I've gone from level 11 to 25 in about 36 hours. Not flagged. Used 2 different bots.
That said, I've taken precautions and used the bots 'safely' in my opinion. I played Ingress before Pokemon GO. Used some spoofing here and there to get some items for the game. Here are the tips I would suggest...
1) Don't snipe. Even if they don't have 'bot detection' in place they can definitely see when you jump from Los Angeles to Toyoko and back. The times I've left my local area I've accounted for reasonable travel time. I live in the midwest but will regularly bot in Central Park, NYC. Day trips as I like to think. That means I kill the app on my phone at 9/10pm local time and I don't use the bot for 9-12 hours. Then I use the bot for a day or two in that geographical location and give it another 9-12 hours before popping back up in my neighborhood. Yeah, sniping is fun... it's cool... you get rare pokemon, but is it worth getting flagged?
2) Change the default settings... enable breaks, etc. Developers can view these websites and use these apps too you know. By using defaults you're giving the devs an insight to the bot mechanics and helping yourself stand out.
3) If your bot utilizes GPX then try to use it. It makes your pathing look more human. There isn't a single superman, let alone thousands, yet we all appear to be leaping over buildings, highways, and rivers without GPX.
Anyway, I'm no expert, but these are the practices I've followed and so far, if Poke Advisor is a real detection flag, then I'm still clear.
That said, I've taken precautions and used the bots 'safely' in my opinion. I played Ingress before Pokemon GO. Used some spoofing here and there to get some items for the game. Here are the tips I would suggest...
1) Don't snipe. Even if they don't have 'bot detection' in place they can definitely see when you jump from Los Angeles to Toyoko and back. The times I've left my local area I've accounted for reasonable travel time. I live in the midwest but will regularly bot in Central Park, NYC. Day trips as I like to think. That means I kill the app on my phone at 9/10pm local time and I don't use the bot for 9-12 hours. Then I use the bot for a day or two in that geographical location and give it another 9-12 hours before popping back up in my neighborhood. Yeah, sniping is fun... it's cool... you get rare pokemon, but is it worth getting flagged?
2) Change the default settings... enable breaks, etc. Developers can view these websites and use these apps too you know. By using defaults you're giving the devs an insight to the bot mechanics and helping yourself stand out.
3) If your bot utilizes GPX then try to use it. It makes your pathing look more human. There isn't a single superman, let alone thousands, yet we all appear to be leaping over buildings, highways, and rivers without GPX.
Anyway, I'm no expert, but these are the practices I've followed and so far, if Poke Advisor is a real detection flag, then I'm still clear.