How to Fake Pokémon Go GPS Location on iPhone & Android

You can fake your Pokémon Go location to catch more Pokémon without leaving your home/couch/place. You will need to fake the iPhone GPS location or Android GPS location and it’s more complicated than you might think. Choosing to use a Pokémon Go fake location can also result in a ban, so use this wisely. This is what you need to know about faking your Pokémon Go location using a jailbroken iPhone or a rooted Android phone. A new Pokémon Go cheat allows you to tap to walk around the screen, which we show you how to use. As of August Niantic is now issuing permanent bans for users caught using a Pokémon Go cheat.

How to Fake Pokémon Go GPS Location on iPhone & Android

Pokémon Go uses GPS to determine where you are and to figure out which Pokémon are nearby. There are apps for iPhone and Android that allow you to fake your location using GPS coordinates.

We’ve added information on how to get your Pokémon character to run around when you are sitting in one place, which can help you hatch Pokémon eggs and get you close enough to a Pokéstop to collect. This is as close as you can get to using a fake Pokémon Go location without a jailbreak or root.
In addition to legitimate Pokémon Go hacks that can change your location you will also need to know where the Pokémon are with GPS coordinates, unless you plan to try a bunch of random locations.

How to fake Pokémon Go GPS location and a very important warning if you decide to fake your iPhone location or Android location. 

Now that you can use the iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak to complete a jailbreak on the latest software there are more opportunities to use a Pokémon Go cheat to change your location. Do not install iOS 9.3.5 if you want to use any of these Pokémon Go hacks.

You can jailbreak your iPhone and install these apps to hide the fact that you are jailbroken and to fake your iPhone location. If you are on Android you need to root your phone and use a tool to hide that it is rooted….

Keep in mind that if you use a Pokémon Go cheat to change your location, the company may be able to pick that up on their end, even if you hid your jailbreak or root.

 If you are caught using Pokémon Go cheats you may receive a warning, a suspension or the account may be terminated.

Why do you need to hide that you are changing your Pokémon Go location? The Pokémon Go rules state:

Don’t do it. Play fair. Pokémon GO is meant to be played on a mobile device and get you outside to explore your world! Methods of cheating, unfortunately, are limited only by cheaters’ imaginations, but include at a minimum the following: using modified or unofficial software; playing with multiple accounts (one account per player, please); sharing accounts; using tools or techniques to alter or falsify your location; or selling/trading accounts.

Niantic now shares a way to appeal a ban Pokemon Go that was issued for “falsification of your location, using emulators, modified or non-official software and / or access to customers or Pokémon GO backends so not authorized, including the use of third party software. “

If you believe your Pokémon Go ban is not justified, you can contact the company using this form to plead your case.

Step 1. Jailbreak or Root Your Phone

The first thing you need to do is jailbreak your iPhone or root your Android phone. Depending on your software and you phone this may not be possible or it may involve a lot of steps. It is generally easier to jailbreak the iPhone on iOS 9.3.3 or older than it is to root the Galaxy S7 and other recent phones.

Step 2. Hide Your Jailbreak or Root

Make sure that the Pokémon Go application can not see your jailbreak.

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The Pokémon Go app will check to see if you are jailbroken or rooted and if you are, the application goes bonkers and will not work. This is an effort to stop cheaters and prevent users to simulate their Pokémon location go.

You must install on your iPhone tsProtector to hide your jailbreak. This is now a paid app that prevents Pokémon Go to know that you’re jailbroken.

If you need to buy this tweak and you are on iOS 9.3.3 Cydia will not let you do it without a workaround.

On Android you can try Hide my Root or search for other apps or tweaks on XDA.

 

Step 3. Download a Location Faking App for iPhone or Android

Now you need to download an application to simulate the location of your iPhone or spoof your GPS on Android.

On the iPhone, the best Cydia application to simulate your iPhone is LocationFaker position. Here is a guide on how to install and use LocationFaker for iOS 7, iOS 8 and iOS 9. This application is $ 2.99 in the Cydia store. You will need to use the same workaround above to buy this on Cydia if you’re on iOS 9.3.3.

A new jailbreak tweak PokémonGoAnywhere allows you to tap the screen to walk in Pokémon GO.

To use this application, you will need to add http://williamlcobb.com/repo your sources in Cydia. Then look PokemonGoAnywhere. Install and restart your iPhone Springboard. When this is done, you can open Pokémon Go and see the options to walk around the map at different speeds pat.

You can check out a host of other jailbreak apps to help with your Pokémon Go cheats on Reddit.

On Android, you need to download Fake Location Spoofer Free to your phone.

This works, but it could cost you the account and all your progress if you are caught.

Step 4. Catch Em All

Once you have these applications installed on a jailbroken iPhone or rooted Android device you should be able to use the application to fake your GPS Location, then go to Pokémon GOnd see Pokemon in other places.

How to Fake Pokémon Go Location without  Root or Jailbreak

You can fake Pokémon location Go without root or jailbreak, but it is only a little fake and has limited use. You can use this to make your character walk when you are not, that will hatch the eggs and you can also use it to get closer to Pokéstops that are just outside of your current location.

On you Android device, you must need to enable the location to the camera only. This will only use the GPS on your device and it means that your site can move often. This can cause your character in the game a lot of walking while you’re stuck at a desk.

Go to Settings -> Location -> Mode -> Device only.

This will impact other applications based on location, so you may want to change again when finished. On a Reddit user reports that it caused his character to walk 1.7 kilometers while sitting at a desk. The distance varies depending on your location and the GPS accuracy.

Must see: Play Pokemon GO without Moving in Android (Pokemon go Fly GPS)(No Root)

On iPhone, you can not change this setting, but users report that if you press the home button and use another application for a few minutes, then return it can cause your character to run and add the distance to hatching eggs. It is not as good as on Android, but it can help while you are at work or at school.

Using these methods although technically a cheater Go Pokémon will not make you lose your account how the previous methods do.

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