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I’m playing with google apps installed in the UK via a google account and it works but my phone gets very hot and the battery doesn’t last very long. Might be to do with my poor connection via GiffGaff.

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Is there a way to play Pokemon Go?

As far as I know, it’s not compatible with Android versions below 4.4, yet there’s only 4.2.2 available for the FP1U.

Any advice?

Thanks in advance.

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There’s an update in development, see the post below (click through, for some reasons the links are gone in the preview) for the link to the blog article and related forum topics:

There’s also an unofficial version of 4.4.4 available, but I’m not sure whether Bluetooth LE devices were working properly. Naturally, use is at your own risk, and make sure to fully understand the procedures and limitations before you start:

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Thank you kindly for the quick reply.

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You could also become a tester for the official 4.4.

You are not the only one who applies for testing because of Pokémon GO:



(Credits go to @jftr)

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One thing to consider though: FP2 has issues with “Go” Games (phone gets hot and reboots) so playing them on FP1 likely causes even more issues.

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That’s not an issue of the FP2, it is normal! All phones get hot and suck the battery empty while such games as Pokemon Go are played on them.

This game is played outside, so the screen is kept bright, the CPU has to process at hight range and the graphics-processor is very busy. Result: battery is empty in no time and the whole electric energy changes into warmth law of the conversation of energy.

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That doesn’t really explain the “reboot”-part in the problem, I’m afraid. I hope this is not a real bug, it would be very problematic for FP if there is a whole range of (popular) games that can’t be played on the phone!

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That means Pokémon GO players need to purchase an external battery (also called “power pack” or “power bank”). I have found a new product which Fairphone can sell.

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To late: look here: http://www.greencomputingportal.de/green-it-news/npower-peg-strom-to-go-fur-handy-und-mp3-player/

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Well, if anyone is still interested, I tried Pokémon Go with the FP1 and the android 4.4 alpha update. So far it works. Yes, the battery drain is very noticeable, but that seems to be an issue for most players.

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That are good news. Are you using the play store?

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Yes, I am. :wink:
However GApps are not yet supported by the alpha update, so I had to manually install OpenGApps to get them to work.

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I have Open OS with microG, faster gps and Google Maps but I stuck on this sceen and can‘t do anything.

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Google Maps get a gps signal but Pokemon GO doesn‘t. I tried waiting 15 min. under blue sky, restart, reboot, reinstall,…
Nothing help :confused:

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@Robsidobsi Same here, even though I have a confirmed GPS-fix. Maybe an update of the microG code might help?

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Which version of microG do you have?
I switched from 0.2.3 to 0.2.3-6-gbee7bc9 and will try it next time.

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1.6.6 According to F-Droid, available since 19-05-2016. The version numbering seems to be off compared to the new microG numbers, so I consider upgrading. Adding the microG repo in F-Droid was easy. Looking at the GitHub backlog there were some Nlp updates, which might be the root cause for this issue.

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That’s the way to go (pun intended).

If you get a GPS-fix or network location is working (check with SatStat), there are two causes of the GPS error that appears on the above screenshot:

  1. The app detects Google Services are “not updated” and fail at getting the location → Add https://microg.org/fdroid/repo as a repo to F-Droid, update repos and upgrade to the latest microG Services Core manually.
  2. Niantic servers for your zone are down o busy (especially if the app hasn’t been launched on your country yet) → Wait, try it later.

PD: As I stated on other post above, I uninstalled the Pokémon GO. I cannot give further support.

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I would never have figured that a game like this would become the stress test tool for microG. I’m happy to see more people using it … for whatever reasons … :wink:

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Hahaha, It appears it has become the stress tool too for Niantic servers scalability! x)

I’m happy too for microG. It is a great piece of software and a huge work of Mar-v-in fighting against gigants. It deserves better _app_reciation (pun intended!).

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