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Post by moeT Fri May 03, 2013 2:35 am

Hi Guys,

For those who want to backup their airport city game (due to changing the phone, phone problems, bug, etc...) and their phones are not rooted as many suffered during this period and posted here on the forum. There is an easy way that some of you might know it. Here are the steps:

1- Download the desktop version of "Carbon" application and install it on your PC (3 versions for windows, linux and mac)
http://www.clockworkmod.com/carbon

2- Download the Android version of "Carbon" on your phone or tablet.(You should have Android 4.0 or above)
3-Download phone drivers from here and install them on your PC:
http://www.clockworkmod.com/carbon/drivers


Now you are ready to backup your game, follow these simple steps:

1- Run Carbon on your PC.
2- Connect your phone or tablet via USB to your PC, make sure USB debugging is on.
3- Run Carbon on your phone.
4- Wait till the PC version of Carbon identifies your phone.
5- Now, from your phone Carbon version you can see you AC game and on its right a tick box, click on it and then tick on the bottom check box (app data only) then press backup.
6- The backup will be located on your phone under the carbon folder , you can copy it to your PC.

(Backup folder under carbon folder : com.gameinsight.airport)
(Backup files: com.gameinsight.airport.ab , com.gameinsight.airport.json)

For Restoring your game:

1- Install a fresh copy of AC. (You might need to restart your phone before connecting your phone via USB again when restoring)
2- repeat the same steps as the backup until step 4:
3- Press restore tab on the upper right (on phone version) then click restore.


And voila you have your game fully restored with all the progress as well as with all your friends.

I already tested it on 3 different phones and one tablet, works great.


Last edited by moeT on Sat May 04, 2013 2:46 pm; edited 4 times in total
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Post by van goosen Fri May 03, 2013 3:10 am

any way to backup on ios, besides taking photos for proof if it all goes sideways?
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Post by moeT Fri May 03, 2013 3:32 am

van goosen wrote:any way to backup on ios, besides taking photos for proof if it all goes sideways?

If you take a full backup of your iPhone and then restore it to your new or current phone, all data will be preserved including application/game data.

All through iTunes. Take into consideration that iTunes can backup All of your App Store Application data except the temp and cache folders/files.
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Post by el_angelus Fri May 03, 2013 4:47 am

Hi MoeT, thanks for sharing. I just did what you post, I want to know if i did it ok, now i have 2 files in the carbon folder.
com.gameinsight.airport.ab
com.gameinsight.airport.json

Those are the back up files?
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Post by moeT Fri May 03, 2013 6:00 am

el_angelus wrote:Hi MoeT, thanks for sharing. I just did what you post, I want to know if i did it ok, now i have 2 files in the carbon folder.
com.gameinsight.airport.ab
com.gameinsight.airport.json


Those are the back up files?

Yes el_angelus these are the files for your game. You can restore them on different phone or on the same phone and you will get your game fully restored. :-)
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Post by tamildv Fri May 03, 2013 4:37 pm

@moeT - some excelet work and great share. Thanks. I am sure many people who are not rooted will love this. cheers
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Post by kakadudu Fri May 03, 2013 5:50 pm

Great thing many thanks moeT Very Happy Very Happy

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Post by 71RedClimaCool Fri May 03, 2013 7:19 pm

Thanks for this, I will do this immediately tonight. I just talked to a friend who lost his whole game and now not want to start all over again.
So, I know what I am doing tonight!! Very Happy
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Post by GASBS Sat May 04, 2013 7:54 am

It seems this Carbon 'Helium' back-up app is not supported by my Sony Xperia P. Boooooo. Thanks for the info though moeT, looks like this should help out a lot of non-rooted players.
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Post by DoubleOSeven Sat May 04, 2013 11:39 am

GASBS wrote:It seems this Carbon 'Helium' back-up app is not supported by my Sony Xperia P. Boooooo. Thanks for the info though moeT, looks like this should help out a lot of non-rooted players.
Carbon Helium is only available on Android 4, so if you have an older android version on your phone, then you can't install it.
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Post by moeT Sat May 04, 2013 2:50 pm

DoubleOSeven wrote:
GASBS wrote:It seems this Carbon 'Helium' back-up app is not supported by my Sony Xperia P. Boooooo. Thanks for the info though moeT, looks like this should help out a lot of non-rooted players.
Carbon Helium is only available on Android 4, so if you have an older android version on your phone, then you can't install it.

