Your buddy & "walking" it just a li'l

[monanotlisa]

We know that there is GPS drift that adds to your walked km, and it's "natural" in the sense that every GPS-based app will be somewhat affected.

But now in the New Age of Buddies, leaving your phone and the Pokémon GO on overnight means that you may wake up to a new candy for your buddy: I did this morning! My Pikachu was no longer at 28 candy, but 29! After reading a guy's account on reddit's Silph Road about maximizing GPD drift by laying down your phone in north-south direction, I hooked my iPhone 5 up to be charged last night and laid it down N-S. To do that, I simply used the Pokémon GO app as a compass by tapping the compass in the upper right-hand corner.

It may not always work, but it clearly works for some folks.

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[owl]

I'm using this toggle app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ss.proximityservice

If the front camera is covered, it turns off the screen but keeps the phone awake with the app running. I lay it face down - also handy for stopping it from eating battery in my pocket with the screen on.