Hi guys I just saw that psx4droid is out in the market! Hooray!
But I saw my friend had some problems getting it set up and wanted to make it easier for other newbies so I figured I would do a step by step tutorial of how my friend got it working for his Nexus One.
Step 1: Download psx4droid in the android market (search psx and it will come up)
Step 2: Connect your phone to your computer via usb and create a folder where you will place your Bios file and Roms (SDcard -> then create a new folder PSXoid)
Step 3: google the term scph1001.bin and download the file
Step 4: place the scph1001.bin file in the newly created folder PSXoid
Now comes the tricky part with the roms since most of them have a wierd ECM file type that wont be recognized by your emulator; dont worry you just need to convert the file type to bin so the emulator can recognize it
Step 5: go to http://www.underground-gamer.com/wiki/index.php/ECM and download ECM under the Windows section of the page and extract the UNECM portion of the EMC download to the desktop
Step 6: grab the Rom in ECM format from the desktop and place it into the UNECM file now on the desktop, it will start making a copy of the Rom with the correct file type and will pull up a small black screen showing you that it is converting it to the correct format with a percentage ticking away to 100%
Step 7: now that you have the PSX Rom in the correct bin format, you can place it in the newly created PSXoid folder and your emulator will now be able to see it!
Step 8: unplug phone from USB and open psx4droid app
Step 9: Use the top portion of the settings to search for and select scph1001.bin as the bios file to use (It's easy to find since you know its in the PSXoid folder)
Step 10: Once you have selected the bios file you will be promted to find a rom that you want to use. You will now be able to see the rom and play it on your psx4droid emulator!
Enjoy =)
***Just a few tidbits in case people were wondering my friend is not rooted and this guide is for educational purposes only. Downloading illegal roms can get you in trouble and don't do it unless you have the original game you purchase.
EDIT: On Droid Forums a user by the name of Titan posted this comment when he was confused by step 6 ------ "Ah I got it working now, I get the .7z or .zip roms I downloaded, and I keep opening up the main folders/.zips until I get to a file called data.bin.ecm. Then I drag that to unecm. It seems that the "data.bin.ecm" is the game in all that mess. "
i havent checked the link since im browsing on my phone in a bad reception area but in that link you provided, is there a download for the Mac OS version of that program?
xXJay_RXx said:
i havent checked the link since im browsing on my phone in a bad reception area but in that link you provided, is there a download for the Mac OS version of that program?
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No... but that's ok since people who buy apple products should be punished and are used to being prevented from using emulators anyways
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No... but that's ok since people who buy apple products should be punished and are used to being prevented from using emulators anyways
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ah i guess i spent the $6 for nothing. thank google for the refund button
xXJay_RXx said:
ah i guess i spent the $6 for nothing. thank google for the refund button
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Just giving you a hard time brotha
I was going to refund it as well until I figured out how it works. Guess Mac users have to figure out another work around though.
okay for the few mac users, i have found the ECM program. at least i think this is it. correct me if im wrong. go to http://www.neillcorlett.com/ecm/ and select the Mac port version
**edit: i got it to work!! this is soooo awesome!! lol **
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Just giving you a hard time brotha
I was going to refund it as well until I figured out how it works. Guess Mac users have to figure out another work around though.
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hey man if u dont mind, can u put the link i provided for any mac users that could be on the forum? could help some others out too
Why don't you guys just skip the emc step and download the iso of the game you want?
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Why don't you guys just skip the emc step and download the iso of the game you want?
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cuz not all the games come in iso form. i havent stumbled across an iso file yet n ive downloaded a lot of roms already from different sites to test out
Was hoping this would help but it doesn't seem to be applicable to the problems I'm having. I have a working bios and working game ISO's (tested under ePSXe on the PC) but nothing works on my phone. Just get a black screen. Tried turning sound off and framerate down but it doesn't help. Tried both PAL bios and PAL games as well as NTSC bios and an NTSC game. Running on an unrooted HTC Desire.
Might return it if it's as a lame duck as it seems.
I've been waiting for this to drop ever since the news first leaked. I can't wait to get some final fantasy rolling on the Nexus. That's a good way to kill some time.
