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Any Way Possible to Play Pokemon Go with Android OS 4.3 Without Rooting Phone?

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kosovaarcher

Hey All,

The phone in question is a Sony Xperia SP C5306 which comes with a 4.1 OS but can be updated up to only 4.3!!!

I heard that some folks were able to download a third party .apk which apparently bypasses the google OS scan to ensure its compatible.. can any confirm or deny this? Are these .apk pokemon go files even safe to be downloading?

Thanks for all your help :D

8 years ago

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AvidWriter

Just please save yourself the time and effort. It's totally not worth it.

or play it on bluestacks on a PC?

8 years ago
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kosovaarcher

It's not even me! its my girl that wants it haha!

8 years ago
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Lugum

Don't you need to go out alot, carrying your pc along all the time, seems tiresome.

8 years ago
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zelghadis

gps spoofing and you hunt them all without moving from your PC desk :>

8 years ago
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Lugum

Okay cool then i gonna try it out too. :)

Though you miss the "fun" of walking i guess. It's my niece who really wants to try it but she is having prepaid and we are worried about the data cost.

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zelghadis

depends on where you live - in many cities there is free wifi covering city centres - I know taht in my city a lot of people hunt for pokemon in old town and parks simply because our city provides free wifi in these locations :>

And for PC Emulation - all you need is in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO0Bx-AkhOc

8 years ago
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Lugum

But you still need to enter a password for those free spots or there are other methods? (yeah i am a noob, never even owned a smartphone myself, but that makes it very quiet)
My niece isn't so technical to put in passwords.
We have this internetprovider who supposedly has spots across the country and thus might just need 1 app/password, haven't looked into it yet.

I tried bluestacks one time, but i couldn't figure it out how to use, will definitely give it another go with that link, thanks.

8 years ago
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zelghadis

if you need a password it's not really a free spot ;p And no - the spots I mean are absolutely free and don't need any passwords :>

8 years ago
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Lugum

Thanks for clearing it up.

8 years ago
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Zareh

I have prepaid too, depending on how much you play pokemon go, you might need up to 1GB a month. I was using a different provider, but will change it to KPN since it's the cheapest there is in comparison to others + it has a decent connection. It's €7,50 for 31 days, with unlimited data usage. It's worth checking out.

8 years ago
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Lugum

My parents aren't going to pay 90 euro a year just so she can play pokemon nor she calls alot, she has it for emergencies.
If the freespots (from ziggo) aren't working she just have to do with bluestack then or without it all together.

8 years ago
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Wolfedood

From your comments I'm assuming we're talking about a quite young girl so she will need supervision from some adult while she's playing. If that's the case there's another option you can consider, providing extra safety as well. You can turn the supervisor's phone into a portable wifi spot while they're out and connect your niece's device to it via wifi. That way if the one with her has a mobile data plan they can use that instead of getting her her own. It'll also serve as a safety measure as she can't stray too far or she'll lose the tether :P
However there are some things you need to be careful of while doing that. First of all check if your carrier charges extra for that service, some do, but I'm under the impression most in the EU don't, could be wrong. Also make sure to turn off automatic updates for your niece's phone. Since her phone sees this as a wifi connection and not 3G/4G it doesn't automatically limit usage so unless you manually turn off that option in the settings you're gonna burn through whatever data you have before you know it.

8 years ago
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Lugum

She's 12, but goes to a special school, she doesn't know that well how a normal pc works either (starting a game is about it, installing and such me or my dad does).

Thank you for the tips, i will look into it all once it's gets a little less hot. :p
Atleast there seems to be free way (even if it has to be on bluestack) it will make her happy.

8 years ago
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Deleted2137

they are trying to fight it [as on Ingress] with waiting time and rarely bans, but too much ppl doing it, and they dont have enough man power to handle reports rotfl

8 years ago
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zelghadis

well - worst case scenario you make another account ;) the game is free after all ;) I used it to try the game out (because my phone won't run it - it's too old), it's not like I walked tens of kilometers to get all the progress I may now lose :D:

8 years ago
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Deleted2137

for you? yeah, but if OP's GF will use it with later on walking tens of km and than loosing that acc, OP might have loooong quiet days hahaah rotfl, but if they will not automate it, I don't see it coming soon, to many work on hands atm they have for that

8 years ago
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zelghadis

yeah, but I was answering Lugum, not OP ;)

8 years ago
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Deleted2137

umm yeah, but Lugum's niece account ban can lead to him having quiet days with brother/sister :trollface:

8 years ago
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Korki

Go to https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo , they will know better.

EDIT: It is realy a lot of fun. I ride my bike daily for 50 km and now i add 10 km riding slowly, just to hatch eggs.

8 years ago
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MikBok117

Yes, I found out yesterday some .apk(s) for Pokemon Go that work on my 4.2 Android, I'm sure that it will work on your 4.3 too

8 years ago
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dingbat

the bigger question is if the hardware can handle it.

8 years ago
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Dianatrix

It can, that phone is better than mine (which only goes up to Android 4.1 by the way) and I'm playing it on custom rom (Oneofakind, Android 6.0).

8 years ago
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dingbat

I wasn't saying it could or couldn't. My crappy android has trouble with GPS and I don't think it has an accelerometer, which hampers the gameplay of pokemon go quite a bit

8 years ago
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Raidus

http://ihackedit.com/pokemon-go-apk/
This worked for my little brother with a Samsung Galaxy S3 which has Android 4.3

8 years ago
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NEWCHARKEN

thanks yes works

8 years ago
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MikuIT

Are you comfortable enough with installing a custom ROM?
Here is the Sony Xperia SP page on Cyanogenmod wiki: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Huashan_Info
Instructions: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_huashan
The process might involve rooting the device, but you're not required to keep it rooted afterwards.

I just installed a Cyanogenmod ROM on my phone (CM 11, based on Android 4.4.4 Kitkat), although Pokémon GO wasn't exactly my primary reason for doing that (and I can't even download it, the Play Store still says it's incompatible with my device).

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thegodoftitsandwine

Yes you can just download the apk from elsewhere and install it directly. I can't guarantee it'll work in your case but I have done this for several people who haven't been able to install from the play store and its worked fine.

8 years ago
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Closed 8 years ago by kosovaarcher.