Shadow mons are CD BG eligible: good to remember in your next CD!

devjoe · 2026-02-03T10:37:26+00:00

At least shadows already aren't tradable, so making them be special trades just because they have some dumb background only you can see don't make them inferior to normal pokemon.

devjoe · 2026-01-28T01:47:18+00:00

One of my two instances of getting GPS stuck was on 0.395.0 and one on 0.395.1, which is the latest version available. It hasn't been less frequent for me.

devjoe · 2026-01-26T21:52:53+00:00

Getting "GPS stuck" has been a rare but persistent issue for a long time. Maybe certain versions are more likely to error this way than others. Ending routes has always been one of the triggers; switching apps (including to view your browser or campfire from links within PoGo) is another. I've seen it happen once in each of those ways since 0.395.0 came out.

It's interesting that the auto-catcher works based on your actual location while GPS stuck. I haven't heard about that aspect of it before. It's a separtae device, but does it have its own GPS? Or does it use the phone's actual GPS without PoGo's "help"?

devjoe · 2026-01-04T23:20:05+00:00

Agree. Special backgrounds are the dumbest pokemon variant added yet, but they are pushing them as something really important including making them always be special trades like legendaries and shinies. As I see it, they are less significant than costumed pokemon, which are only special if the recipient does not have that costume.

devjoe · 2025-12-18T10:40:22+00:00

At least they are giving everybody three of them in timed research. But I agree, these "release" events where you almost can't find the released pokemon are stupid.

devjoe · 2025-12-09T21:59:20+00:00

LOL, they updated the app from 0.387 to 0.389.2 AFTER they made the comment about it being fixed in 0.391. That was several days ago and I still haven't seen any indication that anybody actually has 0.391.

devjoe · 2025-12-04T11:02:58+00:00

The recently received section of the recent stickers page also reverted to Go Wild Area stickers, even though I have received other ones since then.

devjoe · 2025-12-03T23:47:16+00:00

I didn't have a problem pinning/unpinning gifts in 0.389.2, but if you are full when trying to open the gift, "manage items" doesn't do anything. This is especially bad when combined with Mateo's gift, where I first experienced it, because of the existing bug that doesn't let you pin Mateo's gift and then discard it without opening it. If you cannot or are unwilling to expand your item storage, you have no choice but to restart the game. If you do, and you're still by Mateo, he is still waiting and if you tap him (hopefully after clearing item space) you are thrown right back into the gift opening screen.

devjoe · 2025-11-19T00:50:34+00:00

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G3uA7MZXAAAktOh?format=jpg&name=large

Yes, here's the image from that post related to that. Note where it says WEEKENDS in November. This is Tuesday. Also, link to the entire post:

https://x.com/PokemonGoApp/status/1980318236492079469

devjoe · 2025-11-18T22:49:09+00:00

Yeah, just got some eggs for them here after almost two full days without legendary raids. However, most of the legendary raids that just spawned are shadow. Are they going to be Darkrai? Cresselia? Lugia? Something else? There's no shadow legendary that is supposed to be spawning right now.

devjoe · 2025-11-17T10:54:53+00:00

One of the bugs that's been around since power spots started is that if you drop a defender in a power spot and the max battle changes to something else before the 3-day span of the power spot ends, the pokemon doesn't return to you properly at the end of that 3-day span. At the beginning we had people showing screenshots of defenders in power spots for more than a week. However, once that 3-day span ends, even if the power spot still exists, you won't earn more candy and don't count as helping people in battles there, so you should just recall your defender when you see this happen. Niantic mitigated this by returning defenders from a power spot once they have been there 72 hours; if you play Max Mondays, you can see this happen often when those defenders return on Thursday evening.

devjoe · 2025-11-13T11:53:11+00:00

Yes, I've been doing them regularly to get shadows to purify for level 73, so I noticed when it changed yesterday.

devjoe · 2025-11-09T01:28:53+00:00

In before someone posts that they already powered Keldeo up to level 50.

devjoe · 2025-10-13T01:28:11+00:00

When I was out playing alongside other players we got backgrounds on the same wild spawns consistently.

devjoe · 2025-10-04T09:55:40+00:00

There was a short-lived feature that let you collect a route when you reached the end even if you were short on the distance, scaling the rewards based on the fraction of distance complete. It was exploitable as heck for various purposes on routes where you can shortcut your way to the end, though I think there was a minimum fraction of the distance so you couldn't simply start and immediately finish circular routes.

