The GoPlus is active for a certain length of time - a "session". You have to manually reconnect the GoPlus at the end of a session if you want it to keep counting steps and such. Also, keeping Pokemon Go open on your phone like that is a HUGE battery suck, so make sure you've got an external battery ready.
I love my GoPlus, and use it all the time when I'm out. I don't so much at work, because the wifi at work blocks game apps (I work in a school in the US), but I turn off the wifi when I leave, so I can get the steps from my classroom to my car.
That's the other cool thing with the GoPlus. If you drive or ride, it counts the accel and decel of your driving, below the mph/kph threshold. And sometimes, even if you're in a car above the threshold, you can still nab pokestops and pokemon.
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Date: 2017-06-08 02:07 pm (UTC)I love my GoPlus, and use it all the time when I'm out. I don't so much at work, because the wifi at work blocks game apps (I work in a school in the US), but I turn off the wifi when I leave, so I can get the steps from my classroom to my car.
That's the other cool thing with the GoPlus. If you drive or ride, it counts the accel and decel of your driving, below the mph/kph threshold. And sometimes, even if you're in a car above the threshold, you can still nab pokestops and pokemon.