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Q: new iPhone, can't login game center, cocoa error 4097

i got a new iphon 5s 1month back. i didnt notice this problem untill now: i cant login into game center!

its says cocoa error 4097!

 

searched internet.

 

 

FaceTime, Game Center, Messages: Troubleshooting sign in issues

 

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3970

 

 

link above. does not help.

 

1. i got internet.

2. i got correct Apple ID

3. can signin itunes, app store. but NOT for game center. so only game center.

4. the Date & Time is correct.

5. its a new phone. i dont have iphone firewalls installed. i actually never heard of it.

6. again. new phone. no app altering host file i believe.(i just installed same thing as my iphone 4s, which had no problem with these apps.)

 

7. please. i want this phone to be a business phone. so i really dont want to do a restore for a stupid game center function.

 

 

 

i would hope i could get a solution from communities.

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Nov 27, 2013 4:40 PM

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  • by ckuan,

    ckuan ckuan Nov 27, 2013 4:46 PM in response to Lavarose
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    Nov 27, 2013 4:46 PM in response to Lavarose

    Lavarose wrote:

     

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    7. please. i want this phone to be a business phone. so i really dont want to do a restore for a stupid game center function.

     

     

     

    i would hope i could get a solution from communities.

    Reset: Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Note: You will not lose any data

     

    If you are serious about business phone, why use Game Center?

     

    Anyway, have you tried playing a game with Game Center and login from the game?

  • by Lavarose,

    Lavarose Lavarose Nov 27, 2013 4:59 PM in response to ckuan
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    Nov 27, 2013 4:59 PM in response to ckuan

    thx for reply.

     

    hard Reset did not work.

     

    still says Cocoa Error 4097

     

    since game center is there, it should to be fuctional, i could live without it.

     

    but a flawed product is untoleratable somehow.

     

    i tried play a game with game certer, game center wont start at all.

  • by ckuan,

    ckuan ckuan Nov 27, 2013 5:03 PM in response to Lavarose
    Level 7 (33,713 points)
    Nov 27, 2013 5:03 PM in response to Lavarose

    make an appointment with Apple genius bar, you have warranty.

  • by Victorgr,

    Victorgr Victorgr Mar 24, 2014 9:21 AM in response to Lavarose
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    Mar 24, 2014 9:21 AM in response to Lavarose

    I have it!!!!! I have change the Language and now it works!!!!

  • by Victorgr,

    Victorgr Victorgr Mar 24, 2014 9:23 AM in response to Lavarose
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    Mar 24, 2014 9:23 AM in response to Lavarose

    I have change the language and it's works!!!

  • by 神舟号,

    神舟号 神舟号 Feb 14, 2016 5:59 PM in response to Lavarose
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    Feb 14, 2016 5:59 PM in response to Lavarose

    我找到了最终的解决方案。

    我看到有人通过修改系统语言解决了这个问题,因此我意识到原因可能和语言有关。

    后来我发现在/var/mobile/Library/GameKit/Data里的文件夹是以语言分类的。

    其中只有我曾经尝试设置过的语言,所以我猜测它们是在第一次登陆Game Center时自动下载用于缓存数据的。

    我认为导致问题的原因是无效的缓存数据。cocoa无法解析必要的缓存数据而抛出异常信息。

     

    只需将/var/mobile/Library/GameKit/Data重命名为/var/mobile/Library/GameKit/Data1或者直接删除该文 件夹。

    然后你就可以成功登录Game Center了!

     

    Firstly, I wanna say that I'm Chinese. I'm not very good at English.

    I have found the solution finally.

    I saw someone solve the problem by changing the language so I realized that the cause may be related with the language.

    And then I found the folders in /var/mobile/Library/GameKit/Data are catagrated by language.

    They are only the languages I have tried to set so I guess they may be downloaded automatically to cache data from the Game Center server at the first time when we logged in the Game Center. I thought the cause leading to the problem was the invalid cache data. The cocoa threw the exception information because it cannot parse the cache data required.

     

    Just RENAME /var/mobile/Library/GameKit/Data to /var/mobile/Library/GameKit/Data1 or DELETE it directly.

    And then you will log in the Game Center successfully!

     

    If someone can get what I meant, please help me to rewrite the solution in native English in order to help more people. Thank you!