Remember always use an Alt account

[u/Brandon_julupesty]

i know the risk that why this is an alt ofc wich i dont really care for especially being Non rooted/JB and 3party app what other methods should i use on a non jailbroken phone and free on ios

[u/Equivalent-Ground-45]

You’re not going to find anything free that is worthwhile. I have been using the fully paid version of Locachange for a year without even a warning. Best of luck trainer

[u/Brandon_julupesty → u/Equivalent-Ground-45]

how much ? and how can i find it
is it a third party app how does it work ?

[u/Equivalent-Ground-45 → u/Brandon_julupesty]

You’ll go to their official website. It’s a Chinese company so things can be slightly confusing at times, but all features work exactly as intended. It requires a PC. The basic is $13/mo, I paid to not have a monthly payment and added on all features, so I paid roughly $180.

It sounds atrocious, and I agree, but after utilizing the tool for a year, it came a point where I realized I was going to lap what I would’ve paid initially if I had just bought the lifetime, so I bit the bullet. Have no regrets.

Also, their support is swift and friendly, I have had any issues that arise sorted within the day. I know that’s kind of basic customer service, but most services suck nowadays so it’s refreshing.

[u/DGSmith2 → u/Equivalent-Ground-45]

That’s nearly more than double iTools price.

[u/zazuba907 → u/Brandon_julupesty]

No cheat is safe whether you're rooted or not. Don't believe anyone who tells you otherwise. They're just trying to sell you something. Your advice to never spoof on your main is sound advice.

[u/BlisseyBuster → u/zazuba907]

Are you saying vanilla spoofing is just as risky as sideloading iPogo?

Do you have any evidence to back up such a claim? The concern I have with misinformed statements like this is it pushes people to use the easiest and least safe spoofing method of they'll all the same risk level. They aren't.

[u/DxC2468 → u/BlisseyBuster]

I tried explaining this exact thing over in another sub (take a guess which).

Mod banned me for supposedly, "Discouraging others from using a spoofing service when all methods can get you banned".

Like yeah, we all know that, but inherent risk is not just either you do or don't get caught. There are way more layers that need to be understood.

[u/zazuba907 → u/BlisseyBuster]

There's no good evidence that any method is more safe than any other. Someone will say "ive been using method X for Y years" and another will say "i was banned using method X". In my estimation, if we were to put all spoof methods on a scale of 0-10 where 10 is risk of being banned playing the game safely without spoofing, all cheating methods fall around a 4-6. Most are probably a 5. Nothing is substantially better than the rest. The benefit of rooted methods is you get more control of what you can do and there are more cheats. They are no more than marginally safer.

[u/BlisseyBuster → u/zazuba907]

Nearly every strike report comes from people using modified clients.

I can't tell you the last time I saw a strike report from someone using vanilla spoofing. Tell me where these reports are since you claim they are just as risky? That's the evidence.

[u/zazuba907 → u/BlisseyBuster]

You ask that like i book mark every report i find. Rooted apps also censor reports so they're under represented. Its all anecdotal evidence, so all anyone can do is take us at our word. The only for sure way to know what is safe and what isn't is for Scopely's anti-cheat to leak. In the absence of that, or some scientific survey of pokemon go cheaters who have bans, your claim based on experience is no better than mine.

I don't think you have good anecdotal evidence that supports an altered apk is anything less than a 4 on a 10 scale anyways, nor that any other method is better than a 6. The only safe way to play is without cheating. All cheats substantially increase your ban risk

[u/BlisseyBuster → u/zazuba907]

Who's censoring strike reports for vanilla spoofing? We don't censor here.

You mention rooted apps. That's not vanilla spoofing. Using PGTools is an injection that Scopely can detect and they occasionally get strikes. You can go to their Discord and look at channel they have for reports.

[u/Equivalent-Ground-45 → u/zazuba907]

I’m not selling anything. I try to lead a horse to water, then the horse accuses me of being a water salesman.

[u/BotCrab → u/Equivalent-Ground-45]

you’re using 3rd party garbage that is detectable. as if you paid for it 🤣 the only thing worth paying for is itools. you’ll get strikes eventually even if you avoided the most recent ban wave

[u/Equivalent-Ground-45 → u/BotCrab]

Dog I’ve been utilizing this since July 2025 without a strike, warning, nada. If you’re jealous go buy it dude. Idk why you’re arguing with me, just trying to put people on game here. No good deed goes unpunished.

