It's such a privilege to get to know this trick even before I've ever had the chance to fill my postcard book 🙏 Amazing hack! I'm using it from today! Wondering though what could my friends see when I do this? xD Because you get an in-game notification if your friend pins your postcard. Would they still see the notification?
You can also just tap your phone's back button right as the gift animation begins to go back to the Trainer screen. No worries about timing or anything. Just works.
Wow, you're right! Glad I made this video just to get this comment. I swear I tried this a couple of years ago and it didn't work, but I either failed at it, or they changed something since then.
probably not. the cutscene is to balance the reward with a time cost. evolution xp has become one of the least efficient ways to get xp, since a successful excellent throw gets you just as much now. not to mention raids, and friendship milestones giving much more for less effort, and are now the primary way to get xp. but yeah, if its 2x xp for evolution, why not
This skip is as old as time. UI / UX in this game is insanely tideous. Sending, receiving, evolving, trading, GO+ settings... Everything takes forever and they didn't bother to improve anything in years.
Oh yeah, I know. Just saw some people opening gifts slowly and had to try to get this to more people! Agreed everything is tedious. Every buggy skip is a treasure.
There is actually another tip that the video didn't cover. To avoid the inadvertent taps, you can simply just hold (instead of tapping) the invisible X button, wait until the gift page is close, then release, it will close the page for that friend and take you back to the friend list. This method isn't faster, but it isn't slower either. It helps to avoid closing your friend list accidentally, and it's easier for your thumb.
Omg...ur amazing. It works. I stopped gifts for awhile cuz its so boring n my lack of pokeballs shows it 😂😂. This is fast af. Tnx so much. Ill gift again!
although i knew basically everything. i did learn one new thing! you can pin and unpin the post card to get the scatterbug but avoid filling your postcards. thats some next level shit!
Yeah, you can spam taps. However I find it's quite likely to accidentally back out of the friend screen doing this (which is annoying because you generally want to immediately send a gift after opening one). So I think it's worth learning the precise method.
I came here thinking "man I could be faster at doing gifts?!" just to realized I'd been doing it the fast way the whole time lol Still good to know about the postcard pinning. I HATE going through and deleting those after a few days and its nice to know I dont have to save them to get the scatterbugs
Ive been doing this and teaching it to every new player i meet. Invaluable time save! I really wonder if this is a feature or a bug I did not know however that it still counts if you unpin the postcard immediately
That's definitely helpful. The comments on this video have totally changed my technique (this comment + hitting back button on android) and I think made it a little faster (though the technique in the video is slightly more ergonomic with one hand, but only barely).
This is amazing, thank you! Do you think there is a way to skip the weird feeding animation for the three required walking berries on buddies? Even quick feeding is quite tedious. Okay, three seconds wasted, whatever. But I am a min maxer!
Good tip! Its crazy that some people don't already do this and still engage with gifts. You forgot about pinning and unpinning the gifts you're sending as well for more Scatterbug encounters.
Didn't know about the postcard trick. That's great to know :)
I love that one! I hated clearing the book and haven't done it in months now.
Omg! I don't have to delete postcards ever again!❤❤❤ THANK YOU
It's such a privilege to get to know this trick even before I've ever had the chance to fill my postcard book 🙏 Amazing hack! I'm using it from today!
Wondering though what could my friends see when I do this? xD Because you get an in-game notification if your friend pins your postcard. Would they still see the notification?
Simple, to the point and helpful! I didn’t know about the postcard pinning trick. That’s great! Thank you!
You're welcome. I was so happy when I learned that trick. Postcard book was the bane of my life.
You can also just tap your phone's back button right as the gift animation begins to go back to the Trainer screen. No worries about timing or anything. Just works.
Wow, you're right! Glad I made this video just to get this comment.
I swear I tried this a couple of years ago and it didn't work, but I either failed at it, or they changed something since then.
It started working like after a patch in Feb 2024. (For Android phones at least, I don't think it works on Apple)
@@themikelallen I dunno. I've been using it as long as I can remember...
I play on iPad which has no back button
Hoping that at some point we will be able to skip like this in the evolution scenes. Would make those 2x evolve XP spotlight hours so much better
probably not. the cutscene is to balance the reward with a time cost. evolution xp has become one of the least efficient ways to get xp, since a successful excellent throw gets you just as much now. not to mention raids, and friendship milestones giving much more for less effort, and are now the primary way to get xp.
but yeah, if its 2x xp for evolution, why not
And all the seconds you wait after defeating a gym.
Thanks for valuing my time more than game companies do
I do my best.
I knew about the postcard shortcut but not the gift open/send animation. Thanks!
Great info. Great video. I enjoy your videos. Long form analysis and excellent throw guides are the best 😂 i improved my throws greatly
Thanks.
Didn’t know about the pin trick. That’s gonna help out so much. Thanks!
This is actually super informative. Thanks!
This info came really handy. I didn't even know about the postcard trick. Thank you so much!!
