This is not only happening with SimCity Buildit.
This is an ongoing issue with GPU heavy (3D rendering) and memory intensive games since iOS 18. I am not saying the implementation of "Game Mode" is the cause, but the time line adds up.
I am drawn to believe EA when they have told players that they could not replicate the issue.
It is a general iOS and an A-Series specific problem.
As a result, I believe devices manufactured before iOS 18 in 2024 will continue to have performance issues. See my post titled, "iPhone/iPad" for more detailed information why I believe that.
I have been going through these forums quite a bit and you seem to have the best handle on the issues with SimCity Buildit…i’m sorry to bother you and I’m sorry for all that I’m about to type…but I am hoping that you can provide maybe some more insight or help to me…. Maybe you can… Maybe you can’t….
My problem: I can’t get back to my capital city as of about three weeks ago…it appears that the status bar showing the return back to the Capital City is normal but then the game freezes and then crashes…when I restart the game… I start in the satellite city from which I just was in prior to trying to return to the capital city…
Obviously, this makes participation in war as well as the contest of mayors and almost everything else just about impossible…
In game help is useless and they don’t read what I previously wrote… and they keep asking me the same questions over and over again…
I have always only downloaded the game from the official App Store and do not use any emulator
and I’ve never used any cheat software
I have a Apple IPad Pro 13-inch M4
Model… MVX23LL/A
iOS 26.4 beta…I initially was running iOS 26.3…but was hoping to fix the problem by feeding the iPad iOS… In addition to updating the game from the App Store
I first tried making sure I was signed into either my Apple ID and/or my EA account to save my progress before erasing the game from my iPad and then reloading it from the App Store. That did not work…same problem… Game freezes, and then crashes…
I have tried using my account to sign in and play the game on my iPhone 17 Pro Max, iOS 26.3.1…that didn’t work either… Same problem.
I then tried another iPad Pro 13-inch…and even created a brand new Apple ID and signed in using only my EA account login info…I wasn’t sure if there it was possible to have a corruption to the files of my Apple ID
I even purchased a brand new Android tablet …nothing super fancy but I loaded the game from the Google play store, then signed in with my EA account…SAME PROBLEM… the game freezes then crashes!!!
On the iPad, I think I’ve even tried all of your suggestions about shutting off the liquid glass and other memory intensive functions… I even tried erasing and reloading the game from my iPad from the iPad storage in settings… as you’ve suggested
I was wondering if you had any thoughts at this point. The fact that it occurred even on the android tablet is the most confusing… because it seems like there’s a problem with my actual account and not the device….
The only thing I have not done is saving my progress using Facebook and then trying to login on a different device using my Facebook account…
Any thoughts? Help
sincerely,
D
Yours is a significantly different issue altogether.
You are right that maybe I can/'t help. But, in the very least based on our communication, you might get some closure/understanding. I have my suspicions based on your input. However, I will need more information.
I am taking notes so I can clarify everything tried and understand completely what you are dealing with. If we have to, we will eventually move to DM.
Before I continue, how many regions do you have available to bounce to?
Also, before jumping right to account corruption, can you look at your inventories or recall if you have any buildings/decorations with extra graphic effects (Christmas tree that makes the city snow, perhaps, the Chicago building that makes it smoky, is your city a polluted or green, etc)?
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