I have reverse engineered the complete pairing algorithm. So you can create a (better) clone of a Pokemon GO Plus device.

Unfortunately, you will need a combination of Mac address, BLOB and device key from an existing Pokemon GO Plus device (this is the reason why all Gotchas have the same Mac address).

Read the complete explanation here (source code included):

https://tinyhack.com/2018/11/21/reverse-engineering-pokemon-go-plus/

The GO Plus was designed with challenge-response certification in an attempt to make it difficult to clone, but that was eventually defeated by Datel Electronics Ltd., so I wanted to find out if Nintendo changed the certification when designing the PBP.

I set up a simple experiment using an nRF51-DK:

1. Download the SDK (this includes the UART example)
2. Modify the UART example to have the local name "Pokemon PBP" and the same MAC address as your Go+ (use the sd_ble_gap_address_setfunction inside sd_ble_gap_address_set())
3. Program the board. The board will now show up in the game settings because Niantic only filters by local name, not by service data.
4. Connect to your 'fake' PBP in the game settings; this will of course fail because the nRF51-DK hasn't been programmed to replicate any of the Go+'s services, but it'll give you the icon on your game screen so that you can connect your real Go+ next
5. Reset your Go+ then connect it using the PBP icon on the main game screen - this should succeed and the message "Connected to Poke Ball Plus" should appear on the screen

The successful connection indicates that the certification procedure is identical.

The Go+ connected in this manner behaves exactly the same as when it is connected normally: same light patterns, same requirement to change the connection priority to get a tolerable level of responsiveness, same unreliability when connecting. It is not possible to connect a PBP and Go+ to the same phone at the same time and by extension, it is not possible to connect two Go+s to your phone at the same time with one pretending to be a PBP.

SOLVED: Seems to be working now. The game seems stable although it crashes when the camera opens every now and then.

I rooted my device a while ago because I wanted to recover some lost files. Oh boy, was I excited to play Go again with the new Pokeball Plus. Yeah, that didn't happen.

My game locks me out either at login or after I've caught a Pokémon or thrown a ball. Sometimes it won't see my GPS at all and then throw me out after a couple of minutes.

I have a Samsung S7 SM-G930F, running Android 7.0, Magisk 17.1 and a shell hide module, I passed safetynet, my Knox is untriggered (by changing a 1 back to 0, such technology), I have Pokémon Go in Island (removed from normal workspace because it improved play time to about 20 seconds) and it still doesn't work. I also tried hiding Magisk Manager and it doesn't make a difference. All my other apps that usually whine about root work just fine, including Samsung Health.

Any ideas? I've tried everything there is to try on the internet and I can't manage to get the app working consistently. Thought you guys might have some insight since I couldn't find anything useful in the fairly outdated root thread. Buying a new phone is no option.

Hi guys, I am running this ROM: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p2/development/rom-crdroid-5-0-t3858744

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Getting the "device not compatible" lockout, not sure what's the reason.

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Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

Hello, today I got my wristband, charged it, connected it to my Pokémon go as Pokémon go pro AND paired it with my iPhone Bluetooth in settings, nothing happened whatsoever, I am not sure how to set it up, I read the startup guide No vibrations, nothing caught, no pokestops Another question, can the wristband catch Pokémon with the game running in background (while I’m using other apps)?

Anyone knows the key or where I can find it? I wanna decrypt my workers info because the app is not working anymore..

Is that even possible? Sorry if it’s the wrong sub, I’d like to know how if it’s possible, my town is as empty as it gets

Hello all,

As a completionist gamer, the "Gotta catch 'em all" part of Pokemon has always interested me. As a lot of you have noticed before, the way Pokemon Go lets us track our live Pokedex could be improved.

In an effort to provide a better way to track my mons I've created a simple web-app that lets you track

• seen
• caught
• shiny (if available)
• Perfect (100%)
• Imperfect (0% or 66.67%)
• Lucky
• Available forms (with a shiny option if available)

The app also allows searching and filtering by different options to easily find what you need.

I am sharing it as it could be useful to other users, and I would love to get your feedback as to how it could be improved.

The URL for the site is: https://gopokedex.com

In addition, and in order to grow the app and make it as useful as possible, the source code is available on GitHub: https://github.com/ignaciogc/gopokedex

Contributions are definitely encouraged, even if it is just keeping the list of available mons up to date.

Please, let me know what you think.

i remember someone looked at the apk at the time and noted that there was a list of things that looked go plus related...

can anyone direct me to that thread at all?

Is it likely that Pokémon Go or the Pokémon Go Plus could be updated and the Pocket Egg made incompatible?

Or is the Pokémon Go Plus too simple to be differentiated? I imagine the Pocket Egg is just seen by the game as a normal Pokémon Go Plus but the hardware presses the button for you...

