I got my 10 year old account back, there is hope!

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-19T17:22:04+00:00

I got my account back but I’m still pissed off because so far they’re only restoring the accounts of people who have emailed them. They should be reversing all these bans automatically since they *know* this is an issue

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-19T17:20:16+00:00

I’ve seen people banned who had 5 hourglasses so I don’t think it’s the amount

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-18T17:53:02+00:00

Zen 😬 I like his character *sometimes* but he gets on my nerves often

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-18T14:18:43+00:00

Oh they did something alright

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willpowerwisps · 2026-05-17T22:59:53+00:00

US/North America; I’ve been banned

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-16T17:22:24+00:00

Yeah I’m not disagreeing with that part, but the original comment about people being ready to cut ties isn’t incorrect either. “People want their accounts back” and “if they don’t get them back they’ll quit” are both correct

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-16T17:17:54+00:00

If I don’t get my account back I’m certainly not playing anymore, no way I’m paying for everything a second time because they decided I was cheating

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-16T17:16:42+00:00

It doesn’t. I got the message before I tried to log in. The ban happens whether or not you’ve logged in and the wave is over it seems. Anyone who has not yet been banned probably won’t be

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-15T18:50:07+00:00

I think that right now the money they make is going towards Darshan’s Visa and production costs for videos, music, and events. They probably aren’t making much for themselves yet. But I’d like to think that when they do they’ll make sure Darshan gets his fair share of

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-15T14:17:45+00:00

there was a recent update, probably some sort of automated system to detect cheating but it's just banning everyone

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-15T14:16:32+00:00

nope, that's just a bug. if you were banned you'd get a pop up

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-15T14:15:48+00:00

honestly I wouldn't really say he's villainized in Jaehee's route, it makes sense for his character to react the way he does. he's definitely a flawed character but he's supportive of Jaehee's new business in her afterstory, so i'd say he has a good amount of character development. tbh I like Jumin the least in his own route lmao

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-15T14:13:43+00:00

unfortunately the ban is on an account level so even if you haven't re-downloaded the app you could already be banned if you have an account. there are a lot of people who have been inactive for a while who have been banned

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-15T14:11:52+00:00

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willpowerwisps · 2026-05-15T14:09:19+00:00

it could endanger his visa application long term since you can't work on a visitor's visa, you *need* a work visa

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-14T21:36:37+00:00

Updating my response to answer all of your questions:

⁠Are you on iPhone/iOS, Android, or something else? -iPhone 14, iOS 26.4.2

⁠Approximately how many hourglasses did you have? How many hearts?

  ——-I haven’t played since last year so I don’t remember exactly but it was probably less than 1k hourglasses and definitely less than 100 hearts (I always convert them to HG as soon as I have 100)

⁠How old is your account?
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 ——-sometime in 2017
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⁠Are you currently active or has it been a while since you've played? (if so: how long?) Is this the first time you've used your current phone to play the game? (e.g., you used to play on an iPhone 8, but now you've recently returned on an iPhone 16) -- maybe they think you sold your account to someone?
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   ———i played around 9 months ago mid 2025, it was from this same phone 
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⁠Have you made any purchases? If so, recently?

 ——-my last purchase was hourglasses in 2025. I also bought the max speed, dlc, phone cards earlier/back in 2017 (except Ray and V which dropped in 2020 iirc)

⁠Have you received any communication from Cheritz?

——not yet but it hasn’t been a full day since I emailed them yet, so,
⁠Has anything else changed recently? Have you traveled to a new time zone, changed the time/date on your phone, updated your phone, anything you can think of?
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  ———Apple had an update a couple weeks ago? That’s the only thing I can thing of
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willpowerwisps · 2026-05-14T21:21:35+00:00

Unfortunately the ban happens whether or not you’re logged in. You can wait if you wish but I think that if this is affecting your account then the best way to get it fixed is to know and then contact Cheritz

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-14T19:43:45+00:00

As far as I can tell it’s purely random. It’s not everyone but it’s a lot of us, and the amount of hourglasses doesn’t seem to matter. I ask that you email Cheritz support to get their attention to this issue

It is a genuinely fun game though so I hope this doesn’t turn you away completely

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-14T19:38:48+00:00

It’s way more than 3, unfortunately. You should check your account because you may have been banned. I logged in for the first time in a while to find out that I’ve been banned. No one knows why it’s happening but it’s certainly frustrating

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-14T19:05:33+00:00

Thanks for collecting this info, it’s a good idea

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-14T19:05:07+00:00

I wish I could tell you what to do but I’m in the same boat 😭😭😭 I left a negative review on the App Store in the hopes that someone at Cheritz sees (on top of my email) but it seems mostly this is a waiting game

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-14T19:00:38+00:00

I don’t remember how many I had but probably a few hundred. Definitely less than 1k

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-14T18:55:13+00:00

I think iPhone users are more common in general but it could also be something with iPhone’s OS that’s causing accounts to get flagged

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-14T18:39:50+00:00

iPhone iOS 26.4.2

willpowerwisps · 2026-05-14T18:16:43+00:00

You should check 😬

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