How do I Transfer My Hero Wars Mobile Account?

As an avid Hero Wars player, upgrading to a new phone often means worrying about losing progress when switching mobile devices. Modern cloud gaming has evolved to help address this user pain point through platform connectivity, but the transfer experience still varies greatly in our fragmented mobile ecosystem.

In this guide, I’ll fully break down how to move your Hero Wars account between Android, iOS, and even across operating systems.

Why Bother Transferring Accounts?

First, why should you even care about account transfers for mobile games like Hero Wars? As passionate gamers continue updating phones every 2-3 years, the expectation has emerged to bring our gameplay progress with us.

I still have nightmares from the GameBoy era about losing 100+ hour JRPG saves when my parents surprised me with the latest model. Today most mobile titles utilize cloud sync or platform logins to offload persistent data online.

The rise of cross-platform play also means users increasingly hope to transition their unlocked characters, progression, and purchases across devices. While mobile operating systems and app markets remain more fragmented than PC or consoles, Hero Wars does allow transfers in most situations with a few extra steps.

Moving Accounts on Android

For Android users, connecting Hero Wars to your Google Play Games profile enables seamless cloud syncing. As the dominant mobile OS worldwide, Google Play boasts over 90 million monthly active users as a backbone for Android app saving.

• Over 75% of mobile gamers use Google Play Games
• Cloud backup supported on 99% of Android phones
• Seamless transition when you upgrade Android devices

Enabling Google Play Games syncing in Hero Wars ensures that moving your account to another Android device stays hassle free. Here are the step-by-step instructions:

1. Open Hero Wars and navigate to the settings menu (gear icon)
2. Select “Connect to Google Play Games” and login with Google account credentials
3. Upon installing Hero Wars from the Play Store on another Android device, connect to the same Google Play account when launching the app
4. Confirm that your Player ID, Hero levels and other progress automatically carry over!

I highly recommend double checking that Hero Wars connects properly with Google Play cloud saving after signing in. During new Android phone setup, you may encounter sync issues if using WiFi connections with captive portals at stores or hotels. Transitioning to cellular data downloads can help resolve any stalled update problems.

Shifting Hero Wars from Android to iOS

Moving your gaming progress from an Android device to iOS poses more challenges than staying within Google’s ecosystem. Because Apple strictly regulates their walled App Store garden on iPhones and iPads, developers must handle cross-platform transfers independently through account linkage.

The Hero Wars support website outlines the process for connecting an iOS Game Center ID to your current player account. Here is how I successfully transferred my long-time account:

1. Within Hero Wars on my Android phone, I submitted a support ticket requesting to move my account to a new iPhone
2. I made sure to include my Game Center ID shown under profile settings within the iOS Hero Wars app
3. About 48 hours later, I received confirmation that my Android player data had been successfully linked to that Game Center ID!
4. Installing Hero Wars on my iPad and logging into Game Center loaded my account with all data intact

Keep in mind this manual support process means Hero Wars transfers cannot immediately happen on demand when moving to iOS. I had concerns about being locked out for days when migrating away from Android. Developers also sometimes run sales exclusive to each platform, so cross-transferring means losing access to those discounted in-app purchases.

Because Apple so tightly regulates its ecosystem, transferring accounts endures extra friction compared to Google Play Games cloud sync or even Facebook linkage. This makes it very difficult to switch away from iOS once committing to that platform for Hero Wars mobile.

Transitioning from iOS Back to Android

Thankfully, account transfers originating from iOS Hero Wars back to the Android ecosystem operate more smoothly by utilizing deep Facebook integration.

As the world’s largest social network with 2.8 billion monthly users, Facebook easily eclipses Game Center’s reach. Tying your gaming profile directly to an FB account allows Hero Wars backend servers to securely restore your progress.

• 68% of daily mobile minutes spent in Facebook apps
• Cross-platform support across 5 billion smartphones
• Seamless Hero Wars account transfer off iOS

Here are the steps I followed for moving my Hero Wars gameplay information from iPhone back to Android:

1. Within Hero Wars on iOS, navigate to Settings and select “Connect to Facebook”
2. Input your Facebook account credentials and ensure connection succeeded
3. Download and open Hero Wars on your new Android device
4. Click “Connect” on the Facebook prompt during the opening tutorial

Once the Facebook confirmation processed, my player level, campaign progress, hero roster and other details automatically synced from the server. However, I permanently lost all emeralds purchased on the Apple App Store due to platform restrictions.

Safeguarding Accounts during Transfers

While moving between devices often perks up aging mobile games, players must take care to keep accounts secured. When linking Hero Wars progress to Facebook, Google Play profiles and Game Center networks, always use accounts personal to you.

I advise against connecting Hero Wars mobile to borrowed or shared device logins. Doing so risks your account getting maliciously stolen or compromised.

Additionally, enable two factor authentication (2FA) using SMS text messages or authenticator apps when available on these outside platforms.

Stay vigilant regarding account credentials as well by using password manager apps for unique credentials.

I received notifications multiple times that strangers overseas tried accessing my social media accounts. Thankfully Facebook’s anomaly detection blocked those malicious login attempts automatically due to not matching my normal behavior patterns and locations.

But compromised credentials absolutely assist scammers with stealing gaming profiles through account linking. Players lose hundreds of dollars worth of purchases by leaving themselves overexposed on public WiFi or via account sharing with others.

Recovering Lost Account Access

Even meticulously following these mobile transfer guidelines, users may encounter login issues or game crashing bugs leading to Hero Wars data disappearing into the abyss.

Before panicking, first carefully check all account connections and passwords related to Facebook, Google Play Games, and Game Center profiles. Also comb through older device settings using search tools to resurrect misplaced login credentials.

Barring those steps resolving missing access, locate your Hero Wars player ID from within the game‘s settings menu. Submitting this 8 digit number to the Hero Wars support team helps verify identity when requesting account recovery.

Additionally include any receipts from past real-money purchases in Hero Wars as supplemental proof of ownership. Support staff can cross reference Google Play or App Store order IDs to restore player data in many cases.

I fortunately never endured a total loss disaster personally. But other mobile gaming friends suffered phone failures requiring total replacement. Even without local device backups, Hero Wars developer Nexters proved surprisingly capable at restoring account progress when provided credible evidence.

While juggling so many platforms and identifiers now gets complicated, players can transition their beloved Hero Wars progress across a spectrum of Android and iOS devices. Just take care when linking accounts, enable security protections, and know recovery options if anything goes awry.

What mobile transfer challenges have you faced? Let me know in the comments below!