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Android Unity crashes on splash screen. Invalid serialized file version, expected 3.5.2f2. Actual version: 3.5.3f3
So even with a completely default game with nothing added, when I install it on my android Unity crashes on the splash screen.I've been trying to work around this problem for a few hours now, still haven't found a solution anywhere. I got the adb and the logcat working, and I get the error of the invalid serialized file version (expected 3.5.2f2. Actual version: 3.5.3f3)
I understand this can be a problem with upgrading the software etc. So I did a complete uninstall and reinstalled from a newly downloaded installer. I create an empty project and uploaded it to my phone, to my surprise the problem persisted.
What might be causing this and what can I do to solve this? I'm running on a fresh trial and have not tried to patch or anything of that nature.
Answer by freefalll · Jul 27, 2012 at 03:23 PM
I fixed this after a long struggle. Decided to completely remove Unity from my system again. This means I:
Uninstall Unity
Manually remove Unity folder in Program Files (this includes MonoDevelop)
Go to C:/Users/[yourusername]/AppData
Remove all Unity folders from AppData/Local AppData/LocalLow and AppData/Roaming
In AppData/Local, navigate to Virtual Store, in there should be Program Files which contains another Unity folder, delete this.
Now comes the slightly more tricky part, I backed up my registry and then used find to look for Unity (in everything except Data. I found a few important Unity files this way (don't bother with all the file extension things), and deleted them. Beware to ALWAYS make a backup of your registry before changing anything.
Hope this solves it for anyone else who runs into this problem!
i have the same problem on a mac any ideas?
it thinks its a diferent version
The problem definitely lies with an incorrect installation of Unity, or something along those lines.
It's been a while since I used a mac, but I guess there's two ways you can go about this:
Download some uninstall software like AppCleaner that will completely remove all traces of Unity/$$anonymous$$onodevelop.
$$anonymous$$anually go through all the preferences/libraries in your user folder and delete everything that is Unity/$$anonymous$$onodevelop related before reinstalling it.
Also don't forget to test it with a new empty project.
Hope that helps
I just ran into this issue upgrading to Unity 4.6
I followed steps 1-5 and re-installed. Worked correctly for me.
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