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New ipad

I just purchase a newer ipad.

When I signed into my wifi network all of the pictures on my phone immediately came over to the new ipad and I was super excited because I thought this was going to go great.

I signed into my Apple account on the new ipad and could see all the games that I had on the old ipad sitting there under "Purchased", with an arrow pointing down. I thought I could just click that arrow and be off to the races but it only game me the game, with no progress. I don't want to start my games over again and lose all my progress.

I want to transfer over all of my games that I had on the original Ipad but I want my game progress to come over to the new ipad as well.

Can this be done easily??

iPad, iOS 10

Posted on Jan 28, 2020 9:08 AM

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ChrisJ4203

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Jan 28, 2020 9:13 AM in response to Cheese-10

How did you restore this newer iPad? Was this an iCloud backup, an iTunes backup? Not all games backup through the iPad, they have their own backup system. That is a decision on the game developer if they put the game progress into an area that can be backed up in iCloud or iTunes. You may have to check the original games on the old iPad, or if you were doing an iCloud restore, give it enough time to ensure that it is completely restored.

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Cheese-10 Author

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Jan 28, 2020 11:39 AM in response to ChrisJ4203

Hi Chris

I didn't restore the newer iPad. I simply signed it into my Wifi account.

So I guess what your saying is that I need to find out from the manufacturer of the game if my progress is even transferable. I wasn't aware that this was even a thing, I just assumed.

Thank you for your assistance.

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ChrisJ4203

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Jan 28, 2020 11:46 AM in response to Cheese-10

You're welcome. Not all data is saved in an account, much is saved on a device. Before I go further, I guess I would have to ask if these are games in Apple Arcade. If you just activated a new iPad and just logged into your Apple ID, then where did you get the game? You did not restore a backup?

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Cheese-10 Author

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Jan 28, 2020 11:54 AM in response to ChrisJ4203

Hey Chris

The games are in Game Center (which is on my old iPad but somehow not on the new one)

Anyways , I logged into my Apple ID on the new iPad and went to the app store. Under the tab at the bottom marked Purchased all of the games that I have ever had under this Apple ID are listed there. It shows them with a cloud and an arrow pointing downwards. So I clicked that and got the game on the new iPad . I assumed that because I was signed in with my Apple ID that it would download it the same as what was on my old iPad. But it didn't, this download has me starting at the beginning of the game.

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ChrisJ4203

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Jan 28, 2020 12:40 PM in response to Cheese-10

That is correct, it would start you over, since all you did was download the app. I've never used Game Center, and I know that you can log into Game Center on the new device, there just isn't a separate app. You go to Settings>then scroll down to Game Center.

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