My lvl 70 account is now linked to game centre. I can now update my ios version to 9.3 hohoho
Awesome Pion3o! Another tool in the toolchest.
I probably won't go this route though, because I don't want to bother with multiple Apple IDs. I have other devices my kids have used, and I find that having multiple accounts used for one device is kind of annoying, especially for old accounts that are forgotten.
I wish there was a way where I could reset my Game Center to a fresh start, like you effectively did by creating a new Apple account. That way I could maybe do the same thing you did, but keep my Apple ID the same.
You don't need a new Apple ID, it's much easier than that.
Backup your device for safety.
1- Close SWGOH.
2- Open the Game Center app.
3- Log-in if you haven't using your preferred iTunes account.
4- Tap "Games" at the bottom.
5- Find SWGOH in the list.
6- Swipe left and choose "Delete".
7- Do NOT uninstall SWGOH when prompted; choose "Cancel" instead.
8- Leave Game Center logged in.
9- Open SWGOH.
10- When prompted, choose "Continue". (The message about level 0 and new games is confusingly stated).
11- Your Guest game will now become your Game Center game on your original iTunes account.
12- Stay logged in to Game Center and continue on as normal.
You don't need a new Apple ID, it's much easier than that.
Backup your device for safety.
1- Close SWGOH.
2- Open the Game Center app.
3- Log-in if you haven't using your preferred iTunes account.
4- Tap "Games" at the bottom.
5- Find SWGOH in the list.
6- Swipe left and choose "Delete".
7- Do NOT uninstall SWGOH when prompted; choose "Cancel" instead.
8- Leave Game Center logged in.
9- Open SWGOH.
10- When prompted, choose "Continue". (The message about level 0 and new games is confusingly stated).
11- Your Guest game will now become your Game Center game on your original iTunes account.
12- Stay logged in to Game Center and continue on as normal.
@Phlebotomy_Jones May i ask do u happen to know the solution to account reset due to ios update?
Sorry, I haven't encountered that particular problem.
iOS update shouldn't reset a game account, at least it hasn't ever on the devices I manage at home - including my daughter's non-Game Center linked SWGOH guest game.
If it did, I might try to restore from a current, full (encrypted) backup, if I had one, using iTunes - especially if the game hadn't been linked to Game Center.
An iCloud backup might not include the saved guest game (no way for me to easily verify that), and there's no reason for iOS to keep backup files if you've uninstalled an app or game...again no easy way to verify that.
I'd guess though that if SWGOH was deleted prior to an update, then reinstalled, that the guest game might be permanently gone as there would be no game files left behind following the uninstall.
Moving a guest to Game Center was relatively simple, as the game save file was still there. In your case, there's likely no saved game file left on the device. If you can restore it from a backup, then you can connect it to Game Center and your worries end.
Success depends upon your backups…and whether the saved guest game gets restored from a backup whether iCloud or iTunes. If it's not in a backup, sadly, it's not anywhere you control.
That would mean the only chance would be if EA/CG has a server side record of your game and could connect to Game Center for you, which to be honest defeats the purpose of Game Center backups and seems unlikely. While they surely have records of your game, it probably isn't the same data as a save file. And without your game ID code, it might not be possible to locate and might be impossible to recreate from that data anyway - but that's just conjecture on my part.
Sorry I couldn't provide a more hopeful outlook, but good luck recovering your game and I do hope it works out.
You don't need a new Apple ID, it's much easier than that.
Backup your device for safety.
1- Close SWGOH.
2- Open the Game Center app.
3- Log-in if you haven't using your preferred iTunes account.
4- Tap "Games" at the bottom.
5- Find SWGOH in the list.
6- Swipe left and choose "Delete".
7- Do NOT uninstall SWGOH when prompted; choose "Cancel" instead.
8- Leave Game Center logged in.
9- Open SWGOH.
10- When prompted, choose "Continue". (The message about level 0 and new games is confusingly stated).
11- Your Guest game will now become your Game Center game on your original iTunes account.
12- Stay logged in to Game Center and continue on as normal.
Hope this helps someone.
This didn't work for me, after deleting the Game Center GoH I stayed logged in and opened the app and it took me straight to the tutorial. Anything else I should be doing?
You don't need a new Apple ID, it's much easier than that.
