Guide: How to Beat Pokémon GO's Server Problems

Argh how long till it arrives in the UK??

@Miles_Edgeworth It is slowly being rolled out in Europe. Hit Germany today/last night.

I always have the problem where I log in but all my info is gone. I'll start it again in a few hours and it works ok for awhile. :/

I will try these suggestions out!! Thanks for addressing the situations!

I wouldn't mind server hiccups so much if it wasn't a widespread symptom among Android apps to freeze or reboot at the mere connection jump (and I have enough of that due to systematic network switches, my phone somehow not having SEPARATE options for LTE and the 3G family. Pokemon GO is proving no exception - if the connection is interrupted during the catch, I'm left with the full pokeball sitting in front of me and not responding to anything. Mercifully, the game has had time to check the caught pokemons so far, so pokedex and XP gains are retained when you restart, but I'm not sure if it's attributable to relative stability or pure luck.

There's 1 super simple solution.

@nhSnork Yeah, you really need 4G for decent connection rates with Pokemon Go. It sucks, but that's what happens when a constant connection is required.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Protest outside Niantic Labs and jeer at them in a drunken stupor until they use their newfound riches to invest in better servers? While bribing them with kegs of ale?

@nhSnork I'm on iOS and I lost a vulpix like that today. And I actually found an Ivysaur, wasted about 20 pokeballs till the game glitched out in a way or never seen before and I had to restart. That one really hurt lol

Just went for a run. Had to restart this thing like a dozen times. At least I won two Gyms for our Yellow Lord. (one of which lasted for like two minutes, but it's the idea that counts.)

@Knuckles Ok, shouldn't be too long then. Cheers!

Team Mystic

Apparently people are offering to drive Pokemon trainers around for a fixed rate. In Australia, they are charging $30 per hr

I think it depends on where you are....we haven't had any issues really but I haven't touched the app either. Just followed the rest of the family around the parks in amazement of the number of people playing.

I took my lunch break at work today and tried to get a pokestop on the corner, but was told to "Try Again Later" even though it was blue and I hadn't picked it up in over four hours (five minutes is usually long enough). This error could be that I may have been just in range of company WiFi and it was switching between that and data usage.

The other thing that bothers me is when you attempt to catch a Pokemon and it either disappears into smoke or forever freezes in a Pokeball not to return after restarting the app. Pokeballs are a precious commodity to loose not only on failed attempts, but server errors.

Thanks for the suggestions Alex, hopefully the devs get around to fixing these issues fairly soon.

GO TEAM YELLOW

@AlexOlney Where is the next "Alex Reads Your Ideas" video? It's been 2 weeks!

What about the release in south america?

tries all of the solutions, absolutely none of them work, goes back to corner -.-

@bezerker99
what you dont know is once you do this it erases everything on yer phone and replaces it with other m. just like you wanted it to!

@sr_388 yeah, I'm on the same streak now. Squirtle, Drowsy, Polywag... all "seen yet not caught" despite sitting firmly in pokeballs last time I had seen them. To crown that, the game managed to freeze in field mode once. XD

This game is soooooo buggy and crashy, it's almost unplayable, and definitely frustrating to play. It's not the joy it should be. Niantic had better be working on this because it really does have the potential to be something amazing with some more work put into it. Leaving it as-is would be a shame. You guys in countries that haven't gotten it will hopefully have a WORKING game when it finally reaches you.

Also this game is not complete without the ability to battle other players directly. This needs to be added. Fix the other problems first, though!

@Nico07 When a pokemon "disappears into smoke", it isn't a bug. It's the pokemon fleeing from you. I've had about ten or so flee from me, seems to only happen after they break from pokeballs. Today I had two growlithe flee from me. I want growlithe. T-T

ARE YOU SERIOUS

Thanks for the advice.

@ogo79 You truly know the way to a gamer's heart~

@bezerker99
peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, some like their video games 90 years old