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i had an iphone 6 and in the last few months, the game went from crashing once a day to once every few minutes. impossible to play. i finally had enough and got a new phone. no real issues since then.
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I have an iPhone 7 which I got not even a year ago and it crashes instantly constantly
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It’s already on my region
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Fixed it by changing my region, it was already on United States but I reclicked it and it fixed it.
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Where did you go to change region?
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My wife’s iPhone 7 had the same issue.. I used your instructions and fixed it for her. Thanks so much!!
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I had a similiar issue on iOS 13.2. when Apple had issues with their RAM-Management.
I turned off all Backgroundactivities (settings->general). It helped a bit.
Now i‘m on iOS 13.3 and it works fine.
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I’m on iOS 13.3 and I tried turning all background activities like you said, with no success sadly
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With latest iOS updates, the older phones with lesser RAM have started running into these issues. You may have to uninstall other unused heavy apps from your device. This is even worse in iPhone 6. Apple is practically asking people to move to newer devices if they want seamless performance!
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I’ve tried deleting stuff to the point that I’m 50gb used out of 128gb
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Do you have enough space? It maybe trying to get some new data from server but since there not enough space, just crashing?
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I have over 70gb free on my phone
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Close all apps and check for an update, I had this issue with the 6 and it was resolved with the next bug fix, ask if other users of the 7 have the same problem and version. Make sure to report the issue to niantic. Don’t factory reset just yet. Delete the app, redownload after turning the phone off and then back on. And don’t use WiFi it should be a smooth download. It how I fixed it for my 6
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I reinstalled, and rebooted, on cellular to no success, apps up to date, and iOS up to date
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Have you checked your screen time settings?
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I mean the settings in iOS. Settings > Screen Time
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I had this issue in my iPhone 7 last week (iOS 13.3) tried everything you have mentioned and couldn’t think of anything else so made a post in r/PokémonGo and a a user said “have you tried turning your phone off for a few minutes”?
And this worked for me. Hope it works for you too
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I’ve tried, I’ll try again because it can’t hurt. Thanks
Despite promises by Niantic, the creators of Pokemon GO, to add capacity to overloaded servers, the popular mobile game is still crashing for users around the world. The problem was particularly noticeable over the weekend. Niantic recognises that the influx of new players swarming its servers are causing connectivity issues for some Pokemon GO users. It seems the game also experienced a dedicated denial of service (DDoS) attack which made everything worse. Read on for more details and a way to access Pokemon GO even when the servers are down.
Pokemon GO servers are already being pummelled by the high volume of players which has been causing the game to crash or become inaccessible for a large chunk of users. The last thing it needed was a DDoS attack which cause even more connectivity woes for players.
More Pokemon GO DDoS Attacks To Follow?
Over the weekend a group called PoodleCorp claimed responsibility for launching a huge DDoS attack on Pokemon GO servers, which essentially involves overwhelming servers with a flood of request from zombie accounts. Apparently this is just the beginning of more attacks that the group is planning on the augmented reality Pokemon catching game that has taken the world by storm:
PokemonGo #Offline #PoodleCorp
— PoodleCorp (@PoodleCorp) July 16, 2016
Just was a lil test, we will do something on a larger scale soon .
— XO (@xotehpoodle) July 16, 2016
After launching in the US and Australia two weeks ago, Niantic is planning to continue its rollout to additional countries. It has just released the game in Europe and Canada. The company has said it will be boosting server capacity to meet the high demand for Pokemon GO, but that could take some time.
Trainers! We have been working to fix the #PokemonGO server issues. Thank you for your patience. We’ll post an update soon.
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) July 16, 2016
Check If Pokemon GO is Currently Working In Your Area
[related title=”More Stories on Pokemon GO” tag=”pokemon go” items=”5″] For Australian players, AussieOutages.com has been tracking outages that have been occurring locally. Most people that have reported issues are experiencing server connection and log-in issues. You can check out the live chart for yourself here.
Troubleshoot Your Pokemon GO Problems
If you’re currently hooked on Pokemon GO, inevitably you would have run into problems such as the game freezing up (when your game stops responding or when that spinning Poke Ball icon on the left of the screen doesn’t go away). Your only recourse is to either wait it out or to kill the app and restart.
If you are greeted with a “Server unavailable. Please try again later” message when you fire up Pokemon GO on your phone, then one way to force yourself back onto servers is to follow the instructions below. We’ve reported on this before and judging from the swathe of commenters that have said that this method worked for them, it’s definitely worth giving this a shot:
- Disable the GPS/Location on your phone (you can do this in the Settings) and attempt to log in.
- Once you’re in the game (even if your avatar is standing in the middle of the ocean), enable GPS again and you should be ready to go.
Are you currently experiencing problems when playing Pokemon GO? Let us know in the comments.