DIY Hack Baseball Superstars 2012 - Transferring Save Data between devices

forever_free · April 6, 2018

Probably not a popular game anymore but I wanted to put this out there in case it helps someone in the future--hopefully this is the right category.

Baseball Superstars 2012 doesn't let you transfer save data between devices, which is beyond stupid IMO. If you copy save data from an old device into the game's save directory, it gives a fatal error on loading.

To get around this, just do the following:

(1) Backup the save data from the app on your old device using your favorite jailbreak system file manager (I used ifunbox). The files are in the "\Documents\" subfolder and include game_br.sav, game_cr.sav, etc.

(2) On your new device, start the app up. (you may need to force quit and restart at this point to create save data, but probably not). The app should populate the save folder ("\Documents\") on your new device.

(3) While the app is running, delete the contents of this folder. Then copy in the save data from your old device, again using ifunbox or whatever.

(4) Go to Option -> Data Management -> Data Export. This will delete the stored save data and export it to the gamevil cloud. This will actually use the save data you just copied in, but will associate it with the new device.

(5) Restart the app, and go back to Option -> Data Management -> Data Import and import the save data. You should have the data from your old device on your new system.

Technically not a 'hack' so much as a workaround, but hopefully this helps those who still plays this old (but good) game.

hon3ysuckle · November 6, 2025

Yo thanks for this tip! It still works for anyone that has to itch to play older games on vintage iOS devices like this one. The Baseball Superstars series is a long time favorite of mine ever since iPhone 2G and jailbreaking was in it's infancy. I recently set on a path to restore and play the older games back when I was still in high school. Something about these new games don't hit the same like how they were back then, especially before in-app purchases became a thing.

I still have my iPod touch (3rd Gen), iPhone 4, and iPad 2 which house my old jailbreak along with all the apps and data running on iOS 6 version. It's literally a time capsule with most of the games still working. But I wanted some games like Baseball Superstars 2012 & 2013 on my iPhone 6s I bought to take old school pictures and for the nostalgia. I couldn't figure out how to get some of the mod hacks / Sav files I had preserved from the older devices to work. Since the Cydia installed iAP tweaks are outdated and hard to find nowadays; plus the older repos from Cydia are no longer working, I had to find a new method to make it work on my iPhone 6s running iOS 15.

It feels like an accomplishment that I was able to get everything working in present day again and play it in my own way like I use too. I was also confused as to why Baseball Superstars 2012 would fatal "error" out when I simply replaced the Sav file with one that had all the max currency on it. It use to work like that in the past where you can just copy n paste the sav files to replace, but I guess Gamevil (now Com2Us) patched it until you found this work around and posted it here.

Thanks again bro :coolthumb: