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Roms for emulators

Is it possible for me to get roms on a non rooted captivate?
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Yes, it is. Use it as a mass storage device.
Next time, post in the Q & A section.

Sorry bout that. Can you tell me step by step how to do it. Do I get the roms from the droid store(i see they have a few) or can I go online and download them. Sorry I'm fairly new to the droid OS came from IOS
i have google searched for it and came up with nothing
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search at 4shared.com
its a great place for that

matthewpapa said:
search at 4shared.com
its a great place for that
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yea i know where to get roms but how do i install them last time i tryed the phone wouldnt let me
keeps telling me content is not supported on my phone

nvm figured it out thnxs for the help

Tchem said:
nvm figured it out thnxs for the help
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Any way you could provide what you did when you figured it out?
It's a pet peeve of mind when threads go dead with no explanation to the solution.
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Im sure you all own the original cartridge version of the roms that you are downloading
Roms can be found in lots of places. Websites usually don't carry the main titles because their respective copyright holders requested that they be yanked, 4shared, torrents, and other similar methods are great ways to get a digital copy of games you already own. Alot of games come zipped. The SNES emulator I use requires that it be unzipped resulting in a .smc file extension, otherwise the aforementioned error about content not being supported will come up.

sdotbrucato said:
Any way you could provide what you did when you figured it out?
It's a pet peeve of mind when threads go dead with no explanation to the solution.
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Well the guy in this post told me to put it in mass storage mode so that's what I did. I already have plenty of roms for snes from playing emulators on my iphone. I connected my phone to my computer. Went to my computer and then went to my phone after I connected it and just dragged and dropped my roms into my SD folder.
I don't think it really matters what folder you put them in.
Unplugged my phone loaded my emulater searched for my roms with the emulator and started playing
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Got play today... Need advice?

Ok so I got my xperia play today and its the UK sim free version and I noticed that asphalt6, star battalion, and rainbow 6 are pre installed and also free from the gameloft site. But the sd data is not on my memory card and I cant download it as it requires wifi connection I only have 3g. Any one know if there is another way to get the sd files for these games? I know xda has a strong policy on warez but technically this isn't warez as the games are free as part of the play package in the UK.
Any help is appreciated thanks in advanced.
Or if some one could upload the files for these three games would be willing to make a donation via pay pal.
@mods just to prove im not asking for files im not entitled to I can provide screenshots of my xplay displaying that these games are free for me to download, I just cant download the extra data due to no wifi connection. Thanks
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Just go to mc donalds or somewhere similiar where there is free wifi see the link for free wifi spots in sheffield uk http://www.wifi-in-sheffield.co.uk/ Ive used the free wifi in the fourm (127-129 Devonshire Street, S1 4GF). Just ask at bar and they will give you username and password. Ponds Forge is also fully Wi-Fi enabled + no key required

Mozza2k11 said:
Just go to mc donalds or somewhere similiar where there is free wifi see the link for free wifi spots in sheffield uk http://www.wifi-in-sheffield.co.uk/ Ive used the free wifi in the fourm (127-129 Devonshire Street, S1 4GF). Just ask at bar and they will give you username and password. Ponds Forge is also fully Wi-Fi enabled + no key required
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Cool, thanks im in sheffield tomorow. You local?
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Yeah, Sheffield born and bred . If you have any troubles with the free wifi. Pm me and when im back @ home (prob weekend) il get the data files you need.

Mozza2k11 said:
Yeah, Sheffield born and bred . If you have any troubles with the free wifi. Pm me and when im back @ home (prob weekend) il get the data files you need.
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Check pm.
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I've got the stuff ready to rock right now if you want it
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Great to see a couple of Xperia play users in Sheffield!!

wired84 said:
Great to see a couple of Xperia play users in Sheffield!!
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You in sheffield aswell lol?
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furrabbit.nh said:
You in sheffield aswell lol?
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Yep, not seen many around, but great to see some more on XDA if you're still struggling I can copy the files onto a memory stick for you or something

wired84 said:
Yep, not seen many around, but great to see some more on XDA if you're still struggling I can copy the files onto a memory stick for you or something
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I live I doncaster now only in sheffield once a week to see family. Thanks for the offer though.
Us sheffield lot need our own section lol.
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Order & Chaos for Infuse

