Pokemon GO, after two weeks of the release date, the app is not in it’s best standing. Having been better standing on release, the active MILLIONS of players are furious of the creator’s (niantics) taking steps backwards since the app’s release.
And given the app’s issue’s impact, Niantics, after many days of these issues, sends an update to it’s players for “Minor text fixes”..
Niantics, being aware of the server crashes, has still not (outwardly) taken any notice of the “3-Foot-Step” bug, that has been ruining the game for many players.
Minor Text Fixes
Step Counter removal
External References
[1]The Telegraph – "Let Me Love You – Charts":Pokemon Go fans devastated after game update resets their progress back to level one
[2]Independent – Pokemon Go update: Players vent their anger as step counter is removed
[3]Forbes.com – “‘Pokémon GO’ Cuts Off Access To Pokévision And Other Creature-Finding Apps”http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2016/07/31/pokemon-go-cuts-off-access-to-pokevision-and-other-creature-finding-apps/#2aada5893dba
[4]Ipolygon.com – Pokémon Go fans rage as tracking site shuts down, footsteps glitch ‘fixed’
[5]Kotaku – Pokémon Go Players Requesting Refunds Over Lack Of Tracking
[6]Heavy.com – Pokemon Go Footsteps Gone: What Happened to the Nearby Tracker?’