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[TUTORIAL] 3 Stars on Angry Birds (Hack)

After a long time of trying to get three stars on all levels of Angry Birds, I had given up. I tried to find an easy way to get three stars on the levels, but when I googled it, the only results were videos showing how to get three stars. Even after watching the videos I could not get a few. So, I decided to open root explorer and find where Angry Birds keeps track of the high scores. After about ten minutes, I was able to edit the highscores.lua (the Angry Birds high scores file) and get three stars on all of the levels and unlock the golden eggs!
This is a tutorial of how I did it. You should not continue unless you have beaten all levels. You should not do this if you have not tried to get three stars. Also, this tutorial requires a minimal knowledge of adb and the terminal. YOU MUST HAVE ADB SET UP.
1. first connect your phone to your computer and open terminal/cmd (command prompt)
2. cd to your desktop
Code:
cd Desktop
3. Now you are going to pull the highscores.lua file.
Code:
adb pull /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files/highscores.lua
4. You should now have a file called highscores.lua on your desktop.
5. Rename this file to highscores_backup.lua
6. Pull the highscores.lua file again.
Code:
adb pull /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files/highscores.lua
7. Open the highscores.lua file using notepad/TextEdit/gedit only.
8. Open Angry Birds and go to a level that you do not have three stars on.
9. Remember the high score you got on that level.
10. In notepad/TextEdit/gedit use control+f (command+f on mac) to find the high score for the level that you cannot get three stars on.
For example, on level 2-8, I have 2 stars. It should look something like this:
Code:
Level21 = {
completed = true,
birds = 3,
score = 48840,
lowScore = 45490,
}
This block of code represents one level. "Level21" corresponds to 2-8. "completed" can be true or false. Edit this to say if a level has been completed. "birds" is the number of birds you used to complete the level. "score" is your high score for that level. "lowScore" is your low score for that level. In order to change the number of stars, you need to change birds and score. Birds should always be greater than 0 and lowScore should always be less than or equal to score. In this case, I would make birds 2 and score 58840. Make sure that the number of birds corresponds to that level.
11. After editing the file, push it back to your phone.
Code:
adb push highscores.lua /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files/
Remember that when you push/pull a file it is overwritten.
Also, use the up arrow to cycle through recently used commands in the terminal.
12. Close and kill Angry Birds using a task killer or the built in CM task killer. This will make the game recheck the file.
Repeat steps 6 - 12 until you have 3 stars in all levels.
This also works with Angry Birds Seasons. Just replace com.rovio.angrybirds in your commands with com.rovio.angrybirdsseasons.
Be sure to share this tutorial with others who cannot get three stars on a level and remember to thank if this helped you!

I'm gonna bookmark this yet not implement it as I haven't beaten all the levels yet.

I'm sure there are people out there who will want this, but this isn't for me. I'd rather be proud knowing it completed them myself.
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Wouldn't it be easier to post the highscore file already edited and instruct people to push the file?
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B Dizzle said:
Wouldn't it be easier to post the highscore file already edited and instruct people to push the file?
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Nice tips

http://rapidshare.com/files/439845210/highscores.lua
3 Stars in Angry Birds Season Advent Calendar, no Halloween :/

If you're rooted, look up Angry Cheaters in the Market.

samir5421 said:
7. Open the highscores.lua file using notepad/TextEdit/gedit only.
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that only gives me garbage and not a readable format. Any ideas please? Thanks

droid_malta said:
that only gives me garbage and not a readable format. Any ideas please? Thanks
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its in the unix format, use notepad++ instead of notepad. (wordpad works, but it saves the file with DOS line terminators...bad)

