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What is a soft ban?
A soft ban is exactly what it's called, but it's more like a time out where you can't interact with pokestops, catch pokemon or battle gyms.. You can "banned" for a non specific amount of time depending on the amount of distance you travel when spoofing.

How do I get soft banned?
As explained earlier it depends on how far you change your GPS location but from spoofing for the last four days it seems, that when you change your GPS location over 2km from your current GPS location, then it can start. The certain distance is not known yet, but it's around 2-3km from my own research and what I've heard people say on OC.

But people not doing GPS spoofing can also get soft banned. Some representative of Niantic wrote a post on r/thesilphroad, stating that people can get softbanned from playing it in their cars on the highway etc. I've tried getting softbanned when sitting in the car with my girlfriend so it seems about right. The soft ban isn't only about distance traveled but also how fast you travel it. The game is meant for discovering your environment and catch pokemons on feet, so when you travel faster that running/biking then you might risk it.

How long does it last?
The soft bans last depending on speed and travel distance. Some seem extremely short but that's usually the servers messing up. But the bans last from 30 minutes to 12 hours.

Can I bypass it?
No you can't bypass it. The ban is on your account, not on your current PoGo process, IP or phone. You can try shutting down the game, restarting your phone or killing the app process in your phone settings, but it won't work.

Well if it's a soft ban, why should I worry or even have read this?
Great question! You should worry because today (15th of July) the game releases in most of the world, and there will be more updates for the game. In the beta phase of the game, people who did GPS spoofing got permabanned instantly. Niantic could and probably will go down on people spoofing more when they get more updates out and more content gets released like trading.

CHECK LIST TO KNOW IF YOU'RE SOFT BANNED:
You keep swiping pokestops but get no message or rewards.
You throw any kind of pokeball and the pokemon escape everytime.
You try a battle at a gym but you get kicked out of the fight instantly.


So what can you do when you're soft banned?
You can walk around and hatch eggs.
You can evolve pokemon.