@MAGICDAVESHROOMReading through Answers HQ I found a post by a PopCap community manager saying that the EA email backup only works between Android devices and there is no way to transfer data from iOS. This is from 2014 but I haven't found the EA email registration on iOS. Link to the post: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Plants-vs-Zombies-2/Can-you-sync-the-game-between-an-iPad-and-a-android/m-p/2781554#M152
Edit: I have found a guide on Reddit to enter PvZ 2's files and change the player ID to match your iOS player ID. This will apparently give you a duplicate and will sync your progress. So I guess there is no official way to sync both platforms.
Link to the guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/PlantsVSZombies/comments/6xmtuq/guide_for_syncing_between_ios_and_android_root_is/?st=JB7T6177&sh=8dfd7936
Apparently there was a way to do this officially but EA removed it in 2019. I do not recommend following this guide I just put up here unless you know what you are doing. It's a very difficult process and requires root access.
@PLASTICA-MAN Turns out cloud save between both platforms was available a few years ago, until EA removed the option sometime in 2019. Also I was able to play just fine through the Power Vine epic quest. Same issues that I was having in Arena with Solar Tomato in last season, but in that case the problem was not with Solar Tomato itself, therefore I managed to isolate the plant family that was causing problems and managed to play through that one. In this case, I guess there is nothing more to do. I hope that there will be no problems in Electric Peashooter tournament. Arena practice is available on Sunday, I will test and see if it works.
I managed to play 2 practice arenas today but I cleared all my browsing history and I had to play it offline.
still not working in the arena
Just got another reply from EA but they are just wanting information again.
Like you say hopefully the next battle arena will work ok.
I just played the practice mode for the new challenge that starts tomorrow. Without the power vine being in the line up, I didn’t have any problem playing. I hope that holds true when the new challenge starts tomorrow. I also hope EA gets the problem resolved before we have the next challenge when we are required to use power vine again. Good luck everyone!
I’ve tried the new practice battle arena also without the power vine and it’s worked for me too.
EA have been in touch and they are still looking in to the crashing of the power vine battle arena.
I have just played the new practice arena with the power vine and it has worked perfectly .
I am wondering if it’s an issue is just when it’s the new plant at the top of the grid that you can’t remove?
I played practice arena too, using the power vine and it played without a problem. So, I tried to play the arena power vine challenge and it crashed. Hopefully EA will figure out the problem and that it is on their end or we will have the problem again in a few weeks. I can play the game on my phone, but screen is so small and the game doesn’t transition well between two devices. I lose coins and other quirks.
Still the same issue, weeks later. But now the problem is happening more often. At this point, every other arena match is crashing to Home Screen and it’s maddening.