samir5421 said:
After a long time of trying to get three stars on all levels of Angry Birds, I had given up. I tried to find an easy way to get three stars on the levels, but when I googled it, the only results were videos showing how to get three stars. Even after watching the videos I could not get a few. So, I decided to open root explorer and find where Angry Birds keeps track of the high scores. After about ten minutes, I was able to edit the highscores.lua (the Angry Birds high scores file) and get three stars on all of the levels and unlock the golden eggs!
This is a tutorial of how I did it. You should not continue unless you have beaten all levels. You should not do this if you have not tried to get three stars. Also, this tutorial requires a minimal knowledge of adb and the terminal. YOU MUST HAVE ADB SET UP.
1. first connect your phone to your computer and open terminal/cmd (command prompt)
2. cd to your desktop
Code:
cd Desktop
3. Now you are going to pull the highscores.lua file.
Code:
adb pull /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files/highscores.lua
4. You should now have a file called highscores.lua on your desktop.
5. Rename this file to highscores_backup.lua
6. Pull the highscores.lua file again.
Code:
adb pull /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files/highscores.lua
7. Open the highscores.lua file using notepad/TextEdit/gedit only.
8. Open Angry Birds and go to a level that you do not have three stars on.
9. Remember the high score you got on that level.
10. In notepad/TextEdit/gedit use control+f (command+f on mac) to find the high score for the level that you cannot get three stars on.
For example, on level 2-8, I have 2 stars. It should look something like this:
Code:
Level21 = {
completed = true,
birds = 3,
score = 48840,
lowScore = 45490,
}
This block of code represents one level. "Level21" corresponds to 2-8. "completed" can be true or false. Edit this to say if a level has been completed. "birds" is the number of birds you used to complete the level. "score" is your high score for that level. "lowScore" is your low score for that level. In order to change the number of stars, you need to change birds and score. Birds should always be greater than 0 and lowScore should always be less than or equal to score. In this case, I would make birds 2 and score 58840. Make sure that the number of birds corresponds to that level.
11. After editing the file, push it back to your phone.
Code:
adb push highscores.lua /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirds/files/
Remember that when you push/pull a file it is overwritten.
Also, use the up arrow to cycle through recently used commands in the terminal.
12. Close and kill Angry Birds using a task killer or the built in CM task killer. This will make the game recheck the file.
Repeat steps 6 - 12 until you have 3 stars in all levels.
This also works with Angry Birds Seasons. Just replace com.rovio.angrybirds in your commands with com.rovio.angrybirdsseasons.
Be sure to share this tutorial with others who cannot get three stars on a level and remember to thank if this helped you!
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Ok, I've got a challenge for you guys... I did a search on my computer for the ".lua" files and i was reading through some of them and noticed something that said "Redbird_3" so I'm thinking if you can change the scores in the game, you can probably basically change anything if you can find the right file to modify. Lets say you want to change all the birds in a certain level. Like for example level 1-1 it starts out as all red birds, well if you knew what the "Bomb Bird" is called in the .lua files, then you could delete the text of the redbird and type in whatever the bombbird is and then you would have all bombbirds in any level you want, or whatever birds in whatever level you want! And I've also noticed things like items called bricks and blocks, and smallpiglette, you could probably put a big pig where a small pig would be and vice versa or put a pig where a block should be? ....lol And then go into the level and see if it works and all kinds of weird stuff might happen, like the structures might start falling right when you go into the level.... Sounds like lots of possibilities here!!

with last update for angry birds "mine and dine",
highscores.lua cannot be edited !

Any luck with 1.6.3?
Hi,
I take the highscores.lua hack does not work any more.. If anyone has any info on how to get 3 stars on 1.6.3, (other than playing for it of course), it would be MUCH, MUCH appreciated. I personally don't have any interest in getting all 3 stars to see a few more golden egg levels, but my son unfortunately seems to, and I'd very much like to stop him from playing just to get all 3 stars.
it seems all the known hacks on either android or chrome got blocked. Is there anything working with apps on macbooks?? I don't have ipad or iphones..

Does anyone have a complete list of all of the level names, including the Golden Eggs? I would appreciate it. Enclosed is a file with the level numbers on them. TIA

Damn. I'm switching to Android as soon as my device arrives and have been looking all over for a way to "copy" my save data from iOS to Android. This seemed like my best option until I got to page 2.

[Q] Android Developers, why are you treating my SD card like a garbage can?

This has been bothering me for quite a while, so I conjured a little story to help sooth my frustration.
Lets say my Android device is the new tenant of a nicely formated loft, this loft being 16gb of square space. To commemorate this new exciting space my device throws a house party. Most of the Apps he invites are pretty well behaved, but some start spilling drinks, then puking on the carpet, then having an orgy, then bukkake-ing the root directory. After discovering such acts, the device politely requests the disruptive guests force quit and leave. "I need more space on my phone." the device replied as each questioned on their way out. To his disbelief, NONE of the Apps cleaned up their mess! Even worse it seems some of the classier Apps, though more organized seem to have been influenced too. Unfortunately the device is forced to live with it, as the police force stopped responding to calls in his neighborhood. One man tries, but it always returns to a mess.
I hope that entertained someone.

i know exactly how you feel... there is at least 7 unused folders just wasting space on my phone. not to mention random mp3's hidden deep within my phone...

PhxkinMassacre said:
i know exactly how you feel... there is at least 7 unused folders just wasting space on my phone. not to mention random mp3's hidden deep within my phone...
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I hope you understand about the unused folders and NOT the bukkake-ing!!

hello, nice story!
I won't say that I am even close to being a developer but I do develop some apps and the thing that I wan't to point out is that apps do not run when they are installed or uninstalled. It's not each application job to clear up the mess it may have created but package manager's which apparently leaves some files be just in case you would like to reinstall the app later(?)...
I would propose to look for a more efficient package manager or doorman/janitor for your loft

That's why I don't invite the guy whos only existence is to make farting noises!