I knew the animation skip, but didn’t realize unpinning the postcard immediately still counts towards the Scatterbug encounter. Thanks for the tip!
I knew about the x for speeding up sending and receiving but I didn't know about the postcards, thank you!
This skip is as old as time. UI / UX in this game is insanely tideous. Sending, receiving, evolving, trading, GO+ settings... Everything takes forever and they didn't bother to improve anything in years.
Oh yeah, I know. Just saw some people opening gifts slowly and had to try to get this to more people!
Agreed everything is tedious. Every buggy skip is a treasure.
Well, it's new for me!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, @TheExcellentPokedex!
There is actually another tip that the video didn't cover. To avoid the inadvertent taps, you can simply just hold (instead of tapping) the invisible X button, wait until the gift page is close, then release, it will close the page for that friend and take you back to the friend list. This method isn't faster, but it isn't slower either. It helps to avoid closing your friend list accidentally, and it's easier for your thumb.
Thank you so much for the postcard tip 🙏
I already knew these tricks but thanks for sharing.
Thanks for commenting anyway.
Omg...ur amazing. It works. I stopped gifts for awhile cuz its so boring n my lack of pokeballs shows it 😂😂. This is fast af. Tnx so much. Ill gift again!
So useful! Thanks!
Thank you for this helpful info!
You're welcome, thanks for watching. :)
Love the vid and tips 😊
Thank you for the hours of my life you just saved with this video
Great tips!!
Thanks! :)
simple and works ty
Thanks for the great advice
you can just press the back button on your phone instead of clicking the invisible x. good to know about the post cards!
Thank yoi for the pin/unpin trick, i knew the rest though but if i run into a friend who doesnt know i will send them your way
although i knew basically everything. i did learn one new thing! you can pin and unpin the post card to get the scatterbug but avoid filling your postcards. thats some next level shit!
I get 110-120 daily interactions everyday only with gifts, loving the XP
seu conteúdo é excelente! com o perdão do trocadilho. hahaha
obrigado pelo excelente comentário! Não me importo com o trocadilho.
Pin and unpin postcards? Dude, you're a lifesaver!
Its okay if u tap too early, as long as u keep tapping, it will close the animation
Yeah, you can spam taps. However I find it's quite likely to accidentally back out of the friend screen doing this (which is annoying because you generally want to immediately send a gift after opening one). So I think it's worth learning the precise method.
@@TheExcellentPokedex true
I came here thinking "man I could be faster at doing gifts?!" just to realized I'd been doing it the fast way the whole time lol
Still good to know about the postcard pinning. I HATE going through and deleting those after a few days and its nice to know I dont have to save them to get the scatterbugs
You can just press the return button on android so no need to guess the x icon location
Wow, you're right. You should have made this video. XD
I just keep hitting the x button until it skips the animation
I'm not able to think anything to comment so i guess this one is just to make the youtube algorithm recommend your videos
Just curious, did you know this skip before?
@@TheExcellentPokedex no ._. i should've said thank you
No worries. Just always second guessing myself whether this is common knowledge.
Ive been doing this and teaching it to every new player i meet. Invaluable time save! I really wonder if this is a feature or a bug
I did not know however that it still counts if you unpin the postcard immediately
Yeah it's wild. I expected it wouldn't but someone told me to try it and it does actually work.
Yeah, I tested it too and it definitely works 😁
You mean I can skip all the gift tedium??!??!?
Well, some of it.
@@TheExcellentPokedex having just tried it now: I cannot believe how much better this is
you can also swipe to the next friend
That's definitely helpful. The comments on this video have totally changed my technique (this comment + hitting back button on android) and I think made it a little faster (though the technique in the video is slightly more ergonomic with one hand, but only barely).
This is amazing, thank you! Do you think there is a way to skip the weird feeding animation for the three required walking berries on buddies? Even quick feeding is quite tedious. Okay, three seconds wasted, whatever. But I am a min maxer!
I'm not aware of a way to skip feeding unfortunately. :(
I sometimes hit the x (especially when sending a gift) but then I worry I glitched the gift recieving and don’t get anything from it 😂
Didn’t know the pins immediately registered towards scatterbug encounters
are Scatterbug even worth it is there any meta relevance or smth ? why not just skip postcards
Nah, I don't think there's really any purpose to them beyond collection.
@@TheExcellentPokedex ok ty
If they ever release the shiny Scatterbug in Pokemon Go, there will be a lot more interest in postcards again.
Bet that up player
Can we get a com day excellent throw 😅
Here you go: th-cam.com/video/nnw5CbUP_oI/w-d-xo.html
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Yeah, my postcards stay in my postcard book after I unpin the postcard. Probably a bug - just not a Scatterbug! 💀
Good tip! Its crazy that some people don't already do this and still engage with gifts. You forgot about pinning and unpinning the gifts you're sending as well for more Scatterbug encounters.
i figured this out on my own years ago, nice
Ok, now I need a trick to skip a 4 minute-long video for a 20 seconds - long explanation
Timestamps do help if you think you can muster clicking on his description
God I love autistic people