Because your phone is naff

Be cautious of where the game may take you...


... A Pokeball right on the live train track :confused:

Hey there's a squirter in my living room! Oh wait, wrong name it's a squirtle. Shame it wasn't the first one.

Thanks op, been waiting patiently for this, haven't actually been able to get it working yet. read some horror stories about malware infected APK files. Thanks again :smiley:

A wild Hipster has appeared.

Stories of kids getting mugged, finding dead bodies and getting run over with this pile of crap. Avoid.

APK for those that cant download from Play Store. http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/niantic-inc/pokemon-go/pokemon-go-0-29-2-release/pokemon-go-0-29-2-android-apk-download/download/

​No idea what age group you're in, but the '87 babies had smtv! Those who know, know.

Oh. Really? :neutral_face: I was in Junior School when Pokemon was huge in the UK and everybody but two people in my class collected the cards and even those two probably had the gameboy games or watched the cartoons.

I had always assumed those in Secondary School weren't so into Pokemon and that my generation was the main Poke-generation but it was always an assumption. Maybe I was wrong.

I picked Bulbasaur out of nostalgia but my first egg hatched into a Pikachu :smiley:

It's a connection logo, just to tell you it's connecting to the server

http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/14/two-men-fall-off-cliff-while-playing-pokemon-go-6007140/



pokemon go...survival of the fittest

Wow!!! No Jailbreak needed for Android devices #JustSayin

For those with a Jailbroken device:
Install tsProtector 8+ from Cydia. The price is $1.99 but the trial version allows you to blacklist a single app.

Settings > tsProtector 8+ > Black List Apps > Select Pokemon Go

​good

my brain hurts!

Don't catch and drive guys n gals

This makes my day... as a person in my mid-30 :smile:.

Permission to Play: GRANTED!

:stuck_out_tongue:

You've gotta.

​duh to you too matey!

I had some thing flash up about using my camera as well? How does that work? Can't see any option now?

​Yep! True! :wink:

I am now realising why I the only person with a Windows phone , (bad idea!)

I'm pretty sure muddy hands have always qualified as a thing, though really I guess a pair of things.
I was using the internet in 89, I'm pretty sure muddy hands existed then and have continued to exist right up to now.
Sounds like you're saying exercise for kids is a bad thing :disappointed:

Only devices designed for idiots wanting to play that, being mainly iOS stuff :smiley:

Thats idiotic and ruins the point if the game... get off your tubby ass and walk about with her!

means it's loading stuff

this really didn't happen did it

Duh!

​Porn always sells! Plus virtual Sex toys aren't as exciting! :laughing:

Can anyone link to a what is what guide or something please?
I have been googling trying to find out what the spinning white ball thing in the top left hand corner of the main walking screen is but without any joy.

Anyone who has played Ingress will recognise that the landmarks are the same for both games - same developer I believe.

Personally I am a little relieved that my phone is too old to run the game as I don't really have the spare time to play, although I could do with the exercise!!

Original post got minus 150 downvotes.

i have a moto g3 and the AR isn't even usable, guess it has no gyros (can turn it on, can't see the pokemon - can't get bearing). make sure you have a battery pack and data limits set - i installed it today and took a stroll to the shops and it destroyed both those things.

it's blooming addictive to walk around with it open and honestly i'm impressed it's drawn my attention to a lot of landmarks i never realized were there on my usual walk into town, but i've yet to understand what the 'game' is or how to play it outside of walking around with my phone open and clicking landmarks i pass or chucking balls at pokemon when my phone vibrates. there must be some way of doing the walking part with phone closed/screen off and be notified when something is nearby, and i have no idea what fights even involve or how to go about them (or levelling my menagerie).

did also walk around an estate twice trying to catch something and took several detours to get in range of a stop - very very addictive but i'm really not sure why, or what else there is (if anything) outside of walking to do, game explains itself very poorly.

also - Not compatible with Android devices that use Intel Atom processors - Play store
plus if you have 1gb of ram, it's laggy. one tip, switch off the AR with the camera. it helped my Moto G.

​I'm 26. I had a phone at 13 when I started walking to high school myself when I needed one! Even then it was a hand-me-down!

And how are you expressing this message? Through a computer/pc?
Back when "muddy hands" were a thing I'm pretty sure the internet wasn't used and adults smoked inside planes and racism was allowed.
Don't be a hypocrite, grandpa.

​like they don't already

​yeah I saw the tip a few days ago when I got the apk, managed to nab the pikachu

People turning 30-34 this year lived the prime of Pokemon in the UK.

Ask your mum about the Birds and the Bees.

Fun but buggy as hell

I shout at people doing this when I drive past lol

I don't know how u.play it. been struggling all day so deleted it

The funny thing is this is using what#s effectively old technology :smiley: particularly since VR is seen as the really advanced tech now.

