How to Fix Farmville Out of Sync Errors

How can you fix Farmville “Out of Sync” errors which force you to refresh and lose unsaved Farmville game data which in turn makes you redo all the moves again. Farmville is one of the most popular games on Facebook and we are also Farmville addicts bugged by the Out of Sync errors often.

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Farmville “Out of Sync”

Here are some common causes which ‘may’ cause these Out of Sync errors and here are some ‘possible ways’ to fix and avoid these “Out of Sync” Errors.

1. Dont Open Farmville in Multiple Tabs / Windows – As the game progresses, we tend to open multiple Farmville in multiple tabs and windows which causes the game to get out of sync in one of these tabs if it fails to refresh and keep track with changes in the other tab. So keep only one window or tab open and this will be avoided. This is more prone to occur with Farmville players with extra large farms with hundreds of animals, trees and crops which requires more syncing by the Farmville servers. You can also play on Farmville.com and not necessarily on the Farmville Facebook app, so keep either one of them open only.

2. Use fast broadband internet connection –  Farmville involves lot of data transfer, and if your connection keeps dropping packets, is slow and unable to sync fast enough with their servers as you hurriedly plant crops, you will get the out of sync errors. Try to fix your DNS to Google public DNS or Open DNS for better results.

3. Clear browser cache – Sometimes your inefficient browser cache can confuse Farmville with an outdated cache copy and cause out of sync errors. If refreshing / reloading Farmville does not work, delete your cache, restart your browser and you should be fine.

4. Update your Flash Player – Many times your browser flash player is outdated and unable to cope with the Farmville server refreshes and its latest version. You can visit the Adobe site, and download latest Flash player for your browser and enjoy Farmville.

5. Farmville is Beta – have you noticed the big “beta”  beside the Farmville logo, well it is meant to signify that Farmville acknowledges that there still might be bugs and they are considering feedback of users to improve the game.

These are some common causes we believe may be causing the Out of Sync errors, they may or may not work for you but definitely worth a try.

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91 Comments

  1. I have the same problem too.Please help us fix the problem.I cannot open my farmville,it is always ERROR?It’s been 2 days now and i really hate it this way!

  2. MY FARMVILLE WON’T LOAD ANYMORE….WHATS GOING ON WITH IT? cAN i RELOAD FARMVILLE WITHOUT LOSING ALL MY STUFF?

  3. I can send people gifts however I cannot receive gifts or even play my Farmville. Extremely frustrating.

  4. For one week now I can’t get into my market, and Pig pen-Sheep pen and craftshop. I can’t plant any crops so I can’t get in on any of the birthday quests or double points. Could you please fix my farm so I can play. I now waited for a week and its getting old. Maybe quit adding so much stuff in a short period and everyones farm wouldn’t be messed up. Please get mine fixed……..

  5. every time I go to play farmville firefox crashes and requires an error report. i keep sending them but no one can fix the problem. what should i do?

  6. to whom it may concern, on facebook the farmville app.. when people send us gifts It apparears that once we accept them they dont go in the gift box for us to use, an when we go back to the page where the gifts are to they are still there an not in the gift box as perscribed, can u help me fix this problem many people on facebook is having this problem as of last day or so, or can you tell me what the problem is, so i can notify my friends an tell them whats going on, pls..

  7. everytime i try to get my 2011 barn off by sell it or storing it goes off and say it’s out of sync it’s only on part of my farm. please help i’m getting very upset.

  8. my friend does somthing to his borowser google chrome and now his farmville is working well and without any sync errors can any one tell me what he did

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  10. I played zynga farmville for several months and had a great time. It was enjoyable constructing my farm and planning what I want it to look like but what I admire most was the connection I made to people all over the globe who are also enjoying Farmville. Everyday I connect with bright, witty, creative, warm people who were enjoying playing Farmville. Networking with different “farmers” was great and even if I don’t have the time to play farmville right now, I really miss all my farmer friends and seeing what they are up to on their farmville right now.

  11. I’ve been out of sync now for 3 days. I also have tried all kinds of fix it. I’m thinking of deleting and starting over. Has anyone tried it and does it work…..

  12. why does my farmville game come up out of sync with server i always refresh but still get the same message. please fix this problem as i enjoy this game very much

    1. I am having the same problem I have tried everything they told me to do. NOthing seems to work. Any sugestions would be great. This makes the second day. Hope it gets fixed soon.

  13. For 2 weeks now i have been trying to get my school house that i received from a mystery egg , out of my gift box,and every time i try i keep getting “out of sync” message. I wrote to them many,many times and i never get a reply nor is it fixed.Zynga has no clue how to fix this nor do they know what they are doing,if anything,.I think if they cant fix their own games they should shut them down .