Handshakes now arriving in instalments.

montmorencyj wrote:

richardaca969 wrote:
Ive been having plenty of handshakes, it's never really been a problem for me.

That's interesting, richardaca969. I wonder what it is about your set-up and/or your particular play style that might make the difference. And the same question goes to anyone else who says that handshakes are working perfectly.

May I ask what your device is, what software version? Also, how do you typically play, eg. Do you always close the app, log out after each session, how many neighbours, anything that you think that might help a successful and timely sync with the servers, and anything about your town design that might reduce conflicts? And who's your ISP? EA appear uninterested in this issue (or maybe they are looking at it but who knows given their lack of communication; I've contacted them twice and they say it's not a known problem), so it seems up to us to try to figure it out. Maybe you can help us work it out.

I can absolutely say that for me and my OH, neighbour games don't sync in real time. Sit next to a real-life friend and tap through each other's towns. You'll see there is quite a time delay between taps and results from both sides. It seems it only needs someone else to be in your town within about 5 minutes of you and/or another friend to fubar things.

Im android, its a samsung galaxy, not the big one. I do tend to quit the game, but not log out. I have JUST RECENTLY started getting notifications of neighbour visits, something I never had before last month.

I do still get the retry screen when I start though.

the only thing I can think of is that im in the uk, but most of my neighbours arent, I tend to have the majority of handshakes when I wake up in the morning, not during the day.