Thread:ME7/@comment-33048836-20180129183858/@comment-26388545-20180129195220

Hello LenaelTheElf. What you are saying makes me nervous! Simply because I have not tried it. If I were you, I would do a test first. Go into that Endurance race and run a few laps before you go to sleep. Turn off wifi and do whatever else you are planning to do the day of the event. Then see if the race is still there in the morning AND if you can keep on racing.

In my experience, you will need to keep your screen on somehow. Either through settings or an app, I use "keep screen on" for Android. You also need to make sure that no other app can minimize the game. You need to be able to toggle wifi on/off without minimizing the game. Usually you can do that with some pull down panel, so that should be fine. Personally, I would leave wifi on and just plug in the device. Just seems safer to me. It should be fine, but I've never tested that.

Again, I believe in testing first. I knew many people had started early in the past, I never had. However I had tested all my other methods before. I knew my "keep screen on" app worked and that plugging in and unplugging my phone didn't wreck anything. I also knew that leaving the game MIGHT wreck it all, since it did in the past. This meant no texting or anything for me. I also have an great android app that allows me to lock me screen once I pause. In the past my game became unpaused due to bumping in my pocket... race ended early. This "screen-lock" makes it so I have to swipe to unlock, then press the pause button.

In retrospect, I started 8 hours before the event opened! I paused for meals and just to take breaks here and there.

You'll know if it worked once the event starts. If you see the team event message when you pause, your good. If you don't, it won't count and there is most likely no way to fix it at that point. You'll still get your fame of course, but the distance will probably be lost. So this is just my best guess. I worked for me, the way I did it. There's always the chance of a phone glitch or network glitch.

I really hope it works for you, please let me know how it goes!