Hey guys.
Currently trying to figure out if anyone has figured out a way to avoid or bypass the pokestop softban.
For those who don't know, the gmae gives you the "try again later" box when you spin a pokestop.
Possible causes
- Hitting the daily limit of 1200/1500 pokestops.
- Too many pokestops over a time period can trigger this. (Possible way to avoid this)
- Too fast of interactions with pokestops
Questions that need answers
How many EXACT pokestops can you hit in a 24 hour limit?
- If many people have ranging numbers, it could be not based on how many pokestops, but something else such as EXP cap, item cap, etc.
Is there a method to avoid pokestop softban?
- Such as catchFlee's soft ban or the original softban (45 spins).
Do you think hitting the limit too fast can trigger a flag on your account?
Possible work arounds (UNCONFIRMED)
- Configure bot of choice to stop recycling when it doesn't need to. It is possible to get experience from pokestop while your inventory is full. This would work if the pokestop soft ban is based on your item inventory gain, rather than exp gain.
- Bot in an area with lower pokestops to avoid ever reaching the maximum limit in 24 hours. (Pair this up with slow walking speed and playeraction delay for best results)
- Someone said somewhere to create a nox script to spin a pokestop an infinite number of times until it unbans. 1 source, haven't tested because that seems suspicious. But would work similar to a catchFlee softban unban method.
Confirmed unsuccessful workarounds
- Tried to make the bot walk slower, spin slower, and catch pokemon slower. Has not been successful in avoiding the pokestop softban. Ran a bot overnight to test.
- Tried to change IP after receiving a pokestop soft ban, didn't work. Probably nothing to do with IP.
- Tried to change devices (PC Bot to iPhone to Android to Nox) Probably nothing to do with device ID.
If anyone has any ideas, or can confirm if anything here works or doesn't, it would help. As of now, my 100% botted account that I created 2 days ago has not been banned. It has received the catchFlee ban a few times, which led me to a solution on how to avoid it all together. Currently trying to figure out how to safely avoid/unban from the pokestop ban.