Accidentally deleted a game file; any way to get it back?

Discussion in 'General Game Discussion and Questions' started by Stan, Dec 21, 2010.

  1. Stan

    Stan Well-Known Member

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    Since in "eden" you can delete the game so easy, I was just throwing my ipod around, and deleted it. $&(*%&#$(%&$(*%& I took forever on it too :(
    Is there any way to get it back?
    Like manipulating files, backups, etc.?
     
  2. JGSaxon

    JGSaxon Member

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    Just download it again, and there should be a prompt telling you it's free because you downloaded it before.
     
  3. Booch138

    Booch138 Well-Known Member

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    I think he means a game file within a game, not redownloading the app.

    To the OP: I doubt there is any way to get it back unless you restore from a previous backup you h ad saved on iTunes. If you havn't done this in a while, simply put, you're f*cked.
     
  4. MrJo

    MrJo Well-Known Member

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    I'm pretty sure this works.
     
  5. TapMad_D

    TapMad_D Well-Known Member

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    guess that would be impossible to recover the savedata...
    when i was in college, my roommate accidentally deleted my SuperRobotWar savedata, and i went mad...awful experience.
     
  6. Xapped

    Xapped Well-Known Member

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    Is it possible? Yes. When you 'delete' something, it is not actually deleted, only that the operating systems writes that this file is not here. This is because flash memory can be only rewritten a number of times before breaking, and next time something needs to be stored, it will overwrite something that is 'deleted'.

    You can recover the data back, but I don't think it will be worth the trouble.
     
  7. kiancheong

    kiancheong Well-Known Member

    If you sync your device frequently, you may be able to get the saved game back by performing a Restore in iTunes.
     

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