I hope that ecm soft works fine under wine on an ubuntu desk
Crash Bandicoot and Ridge Racer run great on my Motorola Milestone oc-ed to 1.2Ghz Even Silent Hill if you have some patience to let it pass the Konami logo, just white squares around the characters like I have seen in a lot of PSX emus...
downloaded Tekken 3 in BIN format but the game don't start, black screen..
i dont remember but i think if you go to psp hacks you can get a prog that will rip your cd and then turn it into a eboot.pbp i have several that i have done back in my psp hacking days and they seem to work, crash bandicoot,resident evil, those that dont work so far has been syphon filter all of them and metal gear. going to try grand torsimo and a few other during the week. these all work on my hack psp. 0000000000000 popstation i think is the name of the program i use.
Can someone please help me with this, specially step 6. It states:
"grab the Rom in ECM format from the desktop and place it into the UNECM file now on the desktop, it will start making a copy of the Rom with the correct file type and will pull up a small black screen showing you that it is converting it to the correct format with a percentage ticking away to 100%"
I downloaded ECM 100 from the site. I then unzipped it and I got the following files: uncem (Application), uncem.c (c file), readme, gpl, format, ecm (Application) and ecm.c (c file).
So what do I do now? Do I place the "format txt file" into the UNECM App file or what...I'm totally lost on this step.
Thanks
plmiller0905 said:
Can someone please help me with this, specially step 6. It states:
"grab the Rom in ECM format from the desktop and place it into the UNECM file now on the desktop, it will start making a copy of the Rom with the correct file type and will pull up a small black screen showing you that it is converting it to the correct format with a percentage ticking away to 100%"
I downloaded ECM 100 from the site. I then unzipped it and I got the following files: uncem (Application), uncem.c (c file), readme, gpl, format, ecm (Application) and ecm.c (c file).
So what do I do now? Do I place the "format txt file" into the UNECM App file or what...I'm totally lost on this step.
Thanks
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same issue, which uncem are you referring to?
accinfo said:
same issue, which uncem are you referring to?
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I don't know..that's where I'm lost. I don't know if I'm suppose to place the format.txt file into the uncem (app) file or the uncem.c (c file).
The instructions are a little vague. Hopefully someone can post and give somemore insight into these instructions.
for those who own psp or ps3 you can buy those psx/psp they will work with the emu the one i have have work.
Damn the only thing I keep getting is a black screen
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Hi - is there any way on PocketPC 2003 to disable access to Solitaire and Jawbreaker. I'm pretty sure I can't remove them all together as they're in the ROM - but some registry hack to prevent access to them would be sufficient.
Try this...
You don't list what device or WM versions you are using, but here are two possible solutions you could try:
1) Read through the forums specific to your device, and learn how to cook your own ROM, removing the offending software.
2) Any file in your ROM can be "overwritten" by syncing to your pc and draggin a file with the same name to the folder containing the file you wish to replace. IE. I have a small, written for the pda application, which when run, displays a pop-up saying "This software has been removed because I do not wish for anyone using this device to have fun doing so!" or similar. I then name it solitare.exe and drag it into the Windows directory from my PC. It asks me am I sure I wish to overwrite the file, I click yes and bam! the file is "replaced". (I believe what actually happens is the OS delinks the file and places the new file in the old ones placeholder on the filesystem, it is still in the ROM as that is unwritable unless flashing, but it is no longer accessable, which is what you want to happen.
tried & failed...
I've created a solitare.exe as you suggested and placed it in the Windows directory - it doesn't seem to get run when executed however - The original game still gets run - I fear I may be doing something stupid.
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I've created a solitare.exe as you suggested and placed it in the Windows directory - it doesn't seem to get run when executed however - The original game still gets run - I fear I may be doing something stupid.
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Why do you want to block them?
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You don't list what device or WM versions you are using, but here are two possible solutions you could try:
1) Read through the forums specific to your device, and learn how to cook your own ROM, removing the offending software.
2) Any file in your ROM can be "overwritten" by syncing to your pc and draggin a file with the same name to the folder containing the file you wish to replace. IE. I have a small, written for the pda application, which when run, displays a pop-up saying "This software has been removed because I do not wish for anyone using this device to have fun doing so!" or similar. I then name it solitare.exe and drag it into the Windows directory from my PC. It asks me am I sure I wish to overwrite the file, I click yes and bam! the file is "replaced". (I believe what actually happens is the OS delinks the file and places the new file in the old ones placeholder on the filesystem, it is still in the ROM as that is unwritable unless flashing, but it is no longer accessable, which is what you want to happen.
