Is my movement tracked for hatching eggs while the screen is locked but the app open?
Hatching eggs sucks. I'd like to hatch these eggs while I'm doing my daily running exercises. Will my movement be tracked if the app is open but the phone is locked? I ask because I attempted this with a treadmill, and I made no progress whatsoever towards my eggs.
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Your movement is tracked through a mixture of your phone's GPS and Pedometer. So running on a treadmill is not going to work.
As for 'locking' your screen, this will also prevent you from gaining egg progress. The app has to be active, and your phone can't be locked.
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Can you hatch eggs while app is closed?
Tip: Turn on Adventure Sync to track your kilometers walked even while the Pok\xe9mon GO app is closed. If Adventure Sync is turned off, you'll need to keep the Pok\xe9mon GO app open while you walk to have your distance walked count toward hatching your Eggs.Does Pokémon GO track walking when closed?
Make sure your phone has the required sensors to track your distance and steps. Make sure your device's location permissions are set to \u201calways allow\u201d Pok\xe9mon GO to access your location even when the app is closed.Can you still shake your phone to hatch eggs?
Make sure you shake the phone up and down and do it at the pace of a jog. According to one of our followers, you can shake the phone in any direction as long as you're going back and forth.Does spinning your phone hatch eggs?
You might have to leave your phone spinning around on the table for awhile to reach the 2, 5 or 10 km distances required to hatch your eggs, but it'll get the job done eventually and should come in handy the next time it's raining outside, or you just can't gather the energy to get out and play.HOW TO TRIGGER EGG HATCHING ON COMMAND! NEW ADVENTURE SYNC HATCH STRATEGY | POKÉMON GO
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Answer 2
The app has to be open to track your progress.
However, if you turn on the battery saver mode in the settings you can turn your phone upside down and the screen will dim, but it will still track your progress while wasting less battery.
Answer 3
This app let's you lock your screen, put in your pocket or whatever and still play. Has a battery save feature as well. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pokegoassist.pokepal.droid
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