Backup your device for safety.
1- Close SWGOH.
2- Open the Game Center app.
3- Log-in if you haven't using your preferred iTunes account.
4- Tap "Games" at the bottom.
5- Find SWGOH in the list.
6- Swipe left and choose "Delete".
7- Do NOT uninstall SWGOH when prompted; choose "Cancel" instead.
8- Leave Game Center logged in.
9- Open SWGOH.
10- When prompted, choose "Continue". (The message about level 0 and new games is confusingly stated).
11- Your Guest game will now become your Game Center game on your original iTunes account.
12- Stay logged in to Game Center and continue on as normal.
Hope this helps someone.
This didn't work for me, after deleting the Game Center GoH I stayed logged in and opened the app and it took me straight to the tutorial. Anything else I should be doing?
Nothing certain.
I know this works, and have had several others with success. I even just repeated the process on my own game to verify.
Maybe you didn't close the game? Maybe you never started a Guest game, and just need to repeat the process?
As long as you have a recent, encrypted ITunes backup you will be able to restore, so you can try again once a Guest game is present.
You don't need a new Apple ID, it's much easier than that.
Backup your device for safety.
1- Close SWGOH.
2- Open the Game Center app.
3- Log-in if you haven't using your preferred iTunes account.
4- Tap "Games" at the bottom.
5- Find SWGOH in the list.
6- Swipe left and choose "Delete".
7- Do NOT uninstall SWGOH when prompted; choose "Cancel" instead.
8- Leave Game Center logged in.
9- Open SWGOH.
10- When prompted, choose "Continue". (The message about level 0 and new games is confusingly stated).
11- Your Guest game will now become your Game Center game on your original iTunes account.
12- Stay logged in to Game Center and continue on as normal.
Hope this helps someone.
OK, this is helpful. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite this easy for me. I was unable to permanently remove the data from Game Center. Each time I opened SWGOH, it simply added it back to Game Center using an old Level 2 account I accidentally created awhile back.
For me, I simply created a new Apple ID on Apple's website. I used that to log onto Game Center and then opened SWGOH. BINGO! I picked up with step 10 above and now I have my guest account (Level 74) linked to Game Center on using a second Apple ID. It is saved and I can use it on any Apple device. AWESOME!
You don't need a new Apple ID, it's much easier than that.
Backup your device for safety.
1- Close SWGOH.
2- Open the Game Center app.
3- Log-in if you haven't using your preferred iTunes account.
4- Tap "Games" at the bottom.
5- Find SWGOH in the list.
6- Swipe left and choose "Delete".
7- Do NOT uninstall SWGOH when prompted; choose "Cancel" instead.
8- Leave Game Center logged in.
9- Open SWGOH.
10- When prompted, choose "Continue". (The message about level 0 and new games is confusingly stated).
11- Your Guest game will now become your Game Center game on your original iTunes account.
12- Stay logged in to Game Center and continue on as normal.
Hope this helps someone.
I just created a forum account to thank Phlebotomy_Jones for this. It worked. My level 73 game transferred to Gamecenter. You have to make a leap of faith at Step 10 when the game says it will transfer your Level 0 game. (Leap after encrypted back up of course.)
I had emailed EA Help about this first and they were useless.
OK, this is helpful. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite this easy for me. I was unable to permanently remove the data from Game Center. Each time I opened SWGOH, it simply added it back to Game Center using an old Level 2 account I accidentally created awhile back.
For me, I simply created a new Apple ID on Apple's website. I used that to log onto Game Center and then opened SWGOH. BINGO! I picked up with step 10 above and now I have my guest account (Level 74) linked to Game Center on using a second Apple ID. It is saved and I can use it on any Apple device. AWESOME!
Thanks Pezz! I was in your same boat... my old lvl 2 account kept coming back even after I deleted it via Game Center. So I followed your advice, and now I have a 2nd Apple ID being used only for Game Center. Not ideal, but better than risking losing the guest account!
You don't need a new Apple ID, it's much easier than that.
Backup your device for safety.
1- Close SWGOH.
2- Open the Game Center app.
3- Log-in if you haven't using your preferred iTunes account.
4- Tap "Games" at the bottom.
5- Find SWGOH in the list.
6- Swipe left and choose "Delete".
