Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-1.9.106.206-20160831043900/@comment-27798333-20160831081259

Here's what has happened to me on my Android device.

I tried nearly the same thing, but after a completely new install of the game, the game (or FMs servers) recognised I was the same person or same device, and reapplied all my achievements, progress, etc.

I then performed a factory reset of my device and set up yet another account. All was fine until I signed into my FB acct. Then it did the same thing, almost. It didn't change my progress, but it applied all of my old achievements, AND reduced my free gold ads to five per day, since I have made an IAP on the original game.

Basically what I have found, is if you want to start fresh, it has to be a device that has ZERO association to any of your old accts, whether it's Facebook, Google, or your original identity you used before. So it either has to be a new device, or a factory reset. But then with a new identity, at least for me, non of my old paid apps were available to me since I was running my tablet with a new identity. So that's another thing to keep in mind if doing this. I had to re-buy some of my apps.

The way FM tracks users, I don't know of any way to get around this. Maybe someone who has a great knowledge of programming could help with a solution.