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Anonymous
11 years ago

If I reinstall, will I get my city back?

My simcity buildit crashes on startup, and it has been like this for 4 days. I have come to this site everyday but so far I haven't seen any solution offered. My question is: if I reinstall, will I get my city back. Thinking of all the time and money I put into building my city, the idea of losing everything and starting over really pains me. Now, I am sure I never created any username/password at the beginning, but I might have seen the game center thingy "welcome back, xxxx" when I launch the game, though I can't swear on that since lots of other games do that too.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
    You should have no problem getting your city back unless youre experience other bugs. But when you delete the game, be sure to close all open apps and do a hard reset on your device before reinstalling it. This can help clear up certain issues.

    Once reinstalled however, you need to play through the tutorial on a new city before getting the option to re sync your device with your old city.

    CJ
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
    Oh, so I gotta play through the tutorial? God I hope this works. UPDATE!!! I DID THIS & GOT MY CITY BACK!!! THANKS SO MUCH!
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    I reinstalled the game and did the tuorial. How do I get my old game back?

  • Indys2nd's avatar
    Indys2nd
    Hero (Retired)
    11 years ago

    @tineke34 wrote:

    I reinstalled the game and did the tuorial. How do I get my old game back?


    Were you signed in with google, Facebook, or gamecenter? There should be a link button and an option to relink it. If you didn't link it to one of those three before, you can't get it back. 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
    I upgraded my phone and now I can't access my city anymore, I saved it to my Facebook and to my iPhone Game Center but I can't seem to get my city back
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    @quartnieelise wrote:
    I upgraded my phone and now I can't access my city anymore, I saved it to my Facebook and to my iPhone Game Center but I can't seem to get my city back

    @quartnieelise -- You have to play through the tutorial before the option to connect to Facebook, etc. will be available to you.


    If this helps resolve your issue, please click accept solution as this may help others with the same issue to find a resolution as well.  XP is appreciated but not required.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago
    I cannot get my game back and I spent a lot of time and some of my own money on this game and not just a few bucks. This isn't some little glitch, if I spent my own money on it! I AM LIVID!!!!
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago
    How long does the tutorial take? Until every building class is unlocked? Or earlier in the game?
  • It doesn't work. I did a hard reset and went through the tutorial and nothing. 

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