Suggestion to prevent unauthorised devices from opening your village.

My idea doesn't target any change regarding the game play, I'm targeting a security problem that is mainly the worst thing that can ever happen for those who own an iOS device.
We all know that in case your village was loaded on an iOS device, it will stay there forever until the device is reset.
sometimes, your village may end up in someones hands in many unintentional ways ( your password is easy to guess, OR you deleted the game from your device ( without a reset ) and gave it away, OR you backed up your device data to iTunes and someone restored his device from your backup. many different scenarios where all will lead to your village loaded on another device that you don't own and if your village is somehow well upgraded, i don't think that the one who get it will remove it from his device.
Contacting Supercell support will take you through a procedure of verifying ownership and after that is done, your village will be locked on every device that it is loaded on. ( seems good for now )
Also u will be offered an Unlock\Link code that will do the following :
1- Remove the link of your village from Previous Game center and Google account
2- Allow you to link it to new or old accounts again
3- Unlock the village and make it accessible

Now if u think you are safe and u gained back full access for your village you are wrong, because whenever you unlock your village back with the code offered by SC support, it will be unlocked from every device that has your village loaded on it regardless if he is signed in to game center or not. so that will take you back to the starting point and you will never be able to get rid of this.

My idea for a solution is why doesn't Supercell apply a new security procedure where whenever a new version of the game is released, just like the user wont be able to load the village before upgrading the game version, the user also wont be able to load the village unless he is signed in to game center or at least force him to log in first before loading the village. in this way, Supercell will guarantee that only the owner of the accounts will be able to access his village, and in the same time this will reduce the complaints of people about getting another device connecting message.

I really hope this idea will be taken into consideration because it helps a lot and in the same time it will guarantee more that the only person that can open the village is the real owner.

Thanks for posting. I'll check with Staff and come back for more info.

Reference: http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...=1#post3425691

You should always reset the phone before selling or giving away an old device.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by edergham

Now if u think you are safe and u gained back full access for your village you are wrong, because whenever you unlock your village back with the code offered by SC support, it will be unlocked from every device that has your village loaded on it regardless if he is signed in to game center or not. so that will take you back to the starting point and you will never be able to get rid of this.

---

Hi again,

This unintended behaviour is now reported to Supercell.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by meonhoc

Hi again,

This unintended behaviour is now reported to Supercell.

---

thank you. if by any time a solution was found ill be very thankful if you can mention it under this thread or anywhere else on the forum.

Sure, will do.

Note: to completely remove a village from a device:
- iOS: perform a factory reset (Settings > General > Reset > Erase all contents and settings)
- android: simply delete App Data or uninstall the application

Both require action by the player who has control of the device, nothing much you can do if you don't have control of that device. However, restore from a backup (iOS) might restore a village data as well (I'll check with them this possibility too).

meonhoc........ I'm pretty sure it will. I reset my iPod and restored it and the account loaded without the gamecenter logged in.

Long time passed but this issue is not fixed yet.
that's the same problem I'm talking about, and a prove that SC lock/unlock system is not working as it should.

http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...ith-Gamecenter

I would appreciate a statement from a staff/dev saying that once your village is loaded on any device in any way, nothing can remove it or ban access to it even SC lock/unlock method.
I think this statement will be a start to find a solution instead of living in denial.
Some members are really going crazy about that. they trust SC to an extent where they doubt themselves.
And the devs still deny.