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Re: "UNABLE TO RESTORE and RESTORING PURCHASES " Details

In my case, I can use the following method to temporarily bypass the pop-up window. See if this can help you. I'm using Android phone.

1. Force close the game. Clear the cache of the game. Shut down any internet connection, include WiFi and data.

2. Enter the game, and then the shop / Adventure levels while keeping the internet disconnected.

3. After entered the shop / Adventure levels, a "Unable to complete purchase" window will popup, you can just click the button to close it.

4. Now you can turn on the internet connection, and then buy items / play Adventure levels as normal.

5. But once you leave the shop / Adventure levels, and you want to enter the shop / Adventure levels the second time, then the ever lasting "Restoring Purchases!" message will show up. You can do nothing and can only choose to force close the game.

Hece every time you want to enter the shop / Adventure levels, you have to repeat all of the above procedures one more time.

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  • Dome117's avatar
    Dome117
    2 years ago

    @kingfai78 wrote:

    In my case, I can use the following method to temporarily bypass the pop-up window. See if this can help you. I'm using Android phone.

    1. Force close the game. Clear the cache of the game. Shut down any internet connection, include WiFi and data.

    2. Enter the game, and then the shop / Adventure levels while keeping the internet disconnected.

    3. After entered the shop / Adventure levels, a "Unable to complete purchase" window will popup, you can just click the button to close it.

    4. Now you can turn on the internet connection, and then buy items / play Adventure levels as normal.

    5. But once you leave the shop / Adventure levels, and you want to enter the shop / Adventure levels the second time, then the ever lasting "Restoring Purchases!" message will show up. You can do nothing and can only choose to force close the game.

    Hece every time you want to enter the shop / Adventure levels, you have to repeat all of the above procedures one more time.


    Thanks I'll try this. 

    Anyway it's crazy that Pop Cap is not able to fix this annoying issue and it's getting worst instead.

    No one should have to do all these procedure to just play their game

  • Dome117's avatar
    Dome117
    2 years ago
    @kingfai78 Thanks, Indeed this worked but of course once I come back online I cannot unlock pinata on adventure.
    @EA_Cath can you ask to fix this mess? Even if the failed to Restore message was still present it was largely better before this update...
  • Darn guess this was a 1 day fix, the method was working yesterday but today all of the tabs in the store remain empty for me and if I leave / re enter store I get stuck on restoring purchases.

    Hopefully EA will fix it soon. 

  • kingfai78's avatar
    kingfai78
    New Traveler
    1 year ago

    @FireMarshalBill wrote:

    Darn guess this was a 1 day fix, the method was working yesterday but today all of the tabs in the store remain empty for me and if I leave / re enter store I get stuck on restoring purchases.

    Hopefully EA will fix it soon. 


    The method still works today in my phone. Please be reminded that for the case of entering the shop, after the step of re-connectinng to the Internet, the items in the shop will not show up immediately, the tabs will remain empty. You have to wait around 1-3 minutes to let it becomes normal. You can test if the items in the shop have came back by tapping the top left corner "EARN" button to see if there are ads available or not. If the ads can be played, then it's normal again. You can just switch to another tab in shop, and you will see the items as normal.

  • EA_Cath's avatar
    EA_Cath
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    1 year ago
    Hey everyone, this issue is still being investigated. Apologies for the inconvenience in the meantime.
  • fwiw, I have this problem on my Samsung, but I don't if I play on my Windows laptop using eMu emulator.

    Problem is, then I have to use the mouse which is not as easy or fast as using two fingers.

  • cokewithvanilla's avatar
    cokewithvanilla
    1 year ago
    @ab5486195b9ae3f7 Playing on a 32" monitor with mouse is glorious I can't even play on my phone anymore due to being spoiled, it controls great with the mouse and runs at a solid 60fps (after enabling 60fps in Pvz2 settings).

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