Madden 24 EA App stuck on "Preparing"
I can't pre-download madden 24 in EA App, it tells me there is an error and to try again in a few minutes but it still doesn't work
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EA_Shepard
Community Manager
Community ManagerHey Everyone.
Wanted to follow up on those who are not able to download the game due to the game being stuck in a "preparing" state. If you are still having an issue with the download itself being in this stuck state, please provide the following info below.
Game Purchases
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Log into profile.ea.com to make sure there are no pending transactions.
Under Order History, check and see if there are any canceled, pending, or processing transaction IDs
Under Order History, check and see if there are any canceled, pending, or processing transaction IDs
EA Play Subscription
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If you are trying to download the trial on PC, or console, Please make sure that you have an active EA Play subscription linked to the console/PC and that your EA account is properly linked to the correct console account.
If you are having a separate issue with the game, I.E. Not launching, missing content, etc, please check the main threads Here and post your info on one of the threads you see.
- EA App/Steam/Epic:
- EA ID/Steam user ID:
- Attach the EA App Error Report ID Here
- The EA app logs can be found in C:\ProgramData\EA Desktop\Logs & C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Electronic Arts\EA Desktop\Logs
- Windows OS:
- Windows OS version:
- GPU model and driver version:
- Region:
- Are you using an internal or external drive?
- Are you using an HDD or SSD?
- Date this issue started (is it still happening?)
- Any other errors?
- If possible, share a Screenshot or Clip:
- Attach a DxDiag
- EA App/Steam/Epic: Lonewolff55
- EA ID/Steam user ID:Lonewolff55
- Attach the EA App Error Report ID: 42cccd40-fb1a-4757-85fb-4fb5ea6472e8
- The EA app logs can be found in C:\ProgramData\EA Desktop\Logs & C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Electronic Arts\EA Desktop\Logs: this does not exist in any pathway
- Windows OS: windows 10
- Windows OS version:
- GPU model and driver version: RTX 3080, current
- Region: NA
- Are you using an internal or external drive? internal
- Are you using an HDD or SSD? SSD
- Date this issue started (is it still happening?) Augh 14th 5:00pm, yes it's been going on for over 24 hours
- Any other errors? No
- If possible, share a Screenshot or Clip:
- Attach a
- EA_Shepard
@Lonewolff55 Appreciate it. Can you pause the download, go into the settings, change the download speed to match 20MBs and then run the app recovery? I want to see if it kicks the download into action.
It's still stuck on preparing even after those steps.
- EA_Shepard
@Lonewolff55 We have escalated it up to the team as there are a few other threads with players running into the same thing so they are taking a look.
this sucks because I took time off work to try this game out to see iif it improved from 23 because I had a lot of issues with everyone else. I haven't even bought the full game just the ea play to try and it's already costed me more than I can get back in terms of monetary loss. 2 days of pay out the window for something with all the hype and yet still all the issues :/
I have an issue where my download won't go past preparing. I have followed the steps you listed, and they don't work. Please help
- EA App: f7890b6b76bddb07
- EA ID/Steam user ID: f7890b6b76bddb07 - Soulfulwarrior
- Attach the EA App Error Report ID: App has a problem with my download. Please give us a few minutes and try again.
- Windows OS: Windows 11 Pro
- Windows OS version: 22H2
- GPU model and driver version: AMD Radeon RX6750 XT, 31.0.14057.5006
- Region: USA
- Are you using an internal or external drive? internal
- Are you using an HDD or SSD? SSD
- Date this issue started (is it still happening?) Augh 14th
- Any other errors? No
- If possible, share a Screenshot or Clip:
- EA_Shepard
@f7890b6b76bddb07 Appreciate it! I forwarded it over to the team.
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