On a real phone you have more authentic looking hardware, but the location spoofing is easier to detect if the 'mock locations' flag is on. With that in mind, there are advantages and disadvantages to both. Keep in mind there are a lot of unknowns at this time about how Niantic chooses accounts to ban. Other factors still apply like phone sensor data Now we want to configure the device properties.īy default, you can see that just setting the 'device' and 'manufacturer' doesn't overwrite all the device identifiers Niantic could look at (and I know they do, I've seen the packet captures): Īn example packet captured on Nox from PokemonGo with the masked device info: Įdit: Please keep in mind this is not complete protection. Install Device Faker as an APK or through the Xposed Installer downloadsĮnable it in the Xposed Framework Modules menu: Device Faker seems to come with a lot of invasive ads. Standard installation seems to work fine on Nox, but occasionally will get hung up and require a reboot.

Load up the apk into your emulator however works best for you. Load up your Xposed installer APK and install the framework Turn Root on (and for good measure, change the manufacturer and name of your device)

Get to Nox's settings by clicking on the little cog in the upper right corner: I'm not encouraging abuse of the app or game of any kind.įirst let's set up your emulator properly.

This guide is intended to help you be safe. Disclaimer: I am not responsible if you get your account banned.

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