Caution! Fake info regarding some sort of ban removal tool!
We’ve noticed that a lot of websites are promoting some sort of ban removal software for Pokemon Go, which they say we developed. Well, we haven’t, we only wrote this post! We don’t know what type of software is roaming out there, but it’s not made by us, so be careful what you download!Whether you’ve got yourself a soft ban in Pokemon Go for GPS Spoofing, traveling too fast (apparently playing while in a car on a highway, obviously as a passenger, can get you soft banned as well) or sharing accounts, iBananaa from OwnedCore found a solution to fix it!
If you’re experiencing the Catch Flee soft ban instead of the regular one, make sure to check this article!
For a permanent ban, check out our Pokemon Go unban appeal guide!
What is a Pokemon Go soft ban and how to check if you have one
If you suspect you’ve been soft banned, there is a very simple way to check. Basically, the way the soft ban works is that ANY pokemon you’re trying to catch will escape your ball (regardless of the ball type or berries used) and will instantly flee as well, thus being unable to catch any pokemon while soft banned.
Another soft ban symptom is that you can’t loot anything from pokestops, even though you’re actually spinning the circle; you won’t get any rewards, as well as being unable to win any gym fights.
What can get you soft banned
There isn’t quite an actual official list on the offenses that can get you soft banned, however, many people have been the subject of such timeouts due to the following reasons:
- GPS Spoofing;
- Logging in on other devices from other zones/countries faster than the normal travel time;
- Sharing accounts on multiple devices;
- Playing while on the highway (or above 50 kmph).
The timeout penalties applied while soft banned don’t seem to be much relevant for the particular violation, however, it’s safe to say that jumping continents by GPS spoofing is the most serious and longest penalty applied (up to 12 hours sometimes).
For more information about soft bans, as well as theories and research, there’s an interested reddit thread about it.
How to remove your Pokemon Go soft ban
First of all, you want to make sure that you single out the reason for which you got banned, for instance GPS spoofing. If you were in New York and accidentally (or not) jumped to Germany, you should open Nox (or other app/phone), set your location to the initial one (in this case, New York) BEFORE opening Pokemon Go, and then open the game, thus being back where you started.
Secondly, walk to a pokestop, spin it and close it. You won’t be getting any rewards from it, however, doing so up to 40 times (or until you finally receive the rewards) will remove your soft ban.
Here’s a video demonstration:
Conclusion
Even though there is no official word on whether or not soft banned Pokemon Go accounts will be “flagged” for future reviews, it’s still pretty risky doing it on purpose, as we don’t know what Niantic has in store for us, and with the alleged trading features coming in future updates, they might start to take this kind of behavior much more seriously.
We never encourage cheating in any game, but if for some reason, be it health or anything else, you can’t leave your home to enjoy the game, we highly suggest you close the game for a few hours and allow it a humanly-possible time to travel between the locations you want to get to via Nox or other devices.
Hope you guys have enjoyed this post and found it helpful, and if you have any comments or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to let us know in the comment section! Have fun and good luck catching ’em all!
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Thanks so much!! Fixed in about 20 tries after being banned for 6 hours straight!
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Glad to hear that! You’re most welcome! 😀
Hey man it actually works thank u soo much bro i was already sad but whoever does use gps spoofing use a different account because it can get you soft banned and question about soft banned how long are you banned to play the game?
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Glad to hear that man, congrats! About the soft ban duration, it can be anything from a few minutes to several hours, and they don’t seem to be consistent with the distance of the GPS jump.
So if you get soft banned once will it affect me in the future or not?
i think niantic stopped this by removing all pokestops and pokemon from your device lol, when i tried there were no pokestops or pokemon anywhere
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Are you sure you have the Location ON on your device? Try disabling then enabling it, then run the game again.
So i just got banned too and im really nervous, if i understood the article correctly, i have to wait for quite some time for the ban to be removed. But after that will i be able to play on my phone again and everything will be good or do i have to do more than just wait to totally remove the soft ban?
Man do you know how many times can i get soft banned before being permanently banned?
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Nope, but you should avoid getting soft banned as much as you can.
If I used the GPS hack but got soft banned and I stopped using it for now on will it keep doing it in the future even tho I don’t hack it and will it affect my account or banned it permanently even if stopped right away?
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Most likely, it will not affect you whatsoever.
i got a problem here.. After i solved this problem.. I can get items in spin pokestop & play the gym.. but i can’t catch pokemon also.. it keep escape from my pokeball.. what happen izit? how to solve this problem?
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It might actually be just bad RNG / luck since everything else doesn’t point towards a soft ban or IP blacklist.
Pliz
Dude thank you so much i spinned pokestop 40 times and woala i was thinkik i will need to wait 3 hours lol thx bro
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Most welcome! 😀
Hey , I was wondering if you could help me out on something. So when I open my Pokemon go , it works but no gyms or pokemons or pokestops are around me or on the map. What do I do?
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Try on a different device, or try to update your app version of the game.
Well it worked I got stuff from pokestop(on computer) but when I try to log in my account(on phone) here is server humble error please help email me here [email protected]
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Maybe your phone’s IP is blacklisted. Try a different connection if possible to see.
Thanks man, it worked amazing.
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Glad to hear that! You’re most welcome! 😀
Hey I’ve tried this method plenty of times and it still doesn’t work for me I have spun the stop over and over but it won’t work
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Not sure, maybe it’s a different issue.
Ight, so it won’t let me launch Pokemon GO with out it freezing on loading screen, I’ve tried everything in the book and no luck. (BTW this is for all of my accounts) and they all worked on my friends phone (including my account) but not any of the accounts will work on my phone… I need help man
I really appreciate ur efforts nd thnks a lot ….do u know ne app dat can help me search pokemon in real time??. If yes plz z plz reply to me via my email.thnks
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I don’t really know one per se, but there are plenty on google though.
Hey man. Yesterday I got sotf banned now I can play again, the pokestops work again. I\’m at 5 lures at central park but not one pokemon is comming?
You know what I can do?
Thx
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If you can spine PokeStops and everything else works fine it’s unlikely to be a ban, probably just bad RNG. :/
Omg! It
Worked! TYSM I swear everyone try it it’s amazing it’s not fake at all
what app can i use for iphone, i didnt understand
What if you were using a pokemon catcher online and it softbanned you
I got a soft ban from going from San Francisco to Central Par and back and this actually works. THANKS!!
