Prime Tips an Ingress Podcast

Sometimes you want to hack AND see the map on your phone at the same time. We looks at a way to see the scanner and the map on the same screen at the same time. Show Links Prime Tips Webpage - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo Submit a Tip or Make a Request  and we will make sure to make you famous if we use your tip. To su...

EPISODE 102 - well a new year is a great time to find new portals. In this episode we look at hacking unique portals and the pioneer badge. Show Links Prime Tips Webpage - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo Become a Prime Tips Supporter - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsSupport Submit a Tip or Make a Request  - http://bit.ly/PrimeTip...

EPISODE 101 - Overclocking has made it's way to our play area so we look at what Overclock hacking is, what VPS, how to find Overclockable portals and how NOT to do an overclock - because I just suck at glyph hacking and now I also suck at Overclocking as well. Show Links Developer Facing Map - https://storage.googleapis.com/lightship-maps-staging/developer-portal/index.htmlhttps://storage.goo...

EPISODE 100! - Thanks for getting us to triple digits! We have had time to play with Machina and the Reclaimer Medal so we are passing on our tips and tricks for getting ticks on your Reclaimer medal and make some decent AP along the way. Show Links Prime Tips Webpage - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo Become a Prime Tips...

If you have ever had a "hole" in your inventory and need a bunch of just one thing this is the episode for you. We look at how to get a bunch of keys in a short while. The method can be used for other gear as well such as bursters or resonators. Show Links Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo Become a Prime...

Today we jump over the pond to the UK and Pokémon Trainer J to talk about Wayfarer. We briefly look at what it is and how it is used and discuss the good, the bad and what it does not only for Ingress but also Pokémon Go and other Niantic endeavors. Show Links Wayfarer Community (Official Niantic) Wayfarer Discussion Discord Wayfarer Telegram 2023 Wayfarer Ambassador announcement Visit the Prime T...

If you have noticed that cell data in certain areas has gotten so bad that you don't think you can do portals submissions or scans well think again! Some changes to the scanner makes submitting in low cell data areas better than it used to be. Show Links Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo Become a Prime Tips Sup...

Today we look at what might be in the future for Ingress - Overclock - 3D Hacking. We gleaned some info from a talk given by Michael Romero, Engineering Director for Ingress, at the 2023 San Francisco Game Developers Conference. You saw it here first! (Well actually you may have seen it on Youtube first.) Thanks to Ingress Updates and the Ingress Community Forums for the heads up on the info! Show...

Niantic is adding agent operations like Hex Quests as part of anomalies and events. To help agents keep track of their progress on the ops the Agent Ops System has been added to the scanner. We look at the Agent Ops System and how it was used during it's first global event. Show Links Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVi...

There have been a few changes to the scanner - Qcaps are gone, Auto Pickup is here and portal cooldown is more precise - well in one way.  We also look a little more in depth on something relatively new - Machina portals and cluster. Show Links Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo Become a Prime Tips Supporter -...

Happy New Year Agents!  We start 2023 with some new Ingress gear - head tracking, through the back ear buds.  We take a look at the Sony Link Buds and how they not only move your avatar as you turn your head, enhance the scanner sonic landscape and more importantly their "through the back" design allows you to hear the world around you as you get out there and move. Show Links Visit the...

It has been a few weeks and the Machina, Red Faction, is still around.  This episode we look at how to find them and what to do with them once you do find them. Show Links Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo Become a Prime Tips Supporter - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsSupport Submit a Tip or Make a Request  - htt...

The ENL won Epiphany Dawn in LA and may have let something out of a Pandora's box!  The "Red Faction" or Machina are popping up all over the world and agents just are not sure what to do about them?  Kill them before they spread?  Embrace them as a new intelligence?  What are they - how do they work?  What can they do?  We take a look at what we know about the Unknown...

First Saturdays used to have agents meeting face to face for fast paced battles and other social activities.  Then Covid hit and First Saturdays briefly stopped and then morphed into Virtual First Saturdays.  We look at what First Saturdays were, what they are and what they might be again.  We also look at Second Sundays and how they have evolved in the short amount of time they hav...

A new type of kinetic capsule, the rare kinetic capsule recently appeared in the Prime Scanner.  In this episode we look at how it is different from the common kinetic capsule and how you can get the most out of your K Caps! Show Links Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo Become a Prime Tips Supporter - http://bi...

Recent the Prime Scanner updates have enhanced the audio augmented reality through the use of spatial sound. If your wondering what that means then listen to this episode and see how it might make you a more effective agent. Show Links Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo Become a Prime Tips Supporter - http://bit.ly/...

Load out cards have been around for a LONG time but they are not something agents see often.  In this episode we talk about what load out cards are - how you get them and how you use them. Show Links Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo Become a Prime Tips Supporter - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsSupport Submit a Tip o...

NEW - Prime Tips is now available on iHeart Radio! Niantic has added a number of small features to the scanner that you may miss if you don't know they are there.  In this episode we look at uploading portal nominations, native refresh rates, turning off nearby portal indicators and layer inversion for portals in the scanner. In this episode we look at two new things for the Ingress Scanner -...

WELCOME TO SEASON 4! - Prime Tips starts it's 4th year of podcasts! NIA has introduced an anti cheating measure called the Compartmental Access Level or CAL for short.  It should make life tougher for spoofers and if all goes well make YOUR life better!  We look at what CAL is, how it works and our guesses on what it means for the average Ingress agent. Show Links Visit the Prime Tips We...

Listener AlexGT230 requested we do an episode on Ingress Scoring.  That should be easy we thought.  It is something that is pretty simple UNITIL you have to explain it to a new player.  Then you gotta explain this which brings up that and then it only works this way at this time and, oh by the way we have a whole different system of time we use for scoring did we mention that? &nbsp...

Once again we look at scoring and MU and come up empty. We DO prove one estimation method does NOT work and get into S2 cells, population density and the things we know are used to generate the MU score. We STILL can't figure out the secret formula.  Show Links Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo Become a Prime...

In this episode we look at Crossed linking caused by NIASection14 portal resets due to bad actors, spoofing and other things.  We also look at how you can report spoofers and maybe get a portal reset Show Links Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo Become a Prime Tips Supporter - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsSupport Sub...

In this episode we look at two new things for the Ingress Scanner - linking while under a field and dynamic links. Show Links Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo Become a Prime Tips Supporter - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsSupport Submit a Tip or Make a Request  - http://bit.ly/PrimeTip and we will make sure to make y...

This time we look at a new feature of the Ingress scanner - Community Scans Show Links Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsVideo Become a Prime Tips Supporter - http://bit.ly/PrimeTipsSupport Submit a Tip or Make a Request  - http://bit.ly/PrimeTip and we will make sure to make you famous if we use your tip. To subscr...

In this episode we look at a possible solution if you have issues with the Prime scanner like a login issue or problems with ways to pay for CMU in the store.  If you have a problem and getting the run around or nothing seems to work - give this a listen and give the process a try. Show Links Visit the Prime Tips Webpage - https://anchor.fm/prime-tips Prime Tips YouTube Channel - http://bit.l...