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It can be annoying to wait 30 minutes for another life in Candy Crush. Fortunately, there are a few different ways to get past the time limit without paying for add-ons. This wikiHow teaches you how to get unlimited lives on Android, iPhone, or iPad. If you have access to a computer with Facebook, you can also use that to get one free extra life.
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Use your remaining lives. Play through the levels until you run out of lives. While in the middle of a game, you can see how many lives you have remaining next to the heart icon at the top of the screen.
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Close Candy Crush Saga. After you run out of lives, close the app entirely. Use the following steps to close the Candy Crush Saga app:
- On iPhone and iPad, swipe up slowly from the bottom of the screen. On Android devices, tap the icon that resembles a square, or the physical button that resembles two overlapping squares. On Samsung devices, tap the icon with three vertical lines. This displays all open apps in suspended mode.
- Swipe right until you see an image of where you left off in Candy Crush Saga.
- Swipe up on the image of Candy Crush Saga. The image will disappear indicating that the app has been closed.
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Set the time forward on your phone. By setting the time forward on your phone, you can trick Candy Crush Saga into thinking it is much later. It will award you new lives. Use the following steps to set the time forward three hours to be safe.
- iOS - Tap the Settings app, select General. Then tap Date & Time. Slide the "Set Automatically" toggle switch to OFF, and then tap the time. Swipe up on the hour to set it ahead three hours.
- Android - Tap Settings on your device's Home screen, or press the Menu button and select Settings. Tap the magnifying glass icon and type "Date & Time" in the search bar. Then tap Date & Time. Slide the "Automatic date & time" toggle switch to OFF. Then tap Set Time. Swipe up on the hour to set the time three hours ahead. Then tap Done.
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4Wait a minute or two. Before you relaunch Candy Crush Saga, wait a few moments.
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Restart Candy Crush Saga. Tap the Candy Crush Icon on your home screen or apps menu to open relaunch Candy Crush Saga. Don't start playing yet. You just need to check to see if extra lives have been applied. You can see the number of lives you have inside the heart at the top of the screen on the level select screen.
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Change the time back. Go back to the Settings menu on your device and tap the toggle switch next to "Automatic Time." This automatically detects the time and sets it back to the correct time.
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Play Candy Crush Saga. Your lives will have been replenished, and you can start playing again. If you run out, simply repeat this method to gain more lives.
- Note: If you now have to wait longer than before to get extra lives, it means you did not wait long enough on Step 3. You will need to repeat these steps and set your clock forward to compensate for the extra-long wait time.
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Play until you have one life left. This trick will only work if you are down to your last life, so make sure you're paying attention!
- It is not possible to get unlimited lives in the Facebook version, as everything is run a central server. Any site claiming to provide unlimited lives is a scam.
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Open a new tab. When you are down to your last life, open up Candy Crush in another tab in your browser.
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Load Candy Crush Saga in another tab. Go to Facebook in the other tab and tap "Candy Crush Saga" in the sidebar to the left. Don't start playing the level. Just get it ready.
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Play the game in the first tab. If you lose your last life in the first tab, you can switch to the second tab for one more go. If you lose your last life, immediately close the tab before the match is over and open Candy Crush Saga on Facebook in a new window. You can keep doing this as long as you open a new tab and close the old one before the life counter drops to 0.
Community Q&A
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QuestionHow do I download this website?Community AnswerCandy Crush is not a website on its own and it cannot be played on a browser, the official website for Candy Crush is the game's developer, King.com, however it can be downloaded for free on a computer or mobile device.
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1. Play Candy Crush Saga on your smartphone until you lose all your lives.
2. Close the Candy Crush Saga app.
3. Open Settings on your phone.
4. Turn off Automatic Time and set the time forward 3 hours.
5. Start playing Candy Crush Saga again.
6. Turn Automatic Time back on in the Settings menu.