How do I catch the Pokemon? It's in camera node and I can't get off the screen which shows a Pokemon available to catch. I've tricked flicking the pokeball in the directs of the Pokemon but nothing tapped the green circle in the Pokemon nothing. Tapped the pokeball nothing... Now the bloody Pokemon won't go away but I have no way to catch it

These phones are part of their childhood.

You may have had fossil hunting and rambling, but times change.

How and why are Private Shop's still around???

This app took a mate of mines child to a "private shop" in Plymouth today! Had to laugh because he ran in, caught the Pokemon and ran out again!!!!!!!

Your phone isn't running the latest version of the Android software (version 4.4).

Squirtle squad sounds better than Squirter squad though :wink:

Was interested in this when they first announced it. But going from turn based to what is used in the app. I've lost full interest and haven't bothered with it.

A shame really.

Unfortunately it wasn't as I realised I was too impatient to let the top left hand loading thing finish, I evolved a rattata anyways so no worries

Sucks to be on Windows Phone right now

Pokemon Go is now available in the UK on iOS and Andriod!

perfect storm of mass media hype/ gullible clueless customers /data farming / data theft / hacking potential

It is probably becuase your phone doesn't have gyroscope which is basically a compass built into your phone

lol doesn't work on my £20 vodafone VF695 smartphone, didn't expect it to either tbh lol

U need data on (unsure how much it uses) you need gps on and it walks as you walk.

Click sign in then click Google then create a new gmail id

questions:
do i need to be connected to internet to play? ... gonna eat my data
do i need gps on to play
how do i move my man or does he move when I walk?

Thanks op, been waiting patiently for this, haven't actually been able to get it working yet. read some horror stories about malware infected APK files. Thanks again :smiley:

Just keep it in your pocket! It vibrates when you're near, failing that just be a rock 'ard Pokemon trainer!

It will probably be in your party :wink:

Me too.

Same here, been trying on and off every few hours

​Yes, it's a legal requirement, you gotta accept when you open the app and it can't be deleted until the pokédex is full. Good luck chuck.

Well my 6 year old is on a 2g phone so won't be out there tracking Pokemon creatures as yet.
I suppose its a great way for children and parents to go for supervised walks together tracking down these Pokemon. Some excercise is better then none!

The only things children should have are muddy hands and grazed knees, not £500 smart phones. Not that they deserve to have anything stolen, but y'know... Maybe it's a good thing.... Those phones are stealing their childhood!

Bluetooth ear piece works for me.
Anyway I'm more considering children then adults over phone theft.

Yeah, because nobody ever made a phonecall before this.

Do you have a google + account?

There's a few pokestops by Churches in Small Heath lmao

Well looks like there will be lots of people getting their phones stolen as they walk about with the phone in full view. :disappointed:

I can reach 2 Pokespots from my home. Hehe, that's the life :smile:

Go away

I cannot create an account - how can I start the game as the only option I see is to signup or signin?

The protip about walking around four times in the beginning to get a Pikachu was too late for me :disappointed: maybe others will do better?

the game freezes when you lose internet which is really annoying when you finally find something to catch.
I have 4G but the outside world doesnt seem to have it XD

At least you can switch AR off and just tap the Pokemon to make it catchable, to avoid the embarrassment of running and swinging your phone around looking like a pillock

Caught about 7 Pokemon today in an hour walking to the pharmacy, but I saw a Raticate thinking "YES!", and as soon as it was in the pokeball and the "nice one!" appeared the game froze :disappointed:

I dont understand what all the craziness is about & Im even afraid to visit the link :smile:

Thanks for that - installed and began my new journey now :wink:

https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/221958248-Supported-devices

Supported devices

Android

Android 4.4 to Android 6.0.1
(Android N will not supported until the official Android release)
Preferred resolution of 720x1280 pixels (Not optimized for tablet)
Strong internet connection (Wi-Fi, 3G, or 4G)
GPS and Location Services
Intel CPUs are not supported
iOS

iPhone 5+
iOS 8+
Strong internet connection (Wi-Fi, 3G, or 4G)
GPS and Location Services
Jailbroken devices are not supported

Not going out of my way to pick up Poekemon...on my travels if I see them I will get them

Moto E lacks a gyroscope.

That's the end of that craze for me then, "This item is not compatible with your Device"

Anyone know why this is not compatible?

Hey there's a squirter in my living room! Oh wait, wrong name it's a squirtle. Shame it wasn't the first one.

Thanks.

that's a pokeball that would have been "thrown", and there's no reason why you'd walk towards it. pointless.

iOS Link:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/pokemon-go/id1094591345?mt=8

Do you have to catch them all ?