Quest: loading after turn order selection hangs at transition splash screen

[mccrispy]

Device: Hudl 2
OS: Android 5.1
PACG build: 1.0.3.6.3

Pass & Play: OFF
Permadeath: OFF
Mode: Quest
Party Members: Merisiel, Lem, Harsk, Seoni, Lini, Amiri
Turn Order: as party
Scenario: any
Difficulty: Heroic
Wildcards: any
Trigger:  transition from "select turn order" to first turn in game


I have a party of 6 that consists of 4 level 26 and 2 level 25 characters. I'm having a problem if I finish a Quest, then go straight back to play the next Quest. When I do that, once I've selected turn order (which I always leave the same as the party order as I build my party in the desired turn order), I hit the transition arrow and the splash screen (the Seoni vs. the Goblin one) loads and the music plays, but the first turn doesn't load. Not even after an hour!!

 

There appears to be no reliable way out of the problem because killing the App and reloading doesn't automatically fix it. Neither does a device reboot. However, *sometimes* I can get past this, but when I do I can never hit Quest and continue where I left off, I go back to party selection again. The last time that I managed to get back into the game, I had a locked character. This takes the number of locked characters to 3 out of 11. It's an even more vicious play mode than Permadeath!