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How to Hack Pocket Sort: Coin Merge Puzzle

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Pocket Sort: Coin Merge Puzzle is SayGames’ coin sorting puzzle, past 10 million downloads on Google Play. Its pink gems, which buy extra slots for the board, sit in a plain JSON file in the game’s Android/data folder, Progress.json, as the first entry of a Resources list. I had 300 after the first merges and set them to 999,999.

Pocket Sort level 1 with 300 gems at the top right and a new slot offered for 600 gems
Before: 300 gems, and a slot for 600
Pocket Sort with 999399 gems and the extra slot unlocked
After: 999,399, with the 600 slot bought

  1. Open CheatDroid, allow root, and tap Pocket Sort in the app list.

  2. Tap the search icon and type Progress. Tap Progress.json, the hit in Android/data.

    CheatDroid search for Progress, with Progress.json from Android/data as the first hit
    Progress.json in the game’s Android/data folder

  3. The file opens in the text editor, with JSON, 125 fields above it. If CheatDroid says the game is running, tap Force stop, then Edit as fields.

  4. Type Resources › 0 into the filter. The entry with ResourceType 1 is the gems: change its Count to 999999 and tap Save.

    CheatDroid editing Progress.json as fields, filtered to Resources › 0, Count 999999, was 300
    Count set to 999999, was 300

  5. Start Pocket Sort again. The gem counter at the top right reads 999999.

What else I found

  • It sticks: a 600-gem slot left 999,399, and a restart kept it.
  • There are no other players, and the game runs offline.
  • Tested on version 1.16.0.

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