Super Monkey Ball 2 – Jailbreakers Beware (Black Screen – Fix Inside)

December 8th, 2009

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SEGA on the 1st has released Super Monkey Ball 2, packed with lots of new features and levels to choose from. Before making this purchase, ask yourself: “Am I jailbroken?” If you answered yes to this question, read the rest of this post. If you answered no, you may leave if you wish.

In short, if your iPhone or iPod Touch is jailbroken and you try to play this game on it, all you’ll get is this:

It doesn’t matter if you’ve legally purchased it or illegally downloaded the IPA of it, it won’t work. But don’t worry! There is a quick and simple, but maybe annoying to some, fix to get you playing.

Open up Cydia and install “SwapMode”. Open up the app, and turn “Game Mode” ON, as shown below:

A popup will come up. Just tap ok, and your device will respring with all MobileSubstrate extensions disabled. Try starting up Super Monkey Ball 2 now. Instead of the black screen, you can actually get into the game:

It is somewhat of a hassle to live without your precious mods, but if you want to play the game, this is your only choice.

We decided to email SEGA about this, and we received the same exact response as others have gotten (here). Here is their response:

SEGA is aware of the recent issues with Super Monkey Ball 2 and would like to assure users that there is no issue with iPhone or iPod Touch standard systems and the game. The issue only occurs when an iPhone that has been modified (for what we assume is development purposes). Due to the many different configurations that can be used for a modified phone we are unable to test those systems and accurately gauge any issues that a modified configuration may cause the game. We will continue to test Super Monkey Ball 2 on our end to ensure that it offers the standard iPhone and iPod Touch systems only the best gaming experience possible.

Best Regards,

Evan

SEGA Customer Support

SEGA is aware of the recent issues with Super Monkey Ball 2 and would like to assure users that there is no issue with iPhone or iPod Touch standard systems and the game. The issue only occurs when an iPhone that has been modified (for what we assume is development purposes). Due to the many different configurations that can be used for a modified phone we are unable to test those systems and accurately gauge any issues that a modified configuration may cause the game. We will continue to test Super Monkey Ball 2 on our end to ensure that it offers the standard iPhone and iPod Touch systems only the best gaming experience possible.

Best Regards,

Evan

SEGA Customer Support

If you clicked on the link right before their response, you’ll see that it is exactly the same. Apparently they know about this. Maybe it is a coincidence with jailbroken devices? Maybe they are trying to fight piracy? We don’t really know. Maybe they will happen to release an update soon that let’s it work on all devices.