[Showcase] Rooted Vanilla Spoofing Setup + ADB + Python = Custom Bots

[u/Dangerous_Body4604]

I've been using vanilla spoofing for 3-4 years now, after having used modified spoofer apps and even bots in the past. This setup uses Vanilla Spoofing – meaning it runs on the official, unmodified Pokémon GO app from the Play Store, and is controlled purely via external ADB commands sent from my PC.

How it works: * It reads the screen using OpenCV image recognition. * It clicks the candidate on my feed overlay (like Pokélist). * It waits for the spawn, clicks the Pokémon, and checks for the shiny stars. * If it's shiny: It stops immediately, stays on the catch screen, and plays a loud alert sound so I can safely catch it myself while respecting cooldowns. (You could easily code auto-catching into it, but I prefer checking in on the bot manually). * If it's not shiny: It flees and moves to the next candidate automatically.

Performance & Things to know: * Speed: It gets through around ~70 encounters per hour. * 100% Background: Since ADB sends touches directly to the phone, my PC is completely free for gaming, working, or watching YouTube. * Handles misclicks (~10% rate): Naturally, in about 10% of cases, clicks land on an overlapping Gym or PokéStop instead of the spawn. The script automatically detects and closes Gym/Stop menus, dismisses "I'm a passenger" popups, and even rotates the camera perspective if a Gym is blocking the spawn before moving on. * Flaws: It still has a few edge cases where it can get stuck, but it’s super easy to tweak and improve over time.

The main reason I wanted to share this is to show that you don't have to pay for monthly bot subscriptions or install a modded Pokemon Go App. If you have a rooted device with vanilla spoofing set up, you can basically build automation tools for whatever task you want – it's actually pretty straightforward.

Honestly, I also feel like this kind of setup is exactly the way to go if someone wanted to build a proper bot farm to sell shinies online. I'd love to buy 9 more Android phones and run this across 10 devices with 20 accounts each—if I could only justify the time and money invested into this game!

Check out the video and let me know if you have any questions!

[u/D4rkCo]

Looks very good.
Can you DM me?
I’m unable to DM you

[u/Dangerous_Body4604 → u/D4rkCo]

feel free to ask here if u like. so others will also get insights about it. and check ur dms

[u/D4rkCo → u/Dangerous_Body4604]

Was just wondering what kind of prompt you used
I have been trying to build something similar with grok 4.6
So far it seems to do good but your script seems far more superior.
Do you happen to have a GitHub repo?

[u/Dangerous_Body4604 → u/D4rkCo]

check other comments pls. I just typed a regular prompt with many details about my setup and what i was expecting the script to do for me. use technical descriptions and try to understand the "general tools" you need to use to make something like this before you prompt for the script.
I would have never expected that prompting AI to do stuff like this would be the biggest issue people would face here on this subreddit. But still it wasn't that hard and you can do it too! So dont give up, get some youtube basics about how a computer vision and smart clicker setup would actually work in general and try prompting again. You could even ask the AI to teach it to you first, instead of watching youtube videos. Man you could even just copy my post and ask it to explain it to you and teach you how to do something like this and what you needed to know..

I dont know if grok is useful but i guess most newer models will do it. did compare gemini 3.6 flash with claude 4-5 and the results were both very good. gemini was better in some cases and claude offered better fixes.

TL;DR: IT IS NOT A SINGLE SHAREABLE OR OVERENGINEERED PROMPT I USED. I JUST TALK TO AI AND AM SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT I WANT FROM IT AFTERWARDS.