PTC Account

[PabliniBis]

bot is not working. it tries to login, but it sends error

it was working ok with my google account, until that got banned.
first i used the same configuration file, but now im using the same as in template, just changing credentials and localization

https://gist.github.com/PabliniBis/e6999fda14b901aae298780314368d21
30 ago 16:57:55 [default] - Trying to read C:\PokemonGoBot\config.properties
30 ago 16:57:55 [default] - Saved start Latitude setting ("saved_latitude") is invalid, defaulting to 0.0: empty String
30 ago 16:57:55 [default] - Saved start Longitude setting ("saved_longitude") is invalid, defaulting to 0.0: empty String
30 ago 16:57:55 [default] - Logging in to game server...
Exception in thread "default" com.pokegoapi.exceptions.AsyncPokemonGoException: Unknown exception occurred.
at com.pokegoapi.util.AsyncHelper.toBlocking(AsyncHelper.java:46)
at com.pokegoapi.main.RequestHandler.sendServerRequests(RequestHandler.java:157)
at com.pokegoapi.api.settings.Settings.updateSettings(Settings.java:94)
at com.pokegoapi.api.settings.Settings.(Settings.java:81)
at com.pokegoapi.api.PokemonGo.(PokemonGo.java:110)
at com.pokegoapi.api.PokemonGo.(PokemonGo.java:143)
at ink.abb.pogo.scraper.MainKt.startBot(Main.kt:218)
at ink.abb.pogo.scraper.MainKt.startDefaultBot(Main.kt:154)
at ink.abb.pogo.scraper.PokemonGoBotApplication$BotRunner$run$1.invoke(PokemonGoBotApplication.kt:80)
at ink.abb.pogo.scraper.PokemonGoBotApplication$BotRunner$run$1.invoke(PokemonGoBotApplication.kt:67)
at kotlin.concurrent.ThreadsKt$thread$thread$1.run(Thread.kt:18)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException: Contents of buffer are null
at rx.exceptions.Exceptions.propagate(Exceptions.java:58)
at rx.observables.BlockingObservable.blockForSingle(BlockingObservable.java:465)
at rx.observables.BlockingObservable.first(BlockingObservable.java:168)
at com.pokegoapi.util.AsyncHelper.toBlocking(AsyncHelper.java:38)
... 10 more
Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException: Contents of buffer are null
at com.pokegoapi.main.RequestHandler$1.get(RequestHandler.java:111)
at com.pokegoapi.main.RequestHandler$1.get(RequestHandler.java:88)
at rx.internal.operators.OnSubscribeToObservableFuture$ToObservableFuture.call(OnSubscribeToObservableFuture.java:74)
at rx.internal.operators.OnSubscribeToObservableFuture$ToObservableFuture.call(OnSubscribeToObservableFuture.java:43)
at rx.internal.operators.OnSubscribeLift.call(OnSubscribeLift.java:48)
at rx.internal.operators.OnSubscribeLift.call(OnSubscribeLift.java:30)
at rx.internal.operators.OnSubscribeLift.call(OnSubscribeLift.java:48)
at rx.internal.operators.OnSubscribeLift.call(OnSubscribeLift.java:30)
at rx.Observable.subscribe(Observable.java:9957)
at rx.Observable.subscribe(Observable.java:9924)
at rx.observables.BlockingObservable.blockForSingle(BlockingObservable.java:445)
... 12 more
Caused by: com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException: Contents of buffer are null
at com.pokegoapi.main.ServerRequest.getData(ServerRequest.java:80)
at com.pokegoapi.main.RequestHandler.run(RequestHandler.java:298)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Building 83% > :run
im using the latest version from develop. running on win10 with java 1.8

I have read all the issues referring to login issues. none of them served me for good.
I can login well in app. and as i said, google account was working well

Leave this sentence in your issue as proof that you have read and used this template.

[jacc]

Can you give us an error message? This is wayyy too generic.

[jacc]

Oh wait, the Pastebin had it. Are you using the JSON template? If so, you made need to set it to PTC instead of Google.
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException: Contents of buffer are null

[PabliniBis]

im trying to use pastebin, but don't know how tu use.
and im using the config template, not JSON

[jacc]

I don't know if PTC is supported by the config template. Pinging @Sieberkev and @FrancYescO for clarification.

[PabliniBis]

now i tried with the JSON and get same error

[jacc]

@PabliniBis can you put a !!censored!! version of your JSON here?

[FrancYescO]

when this happen to me at login time 90% of time a restart will get it okay..

just try to reconfigure from a new config file, make sure you remove the json files under bot-settings folder

[jacc]

Yeah, it could have just gotten hung somewhere.

[Sieberkev]

concurrent.ExecutionException: com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException: Contents of buffer are null

The underlaying API sends too much requests at once at the PoGo server. Restarting can be a solution, but the final solution will arrive when the new API from jabbink gets published for everyone.

