Pokemon-go – Are Pokemon training in a gym damaged

The explanation: The developers are inept.

The fix:

1. First make sure you are allowing third party apps.

   Settings>Security>Unknown Sources (Make sure this is checked)

2. Download the current version of Pokemon Go (0.31.0 at the time of writing) from a SAFE website. (My knowledge of safe vs unsafe is currently limited to this: apkmirror is safe lol)

3. When it's finished downloading, install it. If you want to wrap up loose ends, turn Unknown Sources back off. (The box we checked earlier)

4. If you get to a screen that's one solid color when you boot the game up, it's because there are hidden buttons. Somewhere on the screen are two buttons: One that says Accept and one that says Decline. You get to guess where Accept is because someone still had to finish their work and their bosses released the game anyways, but I digress.

edit: I should add that this happened to me as well. This is the second time for me. The first time was resolved by simply waiting about 5 hours or so (and restarting the phone? unsure, but it's always a good idea.) This time I'm unsure, as I'm not sure I want to wait.

Will update.

I saw a few questions like these. I did a lot of research myself to see how I could fix the problem, and this trick did it, so I thought I'd add my two cents, and so this can also help future readers.

Why is Pokemon Go not Working on WiFi?

At the first launch of the app, a setting must have been selected automatically that restricts data access to the Pokemon go app.

How to fix the problem

Go to:

1. Settings of the phone
2. Go to the apps section of your settings
3. Click on "reset app preferences" in that section (for my Galaxy S7 I click the three dots at the top right of the screen first)
4. Launch Pokemon Go

More on resetting app preferences in this article by TechRepublic.

Downfalls

This will reset the app preferences for every app, which means that when you launch an app, it will again ask you a prompt for access to a certain feature on your phone. For example, Gallery will ask for permission to your photos the next time you open it, just like Pokemon Go will ask for permission to your camera.