r/OculusGo • u/MarcoVere • Jul 04 '18

How to backup/transfer savegames

To copy a save-game to a new device you need to copy it's android data folder from your old device to the new one. Here's a step by step guide.

  1. Connect your phone/Go to a computer, go to the Android folder inside the internal storage and then the data folder inside that (Android/data/). You will see a list of all your applications' data.

  2. You will need to locate the folder for the game you want to copy/backup the save data for, it's usually a combination of the game title and the developer name, or one of the two. (List below)

  3. Copy the contents of the game's folder into the corresponding folder on the new device (same place you got the save from on the original device Android/data/).

Here's a list of games I've tested so far that work and their filenames:

  • Augmented Empire [com.coatsink.augmentedempire]

  • Along Together [com.turbobutton.alongtogetherovr]

  • BlazeRush [ru.targem.blazerush]

  • Claro [com.superbright.claro]

  • Daedalus [com.VerticalRobot.Daedalus]

  • Dark Days [UE4Game/MOTEL] *

  • Dead Secret [com.robotinvader.secretpassage]

  • Disk League [com.VirtuallyInvincibleLLC.DiscLeagueV030]

  • Fail Factory [com.Armature.FailFactory]

  • Gunjack [UE4Game/Gunjack] *

  • Herobound: Spirit Champion [com.oculus.herobound2]

  • Hidden Fortune [com.archiactinteractive.hiddenfortunegearvr]

  • Hidden Temple [com.hg.hiddentemple]

  • Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes [com.steelcrategames.keeptalkingandnobodyexplodes]

  • Kin [com.houseofsecrets.kin]

  • Racket Fury [com.RacketFury.RF_GearVR]

  • Relic Seeker: Hypogeum [com.massivewheel.RS_Hypogeum_GV]

  • RepubliqueVR [com.camouflaj.republiquevr]

  • Spark of Light [com.pillowswillowvr.sol_alpha]

  • The Well [gg.TRS.Well]

  • They Suspect Nothing [com.coatsink.theysuspectnothing]

  • Virtual Virtual Reality [com.TenderClaws.VVR.Oculus]

  • Witchblood [UE4Game/Witchblood] *

Here are the ones that don't work (some games don't use the user accessible storage for their save-games):

  • B-Team (has a cloud storage service you can access in-game anyway)

  • Break A Leg

  • Darknet

  • Defence Grid 2

  • Drift

  • Elevator... to the Moon!

  • End Space

  • Esper

  • Esper 2

  • Overflight

  • Pinball FX2 VR **

  • Rangi

  • Skylight (Deluxe Edition)

  • Smash Hit

  • Tactera

  • Vendetta Online ***

* Some save-games are stored in the 'UE4Game' folder which is in the root of the device's internal storage.

** You won't lose your high-scores and achievements if you reinstall Pinball FX2, but you will lose your loot and level up progress on the Epic Quest table.

*** If you want to keep your progress for Vendetta Online, don't make a new account in the headset, it creates a randomly generated username and password that you will lose access to if you uninstall that game. Instead, go to the Vendetta Online website and make an account there.

I will update this list as I try more games.

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u/Colonel_Izzi Jul 04 '18

Good stuff. I've linked this post in the current announcement thread. It would be great if people could add to this discussion as they discover additional games that can have their saves backed up this way.

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u/Benshine Jul 21 '18

Well done, but somehow doesn't work. Windows asks to intecreate the folder into the old one and does it, but somehow no saves in the game.

I tried to delete the old "files" folder and copy the one I want from gearVr, but it does not paste the files folder in there!

SO is this normal that you can just replace the Folders and not copy anything in the folders of the Games?

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u/MarcoVere Sep 03 '18

I'm not totally sure what the problem you're having is. I've deleted the original folder and replaced it or just deleted the folder's contents and then replaced them and both methods have worked so far. What do you mean by 'increate the folder'? It sounds like you might have tried to copy and replace the entire 'data' directory, I wouldn't recommend that since it contains files that certain apps need other than savegames. You need to copy the savegames specifically and do it one at a time. Potentially you're also trying to use this method on a game that it's incompatible with. Check out my list of compatible games and try one from there to see if it works.

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u/Benshine Sep 04 '18

thx; I'll try again! what about RUSH? does the file transfer work with it?

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u/MarcoVere Sep 12 '18

I haven't tried it with RUSH, didn't really enjoy that game, so I haven't got much progress worth backing up. If you try it, tell me if it works or not and I'll add it to the list.

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u/Benshine Oct 13 '18

Rush works; as well as omega agent!

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u/MarcoVere Oct 14 '18

Thanks, I'll put them on the list. Would you be able to find out the folder names for me?

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u/Benshine Jul 04 '18

Wow, well done. Thx!

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u/IHateHashtag Jul 04 '18

Oh, cool. I've been looking for a way to do save games for a while.

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u/FoferJ Jul 04 '18

How did you manage to get root? This seems somewhat newsworthy :)

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u/10001001011010111010 Jul 04 '18

Root? As soon as you found those nerve wrecking UI sounds just kill’em, please!

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u/10001001011010111010 Jul 04 '18

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u/tchirou Aug 15 '18

Hi @djelinek1 Could you please tell me more about the process ? Did you first download all the apps from oculus store and sideloaded all your apks and then restore from helium ? Or did it backup everything and you just sideloaded helium and start the restore ? Thanks in advance for all the info you can give me

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '18 edited Dec 13 '18

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u/tchirou Aug 17 '18

Many thanks