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Congrats dude! 😀
Awesome…..I was soft banned but came back within 3 minutes with 29 PokeStop spins
Ty guys great trick
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😀 Good stuff man, congrats!
Fixed after 20 tries for spin pokestop. I even tried another activities while doing the spin and that still work.
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Congrats! 😀
it worked bro thnx so much OMG 🙂
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Glad to hear that! Congrats! 😀
What’s the easiest way to get unbanned
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Spin the PokeStop 40 times. 🙂
I can get pokestops. But still can’t get pokemon. Most are invisible to me. Help!! Thanks.
If I do click the visible pokemon however, they are invisible and my game freezes.
turn off ar mode
Same happened to me. Had to clear the casha and restart game. Eventually had to get new phone. Old phone was not working due to no more memory storage.
Can we Catch Pokemons in Real Life ….Though the account is Used in The Nox…and even can we battle in The Gyms
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You can, but only if both your phone and Nox have the same location (coordinates), however, not used at the same time. Otherwise, allow it a normal travel time between locations before swapping devices.
how to unbanned if u got message \”no usable pokestop nearby, bla bla bla\” ?
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That’s not a soft ban, that’s either a server or device issue.
Try this tap 1 PokeMon then use 1 berry then fled and repeat it 5x then catch that PokeMon.
Help Me I Can’t Remove My SoftBan
Man, I actually thought of this to be a goof up…but after trying this out, all I can say is I am thankful to u…keep helping people out like this…cheers!
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Glad to hear that! 😀
I was so skeptical about this, I thought this was just another BS thing like the black ops ray gun trick :’) but nope, it actually worked (I had been banned for 2.5 hours prior! I’m still in shock that it worked really! I can imagine hoe hard it would be to convince people this is areal thing haha! Thanks man!
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Hahaha, I know right? Really glad you found it useful man! 😀
Really worked man, didn’t bealive BUT IT WORKED LOL. Thanks a lot!
Author
Glad to hear that! Have fun dude! 😀
lol not working
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It will work, just reopen the game and spin the pokestop coin 40 times.
Thanks Bro its Work for me i will never forget you Love you bro 😀
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You’re most welcome! 😀
same pokestop spin 40 times or different places of pokestops?
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Same one.
Love you bro!!!!
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<3
i tried it but i didn’t get unbanned
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Reopen the game and spin the pokestop coin 40 times (or under 40, if you get the rewards by then).
hi, really nice tip. my question is that if i get soft ban to many times, can i get perm ban then ?? 🙂
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Heya and thank you!
It isn’t known yet whether or not any soft ban will flag the account for further investigation, however it’s doubtful at this point. Best thing to do is avoid getting soft banned if possible and allow a normal travel time (such as how much it’d take by plane/train/etc.) between swapping destinations if possible.
It’s rumored that during Beta, the players found GPS spoofing were permanently banned, but with so many players currently on Live, I doubt that’ll be the case anytime soon, but better safe than sorry, right? 🙂
okay, thank you for fast reply!
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Most welcome! 🙂
Thanks soooo much I couldn’t find any other way to get rid of the ban until this it’s so helpful keep up the great work
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Glad to hear that man! Enjoy! 😀
Umm, what is a nox? And how do I set my location?
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Nox is an Android emulator software basically, like BlueStacks if you know it. You can set it from its Location settings. You can find a guide here: http://en.bignox.com/blog/?p=424
Was skeptical, but spinning the pokestop worked. Thanks!!
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You’re most welcome! 😀
My issue is that the gps signal can’t be found, it’s been like this for a while, I’ve been trying to play while in the hospital so I was messing with my location. Please help
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What device/app are you trying to play on, such as Phone (Android/iOS/etc) or Nox/BlueStacks emulators on computer?
I am having this very same problem! downloaded some stupid gps map thing, (didnt work) uninstalled it and garbaged it,,not my gps just keeps saying “location not found” ..ive reset my location, wipped out the gps history, reset phone and still same thing? does this mean im banned?
most fake gps/map apps requires turning on mock location (in developer option for android). what you need to do is turn off mock location and this should solve your problem.
This work man.
Thanks..
Really helpful.
All you got to do is back to originally location before banned and then open poke stop – spin – close it , and do it exactly 40 times.
And you will got the reward from pokestop on 41 times spinned.
Thanks once again.
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Indeed! Congrats! 😀
Omg this really works! Thanks man <3
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Most welcome dude! 😀
Honest to god I thought this guy was just chatting about unbanning a softban but it worked for me after about a minute or so of spinning the pokestop going in and going back out. Bmt I rate it top stuff!
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Hahaha 😀 Glad to hear that man, congrats! 😀
Wow, it actually worked! Thanks alot my friend 🙂 <3
Author
Congrats dude! You’re most welcome! 😀
this works, thanks ;3
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Glad to hear that! 😀
wow, hope Niantic doesnt realize this lol
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I think they’re aware to be honest.
isnt working. ive spun it hundreds of times
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Did you go back to your initial location? Try reopening the game.
Doesn’t even work, went back to the spot I got soft-banned and spinned the nearest Pokestop 103 times. Nothing happens. This is a scam.
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A scam basically means fraud, and I’m fairly certain posting a blog article about an online game without receiving any money benefits doesn’t quite count. Also the people for which this has worked beg to differ.
I haven’t tried it yet. But man I loved this reply of yours.
So… I tried it… And guess what? It worked 🙂 after like 35 tries. It actually worked. Thank you so much man.
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Hahaha 😀 You’re most welcome dude!
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<3
I guess the problem with that guy was that he didnt go to the initial position but the fake position. My friend tried that and it didn’t work out.
lol i was so skeptical but it worked.
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Congrats! 😀
Hi if I do the does it remove the ban so then after I can catch Pokemon and battle afterwards
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Yup, that’s the idea! 🙂
I’m confused, I think I’m soft banned for logging out of my account on the legit game (in my home town) and the logging in on the hacked version which spawned me somewhere in America. I’m pretty sure I got soft banned for this, do I need to set my location on the hacked version of the game to my home town and then go to a pokestop and spin the coin 40 times?