Has anyone successfully installed Order & Chaos on the Infuse? Seeing as the Infuse is such a close cousin to the Galaxy S phones and most of those phones officially support O&C, it seems like it should work fine on the Infuse but I haven't seen any threads about it.
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Has anyone successfully installed Order & Chaos on the Infuse? Seeing as the Infuse is such a close cousin to the Galaxy S phones and most of those phones officially support O&C, it seems like it should work fine on the Infuse but I haven't seen any threads about it.
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Wats that
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WeezyFBaby17 said:
Wats that
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+1
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it appears to be one of those high quality game loft games. they code games for the hardware and they may check the build.prop for compatability, so even a compatible device might not play the game if they havent added the device to there supported list. if it is in the market it may work if it is gameloft website only you may need to register the phone number and claim what carrier you have, they haven't really been supporting att devices for some reason, i didnt have much success downloading there games by anyones instruction but others claim it works. good luck, let us know your results!
i hate that they have all the checks because anyone with root and chianfire 3d can run games for other chipsets just fine. why not detect the gpu and cpu and have one universal install that has coding for several different api's? would it make the game that much bigger?
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftMMHM&feature=search_result
it appears to be WoW for cell phones. not my cup of tea so im not gonna be a guinnea pig for the $7 price tag.

Dani897 said:
it appears to be WoW for cell phones.
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lol @ WoW
dude you werent kidding! look at the screenshots..
*shakes head*

Yeah, it basically is WoW for your phone. I've been playing it for a couple of months on an old iPhone 3GS, an HTC Inspire and on my ASUS Transformer. If an MMORPG is your cup of tea, I can't recommend Order and Chaos enough.
Anywho, Order & Chaos is not officially supported on the Transformer but I was able to get it to work by rooting it, downloading the game cache manually, and using Titanium Backup to install an "all devices" version of the game. I haven't rooted the Infuse yet and I was hoping there would be a way to install Order & Chaos without rooting but it sounds like rooting might be the only way.
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Yeah, it basically is WoW for your phone. I've been playing it for a couple of months on an old iPhone 3GS, an HTC Inspire and on my ASUS Transformer. If an MMORPG is your cup of tea, I can't recommend Order and Chaos enough.
Anywho, Order & Chaos is not officially supported on the Transformer but I was able to get it to work by rooting it, downloading the game cache manually, and using Titanium Backup to install an "all devices" version of the game. I haven't rooted the Infuse yet and I was hoping there would be a way to install Order & Chaos without rooting but it sounds like rooting might be the only way.
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How would I install this on my rooted infuse?
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nash2000 said:
How would I install this on my rooted infuse?
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If you're up to try it, follow the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159975
Download the cache file referenced there and unzip it to /gameloft/games . Then PM me your email address and I'll send you the download link to the Titanium Backup backup of the game (I would post it here but I think it's considered warez). Then you unpack the TiBu backup to /TitaniumBackup , open TiBu, and restore the game from there.
Edit: I should mention that I don't know of this will actually work on the Infuse but this is how it worked on the Transformer.
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deanhatescoffee said:
Has anyone successfully installed Order & Chaos on the Infuse? Seeing as the Infuse is such a close cousin to the Galaxy S phones and most of those phones officially support O&C, it seems like it should work fine on the Infuse but I haven't seen any threads about it.
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try this apk it bypasses supported phones.

zeus408 said:
try this apk it bypasses supported phones.
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Worked great, took a little bit to download and set up but seems to be fun. I believe I was granted 30 days of trial time...do you know what the cost will be afterwards?
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nash2000 said:
Worked great, took a little bit to download and set up but seems to be fun. I believe I was granted 30 days of trial time...do you know what the cost will be afterwards?
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im glad to help really? mine says i have subscription till November and yes it will only be like 4 bucks a year for gamer tags.

