Can't scan portal?
in General
I tried scanning a portal, and I couldn't do it. There simply was no option to scan the portal. Has anybody else experienced this? I'd really appreciate any info, thank you for your time :)
Tagged:
0
I tried scanning a portal, and I couldn't do it. There simply was no option to scan the portal. Has anybody else experienced this? I'd really appreciate any info, thank you for your time :)
Comments
Which level are you? You need to be reach level 8 to scan portals.
https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/21862/button-for-scan-missing-with-updating-of-ingress/p1
Hey, saarstahl I am level 8, I have scanned many portals before. Thanks for the link kash :)
I don't know why other players still do free labor by scanning portals.
I don't know why other players still think they need to comment on other players doing "free labor" by scanning portals.
It may be possible that your phone is not supported. Can you see and check if your phone is listed here? If not, your phone doesn't support ARCore and as Ingress requires it for scanning, you won't be able to scan.
If your phone is on that list, check again if you can scan now, there was a bug that prevented a ton of phones from scanning. It might have fixed it for you too.
I don't know why people post their opinion when it wasn't asked here at all. It was a support post and added nothing to this thread.
I still can't scan portals either and my device, Samsung A33 5G. Is on that list.
This has been happening since the 2nd last update. is there a fix coming?
InvestigateXM, my phone is on that list, but when I go to settings, I still don't have the option to enable portal scanning.
The Niantic Wayfarer app is a back-up method to scan. You just don’t get credit for your Scout medal.
Obviously you’ve never done Overclock. Once you try it, you’ll become addicted to scanning them!
@Ragnar101 , no thanks, I have other things to do than free labor.
I have scanned dozens of portals already, but now it is not possible. Niantic has screwed things up somehow.
All of Ingress is free labor, it's what the game was invented for. Fortunately, it's fun as well!
The people you replied to doesn't know what fun is
Idk what "fun" means to other people, but one has to be a **** to weather the elements and put up with being stalked by other agents while scanning portals for free so Niantic can sell the data for marketing.
You're not a normal person though, imagine fun involving something that's not for you.
I could do the lazy "If you're not paying for the product, you are the product." but this game is almost 11 years old. Their data goes to their Lightship platform. If you haven't been deaf or blind, you are almost somewhere aware of it. It's all opt in. You can choose to scan or not.
You're trying to justify it with your broken record boiler template posts regardless of the topic. Come up with a new act, it doesn't sound fun at all.
I'll stop here before further straying away from the original topic because you really want to be the main character here.