How to backup the progress in games so it can be restored to a new phone?

[rabbitbo]

Hi all

Iphone 4s, lots of games, many of them have been played for days/weeks, now in getting a new iphone 4s, and I would like to know if it is possible to get the game progress saved so it can be transfered to the new phone.

thanx

Bo

 

[britpoper]

I'm not sure this can be done or not :
Backup all to iCloud, then when you activate the new phone restore from iCloud Backup instead of New Phone.

 

[rabbitbo]

Hello. Thanx for your reply. Im sure it only takes backup of your applications and not the progress. But I will give it a go.

 

[ClavisHon]

Im sure it only takes backup of your applications and not the progress.

Me too. I just restored my new iPod Touch from an iCloud backup. Applications were back but not app data such as game-saves. I do not think there is way of doing what you want to achieve.

 

[rabbitbo]

I just think there must be a way, it should be pretty simple. All progress must be in a file somewhere on your mobile device, so taking that file out of your mobile device and copying that to a new device should be simple...but maby not. ;o)

 

[Thomasjtsi]

What version iPhone are you going to be switching from... and what iOS version is it on?

 

[rabbitbo]

Iphone 4s 16 gb 5.1.1 - its the same iphone, just the sim-card that is going to be changed. But when you change mobile provider you have to reset the phone to its factory settings before it will accept the new sim-card.

 

[Thomasjtsi]

Quite simple actually... create a backup of your existing 4S via iTunes. When you get going w/ your new 4S... once you activate it, restore it from the backup of your other 4S. All info, saves, data, everything... will move over.

 

[rabbitbo]

Thanx Thomas, I will give it a go.
Bo

 

[Thomasjtsi]

Thanx Thomas, I will give it a go.

Welcome!

 

[annieluise]

Yes it might be possible if you use a iPhone backup software which will transfer all your data and files from your iPhone to any Mac or Windows PC and will create a backup of it which you can then transfer and restore in your new iPhone.
Get more details on it from : http://www.iphonebackupsoftware.com

 

[wingzfan61]

The game saves are stored in user/applications/"applications folder"/documents.

Just use a device browser on your pc like winscp or iexplorer and copy the folders to you pc. I do it constantly in case i crash my phone.