As DoubleOSeven said your phone should have Android 4.0 and above, I updated the post above to include this additional info.
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Post by Big Kev Fri May 10, 2013 9:10 am

Thanks Moe, I will backup my game over the weekend.

Does anyone know if you could use this to avoid bad drops for the chests you get for the space missions? What I'm thinking is to backup the game just before the lander arrives back. Then when it arrives, open the chest and if you don't like what you receive restore the backup and try again.

With a well balanced game you shouldn't have to do this... My last gold PM chest gave me 3 Gagarin's Helmets - which I already had 5 of. grrrrr

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Post by R3d_F1v3 Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:39 am

Has anyone who has been experiencing a crashed game during the "It Came From Outer Space" update had any luck restoring their game using this method? I did not see this backup method before my game crashed, and if GI is not able to restore my game, I am not sure I want to start all the way back from the beginning if this method has not been successful in restoring the game to its pre-crash status. Comments?
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Post by tamildv Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:24 am

Big Kev wrote:Thanks Moe, I will backup my game over the weekend.

Does anyone know if you could use this to avoid bad drops for the chests you get for the space missions? What I'm thinking is to backup the game just before the lander arrives back. Then when it arrives, open the chest and if you don't like what you receive restore the backup and try again.

With a well balanced game you shouldn't have to do this... My last gold PM chest gave me 3 Gagarin's Helmets - which I already had 5 of. grrrrr

One of the issues you could face with this - is that the lander return needs to be in-sync with the GIS servers. If the GIS servers have sent you that lander (you need to be on-line for this to happen) and then you restore the game ..

Your game thinks the lander has not returned
GIS servers think they have sent you the lander

Lander may never return... Evil or Very Mad

So who wants to try this first Twisted Evil
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Post by diwata Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:50 am

Did anyone do what MoeT posted and survived? Any feedback?
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Post by jon- Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:18 am

tamildv wrote:
Big Kev wrote:Thanks Moe, I will backup my game over the weekend.

Does anyone know if you could use this to avoid bad drops for the chests you get for the space missions? What I'm thinking is to backup the game just before the lander arrives back. Then when it arrives, open the chest and if you don't like what you receive restore the backup and try again.

With a well balanced game you shouldn't have to do this... My last gold PM chest gave me 3 Gagarin's Helmets - which I already had 5 of. grrrrr

One of the issues you could face with this - is that the lander return needs to be in-sync with the GIS servers. If the GIS servers have sent you that lander (you need to be on-line for this to happen) and then you restore the game ..

Your game thinks the lander has not returned
GIS servers think they have sent you the lander

Lander may never return... Evil or Very Mad

So who wants to try this first Twisted Evil



I can't comment on backing up, but can confirm that "recycling" works for the lander so restoring from a backup should be fine. You must collect the lander prior to backing up (to avoid the problems TDV mentions) - the allocation of items is at the point you open the chest, not when it lands. Therefore if opened and not the right items, just restore to before you opened it and you should be able to try again. Recycling is working well currently as the game is anyway slow - just save up a load of passengers or coins to collect, go and collect the lot quickly then open the chest. If it's not what you want quit the game ASAP (you only have 1-2 secs.), hibernate, wait 30s then go back in - about 75% of the time you'll be restored to somewhere in the middle of picking up your coins prior to opening the chest... This also works well for the "launch ready" collections - if I don't get a PEB or main stabiliser in five of them I'll recycle them until one appears. However - overall I've also lost a lot after legitimate progress was not saved, so I try to convince myself this is getting even and not cheating!!!

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Post by iamice Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:00 am

Is this backup separate the program and data?
 
