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Memory Leak & Error 17 on Tab S9 FE (8GB RAM) after Region Switch & Using HQ
Hi Everyone, I’ve been monitoring the performance on my Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE (8GB RAM) since the Services 2.0 update. I’ve noticed a significant Memory Leak that seems to be triggered by switching maps and visiting the Global HQ. My Observations: Baseline: After a fresh restart, the system shows 4.5 GB of free RAM. Startup: Opening SimCity drops free RAM to 2.7 GB (Game uses ~1.8 GB). Activity: After visiting Regions or the Global HQ, the free RAM fluctuates heavily and drops down to 2.1 GB or even 1.7 GB in peak moments.' The Issue: The game does not seem to release memory after switching back from Regions or visiting the Global HQ. When the free RAM hits the 1.7 GB - 2.1 GB range, the system becomes unstable. Sometimes items in the Global HQ stop loading (empty boxes), and this often leads to Error 17 (Connection lost), likely because the system is struggling to manage the memory and the data sync at the same time. Steps taken: Cleared App Cache for SimCity Simcity set to "Excluded " Disabled RAM Plus (to use only physical RAM). Restarted the device multiple times. Is anyone else experiencing these RAM drops and subsequent connection errors specifically after visiting Regions or intensive HQ surfing?" "Baseline: Fresh Restart " "Game Open: Capital City " "After Regions & Global HQ (Memory Leak)"
Impossible Road/Railroad Connection.
Specifically at Tunnel Connection Tiles, I am unable to intersect a "Two-way road" over a "[Closed] Railroad Connection Tile". However, if I place a "Two-way road", FIRST, over an "[Open] Tunnel Railroad Connection Tile", then I can intersect a "Railroad Track" over the "Two-way road" (this being intersecting on the "Railroad Connection Tile" itself). My recommended solutions for the developers: (1) Allow the bulldoze tool to remove Road/Railroad tiles on all CONNECTION TILES. -or- (2) Allow "Roads" to intersect ALL "[Closed] Railroad Connection Tiles" with the road/railroad merge command. Additionally, a "Railroad Track" CAN intersect a "[Closed] ROAD Connection Tile". I request the same be made true vice versa. Building order matters in this example, when it shouldn't, in order to allow full flexibility in City Layout Design.War has changed??
First they take away half our war store and put in half cash, pressuring to buy more of their cash…. Then they add an easy “pay to win” feature by filling your energy with cash, more pressure to buy last second…. Now the rewards for each war arena are changed to lower value rewards and doesn't pertain to war at all…..winning a war should give you rewards for future wars. You took away shop speedups that help with future wars and general city up keep, and instead put plat keys?? Like how does that help with wars at all?? Give us our normal war shop back, just add the 2 cash options like you have before so 6 items total. Take away the pay to win energy fill feature thats just annoying….cash buying is already shoved in our faces everywhere else. Go back to the previous rewards, I really don't get that change like how are plat keys as valuable as shop speed up??I can't find SimCity BuildIt on CH Play even it available before
I had been playing this game for a while when it suddenly disappeared from the Play Store. When I searched for it, the Play Store said that it’s currently unavailable for me. However, since I had already downloaded it before, I can still play normally—but I can’t purchase the season pass because, as mentioned, it’s not available on the Play Store anymore. Does anyone know what’s going on? I contacted the Play Store, and they told me to reach out to the service provider. Could it be that my region (Vietnam) has been restricted?Remove this latest update
This latest update to SimCity BuildIt completely misses the mark and honestly drains the fun out of what used to be a relaxing, creative game. Instead of expanding on what made the game enjoyable—city design, individuality, and strategic growth—it forces players into constant micromanagement of services like fire departments, police stations, hospitals, and utilities. That’s not engaging gameplay—it’s a chore. Now I’m stuck repeatedly maintaining and renovating buildings I’ve already completed, with little to no visible improvement or meaningful change to my city. It feels redundant and unrewarding. On top of that, this system burns through simoleons and SimCash at an exhausting rate, pushing players to spend more resources just to keep things running rather than actually progressing or building something new. The worst part is how much time this demands. Instead of enjoying the creative aspects of the game, I’m spending the majority of my playtime putting out fires—literally and figuratively—just to maintain a baseline. That’s not why people play this game. This shift toward constant upkeep is inefficient, frustrating, and ultimately unsustainable for long-term players. If this direction continues, it’s going to drive players away. The core appeal of SimCity BuildIt has always been creativity, personalization, and the satisfaction of building something unique. This update undermines all of that. I strongly suggest removing or reworking the renovation and maintenance system. Instead, focus on what players actually want: new building upgrades, diverse architectural styles, seasonal themes, and holiday content that brings life and variety to our cities. Bring back the emphasis on individuality, commerce, and innovation—the elements that made the game stand out in the first place. Right now, it feels like the game is moving backward instead of forward. This isn’t the direction a beloved and popular game should be heading.Bug
