App crashed, lost data - how do I restore?

I have an app that I spend tons of time playing and I lost ALL of my progress after a crash.


Spend money getting gems and heros. All LOST.


I deleted the app and re-installed it. It was all gone.


How can I at least safely restore from my last sync?


How can I get my money back for the last purchases?


Thanks.


(Game - Kingdom Rush)

Posted on Apr 16, 2013 12:59 PM

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Apr 16, 2013 1:07 PM in response to Marcus MaColonna

- Try restoring from backup. If you restore from iTunes backup all the apps have to be in the iTunes library in order for the apps to be on the iPod since synced media like apps and music are not included in the iPod backup that iTunes makes.

- Also see:

iTunes Store: About In-App Purchases

- You can redownload iTunes purchases by:

Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

Apr 16, 2013 1:36 PM in response to Marcus MaColonna

This is the only way you can selectively restore.

How to transfer game saves between iOS devices, without iTunes, and without jailbreaking | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

But that uses info from your last backup. However, some Games, including most (if not all) Game Center games store status on a server so just using you same login should get you back to when you last played the game with and Internet connection.if you simply delete the app and reinstall it.

Apr 16, 2013 1:45 PM in response to lllaass

thanks for the replies!


this is why this is so wierd.


When the game crashed, it had some of the info but not all. So I deleted it and reinstalled and then all of it was gone.


Now that you mention - I go to my gamecenter and sure enough all of my achievments are there. Other games when I have deleted and reinstalled it had no problem just picking up where I left off. This game starts as if no one has ever played.


Any way to get the gamecenter info into the game????

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