Hybridchld Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Ok so after the new challenge achievements were added people figured out you could change your system clock and go back four months and do the challenges from September on. Well the good news is now that it's into February you can still go back as far as September! Turns out the game had an update back in September 2013 to make the challenges playable offline and it would seem that no matter the current date you will always be able to go back as far as September 2013 to start working on the achievements. So in theory by September 2014 there will be enough of a backlog of challenges that you will be able to change you system clock and and get all 12 badges when ever suits you. I hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zszaiss Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Nice summary - and explains why it didn't work when I tried it for Taptiles. Happy to have it now - already well on my way to these achievements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4milo Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Can you give a step by step guide on how to do this method? I changed the date on my computer (I started with September 1, 2013), loaded up the game but it didn't sign into Xbox Live. I tried October 1, 2013 and it also didn't sign into Xbox Live. I then changed to November 1, 2013 and finally it signed into Xbox Live. However, once I clicked into the Daily Challenge section (which displayed the changed date) an Error message appeared which said something along the lines that it couldn't load the table. This Error message also happened on December 1, 2013 and January 1, 2014. I got the game when it was originally released and got the original 4 achievements in the first few days. I didn't played it anymore until last week when I learned there were new achievements. I already unlocked a few and got the Gold Medal for February 2014. Besides that info, there are two Microsoft accounts on my computer, but mine is the only one that has Xbox Live Gold. Please help. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybridchld Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) Don't worry about it not signing into live it wouldn't sign me in for September or October either. Try changing the dates to the last day of the month, that's how I did it and it also means you can get that months medals without having to change the date multiple times in the same month. I just checked in case things changed after the last update and it still works for me by going to the last days of September, October and November Edited February 25, 2014 by Hybridchld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odessa Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Question for you: I got the one month Premium to get rid of the ads, will this mean I cannot do the switch until after it's past? I've tried to load the challenges but keep getting an error. I'm using my Surface Pro 2 tablet, if that makes a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybridchld Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 Sorry I have no idea, I've never used the premium. Given the premium does double the challenge rewards it would make sense to assume there would be some extra security to prevent you doing past months though. Just try again when it runs out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4milo Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Tried it and it didn't work. The date changes in the game but once I click on Daily Challenges the following message appears: There was a problem downloading Daily Challenge date. Please refer to error code: 002000. Try Again/Cancel I guess I won't be able to exploit this glitch. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybridchld Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Try removing the game completely and then reinstalling it. Are you using Windows RT by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdp 73 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) Tried it and it didn't work. The date changes in the game but once I click on Daily Challenges the following message appears: There was a problem downloading Daily Challenge date. Please refer to error code: 002000. Try Again/Cancel I guess I won't be able to exploit this glitch. Oh well. Same with me. I tried on both my tablet (Windows RT) and my laptop (Windows 8.1) and I get the same error message on both. Edit: I also tried uninstalling the game and reinstalling to no avail. Edited March 3, 2014 by mdp 73 Added a note Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybridchld Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 Sorry guys don't know what to say. It is technically a glitch we used so its never going to be a 100% reliable method. On the bright side they seem to be popping early for most people so keep going and you may not need to go back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4milo Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Try removing the game completely and then reinstalling it. Are you using Windows RT by any chance? I'm using Windows 8.1. Thanks again for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odessa Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I was unable to change my date after the Premium ran out. I'm not sure if having that screwed up the option to do so. I missed a day and was unable to change back for the month straight as well. Again, I am just guessing that this is in relation to buying Premium and not an update. I did the uninstall/reinstall for both my laptop and Tablet. If someone is able to successfully change the date after buying Premium I'd love to know. My medals are correct, so no luck on the early achievement as of yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BipedFungus484 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I went to the right bottom of the screen on the desktop where it shows your clock. Changed the date (You have to have the Minesweeper app completely closed out). Open Minesweeper and it shows the 'new' date. I was able to do this in March, but in April, it wouldn't let me go back to previous months. I haven't tried using the last day of the month yet, I have heard that works for previous 4 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrssmith626 Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Here is my experience with this: I have changed the date back as far as December and it's still working fine, though I haven't played when it wouldn't let me sign into Xbox live. To get around it, I would close out completely, change the date back to the current date, then log in again, minimize the game and change the date back to the last day of the past month. Do all that before going into the Daily Challenges. The icon would still show the current date, but then when I went into it, it would load the past month's challenges. I've tried to time it so I get the last one legitimately so it unlocks on the current date so it doesn't look fishy or like I'm cheating to Xbox. But when I have gotten them retroactivately the achievements didn't pop until I logged into the program with the current date on my PC. Set the date to the last day of the month and you can do all the challenges from the month and get the badge. I also got Wins at Your Back in one night using this method, of course I had to shut down the program and log in again changing it to every day of the month. I was really glad to get this one in one night after trying it three times legitimately not knowing I couldn't have the program open in the background on my tablet when the date changed. However my achievement timestamp says 5/31/15 when I just unlocked it yesterday. This is the only game I've had issues with though, as the first time I attempted it I did Taptiles and Sudoku at the same time every day as well and got both of the similar achievements on that attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrssmith626 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Apparently XBox does consider this cheating. Hope I don't get banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3RG3y06 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 It looks like now, if You are still using Windows 8, You cannot use this method, as it does not allow You to load previous days (You still can go to the past for one or two days, but not more). At least for me, it happens only on Windows 8, and for some reason on Windows 10 You still can go back in the time as far as You wish. Maybe it is somehow related to the new Xbox app, but I am not sure. Okay, this message is just the warning for those who are going to earn Wins at Your Back and who still use Windows 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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