I have the latest version of AC on my android phone and want to install an old version of AC on tablet. Can I backup my processing on phone only and restore to tablet? I don't want GI remove/change the gift items on old version (1.31)

Thanks
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Post by violen_airborn Thu Dec 26, 2013 4:50 pm

I get error while restoring the app at 84% now dont know what to do

edit :-

i have taken whole app backup not just data (fortunately), then i have transferred backup files to my pc and then i used droid explorer (a bit difficult to install you need to first install the sdk though) and then i select .ab file and then right click restore backup to device and just like magic it is restored

 Very Happy 
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Post by Rickyrick Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:18 pm

I had a Galaxy S2 and I now have a Galaxy S4. But when i try to restore it I get an error message at 88%.
Do you have any idea what this could be? Or how I can solve this?
I don't want to lose 2 years of progress Shocked Shocked Shocked 

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Post by violen_airborn Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:55 pm

Dear Rickyrick

Please go through following steps i am pretty much sure that you can restore your game.

use helium (carbon) to backup your game

you need to install the carbon both on your pc and on mobile. then connect the phone in camera mode. make sure to enable usb debugging. when helium is connected backup full application (not just data). Please refrain to access your phone before whole backup is completed. The backup should be somewhere from 60-100 Mb depending on your game.

now copy the backup file to your pc

you need to install the droid explorer. Please check the internet. During the installation droid explorer wants to download and install adt bundle windows x86 (choose 32 bit version), just do it.

after successfully installing droid explorer run the droid explorer. then connect your phone and press refresh button. you should see your phone in the droid explorer although the name is something random. close droid explorer and disconnect phone.

now right click the backup file and select restore backup to device. It again open droid explorer and now connect the phone press refresh and select your phone.

you will see message in your phone and allow it and game should be restored

I hope you will find it useful

cheers
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Post by SannSunn Sun Jun 15, 2014 1:30 am

I'm trying to back up my game because I have to send my phone back to the store.
Would you advice to store the back up on my phone or on my external sd-card, or doesn't it matter? (I now selected  phone)
How can I test whether I did it the right way before restoring it and destroying my current game?
I copy-pasted the folder to my desktop and now have these files:
Backup your Airport City Carbon10
It seems very easy thus far!
SS
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Post by eatteveld Sun Jun 15, 2014 3:57 am

I think you did it correctly. I normally do this at least once a week and get these same files. I keep a copy on my phone and also in a folder on my laptop.
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Post by SannSunn Sun Jun 15, 2014 7:33 am

Thanks for checking! If it is this easy I will definitely do this every week as well.
I will try to restore my game after this event and then send out my phone, I postponed this much too long because I didn't want to lose my game.
SS
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Level : 60 (312 stars)
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Items I Can Gift : (All the usual flight items) Pax5 - Fuel20 - Shampoo - ATM - Single malt whiskey - Paint - Generator - Tour review - Projector - Rope block - Video wall - Laser level - Flight helmet - Eau de Toilette - Jet Engine - Stapler - Power source - Spaceship launch console - Make-up - Amperemeter - Laser cutter - Landing gear - Cooling chamber - Archivebox - Altimeter - Controller - Flatwork ironer - Crucible. Able to send in return (ONLY after PM): Lvl7: Mayor's portrait, Beverage cooler, Monitor - Lvl8: Podium, X-Ray scanner, Laser rangefinder - Lvl9: Postal drone, Turnstile, Infrared camera - Lvl10: Explosives Detector, Laminator, Drawing Board - MCC lvl3: Offset Gregorian Antenna - Repair base lvl6: Riveter - Reserve hangar lvl1: Wheel block, lvl2: Fluorescent Lamp, Lvl3: Machine Oil

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Post by eatteveld Sun Jun 15, 2014 9:52 am

I started doing this when I had a game crash during xmas with that famous update.
This turned out to be a lot faster than waiting for G! To restore my game. Later I could use this to switch my game from my phone to my new tablet.
However I could not switch it from my tablet back to the phone. Still don't really understand why. Actually this did not really matter so I did not really push it.
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Post by Sulfe Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:52 am

Is there a more recent post to backups?  I couldn't find one and I'd like to have that ability before I spend any hard earned money on this game.  I am currently running a Galaxy 3 Tab (wi-fi only) and maybe I'm just not technical enough to figure it out because I'm not playing on a phone.  It would be GREAT if there was a built in cloud backup!!!!!  (Okay, okay...just call me a dreamer.)


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Post by drivefast99 Tue Jun 24, 2014 2:14 pm

Carbon is now called Helium.  The directions still work the same.  It's the only backup I could find that will back up your data and it gives you the option to only back up your data Smile - great space and time saver.