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Yes, you got soft banned, and yes that’s exactly what you need to do. 🙂
Holy sh*t, I wasn’t expecting it to actually work. Has the soft-ban completely gone now?
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Yup, it has! However do your best to avoid it next time if possible. 😀
Yep, the spinning pokestop method definitely works. Not that I want to encourage people GPS spoofing or anything, but if you happen to get banned as a result of legitimate grievance (eg: interstate flight, sharing accounts on several devices), this blog certainly helps to get you out of a soft ban.
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Exactly! Thank you! 😀
just commenting yourself on your blog doesn’t make you smart dude!!! commenting after every 2 hrs !!lol this is 21st century…. BS man!
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Assuming you meant “liar”, it must be extremely sad not knowing that there are genuine people out there, who unlike you, are willing to give a moment of their time to appreciate something they found useful or someone who helped them. I honestly feel very sorry for you.
P.S.: There are websites out there that can show you the traffic we get and how, if you truly feel the compulsive need to verify our comments.
Omg! It actually works. Thank you so much you’ve just made my day.
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Glad to hear that man! Congrats! 😀
Thank you! It really works 🙂 Spamming pokestop removed my ban after like 3 – 4 minutes
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You’re most welcome! Glad it worked! 😀
Will do, thank you so much!
Worked perfectly after spining the pokestop like 20-25 times.TY
Author
Glad to hear that man! Have fun! 😀
Thanks so much it worked what happens though if niantic recognise this blog and decide to permanently ban me ?
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Congrats! I doubt they’ll track you down for that. You should be worried of getting permanently banned for what caused you to get soft banned in the first place. 😀
Ok thanks for the great advise sorry but one more question XD will niantic find this blog ?
Also if I was to wait out my soft ban would’ve they got rid of my Pokemons for gps spoofing
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No, but there’s no way to tell though, since we’re not affiliated with Niantic.
Man I don’t know how you knew this but THANK YOU!!! Saved me 4 hours lol. (Or however long it would’ve been)
not working
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Are you sure you’ve recreated the steps correctly?
HI HOW can i remove my soft ban, did not understand what u said, i used FAKE GPS on my phone and got banned
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Basically, go back to your initial location (the one before jumping coordinates and getting soft banned), walk to a PokeStop and spin it 40 times or until you get the rewards.
Using this on my bot, working perfectly. Detects a soft ban then tries to spin a pokestop, if it fails it repeats it out of a maximum of 40 times, when it finally spins it continues botting etc. Works amazingly.
Author
Yup, I’ve heard that this method has been implemented in some bots, pretty nice I guess.
What if i dont remember the place when i got banned ? , Can i spin random pokestop ?
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It doesn’t have to be the place where you got soft banned, but the place before you teleported (or at least roughly in that area). If you can’t remember that city either, you can try it anyway, however I’m not sure if it’ll work. :S
i don’t know how did you find out this trick, but it was worked for me. Thanks man you are the best!!
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You’re most welcome dude! 😀 Gave the credit to the original founder, iBananaa @ OwnedCore.
I cant catch any pokemon but pokestops are working fine. Any tips??
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Do they flee the very first time you try to catch them, or after a couple of attempts?
Can u try for that trick for spin the pokestop from the place that isnt place from it jumping?
I’d glad if it working. Since i dont know where is the first place i was before jump.
But if it isnt work maybe its a bad luck for me.
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Not sure, haven’t tried that. I think it’s best if you can at least remember the zone or the city where you were, but you can try it like this too, see if it works.
AMAZING ! 30 times spline pokestop work ! xD, i love you !
haha
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Congrats dude! 😀
Looks like my I’m permanently banned on my phone or something. It tells me that it can’t detect my location. But when I use my old phone it works just fine.
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Are you sure that your Location is ON or that there’s no issue with your phone’s GPS? I doubt they’d ban a device and not the actual account to be honest.
OMG, it actually works, LOL, I didn’t believe it at first, but it actually, really worked, anyone who is saying this is fake, FXXK OFF, the editor is actually telling the truth, it WORKS
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Hahaha, right? Glad it helped you! 😀
OMG it actually worked 😀 I dont know how many times I spun the Pokestop Coin, but it sure worked!
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Yay! Congrats dude! 😀
Worked thanks man!
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Most welcome! 😀
what to do to get unbanned..as i dont know the exact first location of fake gps..please reply soon.And also quote time after that you get unbanned..
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The idea is to at least try and reach roughly the same position, if it can’t be exactly the same, as in try to remember at least the zone or the city you were in, then go to a PokeStop and spin it 40 times or until you get the rewards. Let us know if that worked! 🙂
So, i want to move from america to iceland. Can i do this method in another spot where i was not originally in? And if not, how can i get to iceland?
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While we don’t encourage that, yes, I believe so. And in regards to how, there are plenty of such videos on youtube for how to use Nox. 🙂
oH MY GOD, please delete this so it will remain unpopular. We, the few, must know this trick or it will be deleted.
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Regardless of its popularity, I believe it will eventually be fixed. And we haven’t posted it as an exploit, but merely as a helpful guide for players who run into this issue for various reasons, so I believe it should be out in the open for everyone. 🙂
Can you just wait a soft ban out?
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Of course you can. It may take a few hours though.
Thank you so much. I was really worried. I looked at this post and was like its fake. Then I tried it and it worked. I had to spin it 29 or 30 times.
Also how did you figure this trick out.
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Glad to hear that! 😀 I didn’t figure it out myself, as I’ve mentioned at the beginning of the article, it was iBananaa from OwnedCore who found it. 🙂
I don’t know where exactly I got soft banned, then what pokestop should I go to so that I can unban?
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Try to at least go back to the city/zone you were before getting soft banned. It doesn’t matter which PokeStop as long as it’s one within that zone.
It worked! Thanks 🙂
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Yay! Congrats! 😀
Does soft banned includes that you can’t see the pokemon on the gym that you can view? It’s just a name like vaporeon but not the actual pokemon? Someone can help me to fix this please..
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That’s probably just a bug. Reinstall the app or clear data/cache from Application Manager.
Haha, seriously man. I can’t contain my joy. Got soft banned from moving from Canada to US, came across your trick and you know what it worked 100%.