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Hey pneuma.
2) Isn't working for me either. I thought gremlin was doing something wrong, but I just tried it myself, and, although my "fake" solitaire.exe (a renamed app) file is there, so is the original solitaire.exe. Tapping on the Solitaire icon under games runs the game as if nothing happened, although just opening the Games folder would tell you that it didn't work (the Solitaire icon is still the cards)
What did you do that we didn't? I'm using a Universal.
Peculiar...
Personally I haven't tried this specific to the games, but there was a nasty spash screen in the new WM5 for my Himalaya that I replaced in the method detailed above. It would appear however that solitaire might be a system program, as the following files:
\windows\solitaire.lnk
\windows\start menu\solitaire.lnk
have the following Target: ":MSSOLITAIRE"
but don't despair!
If you have resco explorer or some similar mobile based explorer replacement, try edit the links to point to the replacement exe, or even delete the links altogether, as well as the Games directory under "\windows\start menu\" (might not work deleting them though).
If the deletion or edits don't work you may well have to do the same trick, replacing these .lnk files with something else.
--Marc
Thanks to pneuma I think I've got a workable solution without having to hack into the ROM!
I've created two programs (using PocketBuilder) called Solitare.exe and Jawbreaker.exe which just pop up a response window saying "This Application Has Been Disabled"
I've also created two .lnk files - solitare.lnk and jawbreaker.lnk which contain:
22#"\Windows\Solitare.exe"
and
23#"\Windows\Jawbreaker.exe"
respectively
In my boot process I copy the executables and .lnk files to the \Windows directory and also copy the .lnk files to the
\Windows\Start Menu\Program\Games\
directory.
I don't think our users (sorry to diss them) are bright enough to figure out they have to remove all of these files to get the games working again.
Thanks for all your help.
Gremlin.
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(sorry to diss them)
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But you're dissing them all the way by treating them like this.
Why shouldn't they be able to play Solitair or JawBreaker every now and then during a coffee of lunch break. A bit of light releif never did anyone any harm.
I'm glad I don't work with you. (Bah Humbug)
I have no say in how the users are treated - I am merely a developer - I get told what needs to be done and I do it. I can offer my suggestions at design time but ultimately it is not my decision how the users are treated on the shop floor.
If I was in management it would be a different story.
I'm lovely to work with - I make the tea and everything
gremlin said:
If I was in management it would be a different story.
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Point taken. :wink:
I would argue that it's hardly worth the effort just to piss people off.
I'll have my tea with milk and no sugar.
I've already done searches for this, but I just haven't found a simple answer for a newbie like me.
What I want is to keep the weather in the tab like it is on the stock HTC home, but I want to be able to choose my city by zip code. I'd also like to be able to get radar images.
Is there an easy way to do this?
Also, it would be really cool if there was an option to have it show weather based on your GPS location.
Thanks!
theres no "newbie" way...you have to get the file from your phone's "Windows" folder (using file explorer), get it on a real computer, and edit the file using notepad...just copy the format already there for your city, save it, and put it back where you found it in the windows folder...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319187
Once again, a person who isnt looking hard enough in the forums...
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theres no "newbie" way...you have to get the file from your phone's "Windows" folder (using file explorer), get it on a real computer, and edit the file using notepad...just copy the format already there for your city, save it, and put it back where you found it in the windows folder...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319187
Once again, a person who isnt looking hard enough in the forums...
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In all fairness, the search function on this site sucks. I've resorted to using google to search "forum.xda-developers.com" under advanced search.
Doug2873 said:
theres no "newbie" way...you have to get the file from your phone's "Windows" folder (using file explorer), get it on a real computer, and edit the file using notepad...just copy the format already there for your city, save it, and put it back where you found it in the windows folder...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319187
Once again, a person who isnt looking hard enough in the forums...
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Hey thanks for the link.
But, what I would REALLY like, that I haven't seen posted yet, is instead of having to input a city is if the weather would just update based on GPS location. Is anyone working on this? Or is there currently an available modification to the HTC home weather for this? I think that would be the cat's ass.
