and flicking
>get shot
>no Pokemons
such is life
So does anyone else live in a ghetto garbage city where no one cares about Pokemon? I want to know if I can still expect to see plenty of stops or if I'm shit out of luck since there aren't many safe places to walk.
>>27002038
Did you play Ingress? They copy pasted all the portal locations from that game into poke stops and gyms.
so when does this come out in the First World?
>>27002303
Git gud :^)
nope. jpg
>>27002275
Escaped from the seafood counter! Quick throw a rubber band
>>27002324
if so, there is a place in the nearby city that's packed.
>>27002036
Wait, this isn't normal?
>>27002256
Yeah I can use 2 pokestops without leaving my apartment and I can almost reach the gym. I can't imagine the game will be too much fun if you live in the middle of nowhere.
>>27002319
downtown Denver here
not really ghetto, overall, but my particular area is dicey and someone got shot at 711 2 nights ago
wanted to go and hunt at 2AM last night but couldn't risk it
How the fuck are any of you playing the game right now, the servers have been dead for me all day
How can I log in with google? When I open up the app it only gives me the option to sign in with my trainercard, which isnt working.