Just one thing, I didn’t do anything apart from selecting a pokestop and rotating it without counting until it gave me pokeballs and other items. I think I must have rotated for like 25..30 times. God bless you bro.
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So happy to read your success story dude! 😀 Congrats man and have fun!
Wow lol i had my doubts but it actually worked! Thanks 😀
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Fair enough and glad to hear that! 😀
Sad to say its not working for me :_ I went back to the place I started (around the same area) and spun the nearest pokestop (and a different one) 100+ times but nothing happened…Tried reopening a few times too. What should I do?
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Sorry to hear that. :/
Maybe try to go back to the location you’ve jumped to that got you banned? You might’ve already spent enough time there to make it the relevant location.
hey dude u probaly get a shitton of thankyou comments and here is another one XD thx for taking your time and sticking to ur gut on such a skeptical method thankyou
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Thanks man, that means a lot! Appreciate it. And you’re most welcome! 😀
How to fix ,click pokemon i wan\’t to catch and then say error.. 🙁
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Not sure what you’re asking. :S
I have the same error
Give this man a Nobel prize. I’ve been tearing my hair out for the past five hours. Thanks a lot brother!!!!!!
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Hahaha 😀 Most welcome bro!
it worked bro thank a lot. i was soft bannes but then I tried your method and it worked.once again thanks.
Author
Glad to hear that, man! Congrats and have fun! 😀
Thanks a lot team unbanster and from now i’m not gonna use this tool
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You’re most welcome! 😀
Hi, I’m just wondering with like GPS spoofing and all that stuff, is there any risk with the actual gmail account and not just the Pokemon account?
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I honestly doubt that, but either way you shouldn’t abuse it.
it worked for me thanks but what will happen if niantic find this will they ban us
Love from Turkey <3 I went to Central Park from Turkey 😀 and this solutiuon really works!! thanks so much!
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Glad to hear that, man! Enjoy! 😀
Working, thanks you!!!
Author
Glad to hear that! You’re most welcome! 😀
So I just got soft banned for spoofing from Sidney to Japan. I was traversing the interwebs when I found this article and questioned its contents. I tried doing the pokestop thing for a while and at first it didn’t seem to work. I haven’t counted the amount of spins but it sure took a couple minutes before I got my rewards.
I am very thankful for this helpful guide on how to undo your ban!
Grtz,
OPM
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Quite a success story man! 😀 Congrats!
Hey, must I spin the same poke stop or can I spin different ones my account is whacky so my avatar is always moving ( no hacks) so I can’t always be near the same poke stop , also I’ve been spinning for ages is there a faster way , I got soft banned for sharing my account with my brother
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There is no faster way without 3rd party software which is against the terms of use, which we don’t recommend. Not sure about the number of PokeStops, but I believe it has to be spinned on just one if possible. You can try though.
It isn’t working for me, must it be the same poke stop & can the out of range poke stops work ????? Please answer ASAP
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It needs to be a PokeStop within the zone you were in before teleporting or whatever got you soft banned.
By the reviews and strategy i know this will work
But i have 3 probs the pokestop and pokemon running thing shown by you and this gps signal not found thing from 6 or 7 hours i have not been able to fake my location for once not even my an inch no matter what i try it says gps signal not found
I guess i shud wait for 12 or more hours but if u know about this plz lemme know
Thanks!!
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We really don’t encourage nor provide guides or support on how to fake the GPS location, but I’m sure you can find that easily on google or youtube. Are you sure your device’s Location setting is ON though? Just go to the nearest PokeStop once you can see them and spin it 40 times. 🙂
I was using gps spoofing, it worked well for hours but then suddenly the game stopped working i tried to reinstall the app but there is a problem in signing up , my account is not banned i hav tried logging my account in different device and its working, i think my device is banned please suggest something
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Try clearing the app data from your device and see if that works, I doubt it was banned.
Got soft banned after using \\\\\\\”fly gps\\\\\\\”, your trick worked for me after 31 spins at the pokestop! Thank you so much!!!
I dond recommend anyone on spoofing the lpcation at the game. Waste of time
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Glad to hear that! You’re most welcome! 😀
It deff worked for me as well !!
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Congrats dude! 😀
THANKS THANKS THANK!!! I thought i lost my acc forever, thank you very much guys!!
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You’re most welcome! 😀
Worked pretty much as stated
Thanks for the great tip
Now i will behave and not jump around thecworkd anymore!!!!
Author
Glad it worked 😀
working,thanks for the tip
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Most welcome! 🙂
I usually teleported to United States, but then i teleported to London and over there i got the soft bann, so do i teleport back to United States where i started or my original address ?
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Pretty much, yes.
Haha amazing. Kinda like an easter egg for banned people. Thanks a lot 😀
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Most welcome! 😀
It comes back after I gps spoof again 🙁
Author
Well, then don’t GPS spoof anymore! ^^
Jesus… went from Nashville, TN, US to Sydney, AU and got soft banned. Found this, tried it 3 times and was unbanned!!! Amazingly simple. Tyvm.
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Congrats man! 😀
Ey I’ve been GPS Spoofing the recent two days and this has been working multiple times! Thank you~
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You’re welcome! 😀
Awesome…..it worked.
So tell me what to do if i want to make long distance jump…like intercontinental jumps
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Well, as I’ve said in the post, we don’t encourage that, but if that’s the only option for you to play the game, just allow it a normal travel time (such as how much it would take by plane) before logging in from the new location.
working..!! amazing..!! thanks dude
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Most welcome! 😀
Thank you worked for me afte 30 Times
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Glad to hear that! 😀
thanks very much! it works for me after 20 pokestop spins 🙂
Author
Glad to hear that dude! You’re welcome! 😀
I have a question. what can I do, when I don’t have anything around me, no pokestops. no pokemon and no gyms ? Is this also considered as soft ban, and if it is, how can I lift it ? PLS help
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It’s like a GPS Location issue. Are you sure it’s enabled? If not, log from a device with Location ON.
location is fine, i can see the streets and everything but i just don’t see pokestops, gyms and any pokemons. and one more thing, sometimes, when i play pokemons dissapear, i can see in the gyms that there are pokemons, but there are no images of pokemon, when i battle something like this also occours, and when i try to catch empty space game froze with open pokeball. what can you suggest to me with these problems ?
