OK so I noticed something I haven't before, the app seem to be now affected by the phone's screen sleep timer.

 

I remember in previous versions I can go downstairs and grab a snack and come back with the game still on and my character on AFK. Like when you have a video running on Youtube, the phone won't sleep. Now I just peeked out a window and found the screen off. My sleep timer is 30s.

 

I also found that if I have the battle screen active, when I wake up the phone all the buttons become unresponsive (even the options button). The chat usually stays active for a bit longer, long enough to see the "you are now afk" message pop out though I can't chat.

 

I haven't tried multiple test but when I just parked my character and waited for the phone to sleep then woke it up, it seemed to function normally.

 

Guess I'll just have to change the timer setting whenever I play PRO. This is not as bad in previous versions where I automatically get logged out when I switch to a different app even for just a few seconds.

Any news if they'll allow it to keep phone awake in coming updates?

Honestly, it's better if the game respects the phone's sleep timer. Freeze frames may harm your screen permanently. Besides, if you're not playing, you're wasting server resources. You can log in and out the game in a matter of seconds.

Honestly, it's better if the game respects the phone's sleep timer. Freeze frames may harm your screen permanently. Besides, if you're not playing, you're wasting server resources. You can log in and out the game in a matter of seconds.

It just surprised me the first time it happened. I just stood and reached out for something and when I woke my phone, character is frozen.

 

It's just me though but only coz the GUI became unresponsive. I'm not even actually AFK yet and I can see the players still running around and the chat continuing as usual.

Have you tried pressing the home button and then reopening the app via multitask? It has worked for me so far

Unfortunately removing the app from multitask and restarting seem to be the only way to make it work for me. If the the app is open when the screen sleeps, the app will malfunction.

 

So now I just park my avatar, log-out, shut down the app, and do my thing. Have to finish encounters first or lose them tho.