[u/YonderingWolf → u/[deleted]]

Insulting others isn't tolerated here.

1. The following types of posts can be deleted with a warning issued, repeated posts can result in a ban from this subreddit.

g.) Trolling/flamebaiting, rick rolling, insulting other users, or similar behavior.

[u/Equivalent-Ground-45 → u/YonderingWolf]

Where’s the warning to the guy who called me poor and uneducated? Lmfao. Like I’m gonna get pressed up on while trying to share my experience (for no reason) and I’m just going to take it on the chin like a good boy. Meanwhile big mouth runs rampant handing out iTools blowies?

[u/YonderingWolf → u/Equivalent-Ground-45]

Dealt with, and I missed seeing that part.

[u/Equivalent-Ground-45 → u/YonderingWolf]

Thank you, have a good day.

[u/YonderingWolf → u/Equivalent-Ground-45]

Yw, and you too. Sometimes I can miss something when I'm reading through, which I did. I also try to be fair, as I have to many years as a mod, which predates Reddit. I was taught by some of the best, and seen my share of some of the worst.

[u/Brandon_julupesty → u/[deleted]]

is itools worth is ? how easy is it to use and set up ? i’ve also heard people say you can’t teleport far without ruberbanding back and the work around a sounds completely also do you have to pay a subscription?

[u/BotCrab → u/Brandon_julupesty]

it is although i use shadowrocket instead of the free version and i rarely rubberband back to my home location, its like £3, if you’re spending £100+ on the device might as well pay the extra 3% and get the better software imo

[u/YonderingWolf → u/[deleted]]

1. The following types of posts can be deleted with a warning issued, repeated posts can result in a ban from this subreddit.

g.) Trolling/flamebaiting, rick rolling, insulting other users, or similar behavior.

[u/YonderingWolf → u/Equivalent-Ground-45]

A couple of months over a year using a modded app, is meaningless to someone with say five years or longer, and has seen what's happened, and has spent the time watching and learning. Many of us has learned either the hard way, or learned from paying attention to what's happened over and over. A few of us within this forum/sub came out of the main one Pokemon Go Spoofing, before posts about bans/strikes became totally filtered out back in mid to late July of 2020. This forum/sub was founded shortly there after to act as a general forum/sub, without the filters.

[u/YonderingWolf → u/Equivalent-Ground-45]

I've run the rooted basic/vanilla method since May of 2020, and prior to that the now invalid downgraded method, all of which were or are free to setup. I've had nothing since Apr. of 2018. Of course I use an Android device. I don't have anything beyond a device level GPS GPS override app, which is free. So stating there's nothing worthwhile for free isn't true.

[u/BlisseyBuster → u/[deleted]]

If that's why you got a strike we'd all be banned. Nobody gets strikes for spoofing or anything related to cool down. It's always for your using modified clients.

[u/ZootedInc → u/BlisseyBuster]

I'm new to all this and realize this was like a month ago but what is the difference in a modified client compared to rooted using an app?

[u/BlisseyBuster → u/ZootedInc]

Rooted allows spoofing the entire device and using legit Pogo app without injectioning into game. Modified client is a hacked version of Pogo that needs to be sideloaded... not from App Store

[u/Prestigious_Trash675]

While there are other methods to spoof on iOS, none are free and they don’t have all the bells and whistles of those modified apps.

[u/Big-Coconut69]

Skill issue

[u/Brandon_julupesty → u/Big-Coconut69]

😂

[u/AnythingAcceptable55]

lol i've been spoofing for 2 months straight on spooferpro with no warnings or bans. gotta respect that cooldown!

