How to Transfer Subway Surfers Data to a New Phone

This article teaches you how to transfer your Subway Surfers game data to a new phone. It includes instructions for iPhone and Android.

How to Move Subway Surfers Data to a New iPhone

Knowing how to transfer Subway Surfer data to new iPhone is a valuable skill if you’ve just upgraded to a new device and don’t want to lose your progress. Here’s how to do it.

1. On Subway Surfers on your old phone, tap Settings in the top right corner of the screen.

2. Tap Connect under Game Center or Facebook.

   

   It doesn’t matter which you back up to as the process remains the same but make sure you have an account that you can use.

3. Log in to your account by following the prompts that appear.

4. On your new phone, follow the same process, and your player data will transfer across once you restart the app.

How to Move Subway Surfers Data to a New Android Phone

Transferring Subway Surfer data to new Android phone is effectively the same process.

1. On your old phone, open Subway Surfers and tap Settings.

2. Choose to connect either your Facebook account or Google Play Games account by tapping Connect.

   

   Like with an iPhone, it doesn’t matter which you choose but you do need to already have an account set up to do so.

3. Log into your Facebook or Google Play Games account.

4. On your new Android, follow the same process in Subway Surfers then restart the app to regain your information.

How to Restore In-Game Purchases on Subway Surfers

If you’ve previously bought items such as double coins or event items, you may need to restore those purchases on your new phone. Fortunately, the process is identical on both iPhone and Android.

1. On your new phone, open Subway Surfers and tap Settings.

2. Scroll down and tap Restore Purchases.

   

3. Follow any prompts, and your items should be restored.

   If they aren’t appearing, try force-closing the app and re-opening it.

Limitations of Transferring Your Subway Surfers Data

While the above method works well in most cases, some limitations mean it won’t work for certain people and scenarios. Here’s a quick overview of where you may run into issues.

• If you don’t have access to your old phone. If your old phone has died and you didn’t already set up cloud saves via Game Center or Google Play Games, you can’t get back your player data. That’s why it’s important to set up cloud saves as early as possible.
• You can’t transfer data between Android and iOS or vice versa. For the most part, you can’t transfer your Subway Surfers data between Android and iOS or the other way around. That can change if, for instance, you’re setting up a new Android from an iPhone, but if you solely want to move the game between the two OSes, you can’t do so.
• You forget your account details. Forgotten your Facebook or Game Center/Google Play Games account details? Unless you can get the password reset, you won’t be able to restore your data to the new phone. If this happens, contact Subway Surfers support with screenshots of invoices of your purchases to get in-game items you paid for back.