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Re: [Open][Workaround] Unable to accept or decline friend request

@SimGuruMaaike 

I got my friend request to go away, but I don’t know how other players would be able to do it because I control both accounts. Other players may not be able to contact the other person with the stuck friend invitation. 

This is how my glitch occurred. 

  • From my alt account (Mini Mal) I sent a friend invitation to my main account (Mal).
  • I didn’t see Mini Mal’s friend request immediately appear in Mal’s messages, so I sent a friend invitation in the reverse direction. I sent a request to Mini Mal from Mal. 
  • I accepted the friend invitation that appeared in Mini Mal’s messages, and Mal appeared in the contact list. Mini Mal also appeared on Mal’s contact list.
  • The friend invitation that Mal sent to Mini Mal was also stuck in the messages tab, neither allowing me to accept or deny the request, despite already being friends/contacts. 

(I wonder if this glitch occurs for other people when two players send friend invitations to each other at the same time). 

This is how I fixed it.

  • I removed Mal from Mini Mal’s contacts so they were no longer friends. When I did this, the friend request was still stuck in the messages, neither allowing me to accept/deny Mal’s initial request. 
  • The contact was effectively removed from the contact list on both accounts. 
  • I sent another friend request (essentially starting over again) from Mal to Mini Mal, and I closed both games for about a minute  or two to ensure the invitation went through. 
  • I half-expected to see another friend request appear in the messages for Mini Mal, but never saw one. It didn’t look like anything had changed. However, when I tried accepting the friend invitation button this time, the message went away, and Mal was effectively added to Mini Mal’s contacts once again. 

If anyone is experiencing this glitch and has the means to contact the other player outside the game, then I suggest the following.

  1. Send the other player a message to ask if you appear in their contact list, and have one or both of you remove each other from the contacts if you do. 
  2. Ask the other player to send a new friend invitation to your account. After this has been done, then hopefully you can either accept or deny the invitation and the message should go away for good.

6 Replies

  • simmerdownMAL's avatar
    simmerdownMAL
    6 years ago

    I am circling back to this because I experienced the bug again on the same account, and fixed it again. 

    A player sent me a friend request yesterday to attend my party. I did not send her a friend request though. 

    Today I noticed her request come in and was not able to accept or decline it. I contacted her on Discord to ask her if my account appeared on her contact list, and it did not. I asked her to send another friend request to my account. After she had notified me that she sent a request, I accepted the request, and it was a success. The request disappeared from my messages, and she was added to my contacts.

  • kthrinxx's avatar
    kthrinxx
    6 years ago

    Product: The Sims Mobile
    Platform:Apple iPhone
    List the specific devices you play with (e.g. iPhone 6s Plus, Samsung Galaxy S7) iPhone 6s Plus
    OS Version iOS 12.3.1
    Player ID: (Find your Player ID in Sims Mobile: https://help.ea.com/help/the-sims/the-sims-mobile/find-your-player-id-in-the-sims-mobile ) 1004124646485
    How often does the bug occur? Rarely (0% - 9%)
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? There’s a friend request that I can neither accept nor decline in my mailbox.
    What do you expect to see? Please help to remove the bug friend request as soon as possible. It stuck in mailbox for quite a long time already.
    Connection Type Wifi
    Please select your region Asia
    Country Singapore
    Additional feedback

    Friend request stuck in mailbox.

  • doodle_lass's avatar
    doodle_lass
    6 years ago

    I have this problem too. It's the third time this month.

    This afternoon I got another friend request and can reject it normally, while the older one still stuck in my notification tab. I rejected the newer request when the party is still running, while the older one after the party is over. I don't know if it's related or not, I will keep trying any possibilities to find the cause. 

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