Very good point. However, one thing I don't know is if uninstalling through the market cleans up the SD card better than using a third party mass uninstall app. Something you may want to experiment with.

Back at it again...
Here I am again, and I still don't flippin get it!
After reading some of your comments I realized my main point kind of got glazed over(no pun intended @Scudderb)
My big issue is that there's no hierarchy in place for this crap. In windows, program files are stored in the 'Program Files' directory. In Android (and I credit google and the developers for this sloppy BS) Apps are just throwing all their **** in with my stuff on the ROOT.
How is this acceptable. Seriously, HOW? And if its all cache files and/or temporary documents than WHY THE **** ISN'T ALL THIS CRAP BEING PUT INTO A TEMP/CACHE FOLDER.
I'm PISSED! Why does every app I install get to put their own folder on the ROOT WITH the FOLDERS and FILES that actually matter to me ex: like my music, pictures, movies, documents (OH and by the way, a lot of apps developers do a REALLY ****ty job with their NAMING CONVENTIONS so the folders being created may or may not even look related to the app that put it there!)
::end rant::
My apologies for the colorful language, folder structure and hierarchy are something I design as a web designer so when I see this crap going on in my phone like the inmates are running the asylum... I get angry.
Today I was cleaning up my SD card for the umteen'th time, and found that Foursquare was dumping its temp files directly onto the root of my directory. I blew my top and had to get it out of my system... so..
A MESSAGE TO ALL THE APPS PULLING THESE SHENANIGANS: GROW UP!

The problem here is that it's hard to do it right
For custom data, files are supposed to be saved into "/data/data/com.appname/blah" (that's from the top of my head, could differ slightly). That's the directory to use for data files, but there's one big issue with it: it's on the internal memory storage. We all know that internal memory on Android (without custom ROMs) is.. limited. That's probably why most devs are using SD for larger files.
There's also the "Android/data/com.package_name.blah/blah" directory on the SD card. This directory should be used by apps to store files into and is automatically deleted when the user removes the associated app (but only when you're running Froyo or greater).
The issue with this approach is that users (and developers too, when testing the app) will lose all their data when removing an old version of a specific app. Let's say there's a bug with the Market again and the app suddenly gets uninstalled. User will have to reinstall, result: data will be all gone. That's only one of the many doom scenarios.
I can't speak for other developers, but that's more or less the reason why I started to use a common directory outside of the preferred ones when I was doing apps. It's not a great situation, I fully agree. But would you rather have your data accidentally deleted?
If anyone knows a good way to get around this issue, I'd love to know more about it...

orly
Thanks for the reply @Stripeymilk
I can think of multiple solutions:
#1 Development community adopts a universal directory for files deemed 'User' or 'Save' data that should be stored for future use. (or Google creates this for developers)
#2 Development community adopts the practice of allowing users to pick the directory users want to store an apps data in. (prompt at app's first start)
#3 Store files/data in the cloud.
#4 Users dump trash in the lobbys/living-rooms of developer's and see how quickly they find a solution.
#5 USE THE "Android/data/com.package_name.blah/" FOLDER WHEN ALL YOU'RE REALLY DOING IS STORING CACHE/TEMP FILES!!!
BOTTOM LINE: Its not hard to do it right, Its just hard to get people to do it.

You make it sound so easy
1) I'm all for it, but Google needs to put its weight behind an approach like that because otherwise people will say "I like /Data better than /data or /Mydata or /MyData". It's a bit like coding conventions: everyone wants to be different.
2) Good for techy people, not so good for "normal" users. Could make it easier with a small "file manager", but that's too much work for indie devs. Could be a nice idea for a new open source project though.
3) Great idea, could actually work if the associated account would be created automatically (like in Cut the Rope for Android with Scoreloop), but:
- The backup functionality in Android for storing data in the cloud is available for API level 8 and greater, making it of not so much use when you're targeting API level 5 or 6 and greater. Could be fixed by using something like Google Storage combined with Jets3t instead, but that would be useless for apps written in C++, like many games are.
- Cloud storage isn't free. Developers can't pay for that as it would be too expensive. If every Android user would've gotten free cloud storage from Google it could be a nice alternative, but (yeah, there's always a but) most current users don't have that.
4) If you're prepared to send your trash by plane to another country, go for it!
5) Agreed. Useful for temp data.

