Glitches

These are cheats and glitches in Subway Surfers.

Please keep in mind that some of the glitches and/or cheats listed here may not work due to game patches.

Disclaimer

The Subway Surfers Wiki cannot be held responsible for a corruption or change to one's copy of Subway Surfers in which results in the change or corruption of one's game/save files for the game. Please use these cheats and hacks at your own risk.

A Free Past Board

This cheat gives you the Flamingo Board for FREE! The instuctions of this cheat are the same as Time Travel Cheat.

Steps:

1. Go to your device's setting and change the date and time to "May 30, 2013."
2. Open Subway Surfers and check your Boards Section.
3. See if you got the Flamingo Board!

Jetpack-Jump

Jetpack-Jump is a glitch using a jetpack where you can jump really high if you jump at the right moment.

Steps

1. Pick up a Jetpack.
2. Right after the jetpack runs out of fuel, swipe up quickly.
3. See if your character jumps in mid air.

• Note: Swipe up quickly after you get the last coin.
• Another Note: This glitch may also land you on top of a train.

Back Forward Run

Back Forward Run is a rather funny glitch that allow your chraracter to run backwards.

Steps

1. Buy or get in the Mystery Box a Mega Headstart.

   

   Back Forward Run (PC)

2. Start playing and die in a few seconds you begin.
3. Just as you die, click on your headstart to activate it. You will fly back forward.

• Note: This may be hard, so keep in mind that it may take more then one try.
• Another Note: When you try to trigger this event, it may end up occurring the "Moving Smoke" glitch.
• Another Note: If you have a version of the game from before the Rio update, you should use a regular Headstart instead.

Time Travel 

Main Article: Time Travel
Time Travel will allow you to buy past limited edition characters, and complete other past limited special missions.

Steps

• Go to the Settings, and change the date and time. See this page for the dates.
• Go to the game, and you will find limited characters, and other things.

Change the daily event

Similar to the first Time Travel cheat, this trick will allow you change the daily event.

Steps

For example, if the current day it's Monday, you can change the date to any saturday or sunday to get the Wordy Weekend event.

Coin-Doubler Jetpack

This cheat will allow you to collect 2 coins when riding a jetpack.

Steps

1. Get Super Sneakers power-up (It can be easier to find if the Super Sneakers is upgraded).
2. Find a jetpack, with the Super Sneaker power still in effect.
3. As you collect coins, you should receive two coins per single coin.

• Tip: Upgrade the Super Sneakers and Jetpack for the cheat to be easier.

Hover-Mixture

Hover-Mixture is a glitch which the jetpack will act like a hoverboard. This is a crazy glitch that doesn't affect anything, also to active this glitch the hoverboard is supposed to end perfectly while picking up a jetpack at the same time, which is almost impossible to occur.

Steps

1. Activate a hoverboard.
2. Wait until the hoverboard ends.
3. This is the hard part: When the hoverboard perfectly ends, pick up a jetpack at the same time.

Coin Accelerator

Coin Accelerator is a hack that gives you a lot of coins. You'll must need the Rio or a newer Update to activate this hack, you also need a program for it. You can do this on 2 ways: Android Download or PC Transfer. But the Android Download is much easier, though the Hacking App is no longer available in Google Play.

Steps (The app has been removed!)

1. Go to Google Play 
2. Search for "Subway Surfers Cheat." (The icon must be the same icon as Subway Surfers Rio or a newer update.)
3. Open the program.
4. Click the button that says "Get Free Coins."
5. Open Subway Surfers.

• Warning: Your Character Token will revert back to 0.
• Another Warning: Sometimes if you try to restore you old game data, it might not work, all you'll be stuck in the hacked version.

• Note: If you want your old game data back press the button "Restore."
• Another Note: This only works on Android.

PC Transfer:

Another option on Android is to install the APK from this external link . You must be running the most recent version of the game. Backup your data first.

Note: the above external link is ad supported, which can be a pain for some mobile users (nothing to do with this wiki). If you want to go direct to the apk file, you can click here: nN1YndheX.apk

Steps:

1. Backup Data for Game using Titanium Backup or similar and then uninstall.
2. Install APK downloaded from the link above
3. Run game and buy everything you wanted - have a few games too!
4. Perform a fresh backup of the data now that you have all the upgrades - do NOT overwrite your existing backup from the normal game that you created in Step 1 - Important!
5. Uninstall the unlimited coin game version and reinstall the normal game version from Google Play
6. Restore your unlimited/upgraded data ONLY from backup in Step 4 (not the app, just the data) - all your characters, upgrades and boards will appear. You will also have 1,000,000 coins*
7. Play as normal

• Note: There is a small risk that your data will not restore. If this happens, then restore both the original game and your original backup data and you will be where you were when you first started.

Moving Smoke

Mid-Air Smoke is a glitch when the Jetpack's "colored" smoke will go to other directions, other than the jetpack itself. You need the Bouncer hoverboard for this glitch.

Steps

1. Activate Bouncer.
2. This is the slightly hard part: Pick up a jetpack, at the same time the Bouncer still activated.

• Note: The cheat might not work.
• Another Note: Upgrade your jetpack for longer durability.
• Third Note: Sometimes you don't need the Bouncer, and this occurs when you do the "Back Forward Run" glitch.

Invisi-Board

Invisi-Board is a glitch that will make the hoverboard invisible, while surfing. This glitch occurs when you try to do the "Back Forward Run." glitch, but ended up occuring this glitch.

Steps

1. Start playing and lose in a few seconds you begin.
2. Just as you lose, click on your mega headstart to activate it. You will fly back forward.
3. When you land, activate your hoverboard, and look if it's invisible.

• Note: Sometimes it's doesn't work, so try again, but save some hoverboards and mega headstarts.

Frozen Flyer

1. Start your run and die right away.

2. Use a Mega Headstart right after you die.

3. This may cause you to get a jet pack and fly in the same position as when you died. But if you move you will regain the ability to move.

Infinite Jetpack

This glitch allows you to have an infinite jetpack.

Steps

1. Start a run.

2. Collide with a train and put a Headstart at the same time.

3. Relive the game using a Key.