7- Do NOT uninstall SWGOH when prompted; choose "Cancel" instead.
8- Leave Game Center logged in.
9- Open SWGOH.
10- When prompted, choose "Continue". (The message about level 0 and new games is confusingly stated).
11- Your Guest game will now become your Game Center game on your original iTunes account.
12- Stay logged in to Game Center and continue on as normal.
Hope this helps someone.
OK, this is helpful. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite this easy for me. I was unable to permanently remove the data from Game Center. Each time I opened SWGOH, it simply added it back to Game Center using an old Level 2 account I accidentally created awhile back.
For me, I simply created a new Apple ID on Apple's website. I used that to log onto Game Center and then opened SWGOH. BINGO! I picked up with step 10 above and now I have my guest account (Level 74) linked to Game Center on using a second Apple ID. It is saved and I can use it on any Apple device. AWESOME!
I had the same problem, lucky enough I saw your response and was also able to saved it with a second apple ID.
thanks and specially thanks to @Phlebotomy_Jones !!
Maybe you didn't close the game? Maybe you never started a Guest game, and just need to repeat the process?
As long as you have a recent, encrypted ITunes backup you will be able to restore, so you can try again once a Guest game is present.
What do you mean "never started a guest game"?
Also for encryptied back ups do those have to be on a computer or can they be in the cloud?
A guest game is simply a game that was started when you weren't logged into Game Center. Guest games are only stored on the device, so if the device fails or is wiped, the game is completely lost. Connecting it to Game Center stores it on Apple's servers.
Encrypted backups can be done on a computer or in Apple's "cloud". According to this site, Apple's Cloud backups are always encrypted: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204136
Maybe you didn't close the game? Maybe you never started a Guest game, and just need to repeat the process?
As long as you have a recent, encrypted ITunes backup you will be able to restore, so you can try again once a Guest game is present.
What do you mean "never started a guest game"?
Also for encryptied back ups do those have to be on a computer or can they be in the cloud?
A guest game is simply a game that was started when you weren't logged into Game Center. Guest games are only stored on the device, so if the device fails or is wiped, the game is completely lost. Connecting it to Game Center stores it on Apple's servers.
Encrypted backups can be done on a computer or in Apple's "cloud". According to this site, Apple's Cloud backups are always encrypted: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204136
Okay, so I definitely have a guest account because it's the account I play and it's not associated with my Game Center. If I made a new ID would that account be different for my payments as well, like I'd have to put money or add a card to that account separately?
Okay, so I definitely have a guest account because it's the account I play and it's not associated with my Game Center. If I made a new ID would that account be different for my payments as well, like I'd have to put money or add a card to that account separately?
From my understanding, the Game Center ID is just used for storing game progress and achievements. I don't believe it's linked to purchasing games. However, you may not need to create a new ID. Try following the steps in this thread to log in to Game Center and then start GOH. If prompted to "continue", select YES and your game will be henceforth backed up on Apple's servers. But before you do anything, make sure you have an encrypted backup so if you lose your guest account, you can "restore" from your backup.
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My lvl 70 account is now linked to game centre. I can now update my ios version to 9.3 hohoho
Awesome Pion3o! Another tool in the toolchest.
I probably won't go this route though, because I don't want to bother with multiple Apple IDs. I have other devices my kids have used, and I find that having multiple accounts used for one device is kind of annoying, especially for old accounts that are forgotten.
I wish there was a way where I could reset my Game Center to a fresh start, like you effectively did by creating a new Apple account. That way I could maybe do the same thing you did, but keep my Apple ID the same.
Now if u were to logout of game centre and laucnh goh u will see the opening "ceremony" again lol
You don't need a new Apple ID, it's much easier than that.
Backup your device for safety.
1- Close SWGOH.
2- Open the Game Center app.
3- Log-in if you haven't using your preferred iTunes account.
4- Tap "Games" at the bottom.
5- Find SWGOH in the list.
6- Swipe left and choose "Delete".
7- Do NOT uninstall SWGOH when prompted; choose "Cancel" instead.
8- Leave Game Center logged in.
9- Open SWGOH.
10- When prompted, choose "Continue". (The message about level 0 and new games is confusingly stated).
11- Your Guest game will now become your Game Center game on your original iTunes account.
12- Stay logged in to Game Center and continue on as normal.
