Confusion about Anniversary Event

SKK65

My biggest question is about the 4 star Howard the Duck. So, I started an account before December 2016(I believe, I started playing around update V11.0 or the Mordo event). So... I stopped playing 2 days later because it was crashing on my IPhone 4S like crazy. About July this year, I decided to play on a new phone. It worked excellent. The frame rate was 10/10 and crashing did not exist. So, am I still guaranteed 4 star Howard the duck, or 8 sig levels on my 3 star one? I am confused because I don't know if you have to be playing, like legit playing the game, not letting the game collect virtual dust for half a year to get 4 star Howard the Duck.

Illuminant

If you made your account before December 10th 2016 you get the 4 star