There are a large number of bans of this type occurring, which have been reported in some of the bot slack channels. While we're not 100% sure they're permanent yet, better safe than sorry.
To clear up confusion there are several types of bans:
Soft IP ban Ban the IP but not the account (not permanent). All accounts on the ip will be unable to see pokestops and pokemon. Usually goes away after 20 mins of not accessing the pogo api from that IP.
Hard IP ban Ban the IP perm. This happened to cloud providers like AWS. You can't log in or access pogo at all from one of these IPs. Never goes away.
Soft ban Account specific - there are now multiple types of softbans: (time to go away varies)
Spinning pokestops gives nothing, and pokemon always run on the first ball. (this was the original softban)
Spinning pokestops is fine, but pokemon always run. (added today)
All pokestops say out of range, and no pokemon ever spawn (added recently) ... there may be more
Hard ban Perma ban (Read data error on phone). This is the new ban that botters have been getting. If you get a login error, it does not mean you are banned for sure, but if you were botting or teleporting and you can't log in on that account from any IP, and you can use other accounts - good chance thats a hardban.
EDIT: People wondering what actions cause the ban. It is still unknown, but it seems related to highly frequent requests involving teleporting. However, any third party api usage or GPS spoofing voilates their TOS and it is possible you can receive a ban. I recommend not using any 3rd party service or spoofing for at least 24 hours. IMO, If you have never botted or spoofed/sniped, it is unlikely you will get banned. But I would avoid using any services that require your login until this is sorted out.
My botted account is not able to connect to surver right now but my legit account is just fine lol so I can only assume all my botted accounts are banned gunna keep trying though.
i have 11 accounts that were all botted 1-30, 5/11 accounts have been permed, 6 do not seem to be affected at all and i can still play normally on em. all acounts came from exact same source and did exact same thing/same time ish so its weird only 5/11 were hit.
i have 11 accounts that were all botted 1-30, 5/11 accounts have been permed, 6 do not seem to be affected at all and i can still play normally on em. all acounts came from exact same source and did exact same thing/same time ish so its weird only 5/11 were hit.
I received the same message on one of my accounts but after trying to log in approximately 20 minutes later, I successfully got in. Oddly, 2 hours before I got that message I received a soft ban. I'm just gonna throw this theory out there but maybe it's 3* soft bans, one ban as a warning, and then perma ban. Of course, this is all speculation but there's not much of an explanation for why I only got the game data screen for so little time.
Interestingly enough. My bot account that got banned, is the one I pretty much just use to add another Pokemon in the Gym that I have taken over. The other 2 accounts of mine, are the ones I was using to battle each Gyms, thus more playtime. I wonder if the ban actually factors the amount of legit playtime you're doing? Although, I was spoofing all over the place, and didn't get banned from that.
I got permabanned for using pokefarmer. Friend who spoofed just got softbanned. If I had to guess, I would say that perbans were handed out to players who used bots that accessed backend commands to perform actions.
I received the same message on one of my accounts but after trying to log in approximately 20 minutes later, I successfully got in. Oddly, 2 hours before I got that message I received a soft ban. I'm just gonna throw this theory out there but maybe it's 3* soft bans, one ban as a warning, and then perma ban. Of course, this is all speculation but there's not much of an explanation for why I only got the game data screen for so little time.
Been encountering problems on different accounts when logging on using my phone. Just force-quit the app and start it again, works fine. Conflicting news in regards to bans vs. server's being down. Who fkn knows.
I think it'd be wise just to not snipe and keep your km/hr at a human pace (if you insist on botting).
i thought i was perm banned i could loot poke stops but couldnt catch 1 single pokemon they would all break out flee for over 24hrs then got mad then was just trying many differnt things to make it able to catch again and it worked i can now catch pokemon thank god i didnt lose 4 lvl 39/40 accounts
I kept getting my IP softbanned, within ten minutes. I narrowed it down to the RocketAPI bot, even when I ran just one with human walk speed... I've been using Pokebuddy in the mean time, it's not a good long term solution 'cause it seems it's going to cost money at some point.
Edit: I take that back, even it is getting my IP softbanned now. I check with my legit account on phone, connect it to my home wifi and nothing shows up, that means IP softban, correct?
I did have some luck using a program called Tallow to route all internet traffic through tor, very very slow though. Hopefully someone figures a way past this shit.
My level 29 botted account is fine. They're probably just going after the snipers for the time being. If your bot has a sniper option make sure you disable it to ensure that you're less likely to be banned, and don't go overboard with travelling speeds.
Perma bans
Perma bans
gunna keep trying though.
