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Anonymous
11 years ago
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Madden mobile freezes

Playing madden mobile on iPad mini and it freezes at auctions while I am on my home wifi. I am using a NetGear dual band router. I cannot for the life of me figure this out. I have seen other people complaining that the game freezes on auction on theirs as well. Why hasn't the issue been addressed. I cannot find any soulution online. I also have the game on my droid razr max and that works on my two office wifi networks and my LTE network. Any help would be appreciated. Btw I rebooted the router, deleted and reinstalled the app and rebooted the devices NOTHING WORKS!!!!!!!
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    Thanks for the info Barry. This morning I tried the game on my son's ipad mini and it started to freeze on the live auctions. Then when I restarted the game a dialog box opened at the title screen and said "content download in progress" I hit ok restarted and the game has worked fine since. I do not know if the content contained bug fixes, but it has worked flawlessly the whole day.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    Same exact thing for me. I called EA and they just told me to update to the latest operating system. For me it also freezes when I try to complete a set or when I try to sell someone.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    I have the latest ios on my son's ipad. The odd thing is the game works on networks outside my home. I have it on my droid razr maxx and it crashes at home on the auction, but I switch to 4g it works fine. My son goes to his friends house with his ipad it works there. I go to work with my phone and it works on my office network. It has to be an issue with the router at my home. I am using a netgear n600 dual band. what type of router are you using? Also if your device is LTE capable switch to that if you can afford the data hit and it will work. I am not sure if it is a firewall issue (doubt it) or a router issue. Good luck.

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    EA_Barry
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    11 years ago

    If you are only having an issue on your home network you should see if opening EA server related ports has an effect:

    Maybe the most important and overlooked piece of a quality-connection is your Network Address Translation Type.

    • Your NAT Type is either Open, Moderate, or Strict, and controls what other Nat Types you can connect to.
      • An Open NAT Type means you can pretty much connect to anyone but is the least common of the three to have.  
      • Moderate NAT Type, the most common of the three, means you can only connect to others who are Open or also Moderate.
      • Strict NAT Type means you will only be able to connect to others who are Open.
        • As you can probably figure out, if you have a Strict NAT Type, you're probably going to have a bad time, at least when trying to play games online with your friends.  
    • To top it all off, sometimes it's pretty hard for your games to figure out your type and will connect you incorrectly, sometimes your ISP has a separate NAT Type, and sometimes our servers or your connection might just be down.


    There are a few steps to take that may improve your NAT Type.

    1. First, make sure you have the following ports open:
      • TCP: 80; 3074; 53
      • UDP: 88; 3074; 53
    2. Next, if you're actively experiencing problems check out the tried-and-true connection issue fix of unplugging your router or modem from its power source for about ten minutes, then plugging it back in.
      • After it boots back up and is operational, players generally notice a solid difference in the capability of their connection.
    3. If you keep getting kicked out, can't connect, or find errors, run down the following quick-fixes:


    If you're having issues on a peer-to-peer connection:
    Some EA games, like much of the FIFA series, use a peer-to-peer connection, or a connection shared between you and one or more other players--rather than say, on a hosted-server like with most Battlefield titles--for online gameplay and matchmaking.

    We've noticed that players with their routers set to use Internet Protocol version 6, or IPv6, for their connections tend to have compatibility issues with players using the more common IPv4.

    • For instance, if one player is on an already-poor IPv6 connection then all players are usually disconnected.

    PC players can change their system's Internet Protocol version by:

    1. Opening the Control Panel then searching for adapter.
    2. In your search results under Network and Sharing Center, click View network Connections.
    3. Right-click your active network connection and select Properties.
      • In Properties you should see check boxes for both Internet Protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and Internet Protocol version 6 (TCP/IPv6).
        • If you've been having frequent connectivity problems and IPv6 is checked, uncheck it.
        • If you've been having frequent connectivity problems and IPv4 isn't checked, check it.
    • You can find out more on IPv6 from Windows Support's IPv6 FAQ, as well as a number of other helpful IPv6 walkthroughs.
    • If you continue to have connectivity issues, contact your router manufacturer or internet service provider for more connectivity help.
      • If you experience new connectivity issues following the disabling of IPv6 on your PC, re-enable it to get rid of your new issues.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    Thanks for the info Barry. This morning I tried the game on my son's ipad mini and it started to freeze on the live auctions. Then when I restarted the game a dialog box opened at the title screen and said "content download in progress" I hit ok restarted and the game has worked fine since. I do not know if the content contained bug fixes, but it has worked flawlessly the whole day.

  • EA_Barry's avatar
    EA_Barry
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    11 years ago

    Thanks for coming back to let us know your outcome has been positive. +XP

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    I had this problem for months. What I did (and it has worked fine ever since) was close all apps, delete Madden, restart your device, and then immediately without opening any other apps but the app store, re-download the app.

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