Talk:Expansions/@comment-5116140-20120720153333

Temporary Working Solution for "Expansion Timer Bug" aka the "Sisyphean Bug"

So far no permanent solution from TinyCO support to fix the "Expansion Timer Reset Bug" that has afflicted all of us Kindle Fire users who have updated to 1.13. We start an expansion but it never ends. Each time we return to Tiny Village, the expansion timer resets to maximum.

I can't help think of the punishment of the mythical Sisyphus everytime my timer resets.

From Wikipedia: Sisyphus was a king punished by being compelled to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this action forever. The word "sisyphean" means "endless and unavailing, as labor or a task". Since our villagers are experts on all things having to to with rocks, it seems appropriate to refer to this bug as the "Sisyphean bug".

Temporary Working Solution: If you can do without your Kindle for other tasks for a while, here is a working solution that seems to be working for me so far. The Timer seems to only reset when we leave the game and come back. To prevent your Kindle from leaving the game when you are away - go to settings and change the screen setting to NEVER sleep. Also adjust the screen brightness to as low as possible. Play Tiny Village and don't close it until the Timer has fully counted down. If you have a lower level expansion you can be done in a day or so. I am trying the 5-day expansion and have got the count down by one day with this approach.

PS: I will be updating my Support Ticket today with TinyCO and will include all the villagers who have left their TinyID on this page who also have the "Expansion Timer Reset Bug". Only your TinyID is needed. Kindles don't have UDIDs etc and please don't post your device's serial numbers or any other personal info. Only your TinyID is needed for this ticket. So far I have DinoBreath2, rel66 and iamgalaxy.

If you want to be added, just reply with "I also have the expansion timer reset bug since I updated to 1.13 on my Kindle Fire. My tiny ID is: _ _ _

You can also of course directly submit your own support ticket. I am hoping a support ticket from a small group of dedicated villagers will get quicker attention since it will help multiple players.

Good luck fellow villagers, ID: TinyRobinEgg