I try to join a local world that exists on my device. I get to the loading screen, stay there for ~1:40, and then get an error that says "Unable to connect to world. Please check your connection to the internet and try again." Keep in mind that this is a local world. This is on a Kindle Fire HD 8.
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We're actually already tracking this issue at MCPE-101291, so I will resolve and link this ticket as a duplicate.
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