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<blockquote data-quote="Baron Rubik" data-source="post: 138203" data-attributes="member: 2280"><p>Why are you always re-installing? </p><p></p><p>Betas can be installed over the top of market releases and vice versa if that's why. </p><p></p><p>You can back up your highscores and goals already though.it just takes a little work. </p><p></p><p>If rooted, back this file up here... </p><p>SAVE DATA = /DATA/DATA/COM.FARSIGHT.ANDROIDPINBALL.JAVAPROJECT/FILES/saved_data</p><p></p><p>If not rooted 'Helium' <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup</a> does work but you have to move the table rez files prior to the Helium Backup. Other wise Helium attempts to back up all table data, as well as highscores and goals (700mb) and it just overloads and fails. </p><p></p><p>Table data Rez files can be accessed non rooted, using any file explorer, but here's my choice... 'File Explorer' </p><p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.explorer" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.explorer</a></p><p>Browse to this location... </p><p>TABLE DATA = /MNT/SDCARD/ANDROID/DATA/COM.FARSIGHT.ANDROIDPINBALL.JAVAPROJECT/FILES/...</p><p></p><p>Helium Backup procedure :-</p><p>On the donor device, rename the entire folder 'Files' to be 'FilesXXX' or similar, then use Helium to backup in conjunction with 'Google Drive' which you may also want to install from here... </p><p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs</a></p><p>Once Helium Backup is complete, you need to rename 'FileTEMP' or whatever you named it back to 'Files' again - this makes the table rez files visible to the TPA app again. Running Helium will probably have caused another file called 'Files' but with no data in it to be created. Delete this prior to renaming 'FilesXXX' back to 'Files'. </p><p></p><p>On the recipient device (note donor and recipient could be the same device) to restore the Google drive backed up data, a rename of the 'Files' folder isn't sufficient for a restore. </p><p>You need to rename and move the folder to a different location to protect your table data. So rename the 'Files' folder, and move it to another location. </p><p>Run Helium restoring the backed up data from Google drive. Before you do anything else, run and quit TPA. This will again have created a new 'Files' folder with no data in it - delete this new folder. </p><p>If you don't do the run & delete the first time you start TPA it deletes all your table data. </p><p>Rename the original folder you renamed, back to be 'Files' again and move it back to its correct location. Job done. </p><p>(alternatively you could just re-download each rez file for a simpler life, but with quite a few tables now and growing, this is getting to be a large amount of data) </p><p></p><p>This although not dead easy, is the easiest work around until we get Cloud save. </p><p></p><p>You can also backup non-root through ADB available here available here... </p><p><a href="http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html" target="_blank">http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html</a></p><p>But Jared will talk you through that one. </p><p></p><p>Hope this helps you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Baron Rubik, post: 138203, member: 2280"] Why are you always re-installing? Betas can be installed over the top of market releases and vice versa if that's why. You can back up your highscores and goals already though.it just takes a little work. If rooted, back this file up here... SAVE DATA = /DATA/DATA/COM.FARSIGHT.ANDROIDPINBALL.JAVAPROJECT/FILES/saved_data If not rooted 'Helium' [url]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup[/url] does work but you have to move the table rez files prior to the Helium Backup. Other wise Helium attempts to back up all table data, as well as highscores and goals (700mb) and it just overloads and fails. Table data Rez files can be accessed non rooted, using any file explorer, but here's my choice... 'File Explorer' [url]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.explorer[/url] Browse to this location... TABLE DATA = /MNT/SDCARD/ANDROID/DATA/COM.FARSIGHT.ANDROIDPINBALL.JAVAPROJECT/FILES/... Helium Backup procedure :- On the donor device, rename the entire folder 'Files' to be 'FilesXXX' or similar, then use Helium to backup in conjunction with 'Google Drive' which you may also want to install from here... [url]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs[/url] Once Helium Backup is complete, you need to rename 'FileTEMP' or whatever you named it back to 'Files' again - this makes the table rez files visible to the TPA app again. Running Helium will probably have caused another file called 'Files' but with no data in it to be created. Delete this prior to renaming 'FilesXXX' back to 'Files'. On the recipient device (note donor and recipient could be the same device) to restore the Google drive backed up data, a rename of the 'Files' folder isn't sufficient for a restore. You need to rename and move the folder to a different location to protect your table data. So rename the 'Files' folder, and move it to another location. Run Helium restoring the backed up data from Google drive. Before you do anything else, run and quit TPA. This will again have created a new 'Files' folder with no data in it - delete this new folder. If you don't do the run & delete the first time you start TPA it deletes all your table data. Rename the original folder you renamed, back to be 'Files' again and move it back to its correct location. Job done. (alternatively you could just re-download each rez file for a simpler life, but with quite a few tables now and growing, this is getting to be a large amount of data) This although not dead easy, is the easiest work around until we get Cloud save. You can also backup non-root through ADB available here available here... [url]http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html[/url] But Jared will talk you through that one. Hope this helps you. [/QUOTE]
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