Same as me. I got banned yesterday in the morning, I was expecting when I returned home from work it should be solve, but I can log in and only the streets appear, no pokestops no gyms, no pokemons. I create a new account to verify if it was a server issue, on the new account it shows me the pokestops and gyms but it did not show any pokemon. How can I solve the issue when nothing appears?
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Not sure what to say to be honest. Try logging out from all the devices and just log on the one you were before these symptoms showed up (or before getting soft banned).
After spoofing nothing shows up around me. No Pokemon, pokestops or gyms, but on my other account I just made everything shows up. Is this a new type of ban and can it be removed?
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I don’t think so, maybe it has to do with the servers to a degree. Are both accounts PTC or Google?
They were google accounts.
man it seems they add the soft banned feature i did catch the rare pokemon with nox then i catch another rare pokemon it just have 100-250 CP (i’m level 19) it happened to me several times
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Low CP is not a symptom of soft banning, but rather pure RNG.
29 tries and I am unbanned! Thank you so much, will remember this next time….
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Glad to hear that! 😀
Thank you very much for the tip, I’m now unbanned!
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Most welcome!
WORKS GRAT
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That it does indeed! 😀
It works with getting stops but pokemon still dashing away after 1 ball no reason a level 10 CP weedle should run lmao
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Most likely not a soft ban then, probably just bad RNG. 😀
I can’t battle gyms but I can catch Pokemon and spin poke stops. how come I can’t battle the gym?
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Not sure, but it doesn’t sound like it’s a soft ban. Probably just a location / range bug.
Thank u soooop much…u made my day
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Most welcome! 😀
i keep switching from my real location to fake location after like spinning it three times, what should i do?
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There’s probably something wrong with your device. Try restarting it.
My id was banned when I go India to London , network
And when I come there is no pokestop and no nearby Pokemon
What should I dooo????????
just restart game
I think this is a troll but all these comments have led me to think that this works if i accidently get a ban.. I thought you are trying to make us removed from ban by wasting time for an hour so it automatically removes the ban duration.. BTW im waiting for 5 hours ( fllight time) to move from LA to NY(central park) 😀
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Nope, no trolling going on here! Just the little downtime we had because of the overloaded server which was now upgraded. Sorry for that!
What program are you using. Seems mine keeps telling me to update in app store even after updating.
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I can’t recommend any software for that other than your mobile phone, but I’m sure you can find them on google or youtube. 🙂
stopped just to leave a comment and say thank you, took 40 attempts exactly. thank you very much
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Thank you for that and congrats! 😀
Quick question about bans. Since people here are more familiar than I am about bans. Say you get a 6 hr ban. Does your character have to be in the game for 6 hours, or can you just call it a night and get up in the morning and start playing? Other than spinning the pokestop ?
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Nope, you don’t have to be in the game at all, however you don’t know how long the soft ban is going to last when it happens, but it’s safe to say that it’ll run out over night. It’s like the Lure Modules / Incense, they run out even if you’re in the game or not. 🙂
I got a Ban on my wife\’s account. She is in the Army and stationed in PA. I logged in to her account in VA and her account must have been banned. I did not see this trick until after I had her log back in. She will probably wait out the ban over night. Thank for the info..
I deleted the spoofing, restored my iphone, shall i try the “pokestop thing”
Or download the spoof again and go to my original place? Because i have allready opened the game in my actual place…
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If you’ve opened the game in your actual place, you shouldn’t spoof before allowing it a normal travel time (such as overnight). You can try removing your soft ban at the nearest PokeStop within your current location though.
Jumped from Ireland to New York and got a soft ban instantly. Stayed in New York and spun the pokestop roughly 15 times and it worked. Now I’m unbanned AND in New York. Love it!
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Congrats dude! 😀
Jumped from San Fransisco to NY Central Park. Got wiped with the soft tissue. Jumped the hell back to SF and spun the goodie-bag-wheel for about 32 times. I softly unbanned myself. Great tip and thank you so much!
Best regards!
You are awesome man..it really worked..I was really scared..I spinned pokestops 40 times and it worked..
Thank u Sir
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You’re welcome dude! Congrats! 😀
Thank you sooo much! I got a bit scared when softban occurred. I did the same thing by changing location from Manhattan to Germany. But after spinning the pokestop for 24 times. Got back to the game. Thanks again.
And also any tip for changing the country and playing there?
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Most welcome! Well, allow it a normal travel time before jumping and then you’re good to go.
Thanks Man, Much love
i got rid of it in less than 20 spins
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Good stuff!
Hey.
I just got soft-banned for using GPS spoofing.
I’ve just changed my location by a kilometer or so, from A to B.
I’ve gotten Pokestops there but couldn’t get anything from them.
Got Pokemons which ran away.
So, closed it.
And when I reopened it *At location B*, I find no Pokestops or Pokemons around.
What do I do?
Am I permanently banned or something?
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Try going back to the location where you had the PokeStops but couldn’t get the rewards and just do the steps from the post above.
So I have to set my location to the spot I was spoofing at, then set myself back to my hometown and spin the nearest Pokestop a number of times. Do I absolutely need to find a way to set my location to my spoof spot? Or can I just go to the nearest Pokestop and spin it a number of times?
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The location of spinning should be the location on where you’re planning to stay after removing your soft ban.
Can you help me? The problem is, that when i turn on the game, on my mobile phone, it’s like cant see the location, but it’s absoltely fine on noxx, can catch pokemons, collect pokestops and etc.
However, its absolutely fine on phone, with my another account. Maybe it’s a new version of softban ?
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Nope, it’s the same version of soft ban. Unban yourself on Nox, allow it a normal travel time if you want to play in your city, and then just use your phone from that point on.
Will you be unbanned either way eventually? Or is this the only possible way to get unbanned?
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You can just wait it out, that solves it too, however sometimes it can take close to 12 hours or more.
I have been ban 5 times well that reflect the new update
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I think you’re just doing something wrong or you’re connected on multiple devices.
To confirm… i jumped from tenerife to australia and this worked… you fucking legend!
