So I have a resolution to this.
like others, when I uninstalled and reinstalled I got the error message that it did not reinstall even though the game was there and started with no sound.
A lot of threads for the computers talk about the obb file.
And then I remembered that I upgraded my phone a couple months ago.
I plugged both phones into the computer, old and new.
The OBB directory was empty on the new phone but had a 216 MEG file on the old phone.
I copied that file from the old phone to the same obb directory on the new phone.
Voila, the game works again!!!!
I hope this helps other people in the future as well!!!