I'm not trying to make it sound easy, believe me I know how it isn't. I'm trying to make it sound simple, because really.. it is...
In response:
1) I agree and this is exactly what I mean by the real hard part is getting people to do it. This requires widespread endorsement by developers big and small - that this is a 'best practice' that should be adhered to. I think the gate swings both ways though.
example: Twitter didn't invent hash tags, their users did, and with its widespread adoption, Twitter adopted/implemented it too.
2) Another good point, though this process can be curated to drive the user in the right direction (holding their hand). The XBOX 360 does this for every game you play, the first thing it does is ask you which storage device you want to use for game saves.
example: in combination with solution # 1, the default folder the app saves to could be '/data/theAppsName' and the prompt could say "This app saves files to your SD CARD in '/data/theAppName'. Would you like to choose a new location?" [Yes] [No] [?]. The [Yes] option brings up a simple file manager, the [No] option uses that location, the [?] option brings up an easy to understand write up on what its asking and why its asking it.
3) We'll get there eventually, my point really was if you've got the resources, why not. Its a solution better than #1 and #2
4) I plan on sending human clones to create trash individually and exponentially
5) AMIRITE~!
In all seriousness though, thank you @Stripeymilk for taking the time to go in depth and have a conversation about this. I seriously think it doesn't take an act of Godogle to solve this (to what I beleive) is a big issue!

I can't agree more with you.
As developer (Windows, iSeries) I try to make my programs as structured and readable as possible. The same goes for the files and folders used used by the programs, but sadly, even with all the available resources, some people (colleagues) make a complete mess of it, cause "that's not/less important", as long as the program does what it's intended to do ...
It's all about the resources and people using them the right way!

Cool, didn't know about the hash tags on Twitter
Well, we're on a great site here with developers on it. If everyone here would adhere to the same standard, it could at least be a nice push to make the Android SD card world a better place.
What's the directory we're going to settle on? Any pros and cons?

Final Fantasy 6: Need Save files,i unistalled from my Android and lost my Saves

Hi to all,
I have a rooted Android phone and was playing FFvi on it when i reach the point where the game crashed. They released an update that fixed that problem of FFvi, but i stupidly unistalled the FFvi from my phone and after i re-installed it the Save files where gone!
Can anybody give me their own savegame files please.
The files are:
filesRockDat0.sav
filesRockDat1.sav
I don't want to start over the game again. I need the save file, up until before the point where the game crashes (before the fight between Kefka and General Leo in Thamasa).
Thanks in advance.

Game Launcher & Game Tools files

I've done some messing around with game launcher and game tools as a result of these issues, and I seem to have made the issue worse. While game tools was originally refusing to minimize games, it now won't open at all. It has something to do with the way I have it installed on the phone and game launcher or my games apps "call" it.
What I need is for someone who is rooted and hasn't made any changes to game tools or launcher to share with me exactly where they are located on the phone. I don't know if one, or both, or neither is supposed to be a system app, for example, and switching back and forth while troubleshooting is a major pain. In addition, if it turns out that I do have them located correctly, then there must be something in a config or prefs file that is causing game tools to fail to load, in which case, copies of the game's files would be much appreciated. Then I can just paste them in, in place of my own, and they might get it working again.
Thanks.

Got the same problem.
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Unable to install apk's with obb files.

I never had problems with this on previous android phones but I can't seem to install any apk that needs an obb file.
This is my first time using miui so the problem is probably on my side.
I placed the obb in the /android/obb folder (tried both sd and internal) but all apps either have a black screen or try to re-download it.
I tried disabling the miui optimization, enabled "install unknown apps" (you have do that for each source, maybe I missed the correct one?)
That is about everything I could find about it online but it still won't work, I hope someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong.

It depends on which game you're trying to install. The latest versions of some games initiate a small verification check of file integrity before the game starts, if it fails you get a black screen, if it doesn't fail it forces you to re-download the OBB data.
This is to ensure no modding or cheating in games that have competitive modes or payments.
MIUI optimization has no connection to your problem so make sure you turn it back on and restore all permissions MANUALLY.
Unknown Apps permissions is required only once. (per app). So Chrome will ask once... Allow. Done. File manager will ask once, allow, done. However this has nothing to do with the game... This is only for the apk portion.
If you are able to install the same game with same files on another phone and it works... Then check if permission is granted for the APK for storage access.
Also try an older game or one that isn't popular. If the OBB method works then my theory above is true. If it doesn't work then you'll have to look further for information.

Thanks for explaining so clearly, I'll give it a try tonight.
Do you have an example of an app/game which should surely work?

Give me the name of the game you are trying. I'll do it on my phone. (Provided its not too large.) If it works for me and not for you, then we can troubleshoot further.
I would give you recommendations of some games but I have no idea if they're updated or not... So rather than us guessing, just tell me which app or game you are trying and I'll try and reproduce it.

Alrich said:
Give me the name of the game you are trying. I'll do it on my phone. (Provided its not too large.) If it works for me and not for you, then we can troubleshoot further.
I would give you recommendations of some games but I have no idea if they're updated or not... So rather than us guessing, just tell me which app or game you are trying and I'll try and reproduce it.
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I have the same problem it's bus simulator ultimate. Here is the link to both apk and obb download. https://apklub.com/download-bus-simulator-ultimate-mod-apk/