Android update v1.3.21 Anyone Guinea Pigging?

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  • Looks like they just released something for Android users. Description says “We addressed some minor issues in order to improve the user experience.”

    I am just wondering if anyone has done the update and i am interested to see what they have noticed. Because after the last major update they decided to let me play for two days, then reset me back to where i was pre-update. Any info on your experience would be appreciated. Thanks all!

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  • Red7827
    @gulgor0

    Did the update hit the iOS app stores too? Just wondering xD
    eh… My tablet says i don’t have enough size to install the update ;( I’ve got nothing to uninstall…
    I’ve got one thing to ask… Can anyone send some sort of the updated game .apk via uploading site? My Google Play refuses to download anything now so i can only install updates now via the SD Card.

    LadyDi
    @ladydi102

    I’m on Android and I did not see this update as yet but I’ll keep a birds eye out for it.

    JuniperBird
    @juniperbird

    I’m on Android and downloaded the update this morning. So far, the biggest change is that the Christmas theme is gone, so no more presents and decorations on the Astrotrain. The bots kept their hats, though.

    I’ve played five or six runs now and what I’ve noticed is that the clearing the wrong area/areas resetting bug is still there. Funnily enough, it just started occurring to me (I’m on level 194) probably two weeks ago, long after people started complaining about it here and it still happens, at least with two areas this morning. The run I just completed was reset and another one cleared. I have no idea of the sudden death bug and if it’s still there, so far all my bots have been running normally with no nasty surprises.

    Hex
    @hxadecmel

    @juniperbird that sucks thy haven’t fixed the wrong level bug. Let us know if your progress gets reset at all.

    LadyDi
    @ladydi102

    I did install it and I will open it in a few minutes to see the changes. Thanks for the chirp about it!!

    Hex
    @hxadecmel

    Another squawk about this? Has anyone done it? Any Ill Effects? Thank you.

    wackybadger
    @wackybadger

    I have the 1.3.21 update for a few days. After excitedly downloading and expecting to have the clearing levels bug resolved, I have been very disappointed of course. The proper levels are still not being cleared in many cases. I haven’t had any games crashes due to too many explosions on screen like I used to sporadically see, though I am unsure if that is due to the update or if a crash just hasn’t happened in a while. Other than that, I hadn’t noticed any changes. Didn’t even notice the lack of the Christmas theme until it was noted above.

    Hex
    @hxadecmel

    Thanks @wackybadger Glad to have at least one more person say it didn’t wipe everything on them. I Had 6 nodes awaiting me, plus one upgrade running. I bit the bullet and here’s the results:

    Bot upgrade still on time, Coins, pigs, gems, all intact. Character levels and achievements all saved. It did make me Reconnect to Facebook. The level that were waiting for me are still there: Here’s what happened on each of them.

    1) Starscream – Easy. 880 coins. Level did not Disappear, lost a “Medium” level. I don’t remember the bot it was but it was right below my upgrading bot so If it comes back i will know if by map position. BUG STILL there as confirmed earlier.

    2) Energon Lockdown – easy. Turned into Gold Dome! 25,074 Coins. Level Disappeared (of course) Double available/used. I did the Starscream first because I wanted to make sure i had a video available, which is did at the end of the last run. This level really angered me because it would not let me call a buddy, transform, or use the EMP at the end of the level. I basically made it to the end on sheer luck. Luckily i had full hearts because a mortar tower appeared to escort me to the Train and i could do nothing about it, taking a direct hit. Another BUG not fixed :( This one really drives me nuts.

    3) Starscream – easy (again, because all other levels are “Medium” and this one was fun). 1108 coins. Video still available, did not use.. Level disappeared.

    4) Goldbite Grimlock – Medium. 6,546 Coins with Ultimate character and video bonus. (More like VERY HARD but that’s beside the point). At least it let me use shields etc so i could get past the triplets (3 mortar towers) at the end. And the level disappeared to not bugs on that one.

    5) Ultra Magnus – Medium 6,422 coins with video double. Level Disappeared. Otherwise uneventful.

    6) Ultimate Megatron – Medium 2,359 coins No Video Available. (Normally i would have not used the video right before an ultimate character level but i 3,211 from the previous level I felt it was worth it, turns out I got lucky.) Level Disappeared. Otherwise uneventful.

    So The lesson here, so far, is that two of the bugs are still out there. I certainly don’t normally and I’m sure many of you don’t either; but i almost wonder if we kept some kid of diary about the details of our runs we might figure if there is pattern to the bugs so we can circumvent them. Or at the very least answer some of the looming questions like “How many videos to we get to watch and what/when does the time reset” etc. For instance, I have not played since about 9pm EST yesterday and I started playing about 12:30PM EST today. I was able to use three videos. It would telling to keep track of when the next is available etc.

