Board Thread:Help Desk/@comment-25312412-20140801024712/@comment-24821572-20140801175216

I believe you are misunderstanding something here. The next update for mobile is hardmode, not 1.2. Mobile will have hardmode unlocked with all 1.1 items. 1.2 was massive enough of an update to break console ver. There's no way they will do HM and 1.2 together. As a matter of fact, it might even be impossible for 1.2 to ever get to mobile.

As for shadow chests.... that way you mentioned is the only method to obtain them and their loot. There's no way around it, even for the other versions.