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Harp Freeze is back! [POSSIBLE SOLUTION IN HERE]

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  • Struwwl
    20 posts
    edited February 2013
    How could it possibly happen to actually bring back a bug like that?! I am really pissed right now.
  • joshhuffman
    298 posts
    edited February 2013
    3 weeks off. 1 day back. Update to get kicked off again. There absolutely cannot be a more horrible gaming company out there.
  • fires
    18 posts
    edited February 2013
    Same, update has brought back the stuck on loading screen and repeating harp noise :cry: !!!!
  • Zombies8MyDingo
    209 posts
    edited February 2013
    Harp freeze?? Never heard this before.

    Probably shouldn't have said that..
  • Struwwl
    20 posts
    edited February 2013
    @Zombies8MyDingo:
    A lot of people had this bug for some weeks now, including me. After you started the game and logged into Origin and tapped at the "Tap to continue" screen, the game loads for a second, but then freezes completely, while playing a harp sound in a loop.

    It was gone after the Level 26 update, but now it's back. Yay...
  • GZero604
    169 posts
    edited February 2013
    I got the harp noise repeat after the latest update right now. I had to remove the game from the background and reopened the app. I had to do this 2-3 times before I got back in.
  • jarci1
    89 posts
    edited February 2013
    Stop providing false hope for people...
  • Struwwl
    20 posts
    edited February 2013
    GZero604 wrote:
    I got the harp noise repeat after the latest update right now. I had to remove the game from the background and reopened the app. I had to do this 2-3 times before I got back in.

    Yeah, sure. I reinstalled it and everything back then, now I am 100% sure that these won't help at all.
  • GZero604
    169 posts
    edited February 2013
    If you reinstall and everything back then and it didn't work, maybe try it today. It worked for me and my brother. I had to close the game completely and reopen 2 times and my brother had to do it about 5 times before he was able to get back in.
  • fires
    18 posts
    edited February 2013
    I just opened and closed the game about ten times, then it said synchronising at the bottom, then it loaded :). So to anyone having this issue keep opening and closing it, eventually it will load.
  • Struwwl
    20 posts
    edited February 2013
    I've been trying this for like half an hour. Even the thing that GZero604 wrote. It's not working at all...

    I'm not sure if I'm getting trolled right now or if I'm just unlucky.
  • jarci1
    89 posts
    edited February 2013
    Surprisingly...you are NOT being trolled. I just got back in.
  • Struwwl
    20 posts
    edited February 2013
    jarci1 wrote:
    Surprisingly...you are NOT being trolled. I just got back in.

    ...Wow. Okay, I'll go on and continue trying.

    btw., I close apps with double tapping on the buttong and then use the - to make it disappear, right? I'm using my iPod Touch and not sure if it works like that, lol.

    EDIT:

    NEVER MIND

    IT'S WORKING AGAIN.

    THANK YOU SO MUCH GZERO! And I'm SO sorry for doubting you!
  • mrsavage619
    13 posts
    edited February 2013
    Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh ! Its happening to me as well now - ive turned on, turned off, logged in, logged out - but still not fixing the problem.

    Im tempted to reinstall the game, but worried about losing where i am up to when I log back in.

    Fingers crossed this doesnt become a major issue with everyone - it started with me just after Ralph appeared. I got him, then collected some money from one of the shops & the harp hasnt stopped since.
  • qisg
    47 posts
    edited February 2013
    Today after the small update, I played for a minute or two then... For the first time ever, I got the harp freeze.

    I tried the method mentioned above (closing the app) and tried again, and again and again and again, and again, and again, again and again, again again and a few more times. I tried logging out of origin and logging back in, I tried starting a new game (which worked) , I then tried closing the app and logging in again and again. Then I tried closing the app again and again and again and again and again.

    I still have the harp freeze.

    The harp started just after Ralph started.
  • qisg
    47 posts
    edited February 2013
    Another dozen tries, still no solution.
  • krakenit
    154 posts
    edited February 2013
    To all that are worried about losing your town if you delete the app. Your town isn't on you're device. It's on origins servers and that's why you have a login. When you login it syncs down your town data. Every time you click on something in your town it sends that data to origins servers. This is why you have to have Internet connection to play the game. The only thing local on your device is the program itself, no actual user (town) data.

    It just puzzles me that so many people have had this issue for so long and fortunate for me I didn't have the issue. But then after the same number and sizes of updates that were received yesterday suddenly happened AGAIN today I too have the harp of death. So the puzzling thing is why are they still pushing the bug out after soooo many people have the issue and have received updates to fix. Just delete the updates Witt the bad code so they simply don't go out any more.

    Sorry for the soap box but since I can't tap in the game I have to tap on the keypad.
  • szwesley001
    5 posts
    edited February 2013
    I'm having the same problem here and I tried to do all procedures in this post and nothing...
    I've tried several things and several times. Reinstalling, closing and opening...
    I'm waiting for a solution... :cry:
  • qisg
    47 posts
    edited February 2013
    The title of this thread ought to be changed. The Harp freeze is back, and the solution in here only seems to work for some people.
  • mrsavage619
    13 posts
    edited February 2013
    So krackenit, did you delete the game, download it again & your town worked fine - until you automatically downloaded the buggy update again ?
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