Unban from Save Corruption (Ban Exploit) in PvZ: Garden Warfare 1
Hello everyone, If you’ve encountered the "ban exploit" issue in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 1, you’re not alone. This problem has been known since at least 2021 and is caused by malicious players corrupting your cloud save data on EA servers. What does the ban exploit look like? For EA: Hackers inject corrupted data into the cloud save of a player. When the game client tries to read that corrupted save, it crashes due to an invalid response from the EA server. For players in GW1: When launching the game, it freezes at the "Connecting to EA servers" screen and never loads. You can only close it through Task Manager. Example video showing the bug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suVhZ9P5mMc How can you fix it / get unbanned? We need only one thing: your EA ID. You can post your EA ID here on the forum, but there’s a risk it might be overlooked due to the volume of posts. To help victims more efficiently, we’ve created a dedicated Discord server where you can drop your ID. Once the unban (save fix) is done, your ID will be removed from our list. Join the Discord server here: https://discord.gg/mMRqb2vpT9 Note: Unbanning may take a couple of days depending on the queue, so please be patient. Please help us spread the word! If you know other players affected by this issue, share this link and invite them to the server. The more attention this gets, the more players we can help. Thanks for reading, and stay strong out there. We’re doing this for the community.SolvedPLEASE FIX Battle For Neighborville on Nintendo Switch 2!!
I have been trying to play PvZ: Battle For Neighborville on my new Nintendo Switch 2 for the past 2-3 days and it CONSTANTLY keeps crashing!! When I load into the game, while in Giddy Park, my screen starts glitching and flickering super bad it is very bad to look at and hurts my eyes. When I try loading into an offline match of any mode the game crashes almost 100% of the time. It will close the app and my Nintendo Switch 2 will say, “This software needed to close due to an error.” Then when I go back in and try a different mode, it does the SAME THING. I don’t understand why we can’t just play the game. You guys are literally losing out on money if you don’t fix this. We need the game officially optimized for the Nintendo Switch 2, and while you’re at it, you could even update it to handle 60fps because the Switch 2 can now handle 60fps pretty smooth. Also I have heard from some other people that apparently Battle For Neighborville isn’t even AVAILABLE for purchase on the Switch 2 eShop. They locked the game so no one can buy it, hopefully that means they’re going to fix it? But I would still like someone from EA to get back to me and let me know what the situation is. PLEASE HELP! Thanks EDIT: After doing a bit more testing it’s actually worse than I thought, there were a few times where I went into the game and it would crash before I could even select a GAME MODE. Also, the few times I was able to play an entire match while the screen was flashing, as soon as the game ended, the game just crashed. Nothing I could do about it. This game DEFINITELY needs fixed. If you want to see a video or clip of these glitches happening I also saw a YouTube video from a YouTuber by the name of RiceDRW. Here is the link to that video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zl1xi2yGuxMPvZ Heroes freezes after ~20 seconds
When i open the game, if I either interact with anything or not, after some seconds it freezes, the music still plays if I exit the game. I tried restarting my device, didnt work. and deleting and reinstalling the game, now i cant even play the tutorial because the bug is still presentPVZ BFN Maxed Out Characters[new]
Hey everyone. A hacker banned my PvZ: BfN account on PC. All of my characters are like level 2 million and all of my stats are super high now, and I have trouble even loading into the game, and I cannot join multiplayer. I am stuck on this loading screen (see attached picture) when I even try and go into the game, won't even let me into backyard(Giddy Park), and then goes back to the "connecting to the ea server "page. This “glitch” is the ban tool hackers have been using to ban other normal players from playing PVZ Bfn and PVZ GW2. Apparently EA devs have been on this for months and they unbanned affected people around late 2023 in PVZ GW2, but more people have been banned like me. Can you tell the team that is trying to “fix” the PvZ GW2 banning problem to unban people in PVZ Bfn as well? As I said, anyone who has the tool can ban anyone they like via Cheat Engine. Recently, more cheaters have appeared in PVZ BFN online games, and some players were also banned using similar stats exploits compared to the previous GW2 situation. I have seen reports of a similar occurrence as of yet, and I hope the unban waves you do in GW2 can apply to Bfn as well. So I appeal to you all here for a solution. Thank you in advance.EA Fix PVZ GW1 Ban Exploit
Subject: Fix PVZ GW1 Ban Exploit Dear EA, Could you please provide an update on when the ban exploit will be fixed? I would also appreciate information on when players affected by this issue will be able to play again, especially those whose save files were corrupted due to this exploit. My previous post was deleted by EA_Solaire without a clear explanation. He sent me the following message: Post removed Greetings, Your recent post has been removed as it was in violation of the EA Forums community guidelines. This is a warning only, but please familiarize yourself with the posting guidelines to avoid potential future actions on your account. Below I've attached the relevant guideline that was found to have been breached. Violating the EA User Agreement: It’s there for a reason. Please don’t discuss, promote, or engage in anything against the EA User Agreement. I responded with the following: Hello, I do not fully understand what exactly I violated with my post. The content was purely informational — explaining how to launch the game if your data was affected by the so-called "ban exploit." In my case, my game data was corrupted by a malicious actor exploiting this vulnerability, causing me to lose access to the game even though my account was not banned. I believe there are others in the community who could help restore corrupted save files or explain how to bypass this issue. Currently, I cannot access the game I paid for. My data is essentially controlled by a third party (the game publisher) without my consent, and there is no clear way for me to restore access on my own. This situation seems to violate European Union legislation, including: GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) – Violations of Article 5 (Principles relating to processing of personal data), Article 7 (Conditions for consent), Article 15 (Right of access), Article 17 (Right to erasure), and Article 20 (Right to data portability). Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices – Misleading consumers regarding the stability of the service and the possibility of restoring access to purchased content in case of technical failures or attacks. Directive 2011/83/EU on consumer rights – Violations of the right to receive a properly functioning digital product and the right to clear information about how to resolve access issues. Directive (EU) 2019/770 on digital content and digital services – Lack of transparent conditions for restoring access to digital content when affected by third-party interference (e.g., hacker attacks). As a result, my purchase is now unusable due to external factors, and no mechanism has been provided to protect my consumer rights. Despite contacting support over 10 times, the issue remains unresolved. Could you please clarify: What did I violate in my previous post? Will I be refunded for the game, which is now unplayable due to third-party interference? How does EA plan to address this issue in compliance with European legislation? Thank you for your attention. Sincerely, Sergey Klimenok Additionally, for players who are familiar with cheat engine, please contact me as I have found a way to launch the game in online Garden Ops mode despite the exploit.PVZ BFN not loading on xbox one.
Ive seen the recent discussions surrounding the anticheat fix for pc players, but is there a fix for console players? I recently purchased the game on sale from the xbox store for my son as he loves the series. Im a bit disappointed seeing the game loaded up to the title card displaying “ press A to play “ then freezes up, music stops, and it never presents a crash report or any message that i could report back on. curious if other players are experiencing this issue? (Ive tried restarting modem, and doing a fresh install to no avail. )Game freezes when I destroy a plant with Nibble
I'm guessing somebody's already flagged this bug as it's been around for ages but the title says it all. Game freezes when I destroy a plant with Nibble. It's been months so I hoped it would be fixed by now but it's incredibly irritating to the point where I can't use that card anymore. It seems as though it happens with more plants than before.I am having PVZ GW1 problem.
The problem is that when I enter the game it can't access the servers but it freezes. It could be because the hackers damaged and banned my account from allowing me to access the game servers GW1 advises EA to check and fix this problem. Link video: https://youtu.be/kriXKHjlrII?si=MUK2sWB-YyViDCUZSolved