Thanks again!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319308&highlight=htc+home+customizer
Why you think a cat's ass is a good thing is beyond me...
I live with four cats and I avoid their asses as much as possible!
I'm posting this at the risk of being blasted on my searching techniques. I've been searching for what seems like hours and with the wikis down, I've reached the end of my rope. Lurking on this site is what lead me to purchase my Tilt in the first place and I'm hoping that the wise and learned posters on this forum can help me out of my predicament.
My usb port stopped working so AT&T quickly sent me a new (refurbished) unit. I studied sirsycho's thread on reverting my old Kaiser back to it's warranty-friendly state, but I have one problem, no usb port. Now I go to vip_snoopy's thread involving flashing from a microSD card. Very cool. Herein lies the dilemma, I need the .nbh file to install the factory rom by way of microSD flash and all I can find is the .exe installer.
ANY help would be greatly appreciated!
I'm sure there's a more technical way to do this, but...
try just running the exe, and then snagging the .nbh file once it extracts it to install. It might be locked by the OS (or something similar), but it's worth a shot since no one else responded.
open exe with winrar (free to try) and extract the nbh.
now on with the blasting. u my friend need to learn to use the search button. damn newbs like u create so many unnessary threads. users like u need to be banned...FOEVA!!!
nahh, welcome to xda!
Thanks for the quick reply. The wikis (wiki's, wikies, wikii?) are up and running again, so I'm deep in my fruitless search pattern again.
I already had that idea, but have no idea how to implement it. I'm a hardware nerd. Whatever the software is doing is a mystery to me. I just know how to make it do whatever it's doing happen really fast. I know it extracts it somewhere temporarily, I just don't know where.
I'm also a pathetically slow typist, obviously.
depending on your windows version it will extract to different temp locations. for example windows xp would be
\document and settings\"your name"\local settings\temp
have this location open when your run the exe and see what new folder is created. copy the nbh out of the folder before canceling the install. good luck!
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depending on your windows version it will extract to different temp locations. for example windows xp would be
\document and settings\"your name"\local settings\temp
have this location open when your run the exe and see what new folder is created. copy the nbh out of the folder before canceling the install. good luck!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you. Been using WinRAR for years and had no idea I could do that. SUCCESS! You just helped me solve over three hours of hair pulling. Now, on to the endless hours of fun with the "make it like it was" game.
Sorry, meant, how do i install games onto FPSece on my LG incite
Please and thank you
I seriously doubt your PDA can even handle PSX games.. let alone store more than one ROM on your Phone.. but if you really want to then i guess you should google it.
I googled it from before, but i found the game in 30 parts (Disc 1, part 1, Dis 2, Part 2, etc...)
nd they were all RAR files, so how am i supposed to install that as a ROM
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I googled it from before, but i found the game in 30 parts (Disc 1, part 1, Dis 2, Part 2, etc...)
nd they were all RAR files, so how am i supposed to install that as a ROM
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The sharing of psx roms is illegal and the discussion of warez is banned on this site
EDIT: I didnt realize that talking about getting links to roms was illegal until i read the post before me so i just deleted the links
I broke down the steps just to make them easy to follow because i remember searching for a while when trying to play my first game
I assume that you already extracted teh fpsece zip file to your phone. If you didn't yet, make sure you make a new folder on your phone somewhere on the sd card and label it Fpsece, or whatever you like as long as you can locate it. When you downloaded fpsece, it should be in a zip. Extrap all of the files in the zip (yes all of them) to the folder that you created on your sd card. Once extracted, go to your phone and open up File Explorer and find the new folder you created. Next click on FPSEce.exe (it has a playstation icon). From there you should be in the main menu. Select Options, Bios, Choose bios, and select SCPH1001.BIN. Now that you have selected it, go to options, Misc, Display, and select Portrait suince you dont have a keyboard or if you have a bluetooth gaming pad, you can select Landscape.
Now to play the game, press start, and if the game ends in like .bin, .iso, .img, .nrg, .z, .bz, or .znx, press ISO and select the game. If the game ends in .psx, .exe, .elf, or .cpe, press ESE. You should be able to play the game now!
Hee hee, its Leo from VG Cats. I like their comics. Happy Holidays!