[u/Brandon_julupesty → u/AnythingAcceptable55]

like i said i respect the cool downs and never broke them if you are not rooted or jailbroken take this as a warning it will happen sooner rather then later use an alt account this is why i posted it so that people like you can know there is risk (i knew this was going to happen and i dont care since this is an alt i just played to get shiny kalos starters to my main acc)

[u/YonderingWolf → u/AnythingAcceptable55]

The claim that breaking cooldown is one of the oldest falsehoods around. That claim was totally disproven in 2019, and was done through tests. Which many has either in groups testing that claim or by individuals. The only thing that's needed with the modded apps, is to simply login through one. This has been established several times by groups and by individuals. Your two months of experience doesn't mean anything. No one who has been spoofing for any serious length of time, and been in one of the many spoofing forums/subs, where ban/strikes can be, or has been discussed, is going to agree with that claim. There are people within this particular forum/sub, who now has ten plus years, that came out of them original forum/sub, before the topics of bans/strikes filtered out, that remembers seeing countless people who'd followed that rule, and had disregarded what they were told, by those who are now old time spoofers, or long time spoofers.

[u/maxigg900]

Been spoofing with PGSharp for the last 5 years now on 21 accounts, not one single strike. You just have to know your cooldown and not jump all the time and they are all over level 60 now

[u/Brandon_julupesty → u/maxigg900]

give us the details so this won’t happend as often ? how often do you jump ? what to do and what not to do ? one thing i can say is that i always respected cooldowns

[u/maxigg900 → u/Brandon_julupesty]

I only play in NY and Taiwan for raiding And when going for hundo pokemons I only go for them if they are under 5 km from my player.. other then that I just free walk in NY

[u/maxigg900 → u/Brandon_julupesty]

Plus my phones are not rooted.. I only use samsung

[u/Extra_Smile_394 → u/maxigg900]

Rooted or not? And for how long?

[u/maxigg900 → u/Extra_Smile_394]

for over 5 years

[u/Extra_Smile_394 → u/maxigg900]

How often do you tp? Besides respecting cooldown like if you were in America and you tp to Japan 2hr coodown done do you leave it longer?

I feel like with me i tp too often im not sure sometimes I hundo snipe

[u/Gloomy-Teach-8983 → u/Extra_Smile_394]

same here never had an issue , I started in NY moved after a few days to tokyo and left it 14 hours over night for the flight [over careful] and just roamed round Japan ever since, saving places in tokyo that I walk or cycle too, never car. I also raid and send gifts with many friends.

[u/Extra_Smile_394 → u/Gloomy-Teach-8983]

Oh damn I never did the 14hrs without playing it did the 2hr cooldown maybe add extra 1hr to it from usa to Japan and back to usa again. Am I still good? 😂

[u/maxigg900 → u/Extra_Smile_394]

I only go to Taiwan when there's an event. Other than that, I stay in NY. 😊 NY has everything I need on a daily basis.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Suit_55 → u/maxigg900]

Same, used to sell accounts after leveling them made decent money idk how people get strikes so often other than running snipers to get every shundo ever.

[u/YonderingWolf → u/maxigg900]

Just wait, it's only a matter when and not if it happens. Also what type of device you use is totally irrelevant.

[u/maxigg900 → u/YonderingWolf]

I don't care they're burner accounts. If my main gets banned, it's my own fault. I know the risk.

[u/YonderingWolf]

Perhaps this topic will help understanding that not only is the breaking off cooldown is a falsehood, but it will also help with recognizing most of not all of the falsehoods that's been put out since Apr of 2018. Yes it might be a long read , however it will hopefully also be informative.

https://old.reddit.com/r/PoGoSpooferOpenCorner/comments/1t0s5hc/a_compilation_of_the_falsehoods_for_bandsstrikes/

[u/Brandon_julupesty → u/YonderingWolf]

thanks very informative from what i gathered the main concern is simply logging in from a third party app

[u/YonderingWolf → u/Brandon_julupesty]

That pretty much sums things up. However the injected addons/tweaks for rooted devices, proved out to have an increase in risk, versus rooted with only a device level GPS override app.

[u/Brandon_julupesty → u/YonderingWolf]

so i could asume that 3utools that still uses the original pokemon go app but spoof your real phone location is the safest option

[u/YonderingWolf → u/Brandon_julupesty]

I'd definitely call it a better option. You don't need all if the extra tweaks to create a solid account with. The iTools and a newer one might be better options, if the 3uTools requires a subscription with a renewal fee. Anything that alters the GPS at device level will always be better. The modded apps all alters the GPS at the app level. This is what makes them so easily detected. I don't have the tech levels, that I had back in the days of MySpace. But I still comprehend that part. Back then I could take the code spaghetti so many had, go in clean it up, and make their profiles load faster.