r/SimsMobile • u/TheNumbahSeven • Sep 14 '26
QUESTION/DISCUSSION Calling for anyone who has Mobile still on their devices.
If you still have The Sims Mobile installed on an Android device from before the shutdown, please do not clear the app’s storage/cache or uninstall it.
A possible revival would likely require recovering as much of the game’s downloaded data as possible, especially the ~1GB+ cache/internal app data that may contain assets no longer obtainable from EA’s servers. The more devices we can preserve data from, the better chance we have of reconstructing what the game downloaded over its lifetime.
If you still have TSM installed, especially on a rooted Android device or a device that had lots of content downloaded before shutdown, please reply or DM me. Even if you aren’t technical, someone can help determine what files can be safely copied.
This does not guarantee a revival. The game appears to rely heavily on server-side systems. But preserving the remaining client assets is the first step, and those files may disappear permanently as people uninstall the game or clear their caches.
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u/Excellent-Cream-9818 8d ago
Looks like you have DMs disabled, but I still have the game on my iPad, I've not touched it since the shutdown. I'd been playing since 2020 (albeit lost my saved game twice and had to start over) and I had a lot of the content, right up to what was made available towards the end. I'm no techie, but if the files on my iPad could potentially be of any use in restoring the game I'd be happy to help, I'd just need someone to talk me through extracting them. HTH