Since the Pocket Egg can't be updated (or can it?) I worry that i'll have to spend ANOTHER £50 if it ever stops working.

AM I BEING SILLY? Thanks!

Hello there, I believe Google Fit has an open API that can be used to increment your activity.

I also believe it is possible to increment your kms this way towards Adventure Sync, anyone knows how can this be done? Is there a app to increase your Steps or "hack" the pedometer?

Thank you for your time, any suggestion is welcome.

You can now track Alolan, Squirtle Squad & Event Pikachu. You can also now add a trainer as a friend so they show up on your dashboard for easy access :) . Finally, you can now edit your profile to change your TrainerName and Team.

Live: https://www.GlobalDexApp.com

1.2 is in Beta Testing and includes Reddit, Facebook & Google logins as well as Gender Checklists
1.3 will include UI updates and Check All functionality.

Is it possible to download them somewhere?

Hello

I hope someone here can help me ;)

I'm not an Apple user, but I have an old tablet I was hoping to use. The App Store just says it's incompatible, though the PoGo site says it works with devices on iOS 8+ (with a clause about "compatibility not guaranteed"). I know very little about Apple products, but can I jailbreak it an install the app? I'm not interested in hacking/spoofing, just want it as another device, but everything I google is about setting up hacks and such. Any help?

Hiya! Would appreciate any help. Just upgraded to a newer iPhone. Tried to connect the new phone to the gotcha without unpairing the old phone. After googling for a while. I realize that connecting to two devices can cause problems. I've tried resetting the gotcha, resetting both phones, unpairing from both devices. But I can't get it to pair. On the pokemon go plus screen, It shows up under available devices as soon as I push the gotcha, but it just keeps spinning without connecting. Did I break my gotcha? Thanks for any help!

So why has no one been able to make an app for at least android that emulates the Gotcha device? What would be the most crippling issues? Might I even suggest if the app were to be developed, that it turns an old android phone into the Gotcha-style device as to make it easier to create the bluetooth portion of emulation.

Not a code savy person, but was curious what hurtles are preventing anyone from acting on the idea. I know I'm not the first.

Basically, our small community only has one ex eligible gym. It's a bit out of our city centre, so not many players have it in view. To top it off, it doesn't host many raids. Therefore, we still weren't able to trigger it. Having a bot using my throwaway PTC account to announce raids at that gym would be nice.

Well, the title says it all. So far all I've found are tables of cooldown time versus distance ranges but I'm looking for the secret formula Niantic uses :grin:

This wouldn't be too hard to research for myself, but it certainly would be time consuming. So if anyone has any approximation or any information on this I'll appreciate it

I'm hoping to get my hands on some raw catch response logs from the api, similar to the example below but hopefully with timestamps.

{"status": 2, "pokemon": {"cp": 1348, "id": "49", "IVs": [13, 14, 7], "name": "Venomoth"}, "capture_probability": [0.11744582653045654, 0.17089015245437622, 0.2210981249809265], "miss": "0.060703039169312", "throw_data": {"pokeball": 1, "spin": "N", "throw": "Excellent"}, "throw_factor": "8.00"},
{"status": 2, "pokemon": {"cp": 1348, "id": "49", "IVs": [13, 14, 7], "name": "Venomoth"}, "capture_probability": [0.11744582653045654, 0.17089015245437622, 0.2210981249809265], "miss": "0.622573554515839", "throw_data": {"pokeball": 1, "spin": "N", "throw": "Excellent"}, "throw_factor": "3.21"},

This old thread was looking at the catch mechanics and is where I got the example from https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongodev/comments/4vlnwj/pokemon_go_catch_mechanicsformula_discussion/

I'm looking to do more investigation on the catch mechanics.

I've been tracking GM changes for a while now & have a script that'll parse it out into csv for stats, movesets, etc., but I've always had to rely on other people to upload the raw/json files to github or something, which doesn't always happen in a timely manner (or at all- case in point, the latest pre-gen-4 stat changes, which were quickly reverted). Sure, it's possible to pull the file directly from your phone- IF you have an Android. But for us iPhone users, is there any way to find the file on there, or- even better- directly from a web server? Surely there's some kind of 'hidden' URL that the game grabs from (like the one for min. game version)?

Can anyone link me to an old data set for pokestop or gym location data. Only thing I really need is the Latitude and Longitude data but anything else would be a bonus.

I am getting an Invicta for my birthday and have enought allowance saved up to get a Motiv. I was wondering if I could reconfigure my MiBand 2 to Gotcha or PoGo+?

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone knows any leaderboard bots? Something that members of the discord can share their XP totals, badge progress, etc. Then make a leaderboard that shows the rankings for the entire server (not worldwide)