Thread:Neo34/@comment-29205531-20171019022928/@comment-27642721-20171019120501

Permission granted but...

I had considered doing something like this myself but decided not to because it should be an action of "last resort" if I'm not involved, and I can't guarantee always being around to safeguard the data before this is tried, which ideally is what should happen. If things go wrong the game can be lost (e.g. I've had people get confused by the restart offer box and reject instead of accept or just wait too long so some sort of timeout rejects the offer...that instantly wipes your progress and FL!).

Backing up the game locally is far more important and good methods exist for all except Kindle users. The wiki Helium backup instructions for Android  need some revision, as if followed you'll find your only option is "internal storage" (with the free version) and extra steps would then be needed to get the backup file off the device somewhere safe. There is a "Helium Server" option that exists with the free version that allows backups to be "pulled" and restores "pushed" from a browser interface running on a PC. That interface is more like the existing description of being able to select whole app or just the game data. I'll put modifiying these instructions on my to do list :-)

For Kindle users obtaining the IDFA is a good idea as long as it represents the device id stored with the online profile. For iOS & Windows G5/Mytona have introduced some transcoding of the IDFA (and iOS uses an additional IDFV as well which isn't reported) but for Android it still represents the device id stored with the profile. I would recommend any Kindle user get the IDFA and let me try and find their system user id (suid). Keeping a record of that guarantees that the game data can be found if the device is "lost".