nope, a faulty sim shouldnt affect the game. it doesnt ask for your valid phone number and stuff. the way i see it is your phone reset while it rejected your sim, then your cache has been cleared. if a program is up and running and your system/phone crashes (restarts) the caches are cleared
a little bit of a guess but im going to say you used your phone to instantly play topeleven instead of logging in via FB? thats probably why everything reset

if your sim still doesnt work try to get it replaced or blow out the sim seat whatever its called

have you tried connecting via wifi?