Aug 12, 2016 09:56 AM EDT By Sarene Mae Butao, UniversityHerald Reporter

Niantic's augmented reality app, "Pokémon Go", is surely a big hit. Fans, and players are finding many ways in order to make life easier in the game so many people resorted to hacks, cheats, bots, and GPS spoofs which will lead to a penalty or ban if caught. There is one way, however, to retrieve an account that is banned by Niantic.

Presently, "Pokémon Go" tips and cheats are flooding the internet including APIs, GPS spoofs, hacks, and bots. GPS Spoofing leads to minor penalties. Nintendo has built lines of functions into the game that sees players who cheats. There are also penalties that includes being unable to stock on Poke stops, unable to battle gyms, or even making the monsters immune to Poke ball throws. Niantic also bans for a period of time, depending on the intensity of the violation. Some have an hour, while others goes up to five hours, Value Walk reported.

Being banned means a player cannot access the game data on his accounts. However, there are ways to retrieve a player's data or account even when it is permanently banned, according to YIBADA.

One of the ways to cheat a ban is by trying to create a new Google account. When the screen pops up, choose "log in to a different account" and start anew. Upon reaching the point where the settings of the account are accessible, go back into the game and login using your old account. All information and data from your previous account will still be there.

Another way is by going to the browser: Google for Android users and Safari for iOS. Log out all Google accounts. After that, go back into the game and use your original account to log in. There, the player will see that the info is intact. Also, players can try deleting the "Pokémon Go" application first. Then, they would need to log out from their Google account, and download the app again. After the game is reinstalled, they would open the app and login using the original account. All information will be   intact including monsters and items.

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