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Hahaha 😀 Glad to hear that dude!
i love you man +1111111
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<3
I really didn’t believe it until I tried. Never spoofed before & just wasn’t thinking hopping around. Thanks dude, you’re a savior! <3
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Glad to hear that man! Congrats and you’re most welcome! 😀
Thanks bro tried to go from Brisbane to Sydney Aus and got soft banned…. worked like a charm lol.
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😀 good stuff man! Most welcome!
Hello,
I’m soft banned but haven’t got any pokestop in my village, so is there another way to remove my soft ban?
Greetz Simon
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Heya! Well, then go to the nearest PokeStop you can find and try it there, if you want to keep playing in your village, otherwise in the place you got soft banned in.
k, thx i will try, but now suddenly my soft ban is gone so i haven\’t got to travel xD
I play pokemon go on bluestacks and I suddenly got soft banned , I use fake GPS …. I tried to catch a pokemon and it suddenly flee away on which I had tried oly 1 pokeball… and after sometime they were no pokestops , gyms , pokemon available any more So Please Help ……. plz unbanster reply as soon as possible………
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Heya! Try going back to the place where you got soft banned. Restart your device there and you should be seeing at least a PokeStop to spin. Good luck and let us know how it goes! 🙂
Hey man thanks for the info and keeping it 100
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Most welcome dude! Thanks for dropping by! 😀
This works great! I been soft ban 13x and counting. This trick works! Ill tell u if/when I get perm banned. (For too many softy)
Thanks guys.
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You’re welcome! 🙂
You are my hero
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😀
Thanks bro it really helped me out
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Congrats! Glad to hear that! 🙂
Thank you SO MUCH!!! It worked for me!!
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You’re most welcome! 😀
you are awesome man. I just got banned and in less than 2 min i got free because of your post. I just want to know is this ban thing is going to affect my future gaming. Please reply
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Congrats! Most likely, it won’t affect nor flag your account, however I suggest doing your best to avoid soft bans when possible.
It didn’t work at all, at least after the new update. Neither do I know the reason behind it. According to me, my Dad had been playing with my account in a different country than my hometown. Could this be the reason ? Found any alternate method ?
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Most likely that’s why you got soft banned, but in order to get it removed, only one of you can play at a time, and allowing a normal travel time before logging in from different locations.
I can get reward from pokestops and can catch pokemon. But when i walk, i can\’t get the real position, ex : i stop exactly on pokestop but on my device my avatar isn\’t there. How do i fix that ????
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Restart your device, it’s probably a server side issue. Niantic had some server problems lately.
I’ve got a problem I went onto Pokemon today and all the pokestops and gyms have gone missing and My nearby list is gone, i checked my sisters phone and she still has them. Have I been perma banned?
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You weren’t perma banned. Maybe it’s an account issue or just server side updates. Try on a different device with the account (in the same GPS location if possible), or did you use your account on your sister’s phone and it worked?
AWESOME!! This works! Thank you soooo much!!
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Most welcome! 😀
I can turn the pokestops and have the items but i can’t still catch the pokemons that appears! What should i do? Thanks
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It’s probably not a soft ban. Does every single Pokemon flee on the first attempt to catch it?
So it started yesterday, my Pokestops are gone, and no nearby Pokemon. Am I banned? I have reset my iPhone, and deleted and reinstalled my app multiple times and still the same thing. Also just made a new account through Poke Trainer and same thing. What do you hung I need to do?
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You’re not banned. It’s likely a server-side error. A lot of people are experiencing this issue currently.
LOL, i think they removed this by removing all pokestops and and pokemon and gyms. my location services are on.
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Nope, that’s a server / device issue. Log your account on a different device to see that it works.
All pokestops and gyms are gone and their no pokemon nearby, what does that mean
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Depends on the device, but most likely it’s a server/device issue. The app has been recently updated.
omg, thank you so much!
for a second there I thought I was dead,
you saved me <3!!!
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Yay! 😀 You’re most welcome!
can i play in the nox, exit my account and play in my phone without get a ban? using the same gps location, of course
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Yup!
Thanks a lot! It worked
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Glad to hear that! 😀
Yo!! This worked! Thanks so much dude!
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You’re most welcome! 😀
I just have one question, how long is the soft ban?
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It depends, anywhere from a couple of hours to a day maybe.
As of this morning, There are no nearby Pokemon and my Pokestops/Gyms are gone. I signed out of app, deleted/reinstalled app, & reset my phone. Is this a new symptom of being banned now or is this a server issue?
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It’s not a ban, but most likely a server/client side issue. Do you have the latest 0.31.0 version?
Hi there,
I’m using the Pokemon go hacked app, I’m from Australia and it sent me straight to San Fran, but I’m worried that I’m on soft ban atm. Do you know how long I should wait until I try your soft ban trick.
Do you think they will ban my account or IP address ? I really don’t want to lose my good pokemons and my Pikachu .
First time ever getting soft banned.
Thanks so much.
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Chances to get banned for that are extremely low, let alone IP banned. You can try the soft ban removal trick whenever you want, but decide in which zone you want to stay.
ty!!!!
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Most welcome!
Well i stupidly moved from uk to Australia. Does this work since the update? If not how long will my ban last?
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It does work, and either way, it shouldn’t be more than a few hours.
Spun 40 times, worked like a charm. Thank you so much.
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Most welcome! 😀
So if I’m in Texas and use the gps spoofed and go to Central Park and get soft banned I have to go back to Texas and go to a Pokestop and then spin it 40 times?
Author
Yes, and then wait a normal travel time before going back to Central Park, so you won’t get soft banned again.
It’s work to the pokestop.. But i still can’t catch any pokemon…. Wht should i do?
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You’re not soft banned then, maybe it has to do with app version or just bad RNG.
Thanks a lot bro ! 😀
Can i use the GPS hack to walk to the poke stop and spin?will it work?
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Not sure, you can try though.
Do I have to be in range of the pokestop for the unban to work?
Author
Of course, otherwise spinning it is useless.
Thank you very much it helps me a lot
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Most welcome! 😀
Hey man thnks..it really workthnks again
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Glad to hear that! Congrats 😀
As of yesterday August 5 all Pokemon, pokestops, and gyms near me have disappeared. I’m on the current version of the game I’ve deleted it and reinstalled it but nothing, even created a new account and still no gyms or stops am I perm banned? Help please
Author
It’s not a perma ban as far as we know, but most likely a server / client side issue. Try the account on a different device if possible.