zeus408 said:
im glad to help really? mine says i have subscription till November and yes it will only be like 4 bucks a year for gamer tags.
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Yea, mine says it'll be up on august 17th.
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nash2000 said:
Worked great, took a little bit to download and set up but seems to be fun. I believe I was granted 30 days of trial time...do you know what the cost will be afterwards?
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From the marketplace itself:
** FREE 3-MONTH SUBSCRIPTION GRANTED at your first log in! You can then renew your allegiance for only $0.99/month, $1.99 for 3 months or $2.99 for 6 months! **

matermine said:
From the marketplace itself:
** FREE 3-MONTH SUBSCRIPTION GRANTED at your first log in! You can then renew your allegiance for only $0.99/month, $1.99 for 3 months or $2.99 for 6 months! **
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Where do you see it in the market? Ice searched and it doesnt come up with anything. I downloaded it from the link about.
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nash2000 said:
Where do you see it in the market? Ice searched and it doesnt come up with anything. I downloaded it from the link about.
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with branding and market keys you won't see every app. use http://market.android.com to see all the apps. apps will push to the phone, or you can get the site from the phone if you change the useragent in the browser.

It is incompatible with the Infuse. I was looking at it yesterday and the market through the browser said it was a no go. I was disappointed, honestly.

zeus408 said:
try this apk it bypasses supported phones.
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Worked great. I could've sworn I had already tried this but maybe it was a slightly different .apk.
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It is incompatible with the Infuse. I was looking at it yesterday and the market through the browser said it was a no go. I was disappointed, honestly.
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It's not officially supported, but it works just fine. I don't understand why Gameloft does this with some of their games - they make their games available only for specific devices - but Order & Chaos definitely works with the Infuse. Use the .apk that zeus408 provided (I think it was the 9th post in this thread).

Downloaded and plays fine on my infuse but wont download on my buddies motorolla droid. I used the same apk as I did on my phone.
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zeus408 said:
try this apk it bypasses supported phones.
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Nice, thanks...
Weird, just downloaded this on my work pc, then e-mailed it to my gmail. In the e-mail, next to the attachment, when viewing on my phone, there is an "Install" button right there in the e-mail, which acted just like .apk installer. Is that a feature of APK installer, or what? Either way, that's pretty damn cool...

nash2000 said:
Downloaded and plays fine on my infuse but wont download on my buddies motorolla droid. I used the same apk as I did on my phone.
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Quick solution: Tell your buddy to get a phone that doesn't suck horse c#(k.

Hey Verizon... this makes me want to scream

Aside from the PS games I actually want only being released in Europe (wipEout and Destruction Derby) these games:
https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Sony+Computer+Entertainment+America
Are out in the US, but I can't download them... Why? because "This item is not available on your carrier".
Seriously.
(yes I know I can root my phone, etc etc. This is ridiculous though)

I would totally burn down all of Verizon's offices if I were you.

Lets Riot

Rogue Leader said:
Aside from the PS games I actually want only being released in Europe (wipEout and Destruction Derby) these games:
https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Sony+Computer+Entertainment+America
Are out in the US, but I can't download them... Why? because "This item is not available on your carrier".
Seriously.
(yes I know I can root my phone, etc etc. This is ridiculous though)
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R800i on tmobile. Same thing. Has anyone in the us managed to purchase these games? If so what carrier?

yifanlu said:
R800i on tmobile. Same thing. Has anyone in the us managed to purchase these games? If so what carrier?
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Strangely enough I have a nook I converted to a tablet which gives the same error in the market as well. And that thing is not on any carrier, you'd think it would just say not compatible with my device.

That's a shame.. Maybe try your luck with root and download any regioned market? (forgot what it was called, basically it makes your SIM card be any region specified, but once you reboot it goes back to normal)
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Cat_On_Droid said:
That's a shame.. Maybe try your luck with root and download any regioned market? (forgot what it was called, basically it makes your SIM card be any region specified, but once you reboot it goes back to normal)
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It's Market Enabler. It doesn't work with new Market fyi.

mrpaint said:
It's Market Enabler. It doesn't work with new Market fyi.
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It seemed to work on my nook running CM7. I tested it and all the prices were different, however I couldn't find a region locked program to try it on (the sony games don't show up on it because its not a Play)

Rogue Leader said:
It seemed to work on my nook running CM7. I tested it and all the prices were different, however I couldn't find a region locked program to try it on (the sony games don't show up on it because its not a Play)
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You could try editing your build.prop on your nook. to spoof the play, maybe they will show up then?

