Sunday, August 21, 2016

Catch Rare Pokemon in Pokemon Go Android without Root.

So here is my another post but this one is for currently tending game "Pokemon GO". Probably you know this and that is why you are here.
There are various hacks available for android as well as iOS which make your character move to any place like walking without even having you leave your room.
I should say that iOS hack of Pokemon Go is fairly very easy then it is of android.
But we are not here to discuss the iOS hack but rather android hack.

So before I begin, you should know, that this will only work on Marshmallow or above devices. this will not work on either lollipop or any other lower version of android.

Things you need to do the tricks:
1. Pokemon GO app itself.
2. Fly GPS app (available on Play Store)
3. Google Maps
4. A web browser preferably on PC.

For configuring the Fly GPS app, just follow these steps. If you already are familiar with the app, skip this part.
1. First install Fly GPS app from play store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fly.gps&hl=en

2. Now go to your phone setting, then go to:
    Settings>>About>>Software Information>>Build Number



3. Keep tapping Build Number until it says you are a developer.

4. Now go back to Settings and Open Developer Options.
   Go to Developer Options>> Select Mock Location App>> Select Fly GPS


Now, follow the steps carefully or else you will get soft banned. There is a little trick here not to get soft banned so read it carefully.

1.
Install all the apps and open your web browser.
Go to Pokesnipers.com
This website is gonna show you co-ordinates of all the rare Pokemon in the world. Lapras, Dragonite,.. everyone is here.

2.
Now enable your location and open Fly GPS app. Click on your location and click "Please select the Menu". A menu will pop up. Select "Add as Favorite". Type any name and click Add. Now Check you Favorites, your saved location will be visible.
Also Click on your saved location. Click Run and then click "Joystick Location Mode -(Pokemon)"
This will bring a joystick on your screen which you can use to move your character.
Also it will bring a FlyGPS app icon on your screen.
Basically what it does that, where you select to run the service, this app will spoof your GPS location to that place. So if you select new york as you spoofed location, your phone GPS will think that you are in New York. But I will recommend you to use your home location as you wont get soft banned.

3.
Now open up and PokeMon Go app and let it start. Now Minimize it. This tells Pokemon Go that you are here.

4.
Now open the website Pokesnipers.com 
You will be looking at various Pokemons and their spawn co-ordinates. On the right, you will see the time after which they will De-Spawn. So select any Pokemon which has a good time before they Despawn like 5-6 minutes.

                                
5.
Open up Google Map on your phone.
Click Search and enter the co-ordinates and click search. It will take you to exact co-ordinates.
Here we will take example as Charizard. He's a badass right?
6.
Now here comes the difficult part. You need to match you location to the pokemon location. Zoom out google maps to see which country you are in and  open Fly GPS app to spoof you location to that country. Keep opening google maps and see which direction you need to go and then again open Fly GPS app and select to run spoofing service there. Do this until you are very close to your Charizard location. Now When you are very close, use your joystick to move to the exact location of Charizard.



7. 
Now open up Pokemon Go app. You will be at the spoofed location. Wait for few seconds and the Charizard will spawn. Do not use you Joy stick, at all. Just wait for him to spawn.

8.
Now here comes the important part which is gonna save you from being soft banned.
Once you click on the charizard and it comes to your screen. Click on the Fly GPS icon. It will take you to the app. Go to favourites. Click on Home>>Run>> Joystick Location Mode -(Pokemon)
What this will do that, it will make Pokemon GO think that you haven't moved to any location, and you are still there. If you don't do this and you throw a ball, you will surely and instantly get soft banned.

9. 
Once you have click on that, Pokemon Go app will automatically open. Now go catch that Charizard. Mine was 1128 CP. Yay.

Good Luck Catching all of them.



Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Upgrade Zenfone Selfie to Marshmallow. [Through official update]

So Asus launched marshmallow update for Asus Zenfone selfie and brought the latest android update to us Zenfone selfie users.
I will skip the part where I tell what this upgrade brings and what is new in it. For that refer something else. I'm here to tell you how to upgrade. But yeah I can tell you one thing, this is an awesome update. It solves the battery issue because because of Android's new Doze mode.
Before, in the Lollipop,  if I charged my phone to 100% before going to sleep, I would wake in the morning and find that already 7-8% of my battery has already drained (In 6 hours of sleep). But now ever since I update my phone, I did some testing. I charged my phone to 5% before going to sleep. When I woke up, guess what.. It was still at 5%. Great right. And there are many other improvements.

Sorry for no screenshots, as I already updated my phone to Marshmallow and can not show the process again. I made sure that the process I write is detailed and easy so you wont need screenshots.

So you are here because they are not giving this update directly from software update from the phone itself. I don't know why they did that. But since they didn't gave FOTA (Firmware other the Air) on the phone but on website, it confuses how to do it.
I tried installing it though adb, the method which everyone finds on the internet. But it didn't worked. It showed "Cannot read update.zip" error. So if you are stuck like that, follow this procedure and it will work. 
If you don't know what the above line means, that is alright.. just follow me.

Before you begin:
1.Make sure you update you phone to WW_1.15.40.1582. For doing that, you just need to open software update in settings and check for updates. 
For those who don't know what the above number is, it is the version of software provided by the Asus for the Selfie phone. It you think that why this number is used to define the software version and why not Android version 5.0 or 5.1. It is because, every Company like Asus need to modify the android package so that their android is a bit different than the others. So they take the android provided by the Google (Owner of android) and modify it up to their needs. Every android ROM need to be modify for every phone. One ROM cannot run on any other device for which it is not made.
Continuing on our topic, If you want to check that you are at correct version, 
Go to Settings>>About>>Software Information. Under Build Number, you will find your numbers.
Make sure it is WW_1.15.40.1582.

2. Another thing you want to make sure that you have 2 to 3 GB free space on your phone memory. You can use and external SD card also.

3.The marshmallow update doesn't supports App2SD, so all the apps that are in your SD card will be removed. SO before you begin, make sure to move all your apps from SD card to your phone. (Blog update 21-Aug-2016)

4.Also backup all you data in case something goes wrong (Probably it won't).

Now, when you have done and checked all the above, Follow these:

 1.

So First,
You need to download the marshmallow upgrade file from the Asus website.
Here is the direct link:
Download Zenfone Selfie Marshmallow Direct Link.

If the above link doesn't works, you can click this link to open Asus website
http://www.asus.com/in/Phone/ZenFone_Selfie_ZD551KL/HelpDesk_Download
Go to drivers and tools, and select OS "Android"
Scroll down to find the upgrade file. It is named Version WW_21.40.0.169
Download that 1.63GB zip file. Doesn't matter where you download it, on PC or phone.

 2.
Once you have downloaded the file, make sure your phone is charged at least 40-50% as it takes time to upgrade. You don't want to switch off the phone while it is being upgraded as it may Brick your phone. (Which by the way means that your phone becomes useless and only people at service center can repair your phone.)

 3.
Now copy the zip while as it is "without extracting" to your phone.
Not anywhere, In ASUS folder of your phone memory.
(If it doesn't contains ASUS folder, which is unlikely, create it.)
If you are using external SD card, make ASUS folder in the SD card and copy it to that folder.
[Blog Update 27/08: Even if you copy the zip to phone memory, it will show you the update. Thankyou ANIKESH008 for confirming this.]
If you don't copy it to correct folder, it will not show upgrade option. There is no danger if you copy it to wrong location. If you have question, please write it in comments.

 4.

Now once you copied the file, switch off you phone and start it again. Once the phone has booted up, completely, it will show "Update Found" in notification bar. Just click it, and it will start the update.
Follow any onscreen instructions and let it do its work. It will take some time to update so make sure your phone is charged. You can plug into the charger also just to be on safe side.

And done. Your phone is now updated to Latest android. 

Have any question, please feel free to write in comments.