Hello, I'm playing SimCity BuildIt on iOS. I accidentally deleted the pre-built native railway bridge tracks in the Green Valley map. Now this area cannot be rebuilt manually, and the game crashes when approaching this location. I do NOT want to delete any progress of my current city save. I kindly request the technical team to restore the original state of this railway bridge via backend operations to fix this map bug. Thank you for your help!Bug
Hi, since yesterday i cant acces my capital, the other 2 regions work perfectly normal, the game is perfectly normal actually until i tap on my capital, it shows its loading and when its almost done it crashes kicking me out. Iits super frustrating i tried rebooting, reinstalling but nothing worked... Any idea what to do?Bug: Green Valley Railroad Bridge Crash on ipad
Hi everyone, I'm playing SimCity BuildIt on iPad (level 79, population ~5.9M). I have a bug on the Green Valley map: - The silver railroad bridge's track was accidentally deleted, and I can't reconnect it. - Every time I try to lay track across the bridge, the game crashes immediately. - I've tried laying small segments, but it still crashes. - In-game support is stuck loading, so I can't submit a ticket there. Has anyone else had this issue? Any workaround or fix? Thanks!Season points cap!
The services 2.0 is one thing, it sucks to have to come up with that many coins but at least they’re not asking for cash or keys. But the things that really **bleep** me off are the season points cap, vu pass and the stability issues. The points thing is ridiculous, now that they’ve shortened the seasons and jammed them together there is no time between to work on infrastructure like services. If I want to try to finish the season as soon as possible to give myself time off I should be able to, what does it matter to them,. I’ll still pay either way for the mayors pass but if I’m crunched for time I might not pay for the plus which is less of what they want, our money. Now I’m sitting around doing minimum com to not get demoted while the points booster I bought near the end of last season slowly times out, how is it that something I paid for is being wasted!! Second the vu pass, everyone who does war hates the fact that we now get less rewards and also have to pay considerably more for disaster cards, it’s like they are trying to make the game less fun!? And lastly the stability issues, since the new updates I’m getting lagging and crashing a lot more on all 3 of my accounts, you’d think they’d be more concerned with their game being playable than they are about some new aspect that nobody wants. EA you need to listen to the people that are paying you or else you’re going to loose them, which means no money for you. This game was great a year ago, now it’s worse, worried about what’s next, might just be the last straw
Destroyed
It is a bit sad that after more than 10 years a company would decide to destroy one of their most popular games. The game constantly crashes on my Android device. I use android because SCBI is not compatible with ios devices. Well it doesn't work on Android either so there are no other options. The game is destroyed and the people who run the company obviously do not care. This will go down in history as one of the most abusive ways to end a game.So called upgrade
My established cities were completely covered by services. After the services so called upgrade and after I upgraded everything, I need to add more services everywhere. I have NO room to add all those services. I have to loose parks, education, entertainment, landmarks and more to make room for all those services. I’ve had these cities for years and spent plenty of money on my favorite hobby but now I’m forced to degrade them all just to satisfy this so called upgrade. You managed to take the fun out of having these cities. I won’t ever spend another cent on a game that isn’t fun.
Time to leave
Dear mayors, since the last update i have now delete my so precious city. I started playing simcity 2000 early 90’s simcity 3000, simcity 4, and more and been a real MAXIS franchise lover, Simcity 5 been a real fiasco, so i left for SCBI SCBI been the first simcity mobile game, what a wonderful idea !! after many not expected updates and high agressive cash machine politics ( see at the beggining of the game, and now the ammount of 💸 pop up) i am very disapointed to delete my city but i think it will be better now. I bet SCBI will end SIMCITY franchise i’m done, about 12 years later. here’s pictures of what i leftGame crashing when trying to update services or fix roads 😫
Wondering if anyone else is having this issue? I’ve updated my iPad to the latest version and still have plenty of storage space. Tried restarting too but nothing seems to work. Everything else runs fine except fixing roads and services in main city. Send help bc they’re all mad at me and leaving 😭Is there a way to link another city to EA account?
Hi, I'm looking for the answer and found the statement only for social network accounts like Facebook, Apple ID, Game Center, Google Play, that connection a city to accounts are permanent. However, nothing about the EA account itself. So, is there possible to replace linked city with another one? Someone mentioned he asked EA admins for that, and like there might be a way do it from the web access to EA account. Please advise. Regards, Oleksandr.
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