[PabliniBis]

{
"latitude" : 19.4392709,
"longitude" : -99.2020797,
"saveLocationOnShutdown" : true,
"credentials" : {
"type" : "ptc",
"username" : "myptcname",
"password" : "mypass"
},
"proxyServer" : "",
"proxyPort" : "-1",
"proxyType" : "SOCKS",
"proxyUsername" : "",
"proxyPassword" : "",
"restApiPassword" : "",
"speed" : 2.8,
"randomSpeedRange" : 0.0,
"followStreets" : [],
"mapzenApiKey" : "",
"googleApiKey" : "",
"groupItemsByType" : false,
"dropItems" : true,
"uselessItems" : {
"ITEM_REVIVE" : 20,
"ITEM_MAX_REVIVE" : 10,
"ITEM_POTION" : 0,
"ITEM_SUPER_POTION" : 30,
"ITEM_HYPER_POTION" : 50,
"ITEM_MAX_POTION" : 50,
"ITEM_POKE_BALL" : 40,
"ITEM_GREAT_BALL" : 50,
"ITEM_ULTRA_BALL" : 50,
"ITEM_MASTER_BALL" : 10,
"ITEM_RAZZ_BERRY" : 40,
"ITEM_LUCKY_EGG" : -1,
"ITEM_INCENSE_ORDINARY" : -1,
"ITEM_TROY_DISK" : -1
},
"profileUpdateTimer" : 60,
"timerWalkToStartPokestop" : -1,
"randomNextPokestopSelection" : 5,
"campLurePokestop" : -1,
"desiredCatchProbability" : 0.4,
"desiredCatchProbabilityUnwanted" : 0.0,
"autotransfer" : true,
"randomBallThrows" : false,
"waitBetweenThrows" : false,
"keepPokemonAmount" : 1,
"maxPokemonAmount" : -1,
"displayKeepalive" : true,
"displayPokestopName" : false,
"displayPokestopRewards" : true,
"displayPokemonCatchRewards" : true,
"displayIfPokemonFromLure" : true,
"lootPokestop" : true,
"catchPokemon" : true,
"autoFillIncubator" : true,
"sortByIv" : false,
"desiredCurveRate" : 0.0,
"neverUseBerries" : true,
"allowLeaveStartArea" : false,
"spawnRadius" : -1,
"banSpinCount" : 0,
"transferCpThreshold" : 400,
"transferCpMinThreshold" : -1,
"transferIvThreshold" : 80,
"ignoredPokemon" : [ "EEVEE", "MEWTWO", "CHARMANDER" ],
"obligatoryTransfer" : [ "DODUO", "RATTATA", "CATERPIE", "PIDGEY" ],
"evolveBeforeTransfer" : [ "CATERPIE", "RATTATA", "WEEDLE", "PIDGEY" ],
"evolveStackLimit" : 100,
"useLuckyEgg" : 1,
"export" : "",
"guiPortSocket" : 8001,
"initialMapSize" : 9,
"waitChance" : 0.0,
"waitTimeMin" : 0,
"waitTimeMax" : 0
}

[PabliniBis]

I have restarted like million times, it always gives same error.
with google acc was working perfectly

[FrancYescO]

have you tried to reconfigure from a blank config file?

[PabliniBis]

yes. i have used it with all default, just my credentials and location

[MrBull]

You can try the following. Delete log, build, and bot-settings folders, then rebuild and rerun. When you get struck again, delete just only the bot-settings folder and rerun it again. This helps me all the time so far. Let me know what you get !

[staurakis]

Have you 'activated' your PTC account by clicking the related email PTC sent you?
I had the exact same issue. It let me play for some hours and then i received the above error. I think it's only an issue of PTC account activation from the email.

[PabliniBis]

i did as you said.
at first, same error but in the fifth attempt, it could login.
but now it says "got 0 pokestops"
then it decreases map size until it goes to 1
left it like that like 30 min
kept saying 0 pokestops

[FrancYescO]

Ip ban or too much Pokémon/pokestop softban
i did as you said.
at first, same error but in the fifth attempt, it could login.
but now it says "got 0 pokestops"
then it decreases map size until it goes to 1
left it like that like 30 min
kept saying 0 pokestops

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[PabliniBis]

how could that be?
the account is relative new

[staurakis]

Have you checked how many pokestops have you harvested and how many pokemons have you catch in 24 hours period?
Have you changed ip to check?

[PabliniBis]

in the last 48 hrs i havent harvested pokestops
and i have tried connectin my laptop to mobile network instead of wifi
all same result

[staurakis]

Ok i understand. What is the current behavior of the official app? Cause i haven't seen any similar type of ban up to now....

[PabliniBis]

official app works perfectly