Just making sure: your app was already opened and already on the “Find out more” page before park open, you just clicked on “My Status” at :00:01, correct?
Thank you so much for the detailed system!
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For me, Clicking “Find out more” even 1 second b4 made it not possible to get a BG without closing the app & starting again. I had to click Find out More right at X:00:00 then “Join Boarding Group” would not be greyed out, allowing me to join. If I went to that screen even 1 second early “Join Boarding Group” was greyed out. I had time.gov open on a split screen on my Android and clicked right @ 00 seconds. With this I got BG 20 and below. It seems what best to do is phone dependent. If I was on Join Boarding group screen b4 00:00 nothing, not clicking “My status” or anything allowed me to get a BG. I tested this 8 times. I decided my phone is so fast that clicking b4 is too soon.
Others of my friends experienced the same thing, not to click “Find Out More” until X:00:00. For some, like @Lobolita it worked being on that screen and clicking “My Status”. That technique was a total fail for me. I either got Backup or no BG when doing that.
I also checked my internet speed. I really don’t know how important it is, but I did get low BG with high internet speed. I went around the park and found good spots in the lands I would start the day at–FL, TL, AL, GE. Disney has been doing RD 5 minutes early, giving guests the chance to move to different lands b4 getting a BG. It will be dependent on carrier. I have Verizon. Download & install a speed tester app and move around the area until you have speed over 80mbps. I usually had over 100.
I’m still amazed people come to Disney and ask “What is Fastpass?” I’ve encountered guests who don’t know what Indiana Jones is, either not aware of the attraction or thinks it’s a show. As a planner I can’t imagine spending the amount of money a Disney trip requires and just showing up without a clue, but people do it all the time. It makes sense people would go and rush to RotR not knowing about BG. These are the same people who ask what FP is. 
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Yes, I was sitting on the “Find Out More” page at park opening, then clicked through one second after. For reference, we have T-Mobile data and relatively new OnePlus phones. I didn’t even attempt to use the park WiFi. Oh, one last thing: I hard stopped my Disneyland app and restarted it at about X:55 each day, just to make sure it was fresh and clear.
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What area with Verizon did you find was the best location for speed?
I also have OnePlus 7T phone.
I speed tested different places throughout DL. I’m on Verizon. Good places FL: between teacups & Matterhorn (nearly 125mbps); TL: in front of Path of Jedi (over 140mbps); Adventureland: entrance to Tarzan treehouse (over 150mbps); front of MFSR (nearly 160 mbps)
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I was online this morning at 9:00am when boarding groups started being issued. They were gone in 45 seconds, but I had several chances to click “My Status” and “Join Boarding Group” before they ran out.
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Day 18 Timeline 2/3/20
Link to OP
Red line is 2/3/20. Yellow is presumed downtime.
Yesterday wasn’t too bad - they got up to BG 126 despite the ride closing for 1.5+ hours in the mid-afternoon.
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I’m sure you’re all waiting with bated breath to find out when/if I’ll be able to return to DLR with my daughters and try to ride RotR again after our disaster on January 26th. LOL
No? Well, I have been obsessing over it! And … I think we will return on April 20 (possibly also the 19th). I feel marginally better with a plan in place. Think we need to do two days to increase our odds plus I really want to ride it more than once.
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Exciting! So glad you can get back sooner than expected. I am planning to go in April as well currently the 11th.
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Day 19 Timeline 2/4/20
Link to OP
Red line is 2/4/20. Yellow is presumed downtime.
Great day yesterday until about 4pm, when they had about 3 hours of downtime. But they did recover and got up to BG 106.
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Day 20 Timeline 2/5/20
Link to OP
Red line is 2/5/20. Yellow is presumed downtime.
Rough afternoon yesterday. They still got up to 94 but must have been frustrating between 2-7pm.
Btw, I will no longer be updating the table in the second post at the top of this thread, but will still do these daily blurbs for the time being. You can get the same data I was recording in the table in Steve Bloom’s thread.
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Thanks for your insight so far on this post. We will be in DL 02/27 to 03/02 trying for RotR everyday!!
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Day 21 Timeline 2/6/20
Link to OP
Red line is 2/6/20. Yellow is presumed downtime.
Another rough afternoon yesterday, though still up to BG 95 by the end of the night. I wonder if any of the downtime around 6-7pm had to do with the fire last night?
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Up to 95 even on a bad day, that sounds promising.
Wait, fire?!
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There was a fire behind the Main Street Fire Department, of all places! Apparently a transformer blew causing a few bamboo trees near the Jungle Cruise to catch fire. The power went out in part of the park for a while. Thankfully there was no damage to buildings or injuries.
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Here’s a story about it with video:
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That is so true. I didn’t like either of those things either. But I like the BG system in general, cuz I don’t have to leave the house until about 6:45am (any earlier than that and I’m probably a danger on the road) 
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Question (apologies if this has been answered elsewhere, but I have a headache this morning and my inner detective is MIA): Tomorrow I’m going to try to get on RotR again, but this time with a friend. How do we link our APs to the app in order to get the same BG? And how do we unlink them after? (I know we both have to be scanned in and inside the park)
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