My younger son has been playing Dragon City for years. He's still not quite old enough to have a Facebook account. He's playing on an Android Tablet.

Recently, his tablet broke. Which required sending it in to be repaired. When we got it back, it was updated to Android 6 (in spite of me asking them NOT to). In Android 5, you could Root the tablet and use a back-up app to back up the game and move it from one tablet to another (or to reload if your tablet got messed up and you had to do a Factory Reset or...whatever). Android 6 currently doesn't have this feature...at least, not on his particular tablet.

So, right now, we've got 4 different options:

1. I send the tablet back to the service department...again...and get them to put it back to Android 5. Not the most ideal solution, would really rather not.

2. He starts all over again at Level 1...again, not an ideal solution. He's got a couple years' worth of work in the game.

3. Is there a way, with his game ID or...whatever...to contact Social Point and get his game restored (or, at least, somewhat restored)?

4. Go into an old, buggy, rooted tablet that I have, install Dragon City, do a restore to the latest progress YoungerSon has made in the game, and then set him up with Facebook.

How is playing on Facebook different than playing without Facebook? Are there things that you HAVE to have Friends for?

(You know, SocialPoint could have solved this whole issue by saving the data to Google Play...everyone else does... sigh...)

THANK YOU for any assistance you can provide, I appreciate it!

Answering the question in title is cloud save , when you connect your game to FB your progress is saved and synced so if you lost , upgrade or want to play on more than 1 device it is easy and doable

Back to your problem , the best option and fastest one is option 4 , and if you restored the game it will be till last action your son did not the restore date

The only difference is your game is saved to their servers so you can save it as well as play on different devices. You can set him up with a facebook account in order to save his game without giving him the access to the facebook account. This way he is able to save and continue to progress no matter what happens to his device.

FYI DC started as a facebook game, I am sure it could be done to link to google but who knows what reasons they chose to stick with fb rather than add google. Perhaps the cost is cheaper with facebook, or the programming is easier, who knows. Both do have social aspects but facebook is a larger community, or at least I think it is.

But, are there things that require Friends to unlock in the Facebook game where they aren't in the not-Facebook game? So, if you are a kid and your parents won't let you have lots of random strangers as Facebook "Friends", are there things that you won't be able to do if you have the Facebook game?

I understand that the Combat is semi-social, and the Races are semi-social (you are competing against other players, but it is not necessary to have them as Friends to do so), but...if you need 5 Friends to open up new Habitats and you only have two Friends (your parents), how can you open up a new Habitat?

@Shannon-Tostanoski make fake facebook accounts and add them as friends.

@Shannon-Tostanoski yes there are some features but you should be aware of them. The ice and metal habs need friends to open, or you have to use gems. To buy islands and plots you need friends, or gems again. The dragon market requires friends. The recruitment tavern also requires friends.

But if he has been getting by for years without them, there is no need to worry about them now. The only thing this is doing is ensuring his game is saved.

@Shannon-Tostanoski My daughter created a Facebook Page for my granddaughter and we linked her Dragon City to that page.

We added friends and family to her Facebook to give her neighbors in game so she could expand. We only added people we actually know that were able to register in game so they could be eighbors

My granddaughter has no access to the Facebook page. She plays her games on her iPad only. So there is no reason to worry about your son being to young for Facebook. He does not need to access it.