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iOS 4.3 and Monopoly app

After upgrading to iOS 4.3 on an iPhone 3GS the Monopoly app now displays text using a symbols font. This is the only issue I can see with the 4.3 upgrade. No other apps have been effected. The upgrade itself went normally with no error messages displayed.

I have tried deleting the app from the phone, rebooting the phone and then re-syncing. The app gets reinstalled but the font is still showing a mixture of symbols and punctuation characters. This makes the app unusable as there are quite a few menus, some of them with a lot of entries.

Dos anyone know how to completely remove the app and any configuration/preference files or settings from the iPhone?

Andy

15" early Intel MacBook Pro - 2.16GHz, 2GB Ram, Mac OS X (10.6.6), It's 5 years old and still going with a bigger HD and new power supply.

Posted on Mar 10, 2011 8:55 AM

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Mar 10, 2011 8:57 AM in response to Andy E

Andy E wrote:
After upgrading to iOS 4.3 on an iPhone 3GS the Monopoly app now displays text using a symbols font. This is the only issue I can see with the 4.3 upgrade. No other apps have been effected. The upgrade itself went normally with no error messages displayed.

I have tried deleting the app from the phone, rebooting the phone and then re-syncing. The app gets reinstalled but the font is still showing a mixture of symbols and punctuation characters. This makes the app unusable as there are quite a few menus, some of them with a lot of entries.

Dos anyone know how to completely remove the app and any configuration/preference files or settings from the iPhone?

Andy



When you delete a application from the phone it completely removes everything about the application. Your going to have to wait for a compatible update to come out.

Mar 11, 2011 2:10 AM in response to Ronald Evry

Ronald, while I'm sorry to hear you have the problem to its reassuring that its not just me!

I have looked into trying to report it. The game is published by EA games but there is nothing on their support website about Monopoly. To contact them you need to register an account with them. I'm reluctant to do this as I get enough spam e-mail as it is.

I entered a review on the iTunes Store to say that the iOS 4.3 upgrade caused problems. To be honest I don't think they will do anything until the number of complaints reaches a certain level. After all the game only cost £1.19 which can't be a big revenue stream for EA.

Regards,

Andy

Mar 11, 2011 8:05 AM in response to Tim Waldron

I'm not seeing any other issues other then the problem with Monopoly. I noticed that there were now quite a lot of messages on the iTunes Store about the font problem with Monopoly.

As to who provides a fix, thats an interesting question. If the error was due to coding in the application then the fix will have to come from the publishers/developers. If the problem was due to the a bug in iOS 4.3 then the fix will have to come from Apple. If we are lucky we may get a fix shortly from the developers, otherwise it might be a rather long wait for the next iOS release which may or may not fix the issue with Monopoly.

Andy

Mar 11, 2011 8:32 AM in response to Andy E

3rd party app developers are the ones who receive the BETA versions of firmware updates from Apple, perform testing and provide feedback to Apple, and this is also for 3rd party app developers to test the current version of their app with the firmware update and make any appropriate changes.

I venture to say this is not a system wide problem. This is a problem with the Monopoly app which is the app developer's responsibility. App developers have adequate time to test a BETA firmware version with the current version of their app and make any appropriate changes to their app that may be required with a firmware update.

Mar 12, 2011 8:39 AM in response to Andy E

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As of today, there is an update to Monopoly Then and Now® edition, and it puts the menu back into English.

Still waiting for the Classic Monopoly® to get the upgrade, but I would guess if they did one, they will do the other quite soon.

Cheers, and may you always get Boardwalk and Park Place. 😉

Mar 14, 2011 7:35 PM in response to Andy E

Well, so far there's no update for classic Monopoly, and the game is entirely unplayable. I went ahead and registered at EA's site, but when I went to the "support" page, the choice of Monopoly platforms did not include iPhone or iPad, and you can't enter a complaint without choosing a platform.

Maybe they don't care. They've issued no statement and no updates yet.

If anybody has a good contact email address for EA customer service, I'd love to have it. I'll bet they don't even know, despite all the complaints on their ratings.

iOS 4.3 and Monopoly app

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