I think i understand the issue now.
I had figured that any season 1 choices would be attached to my season 2 saves (such that directly transferring amy season 2 saves SHOULD inherenetly transfer the season 1 choices with them).
In reality the season 2 game has a series of save files, and what is essentially a season 1 STATE archive. Meaning when the game is running, every season 2 save simply looks at the season 1 state file to know what decisions you made. This certainly is smart from a optimization standpoint as otherwise you would need to append the season 1 state data to every single save, which would increase the file size for every save (taking up more storage space on your device).
The biggest confusion with this was that I was looking for a season 1 save file, but I shouldnt have any of those as i had deleted my season 1 data when getting the previous 0.15.1 to work. I did not know that this "save" (I prefer calling it "state") file was not neccesarily a save so much as it is a component needed for any other saves to function
****(while it was a save... it functions as an attachment for further saves. You never edit this file or save over it, it is simply used by other saves, and thusly neccesary for the functionality of all other saves. ..).****
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Sorry if my previous post had seemed aggressive. I was just flustered and grouchy because I REALLY hate working with files in Android haha.
Looking back on your pinned help post for this update, its clear what you meant now. I think it would help though if you dont word it as transferring a season 1 save though. Perhaps adding a section for users transfering active season 2 saves (i didnt look far enough into the file you mention as it appears to be how to transfer season 1 files, but I wanted to transfer over season 2 files). You could say, "within your season 2 saves folder, there will be a file containing the state data from season 1. You must also copy this file along with your save". I think a big part of my struggle was thinking thr guide was written to help transfer your season 1 save over to season 2 which made no sense for me as I was not transfering from season 1 to season 2 but from season 2 to season 2
Or not, either way thanks for the time you spent on this and even more thanks for reading through this word vomit I just wrote!