Thank You. After 36 spins works again. 😛
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Most welcome! 😀
This definitely works but I have a question… I also get an error and am kicked out of gym battles. Is this also a result of the softban? I fixed the softban but still cannot fight gyms. It’s been like this for about 10 hours now.
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Yup, it’s a soft ban symptom. Maybe you’ve accidentally spoofed to a different location, check the PokeStops to see for sure.
This highly effective way, sir, thank you very much for your help
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Most welcome! 😀
Hi guys, so, I got soft banned once already, and I did the Pokéstop spin 40 times and solved it, but, I got soft banned now because of appearing in other continent (Nox location change) will I get permanently banned? I just need to wait now?
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Heya! You won’t get permanently banned, at least not right now and not for this. You don’t have to wait, you can use the same PokeStop spin x40. In the future, it’s best to do your best to avoid soft bans though by allowing a normal travel time to go by before swapping countries if possible.
so spin and close spin close , do you gotta wait till its stopped to have another spin?
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Keep spinning it, don’t close the PokeStop until you get the rewards.
Still working and great!
Thanks bro
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Glad to hear that, man! Most welcome! 😀
Not sure if it’s a soft banned but I go n to my account and I have no poka stops come up nor any Pokemon I also have a blank white box where the near by Pokemon are ment tp show
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It’s probably a client/server problem. Test your account on a different device if you can.
So i was testing out 2 bots , they where running for a few hours with no problems and around half an hour ago they got both softbanned at yhe same time and it keeps spinning the pokestop 45x but it doesnt get unbanned, so could niantic be cracking down on bots or is it something else? ( didnt change continents or something)
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It probably had something to do with the walking speed or a bug in the code.
Does anyone tried a waiting game to unban?
Hey, I got my account UNBANNED! heres what I did,,.
My banned account was Pokemon trainer Club acc,.. when it got banned, pokemons escape every effing time and no items from the stops..
I logged in using my gmail acc..(old pokemon acc) and played with it for around 10-20mins then i logged in my banned account.. then its magic! it is unbanned!
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Yup, sometimes it can take a few minutes, however it can also last up to several hours.
So I read about swapping continents and was playing it on PC in different continent using fake GPS the other night and from the next day morning the game is not running on my mobile phone but it runs on my PC. Also if I switch to different account on my mobile it runs smoothly so is my account banned on mobile or something like that?
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Probably soft banned, allow it a few hours without playing on PC and it should be okay.
what do you mean by ‘normal time travel’ ?
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I mean the amount of hours it would normally take to get from A to B, or at least close to it. For example, if you want to jump from New York to Alaska, it’d take about 70 hours.
Works after 5 min, thank you!
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Most welcome! 😀
My Pokemon go shows no pokestop and gym . Just a green field . May I know how to get unbanned ?
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That’s not a soft ban, it’s either an IP blacklist or a server/device issue.
Does it have to be the same pokestop?
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Nope, but one within that zone where you were in before getting soft banned.
I wasn’t able to catch any Pokemon and pokestop stopped working… I didn’t know I was soft banned so I tried spoofing again to somewhere else. Will that effect the time of my soft ban?
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It might, not sure. Just stay in the location you want to play and try the PokeStop trick, otherwise leave it overnight and it should be fine by tomorrow.
My Pokemon go won’t load like not letting me log in, however uuing another account I can login through the same phone. It says something about humbled by the response and will not load. Please help””
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Try that account (the one that doesn’t load) on a different device if possible, to confirm that it wasn’t banned. Are both accounts on the same platform (PTC/Google) ?
I got error when trying to catch a pokemon, when i visit pokestops the msg appears “please try again” and i cant even access to gym 🙁
Am i soft banned? Cause i see later on the game functions well, after a couple of minutes it gets back from error again with no pokemon ..
And if i close the app, everything is gone like no poke stops, no pokemon and no gyms , please help 🙁
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Might be an IP blacklist. Try logging that account on a different device/connection to confirm.
Yeah same thing happened to me no gyms no pokestop or pokemons near u try it in my girlfriend cel and it work looks like they are blacklisting the phone ip looks like the boots and hack will end soon
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Debatable, however the IP blacklist might be a connection security measure, so not necessarily bot related.
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Thank you and you’re most welcome! 😀
Maybe ip ban .. but i will use my vpn to change my ip right? Hmm still looking for solutions
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That’s a solution too, but you should confirm if the IP is blacklisted first though, try logging in on a different device/IP with the same account.
There is an interval which my accouny will be back to normal like 10mins more or less..
I wanted to ask if there are issued from the server cause my friend has it too .. well she is not cheating but he always does have my problem ..
Im in the philippines, sea server? Am i ryt?
BRO IT WORKS! I GOT UNBANNED AFTER 37 SPINS! THANKS BRO!!!
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Most welcome dude! 😀
Question. so lets say i have no means to be able to leave the house and i love playing this game if i just walk regularly and not jump from here to there (in other words not be stupid about it and stay under the radar) it should be fine?
P.S this would also include using only one device to play.
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Yup, you should be perfectly fine on an android emulator as long as you don’t spoof (or at least not spoof faster than the normal travel time between locations).
Hey guys, after this update 0.33 from today , are you still able to unban at poke stops? for me not working , and after I try again and again all poke stops and gym disappeared from my phone screen. I need to wait for couple hours to be unbanned. It happend 2 times while driving around .
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The patch has implemented new mechanics against playing in a driving car (or at least above a certain speed), so I don’t recommend doing that. As for the soft ban removal, it still works as far as I know, however your IP might be blacklisted. Try logging in from a different device and connection if possible.
confirmed it….ip banned.got login on other device but on my device it displayed”location not available” and cant see near by pokemon and pokestop.
any advice for this issue???
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Change your IP. ^^
Hey,, please help me..
i log in to my phone, but there’s no pokestop and gym, what should i do ?
is that banned ip from niantic? how to change ip in my phone ? thanks a lot
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It might be an IP blacklist. Try the account on a different device/connection to confirm. Your phone’s IP depends on the mobile/wifi data, so if you’re behind a router with dynamic IP, just restart it (the router), or just contact your phone carrier for the mobile data.