THis thread is going now where and dur to questionable material, i am closing it.
im sick of watching videos of people who have managed to install and make this work. trawling the mass of how to videos/guides. even the official readme instructions are a waste of time. there is literally no step by step 'no jargon' guide out there for people who want to use this sofware.
i literally just want to see what this program is like. if its worth it i'll get the supporter version. ive downloaded tha cab file. installed to sd card. and ive got a fpssece 0.10 'controller' icon and a folder called psone games in my start menu. ive got a pocket iso program on my pc, my first instinct was to put a psone game in my pc and copy a file and stick it on my phone? or am i way off? my computer doesnt recognise the disk so it just spits it back out again. i realise i need a bios file as everyone keeps saying. as well as another file which needs ripping from the disc. but if i need to either download these, where from? and if i get them from a psone disc, how?
anyone fancy helping a noob? would be really nice if i could sit next to my mate at work while he's playing some "amazing" iphoney game and im loading up gran turismo......
look here
https://docs.google.com/View?docID=0AdVfPUz8Gt9cZDVoM2ozcl8wYzh0aDl3Y2Y&revision=_latest
hadnt found that guide. very helpful. with a few useful tutorials linked in. ive already sorted the bios out i just need an image. like i said ive got a psone game ive been trying to rip but my drive doesnt recognise it. i may try some 3rd party software and see if that works. thanks for the link
ok. just to clear things up. now that i know where to look for info and how to complete installation etc there is a small issue. it turns out that my dvd drive, although only a year or so old is incapable of reading a psone disc. i tried it in 2 computers at work which are older (1 desktop is 7 years old!) this totalled 3 cd and dvd drives and 'gran turismo' popped up in explorer every time. its not a major issue as i'll just copy the data i need onto a usb stick and bring it home. but if anyone knows a work around for an optical drive or if there are some disks some can and cant read then can they let me know.
cheers
ok. got a bios loaded into the bios folder. got some image files of gran turismo loaded onto my sd card. now if i load the program up i get a strange interface. drop down menu at the top with all images in it. below is a list
bios
cfg
exe
memcards
plugin
skins
sstates
but no loadable game rom? ive used slysoft clone and the poket iso to get an image of a game. but ive got 5 gran turismo files. is that right?
they are
gtimage.sub - 26mb
gtimage.img - 658mb
gtimage.ccd - 773b
gtimage.img.znx.table - 2.80mb
gtimage.img.znx - 366.68mb
ive put all of these on my sd card in a sub folder. what do i do now?
ok. ive been playing and got a little further. but my actions have made me think that ive ripped the cd image wrong or something else hasnt gone right. ive moved the 5 files i mentioned from a folder on the sd card to the program files/fpsece folder on the card. this didnt work as there was stil nothing in the loader screen. i then moved them to the bios folder with the bios i downloaded. all 5 files now appear in the loader screen along with the bios. but as they are seperate files such as music and they wont load anything when i select them. i also found them in the psone folder with fpsece icons attached to them in the start menu folder (did wonder what it was for) so they partially work
my question is, what have i done wrong during the ripping/compressing stage if anything? am i supposed to have just one file to put on my sd card? if so where? some say in the fpsece folder others say anywhere. it only partially worked on my phone putting it in the bios folder. is that right?
anyone fancy helping?
rip it as a .iso i play street fighter ex2plus at full fps on my hd2 using my ps3 controller
Lizzo said:
rip it as a .iso i play street fighter ex2plus at full fps on my hd2 using my ps3 controller
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the guide also says to rip the disc as a ???? file. but there are no options in clonecd to change this. just the steps in the guide walking you through cloning and the compressing. ive done it 3 times now and got the same files every time.
the pocket iso guide says to select the 'cd image' from within pocket iso. so is this 1 of the files i get after ripping or do i select all of them? how many files am i supposed to have after the disc is ripped??? and how many should i have after compression????
ok. so success. problem was slysoft clone. download was corrupted so i uninstalled and found a better copy. ripped the image. compressed. i had to put the image into the bios folder to be able to load the game but it worked. must say it runs very well. what i was more impressed was the speed at which the supported version was sent out. after playing around more i decided its not very useful having no save/load options etc.
i have a new problem now though. gran turismo the game will load.i get the sony computer entertainment screen then a black screen with a cd skipping sound. is this a setting within fpsece that i need to adjust or something to do with the phone?