With
more than one billion downloads since it was launched in 2016, Pokémon Go
remains to be one of the most popular augmented reality mobile games in the
world.
The
collaboration between the Pokémon Company, Niantic and Nintendo resulted in a
cult following because of its unique location-based concept that allowed
players to move around while chasing Pokémons in different areas.
As
its number of die-hard players grows, so did the tricks that they’ve come up
with to help chase those elusive Pokémons faster, one of which is to use Fly
GPS, an app from the Google Play Store that allows players to use a joystick
when playing Pokémon Go.
Just
recently, however, those who downloaded the app complained that Fly GPS doesn’t
work on the game anymore. So we dug a little deeper and here’s what we know so
far:
Players are receiving third party application warnings.
A
lot of players have received warning pop-ups as the game detected a blacklisted
app like Fly GPS on their phones. Although this doesn’t have a direct effect on
gameplay, these constant pop-ups become annoying and it could eventually result
in a shadow ban, which means that players are not able to see rare Pokémons if
the app is not deleted.
Players are experiencing the “failed to detect location” error.
One
of the most commonly complained errors in Pokémon Go is “failed to detect
location” from the Fly GPS app where the players can still be in their desired
location but they couldn’t see any pokestops or Pokémons at all.
The
main culprit for this problem is the Android security update released last
March through Over-The-Air (OTA) to fix some of the vulnerabilities in both
Android 6 Marshmallow and 7 Nougat. To fix this problem, a lot of players
downgraded their Android or deleted and re-installed their Fly GPS as a system
app. Some players have also reported that they just needed to step outside the
game for about 60 seconds and when they logged back in, their GPS worked fine
again. Others also just rebooted their phone and that fixed the issue.
Of
course, it’s also very important to use the updated version of Pokémon Go to
avoid any errors that could affect gameplay and cause bans in the game.
The
errors with Fly GPS have been a recurring problem, but simple fixes could
actually make it work again. It’s all about adapting to any changes within the
game’s algorithms to make sure that players could use apps like Fly GPS
smoothly when playing the game. (https://mundonow.com/)
