How to fix “Take a snapshot of Bidoof” not working?: pokemongo [2021]

The Pokemon Go  Bidoof is a special research questline released as part of the Bidoof Breakout event. This event will be able to teach Bidoof a bunch of moves that it can’t normally use. The event offers you a selection of paths and  Completing certain challenges and you willbe receiving different rewards.

unable to take snapshot in Bidoof

But many users are complaining thath the snapshot bidoof quest not working on pokemongo , while Investigate a Mysterious Energy quest line. "Take a snapshot of your buddy" is not working. Due to this many users are not able to progress  or complete their field research 

While in a quest on  a stage  of bidoof quest to take a snapshot of bidoof, the taken snapshots loads and nothing working, saving the snapshot does not work. Even trying to take snapshot on different ways also not working, such as taking a photo of wild Bidoof, or taking a photo of a Bidoof that is my buddy is not working. 

There is no official acknowledgement from the Pokemon team about the issue but we expect this to be a bug in the app. Also the is not new there are many users who have reported this issue in 2020 as well. We hope that the snapshot issue is Bidoof is soon addressed by the developer team for a permanent fix. If you are not able to take a snapshot in bidoof then below we have listed some possible fix/workaround that you should try. 

How to fix Take Snapshot of Bidoof not working: PokemonGoQuestions / Take a snapshot of your buddy - Not Working?: pokemongo

Fix 1  : Go to Pokemon first

If you go on to your Pokémon, then the camera at the side – rather than snapping it before you catch it, that worked for me!

Fix 2 : Take a picture of one in your inventory

This is more like a workaround, Take a picture of one in your inventory, not a pokemon caught in the wild. After this you should be able to Take a snapshot of your buddy.

Fix  3: Try disabling file/storage permissions 

To fix snapshot of Bidoof not working , Try re-enabling camera and storage permissions for Pokemon Go and try taking the Snapshot again as a last resort. If the issue continues then you should try to reinstall the app and check the issue again. Hopefully this will solve the issue. 

Source: Shudtech