Cheating in the Safari Zone

I’m having great difficulties in getting Pokemon that are only found in the Safari Zone. I have never gotten the online stuff to work, so Friend Safari is probably out of the question, using Rocks have only ever caused the Pokemon to run away instantly, and the rotating in place thing doesn’t seem to work in Insurgence. Is there anyway to get into the Safari Zone so it functions like a regular area in the game? Have the online kinks been worked out? Is there any way to make the Safari Balls better?