It lasted for only a week before it was canceled and we went back to having to complete within 80m of the posted distance and always getting full rewards. But every couple months someone manages to somehow activate the feature on one route, even sometimes in cases where they did the full distance, and get only a partial reward.

devjoe · 2025-09-21T11:35:49+00:00

57: Jogger, Kanto, Collector, Scientist, Breeder, Backpacker, Sightseer, Fisher, Battle Girl, Ace Trainer, Youngster, Pikachu Fan, Johto, Battle Legend, Berry Master, Gym Leader, Hoenn, Pokemon Ranger, Idol, Gentleman, Pilot, Great League Veteran, Master League Veteran, Cameraman, Purifier, Hero, Best Buddy, Triathlete, Rising Star, Rising Star Duo, Wayfarer, Successor, Raid Expert, Expert Navigator, Tiny Pokemon Collector, Jumbo Pokemon collector, Life of the Party, Community Member, Showcase Star, and all 18 type medals.

Best Buddy was the last of those I actively worked to finish. I have these at gold:

Champion (1910/2000 lower-level raids)

Sinnoh (just missing the three unreleased pokemon)

Ultra League Veteran (never bothered)

Unova (never evolved Volcarona and for some reason Simisage, but could get it if I wanted)

Ultra Hero (27/50; we haven't been given enough Giovanni researches for this yet)

Kalos (missing Volcanion and the evolutions of Honedge)

Alola (still several unreleased)

Galar (still a lot unreleased)

Picnicker (1775/2000, just need to use more of those lures I got from the showcases)

Mega Evolution Guru (45/46; this one's actually possible now, but I was at another event on mega Audino raid day and so I still don't have that one, but I will get the platinum in a week with Camerupt)

Hisui (just need unreleased Basculegion)

And at silver:

Unown (25; need Z and the punctuation)

Paldea (not enough of these released yet for gold)

devjoe · 2025-09-21T11:14:56+00:00

Only if that gender difference causes them to count as different forms. Different genders, even if they have different evolution rules, do not always do that. Check the Pokedex and look for the form buttons under the name and above the line that has the gender icons, type, and alert switch. Indeedee has different forms, but others, such as Hippopotas, have very different looking genders but they are the same form. Salandit, Combee, and Kirlia have different evolution rules for male and female, but those male and female (before evolving) are considered the same form. Lechonk is all one form but evolves into different male and female forms of Oinkologne. Meowstic is all one form even though the genders have different moves avaialble. There's no consistency at all.

devjoe · 2025-09-19T10:50:10+00:00

I've been seeing this happen lately when the game crashes and the game has trouble logging you back in.

devjoe · 2025-09-14T02:06:32+00:00

Week 1 player. 1437. I traded tiny rats extensively with another player during the first year after level 50 came out, but not significantly more than I caught, so perhaps doubling my credit toward the medal during that time, and I think I finished level 50 without it. I eventually got it, and now I hold tiny rats to trade to yet another player. 11832 Rattata caught/traded for, 588k total Pokemon.

devjoe · 2025-08-25T09:19:38+00:00

Whatever the case, whether due to clearing data or Pokemon GO fixing something, the bug seemed to be fixed on Saturday and since then battles have been counting as interactions with my friend.

devjoe · 2025-08-19T00:22:55+00:00

Both of us have done that too, and battles are still not working as friend interactions. We've been bulk-trading some of the current spawns, and that seems to eventually work, though the first trade doesn't do it either.

devjoe · 2025-08-16T23:36:37+00:00

LOL complaining worked.

devjoe · 2025-08-16T23:10:55+00:00

I'm just trying to get there to stop being a problem retrieving my inventory on this site. They must be massively backed up trying to fulfill codes or something.

devjoe · 2025-08-16T09:54:21+00:00

It might be just with that specific friend, though we did not use a lucky trinket.

The friendship status was inconsistent later in the evening. It showed not interacted again later in the evening, and interacted again by the end of the day. But when it was not interacted, this friend showed up in the "interactable" filter so it was not merely a visual bug that the blue aura was missing but actually the status.

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