I wanna thank you so much man I’m never spoofing (far away) ever again. It’s so weird how all my friends spoof to Europe and Japan and never get soft bans and I was jealous so tried ONCE and instantly got soft banned.
Oh well, back to exercising again haha
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Really glad it helped you! You’re most welcome! 😀
hi is there a new ban today ?
my main account have been ban from log in into server.
i del the app n log in with another accout it connected .
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What does it say when you try to log in with it? Also, try it on a different device.
Hi, I need Help, I have The Problem that when i start my bot, it spins the pokestop 45 Times , then i am unbanned and i can catch 3 or 4 pokemon and at the next pokestop it spins again 45 times. what should i do? This happens only on my Necro bot on my phone there are pokestops and gyms. I have tried a VPN but this doesn\’t help me at all. Should i wait a couple of hours or what?! Thanks for help!
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You should ask the bot developer about that since we can’t provide that kind of support. I’m guessing either the walking speed or the delay between actions isn’t set correctly therefore it keeps getting you soft banned, or maybe other config issue, but then again, you should ask the bot community/dev about it.
My walking Speed was 50 but it worked all the time, and today i getting softbanned over and over again. I think i don’t use the bot in the next days, because niantec made new Perma Ban and i don’t want to lose my Level 35 pokemon Account 😀 . But thanks for your help
All the pokestops said”try again later” and can not get anything, but I can catch pokemon and enter gyms, as I fix it ?
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Might be a server side issue if everything else works fine. Try rebooting your device and clear data/cache from App manager.
I’m with similar issue…
All creatures fleet and pokestops say try again later.
But I can attack gyms…
New kind of ban??
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It might be, not sure. There have been many such reports. If I find out more info, I’ll post it.
THANKYOU SO MUCH!!!! I CAN’T DESCRIBE HOW GREATFUL I AM!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!!
i will name my first child after you! bless your soul! this is amazing!!!!!! THANK YOU! IT DOES WORK. DONT TEST NIANTIC FOLKS!
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Hahaha, so glad it worked! You’re most welcome!
Hey.. it works.. thank you so much!
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Most welcome! 😀
Wow it actually works! Thanks so much!
Please help me…….i got banned but i unbanned myself from spinning the pokestop 40 times..adn now when i play after a while i cannot see any pokestops and pokemon……please hlp…
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Hello!
Even if you unban yourself, you can get soft banned again, if you do what you did in the first place that got you banned.
i did that..i changed my location and got banned again…but its doing the same thing
Thanks it helped my become unbanned but I can’t access my account on my phone. Do you know anyways I can get into it since it just says about humbleness and I should get in soon. Please help me find away to get back into my account
Your sincerely Ben
i play pokemon go but after a couple of minutes…a small white pokebal keeps spinning and cannot load any pokestop or any pokemon..since i got banned im having this trouble in all of my accounts…also the one which i did not had been banned.please help me…please
i think your ip has been banned
Is spinning PokeStop affect the soft ban duration?
I think it just coincidence about the duration from unban and spinning PokeStop about 40 times.
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It doesn’t affect its duration, it removes it. Coincidences don’t work like that. There are no 2-3 minutes soft bans really.
It since like I got softban but after trying 40 times spinning pokestop it allow me to get the items
But still unable to catch all pokemon will fly off.
It been for like this for 8-9 hours
Can spin can flight gym can’t catch.
Help ….
Glad to hear that! You’re most welcome!
Thank you.
omg really works unbelievable soft ban took my dratini 🙁 its sad
hey.. i need help.. pokemons dont pop up anymore.. i have to restart game everytime i want to catch pokemons..what is it??
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Try reinstalling the app or try a different internet connection to rule out the IP ban.
Hey guys. Here is another issue… what if I use a GPS spoofing app, but not for jumping to different places, rather walking around using a joystick. Will that cause a soft ban??
And the thing you said about the future… if Niantic gonna do some more Hard ban on the account using tricks… how creditable is that?
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If it’s an autodetection method of the API, then it doesn’t matter much what exactly you do on the GPS spoofing app, but yes, not jumping locations will certainly decrease the ban chances.
Oh Great it worked!!! Thanks !!! I appreciate your help.
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Most welcome! 😀
I can\’t see anything neither poke stops nor gyms or Pokémon
Man I cant understand i am soft banned so help me tell me the process clearly.
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Not sure if it still works, but basically spin a Pokestop 40 times.
My account is on several devices and I did lil bit of gps spoofin
i don’t know where i got banned
what happens now?
do i go to where i noticed it
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If possible, yes.
Hey, so now i see i have been soft baned a lot, and my gps gets everywhere, it jumps to the coast, which is rly far away from my town, and then back to my workplace … Just don’t get it… Although i am playing while somebody is driving me somewhere xD
Wow! After trying 35 times, I can guarantee that this works! What a lifesaver!
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Glad to hear that! 😀
Ihave one for you. Never received a message that i was banned. Pokestops and gyms till work, but unable to find any pokemon besides commons. About 2 weeks ago i started using the IV Calculator All G2. I don’t bot, nor spook my GPS. So i figure that app was the reason.
How do I get my game back?
Thx
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If you haven’t received a mail but are still able to play (despite not being able to find pokemons), it might be just a soft ban. It should fix itself, however, the duration is unknown.
I don’t think the spinning 40 times works any longer. At least isn’t working for me. Not even sure what happened. Was playing on the train to work, then suddenly the pokestops quit working and I can’t catch anything 🙁 Guess I won’t be able to stock up on Pokeballs at work (right next to 3 pokestops).
Ty so much work after 30 spins!!!
As the ghost event is going on .I m unable to get that Pokemon.even i can’t get the Pokemon of higher order ( 2 or 3 stages) .is that the soft ban ..if yes what should I do to overcome it…bcus i have reached level 27 n now it’s not possible to start new game…plz help
The new updates on Pokemon go down allow to spin the poke stop it locks now so its a force wait I don’t like it I was in the backseat of my mother in laws car too and I was trying to get new Pokemon here in Georgia where I know live due to my own father kicking me out for no reason
I have spinned it for 40 times but there is no rewards and always the wild Pokemon flies……it happened when I spoof from Yokohama to pier 39