check Pokémon Go servers are down in UK, US, Europe and ...

Thanks to its immense popularity and the app still rolling out in new regions worldwide, Pokémon Go has had its share of server issues and ... Thankstoitsimmensepopularityandtheappstillrollingoutinnewregionsworldwide,PokémonGohashaditsshareofserverissuesandserverstability.Wavesofnewuserscantakeitstollontheonline-onlygame,seeingoccasionalboutsofserverdowntimeandinstabilitythatpresentsuserswitherrormessagesandcrashes.Thankfully,there'safewwaystocheckifPokémonGoisdownbylookingatitsserverstatusonafewthird-partywebsites.We'vealsogotafewpointersonhowtohandlecrashesanderrorsthatyoumightalsobeexperiencingatothertimes-suchaswhenyou'vejustcaughtanewPokémon!Onthispage: PokémonGoserverstatus-howtochecktheserverisdowninUK,Europe,USandmore Howtodealwitherrormessages,unstableserversandthegamebeingunresponsive WhattodowhenPokémonGocrasheswhencatchingPokémon RememberingPokémonGo'sremarkablefirstsummer(5thanniversaryvideo) WatchonYouTube PokémonGoserverstatus-howtochecktheserverisdowninUK,Europe,USandmore Firstofall,youcanusuallytellserversareofflinewithanexplicitmessagealongthelinesof'weareworkingtoresolvetheissue',alongsideaspecificpieceofcutePokémonGoartwork.Ifyouseethis,chancesareyou'llhavetoreturninalittlewhiletoplay. However,it'snotalwaysclear,andthere'sseveralwaystoseewhetherserversareactuallyofflineortemperamentalinyourregion: MMOServerStatusshowsthestatusandping(connectionrate)forindividualcountriesacrossEurope,theUSandbeyond. AstatuswebsitefromuserJooasdisplaysataglancethestatusofboththegameandPokémonTrainerClublog-insrightnow,inthepasthourandthepastday. Crowd-sourcedwebsitefromcmmcdusespeople'sresponsestodeterminewhethertheserverisexperiencingmajorissues. WanttodropaLure?Thiswebsitetellsyouwhetherit'swisetorightnowbasedoncurrentserverstability. AnothersourceistheofficialPokémonGoTwitteraccount,whichwillreportonanysignificantoutages. Third-partywebsiteslikethisonefromJooascanquicklytellyouifthereareserverissues.Rememberthatwiththegameonlyhavingbeenrecentlylaunched,andiscontinuedtoberolledoutinnewregions-suchasrecentlyinJapan,aswellasHongKong-expecttheserverstobealittletemperamentalforalittlewhileyet. Howtodealwitherrormessages,unstableserversandthegamebeingunresponsiveTherearealsoothererrormessagesthatyoumightsee.Whenloggingin,youmightbetoldyouhave'Failedtogetgamedatafromtheserver'or'Failedtologin'.Thislikelymeansthatwhiletheserverisn'tdowncompletely,itiscurrentlybusy,sotaptheRetrybuttonandgiveitanothergo.Iftheissuepersists,tryagaininfivetotenminutes.Ifyouseethis,thentheservermightstillbeup-justbusy.Meanwhile,youcanbeloggedinbutstillencounterproblems.Aredbandcanappearatthetopofthescreenwithamessagesuchas'GPSsignalnotfound','Internetconnectionnotfound'and'Error'.Thesesuggesttheissueisclientside-soyourphoneiscausingapossibleissue-andsoit'sworthcheckingthestrengthofyourphone'sconnectionandmovinglocationtoseeifthatresolvestheissue.ForGPSsignalspecifically,turningonWifitogetabettersenseofyourlocationmightbeusefultoo.Otherwise,serverissuesmightalsohavesomeimpactinthesecasestoo,andwaitingamomentusuallyhelpscleartheseproblemsup.ThisislikelythecaseforblankorunresponsivePokéStops,whichmeansdataisn'tbeingpulledfromtheserver.It'salsoworthnotingthatthoughconnectingtoWificanprovideastrongersignalwhenplaying,ifyouarewalkingpastshops,pubsandotherplacesyouhaveaccessto,theconstantlogginginandoutofdifferenthotspotsmaycausesomeconfusionfortheapp,soitcouldbeworthrelyingonphonedataonlyifyouareonthemove. ThisweekseesthearrivaloftheSeasonofHeritageandthemonth-longStardustChallenge,aswellasarefreshedGoBattleLeague. OngoingareArlo,Cliff,SierracountersandGiovannicounters. Othermajorupdatesinthepastyearincludealevelcapincrease,theintroductionofXLCandy,booststosomeXPsourcesandtheadditionofPlatinumMedals. WhattodowhenPokémonGocrasheswhencatchingPokémon AcommonissueistheappwillfreezewhenyouthrowaPokéballatacreature.IntheperiodbetweenthePokémonenterstheball,theballshakingandbeforethe'Gotcha'messageappears,theappcanstopresponding,eventhoughtheloadingiconwillrotateinthecornerandsomeon-screengraphicswillcontinuetomove. Checkyourjournalaftertheappcrashestoseeifyoucaughtthecreatureafterall.First,waitafewsecondstoseeiftheappwillrespond.Ifitdoesn'tprogresstothe'Gotcha!'phrase,thentheapphaslikelyfrozenorcrashed. However,notallislost.Ifyouquitthegameandreloadit(makesureit'sproperlyclosed,andnotjustminimised)thencheckyourjournal(taptheTrainericoninthelowerlevelcorner,thenbottomrightmenuicon)toseealistofrecentactivities,fromPokéStopinteractionstoPokémoncaptured.Hereyou'llbeabletoseewhetherthecreatureyoujustcapturedisindeedyoursornot;inourexperiencethere'sabouta50/50chanceitpicksuponthecaptureafteracrash,soit'sworthachecktoseeifitmadeitthrough! Sometimesweincludelinkstoonlineretailstores.Ifyouclickononeandmakeapurchasewemayreceiveasmallcommission.Readourpolicy. Jumptocomments(0) MoreaboutPokémonGo News(337) Guides(358) Abouttheauthor MatthewReynolds AssociateEditor  |  Crazyreyn MattheweditsguidesandotherhelpfulthingsatEurogamer.net.Whennotdoingthat,he'soutandaboutplayingPokémonGoorcontinuingtoamasshisamiibocollection. 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