How can I fix Game Center on iOS 9.2.1?

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How can I fix Game Center on iOS 9.2.1?

I've been having issues with Game Center on my iPhone 6 128GB running iOS 9.2.1.

Game Center does not track progress in any of the games that use it and attempting to enter Settings > Game Center crashes the Settings app. I also no longer receive any Game Center notifications on my iPhone.

I have tried restarting my iPhone, restoring my iPhone, messing with the Date & Time settings (Turning off "Set Automatically", changing the time, and restarting), and none of those have worked.

I'm at a loss at how to fix this. Game Center is working on my iPad and Apple TV 4th Generation without issue.

Thanks for any help given.

iPhone 6, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Jan 23, 2016 10:23 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 31, 2016 1:22 PM in response to DimerHunton

I have a temporary fix, however this problem will return after a while.

(Took from a Reddit post).

– close all running apps – go into airplane mode – power off the device – power on the device – go to settings -> game center and log out of the game center. For me this was not previously accessible – disable airplane mode and enable wifi – log back into gamecenter from settings->game center

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Answer 2

Feb 2, 2016 11:56 AM in response to DimerHunton

Hey.

I had the same issue that you described. What I did was logging out of "Find my phone" in settings.

Now everything works fine. Hope it helps everyone who had this problem.

Let me know if you managed to fix this.

Yours faithfully,

a random user 😉

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Answer 3

DimerHunton Author

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Feb 4, 2016 9:08 AM in response to Elppa Troppus

Thanks for the tip, Elppa!

Unfortunately I already gave up and restored my phone to a clean iOS 9.2.1 install (not restoring a backup) and that fixed my issue. I hope that tip works for others, though!

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Answer 4

Feb 26, 2016 5:35 PM in response to DimerHunton

Attempting to use the airplane-mode -> close all apps -> turn off device -> turn on -> log out of gamecenter -> etc. method led me to a perpetually loading response to attempting to log out, which never led to it working. To fix this, I found a slightly different method worked for me. Airplane-mode -> close all apps -> turn off device -> turn on device -> go to settings -> OPEN gamecenter in settings, but don't press any buttons in it -> turn off airplane mode with the switch-thingy at the top of the scroller -> THEN log out of gamecenter. If it worked for you as it did me, it should eventually stop loading the logout, at which point it's safe enough to log back in as normal, and continue use as normal.

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Answer 5

klaun666

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Feb 28, 2016 7:37 PM in response to DimerHunton

Hi there, here's my video.. I've tried factory restoring as well and after 4 days it still has the bug, Do not factory reset, it won't do any good.. Let's wait for Apple to fix this.. maybe??!! https://youtu.be/XIgg_PZJshY

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Answer 6

Mar 20, 2016 8:41 AM in response to DimerHunton

Open Settings > Facebook and disable access for Game Center. Reboot. Go to Settings > Log out and back in > Open the GameCenter app. That's it. It worked for me. No airplane mode or anything, and I'm so happy 😀

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Answer 7

Mar 28, 2016 6:00 AM in response to PluralOne8

TThanks very much i have tried every single thing else but this one worked for me! Thank you very much man!

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Answer 8

GoxBox

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Apr 15, 2016 2:22 PM in response to DimerHunton

Still no fix with iOS 9.3. Very dissapointing for me, a Game Dev for iOS who is experiencing the same problem and cant understand that such a issue is not resolved yet!

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Answer 9

Fraya_H

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Jun 22, 2016 10:32 PM in response to PluralOne8

Finally, something that works! Thanks for posting!

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