The free version lets you back up internally or to an external card.  Pay for it and you can use dropbox or the "cloud".

If you have an Asus - they had a backup on the tf300 that would do the same thing w/o the pc connection.  It was awesome.

Oh, and this game requires $$ or patience. I personally prefer patience over $$ for this game. Seems the frustration vs fun factor veers toward frustration eventually for most people. Just my opinion fwiw...
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Post by SannSunn Fri Oct 03, 2014 11:05 pm

Help! I lost my game! But on the positive side I backed up my game recently, thanks to this post! But restoring isn't working right.

On my phone and card is the wrong back-up version (a total new game), but I do have a good back up on my laptop (2 weeks old). I tried to copy the files on my laptop to my phone and card, but then the restore app still restores to the wrong version, the new game. How can I restore the game to the back-up I have on my laptop.
I've restored before, only not from a version which is not on my phone.

I hope you can help me out ,because I don't want to be dependent on a restore code from GI.

SannSunn


Problem solved, deleted the game, deleted all the files and then copied the files from my laptop to my phone.
A waste of all the work from the last two weeks, but I'm glad I don't have to shoot in a ticket to GI.

When my game crashed this morning I was in a launch with about 10 hours left. Now I restored my game and I am not in the launch anymore. I will check with my neighbor whether he is still seeing me in the launch. I'm curious what will happen when the rocket will return while I'm not in a launch anymore...
SS

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Post by Sulfe Sat Oct 04, 2014 2:54 am

Hi SS,
Please post an update for your landing.  It'll be interesting to find out what happens.  Your restore gives me hope that mine will work if I ever need it.  (I just can't bring myself to test it.  Hopefully, I won't ever have to!!!!!)
Thanks,
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Post by SannSunn Sat Oct 04, 2014 3:10 am

I was afraid the first time as well, but just go for it! Wink
Check the files on your laptop, because I backed up every day, but somehow (I guess because I forgot to open Helium on my laptop while backing up) the files on my laptop weren't up to date (they were from sep 19th). I did restore it before from my phone, so the back-up was partly successful, only not the copies on my computer.
Somehow the back up went wrong today, then I canceled the restoring process, by that the game crashed and then I made a back up, not realizing my game had been crashed... (so I replaced the recent (from this morning) back ups on both my phone and external card)
So always make sure to check your game when something went wrong before you make a new back-up. And check the date in the files on your computer.
When you follow the steps in this thread making a back-up and restoring will be no problem. You don't even have to delete the game before restoring, only when your game crashed, like mine today.
It can be very handy to back up your game regularly, not only for in case your game crashes
Maybe you can first try with another game if you're not brave enough to do it with your airport Wink Play another GI game for only one level, make a back-up, restore the game, and check your progress. Then delete the game and come back to airport city because I don't want to lose you as a neighbor to another stupid GI game! (although we haven't been swapping lately)

I will get back to you about the launch when it has returned, or not...

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Post by eatteveld Sat Oct 04, 2014 3:56 am

There are guys out there who make a back up, buy a 65 dollar super mystery building , and if they don't get the building they want (the planetarium) simply restore the back up again. Shocked
I haven't done it yet.....

cheers
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Post by drivefast99 Sat Oct 04, 2014 4:52 am

SannSunn wrote:

I will get back to you about the launch when it has returned, or not...

SannSunn

If enough points are added, the launch will happen for your neighbor or if you were out on a mission, it will return for your neighbor. You, however, are lost in space forever on that mission. It will never return.

At least, that's my experience.

df99
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Post by SannSunn Sat Oct 04, 2014 4:59 am

drivefast99 wrote:
SannSunn wrote:

I will get back to you about the launch when it has returned, or not...

SannSunn

If enough points are added, the launch will happen for your neighbor or if you were out on a mission, it will return for your neighbor.  You, however, are lost in space forever on that mission.  It will never return.  

At least, that's my experience.

df99

That makes sense, it will be confirmed in 5 hours. I'm trying to send out a Green launch in the mean time, would be fun if it will come back at the time my former launch will return! So everyone is free to jump in, I would like to to leave within 3 to 4 hours.

Follow up: The launch is still not returned. In the mean time I launched two times, and those went fine, so only one rocket which is lost in space.
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