Thankfully, Pokémon GO seems to have gotten a little less buggy since its release just over a week ago.
It's still not perfect, though, and just about impossible to go a day without it crashing on you.
Sometimes it's little more than an inconvenience but sometimes it can be super frustrating if you're in the middle of catching a Pokémon. When this happens you're at risk of losing the catch completely.
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Luckily Mic are reporting that there is a way to fix this. They claim that players of the game have figured out a hack to make sure you can still keep your catch.
"According to a Pokémon Go fan Twitter account, if your game freezes while you're in the middle of catching a Pokémon, you should 'close the app completely,' then switch your phone onto airplane mode," Mic wrote. "Then restart the app."
Then when the title screen says "No Internet Connectivity," go back into settings and switch airplane mode off. When you return to the game the Pokémon you were catching before the app froze should be in your Poké bag (hopefully).
I must admit that the app hasn't crashed on me yet for me to try it myself but many people are reporting that it is actually an effective trick.
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Words by Matthew Cooper
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