I have the latest version and my iPhone - if I did load the game without the wifi on
Then it tells you you have to connect once a day and when I do sometimes he game
Works and other times I have to wait another day to play.

Not being connected to Internet wh you load the game each morning, should not
put it in this mode of nothing happening for another day.

I think I might take the advise of the others and stick with playing the sims