AndroHero said:
You could try editing your build.prop on your nook. to spoof the play, maybe they will show up then?
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Hmm thats a good idea, just for the heck of it. Interested to see if we can get this working. If thats the case I could possibly even download the games on the nook, and then side load them on to my play and not even have to root the Play.

Rogue Leader said:
Hmm thats a good idea, just for the heck of it. Interested to see if we can get this working. If thats the case I could possibly even download the games on the nook, and then side load them on to my play and not even have to root the Play.
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Do you want my build.prop so you can copy some of the info over to your nooks one?

Guys the reason why we cannot get the games yet is because the xperia play has android 2.3.2 we need 2.3. 3 of higher to get the playstation pocket app then we can get the games. 2.3. 4 is coming in October.
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raziel26 said:
Guys the reason why we cannot get the games yet is because the xperia play has android 2.3.2 we need 2.3. 3 of higher to get the playstation pocket app then we can get the games. 2.3. 4 is coming in October.
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I have 2.3.3 on my play ...... i have for months n months n months But then again I'm not in america so i have the PS Suite too

AndroHero said:
Do you want my build.prop so you can copy some of the info over to your nooks one?
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Sure that would be useful! Thanks

Wow just totally borked my nook trying to do this.... HAVE BACKUPS PEOPLE!
After i fix it... and back up.... I'll try again
Androhero, can you send me that build.prop? My Verizon one is useless as we can tell

Sorry man i forgot to check this thread

AndroHero said:
Sorry man i forgot to check this thread
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thanks man... hopefully I don't bork it again!

Rogue Leader said:
thanks man... hopefully I don't bork it again!
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just backup your original build.prop first

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just backup your original build.prop first
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I did that, but unfortunately the spot i backed it up I accidentally overwrote!

The playstation pocket app doesn't help much for the R800x. It lets me look at a couple games but I still can't download them
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[Q] Need For Speed Most Wanted Always Needs Online Check

Hi
My cousin sent me Need For Speed Most Wanted .apk file.I downloaded the sd data and it works fine but the problem is that everytime when i open it,it needs an internet connection for the license check.My phone is not rooted
What should i do?
Thanx

billubakra said:
Hi
My cousin sent me Need For Speed Most Wanted .apk file.I downloaded the sd data and it works fine but the problem is that everytime when i open it,it needs an internet connection for the license check.My phone is not rooted
What should i do?
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1) There's a rule you're breaking by mentioning this on xda.
2) There's no benefit for the xda community that you want to circumvent DRM protection.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
1) There's a rule you're breaking by mentioning this on xda.
2) There's no benefit for the xda community that you want to circumvent DRM protection.
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1.Sorry for breaking the rule,i didnt know about that
2.I am not getting what you are saying

billubakra said:
1.Sorry for breaking the rule,i didnt know about that
2.I am not getting what you are saying
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1) No problem, my response is a lot nicer than how the mods will respond to this inquiry.
2) There are a few games (really game developers) that have started instituting mandatory Internet connection in order to actually play their games. EA Sports, Gameloft, and I'm sure a few others do this to cut down on piracy. It verifies the license online then let's you play.
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1) No problem, my response is a lot nicer than how the mods will respond to this inquiry.
2) There are a few games (really game developers) that have started instituting mandatory Internet connection in order to actually play their games. EA Sports, Gameloft, and I'm sure a few others do this to cut down on piracy. It verifies the license online then let's you play.
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1.Thanx for being so nice
2.Well i read on this forum that this game works fine on other phones and tablets and noone mentioned this license check issue so that is why i asked

Yeah the forum mods are very very strict on this sort of thing. I got a warning once for simply mentioning "alternative" ways to download something. So I don't think you'll get much help here.
And the other guy is right, a lot of game makers, and developers in general, are requiring their apps to check and make sure the app is genuine or whatever, they want to make sure you paid for it.