Hope this helps someone.
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Sorry, I haven't encountered that particular problem.
iOS update shouldn't reset a game account, at least it hasn't ever on the devices I manage at home - including my daughter's non-Game Center linked SWGOH guest game.
If it did, I might try to restore from a current, full (encrypted) backup, if I had one, using iTunes - especially if the game hadn't been linked to Game Center.
An iCloud backup might not include the saved guest game (no way for me to easily verify that), and there's no reason for iOS to keep backup files if you've uninstalled an app or game...again no easy way to verify that.
I'd guess though that if SWGOH was deleted prior to an update, then reinstalled, that the guest game might be permanently gone as there would be no game files left behind following the uninstall.
Moving a guest to Game Center was relatively simple, as the game save file was still there. In your case, there's likely no saved game file left on the device. If you can restore it from a backup, then you can connect it to Game Center and your worries end.
Success depends upon your backups…and whether the saved guest game gets restored from a backup whether iCloud or iTunes. If it's not in a backup, sadly, it's not anywhere you control.
That would mean the only chance would be if EA/CG has a server side record of your game and could connect to Game Center for you, which to be honest defeats the purpose of Game Center backups and seems unlikely. While they surely have records of your game, it probably isn't the same data as a save file. And without your game ID code, it might not be possible to locate and might be impossible to recreate from that data anyway - but that's just conjecture on my part.
Sorry I couldn't provide a more hopeful outlook, but good luck recovering your game and I do hope it works out.
This didn't work for me, after deleting the Game Center GoH I stayed logged in and opened the app and it took me straight to the tutorial. Anything else I should be doing?
I know this works, and have had several others with success. I even just repeated the process on my own game to verify.
Maybe you didn't close the game? Maybe you never started a Guest game, and just need to repeat the process?
As long as you have a recent, encrypted ITunes backup you will be able to restore, so you can try again once a Guest game is present.
OK, this is helpful. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite this easy for me. I was unable to permanently remove the data from Game Center. Each time I opened SWGOH, it simply added it back to Game Center using an old Level 2 account I accidentally created awhile back.
For me, I simply created a new Apple ID on Apple's website. I used that to log onto Game Center and then opened SWGOH. BINGO! I picked up with step 10 above and now I have my guest account (Level 74) linked to Game Center on using a second Apple ID. It is saved and I can use it on any Apple device. AWESOME!
How'd u fix it ?? - I'm having the same issue, got reset to level 1 with all progress lost
The power bar isn't decreasing while the character power display on it is decreasing. It makes lot of confusion. Please fix it.
Thanks
I just created a forum account to thank Phlebotomy_Jones for this. It worked. My level 73 game transferred to Gamecenter. You have to make a leap of faith at Step 10 when the game says it will transfer your Level 0 game. (Leap after encrypted back up of course.)
I had emailed EA Help about this first and they were useless.
Thanks Pezz! I was in your same boat... my old lvl 2 account kept coming back even after I deleted it via Game Center. So I followed your advice, and now I have a 2nd Apple ID being used only for Game Center. Not ideal, but better than risking losing the guest account!
I had the same problem, lucky enough I saw your response and was also able to saved it with a second apple ID.
thanks and specially thanks to @Phlebotomy_Jones !!
One is happy to be of service.
What do you mean "never started a guest game"?
Also for encryptied back ups do those have to be on a computer or can they be in the cloud?
A guest game is simply a game that was started when you weren't logged into Game Center. Guest games are only stored on the device, so if the device fails or is wiped, the game is completely lost. Connecting it to Game Center stores it on Apple's servers.
Encrypted backups can be done on a computer or in Apple's "cloud". According to this site, Apple's Cloud backups are always encrypted: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204136
Okay, so I definitely have a guest account because it's the account I play and it's not associated with my Game Center. If I made a new ID would that account be different for my payments as well, like I'd have to put money or add a card to that account separately?
From my understanding, the Game Center ID is just used for storing game progress and achievements. I don't believe it's linked to purchasing games. However, you may not need to create a new ID. Try following the steps in this thread to log in to Game Center and then start GOH. If prompted to "continue", select YES and your game will be henceforth backed up on Apple's servers. But before you do anything, make sure you have an encrypted backup so if you lose your guest account, you can "restore" from your backup.