    I don’t know just throwing that out there. I think the only way we’re ever going to get a fair shot at mastering this game is compiling as much data as we can and figuring it out for ourselves, as Rovio doesn’t seem to want to help.

    If anything else happens I’ll add it here.

    boston_fan
    @bostonma1971

    I recently got a Kindle Fire 7, which is based on an Android OS and I’m on 1.2.13 :( am I behind? I’m still on iOS on my phone but not sure where I’m supposed to be on Android.

    Hex
    @hxadecmel

    @bostonma197 I would say you are behind. They released 1.3.21 for android on Jan. 23rd i believe. If you are on 1.2.13 then technically you would be behind. (The 2.13 and the 3.23 at the end of the version numbers tells you which is more recent). I know sometimes apps through the Amazon Appstore for Android are not always on the same release schedule as apps from the play store, so that may explain why you are not seeing it. It’s a pretty bit (size-wise, 117MB) Update so hopefully they offer it soon for you.

    I have no idea about iOS versions.

    boston_fan
    @bostonma1971

    Cool thanks Hex. I see some new stuff like the sky warps and egg mound things.. I’ll just plod along and see what happens. Thanks for the info!

    LadyDi
    @ladydi102

    I’m on the newest update and I’m too new to add anything about the bugs. I can add that the Christmas theme is gone but last night my bots had their santa hats on. Will check tonight and see what’s what.

    Hex
    @hxadecmel

    Thudding/slamming sudden death within a few seconds of starting a run bug still not fixed. Come on Rovio this one you should be ashamed of, it can’t be that hard to remedy. That one got me today. Also I am wondering if skywarp is not resetting. I haven’t used it in a few days (I almost never do) to kill the aforementioned impossible/ripoff level I noticed I only had 1 use and had to pay 15 gens for it? Anyone else know if they are not getting a “fresh” set of skywarp uses every day after update? Thanks.

    Hex
    @hxadecmel

    Another Earthquake/thudding/slamming/sudden death level right after the last one. Thy were both labeled “hard”. As soon as this one started I knew what was going on so i just transformed and observed. It definitely took 1/2 heart at a time on rhythm. I watched it go and could tell it felt like about a full heart a second. Nothing was hitting me as i was going so fast. This bug SUCKS.

    h82loze
    @h82loze

    @bostonma197 @hxadecmel is correct. Being on a Kindle you are using the version from Amazon’s App Store and not from the Google Play Store. Apps on Amazon are always a bit behind in version. So you won’t have the update available for a little while. It could be today, or it could be a week from now. There just is no telling when it will be updated, but it will eventually get updated. It’s one of the downsides to using apps from the Amazon App Store.

    There is a way to get the Google Play Store on the Kindle. Just search for it, there are a lot of articles on how to do it. And it’s not difficult nor will it corrupt/damage the FireOS (Amazon’s modified Android OS on Kindles).

    Hex
    @hxadecmel

    A third one, Another level listed as “hard”. What is going on today? Of course i am out of Skywarps so mow I’m stuck. And in case this helps, I went back and tried to to the first one in encountered (I used Gems to speed up the character healing) and it did the same thing. So the bug Seems to be attached to the node/character, and not randomly occurring. This sucks now I’m stuck with three impossible levels. None of them are energon characters so I cannot even hope to beat them like i think i did in one instance with a level 8 energon lockdown. I really hope skywarp comes back and i have enough gems to Zap them away. :(

    JuniperBird
    @juniperbird

    Yep, the sudden death bug still seems to be there. My level 8 Galvatron and Thundercracker didn’t make it through a medium level. With Galvatron it could have been heavy fire from the pigs as well but with Thundercracker it was definitely the bug, it just could not get away fast enough.

    Also the nodes seem to be unpredictable. Sometimes an Eggbot just transforms a node with no counter set, sometimes a finished node just pops up. I wonder if the latter is related to the wrong node being cleared. Also, sometimes I have to do the same level two or three times in a row to clear it. However, there has been no loss of progress like with the last update which is good.

    Red7827
    @gulgor0

    After some technical problems with the new update which finally installed, i finally got the chance to check out the new features. Sadly, here i just see – no new features. Except the fact the Christmas lights dissapeared from the upgrade panel, i see really nothing fixed. The game still lags as usual, the bugs are still here and even mine infamous glitch where only one buddy awaits me is still here!

    wackybadger
    @wackybadger

    I’m running 1.3.21. Has anyone seen this glitch before? My character died in the middle of a level right in/on one of those speed changing gates. When the ship came to pick him up, it lifted him but couldn’t get him past the top of the gate. Then it just dropped him and hovered above. The only way to “fix” this was to shut down the game. So weird. Here is a screenshot after the character was dropped:
    ss

    LadyDi
    @ladydi102

    I’ve not seen that one.

    And here’s what I notice on the Android platform, the ads now play for a t least 6 secs BEFORE you can skip them. Most all of them it seems.

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