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[Q] Gameloft: Transfer Games to a New Phone

Hello XDA,
I know Gameloft's polices suck just as much as their games are generally awesome.
What I am wondering though is if I buy games now for my Vibrant, if there is ever a way to transfer those titles by any means possible to another phone later on in the future?
I have titanium backups of the games and the SD data copied and the original APK's downloaded from the gameloft store.
Can I restore those titanium backup's on future phones?
Could I install the APK's on future phones in Airplane Mode?
Has anyone gotten this to work at all?
Thanks!

I've read that you can call them and explain your situation and they'll switch the license(s) over without much hassle.
Otherwise, you might be able to get things to work now, but if you ever wanted any of the updates you'd be SOL.

I haven't had a problem with restoring Titanium backups.
When I returned my Vibrant for a replacement I called and they transfered the games to my new phone. I don't know if they would transfer to a different model.

Blown 89 said:
I don't know if they would transfer to a different model.
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That is all I was really wondering. Is if Titanium backup or installing the APK's in airplane mode would work on another kind of device.
I bought 4 gameloft games, but lets say if the Playstation Phone comes out and it doesn't fail horribly, then, naturally, I would want to be able to transfer them to that somehow.
I just cant justify having to buy the same games again just for a new phone, especially since my old phone would go to someone who never uses games anyway.

I think we can use app what we bought in every phone in case that phone using same email from our another phone
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wicak21 said:
I think we can use app what we bought in every phone in case that phone using same email from our another phone
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Just like wicak21 said. As long as you use the same Google email and the new/old phone support the game(s). You good to go.
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HTC Trophy 7 Won't Install Apps / Games

I just bought my HTC Trophy 7 and am trying to download apps from the marketplace, however I can't seem to download without using a wifi connection from a home server, or an actual wifi box...
Why can't I just download using my 3g internet? Any help?
Edit: It only seems to not allow me to download xbox live games like Fable: Coin Golf. I was trying to download the trial... I have an xbox live gold account.

Games over a certain size limit require a wifi connection I believe.

Any way to disable that?

There's no way to disable it.
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tiny17 said:
Games over a certain size limit require a wifi connection I believe.
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or connect through zune
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Schulzm13 said:
There's no way to disable it.
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A warning pop-up would of been nice, ala Android.
Then again Microsoft have by their own admission gone the safe route on everything so far, and I guess you can't really blame them for that.
People suing them for data charge overages might not be good PR for a new phone os.

There is still no excuse for the current OS's lack of notification telling you to use WiFi to d/l the app or the marketplace should tell you. Otherwise you get ticked off users *****ing about it. Its all about making things easier and creating a positive light instead of the typical anti-ms spin that is so quickly propagated.

Game addons question

Hey guys, like most of you know, most gameloft games require addons to run and they are usually 400 mb in size, and most of the time I get errors while downloading, so I was wondering if it was possible to download these addons on pc and then transfer them to your phone? Thanks !
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Yourmama said:
Hey guys, like most of you know, most gameloft games require addons to run and they are usually 400 mb in size, and most of the time I get errors while downloading, so I was wondering if it was possible to download these addons on pc and then transfer them to your phone? Thanks !
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Gameloft do not let you do this for piracy reasons, the same reasons xda members cannot share with you there downloaded resources

How about using WiFi? If you don't have it at home the local Starbucks or McDonalds or even your local library should have it. Gameloft even says on their site (EA as well) that they highly recommend to use WiFi instead of 3G service for game downloads.

That's resumable, I experience this a lot of times eventhough I have stable connection.. For example I'm downloading a 500mb data then after approximately 1 hour, I got an error, I just close it then open the game launcher again to continue my download then it says I need to download 300mb+.. sometimes I encounter that error for 2-3x per game, just continue downloading until you finish it..

Rogue Leader said:
How about using WiFi? If you don't have it at home the local Starbucks or McDonalds or even your local library should have it. Gameloft even says on their site (EA as well) that they highly recommend to use WiFi instead of 3G service for game downloads.
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lol I am not crazy to download a 500mb file on my 3g data plan lol XD that's already half of it
Oh well I guess I have to resume it every hour or so
But thanks guys!

Yourmama said:
lol I am not crazy to download a 500mb file on my 3g data plan lol XD that's already half of it
Oh well I guess I have to resume it every hour or so
But thanks guys!
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Heh sorry, I have friends who do just that. Then I point out that hey we are at Starbucks (or wherever) you know they have WiFi here!

it might not of been what solved the problem but it worked.
what i did was set the screen to never turn off while charging (somewhere in settings,you can turn it off with the power button still) and do the transfer while it is charging as this way the wifi doesnt cut out as often, this may not work and it may be complete conicidence but this worked on all my gameloft downloads except backstab which just didnt want to work at all

I can download gameloft games via 3g now?!
When did this happen?
Sorry should've checked before posting. Id like to mention though that a lot of people are on unlimited data plans which you can tether to a pc/laptop (sometimes this is my only connection to the internet). Companies restricting 3g access seems rather dodgy to me.
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Football Manager for Android

Hi all.
In case you didnt know. Football manager handheld is finally coming to Android today. Due to hit the play store in a few hours.
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Now in play store :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sigames.fmhi
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Can anyone on the note confirm it runs full screen??

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Can anyone on the note confirm it runs full screen??
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According to some of the reviews, apparently not.

Damn it, will buy it when it does
Or if someone modifies the Apk or game files to support bigger screens

Doesnt run full screen on asus tf101. But they should patch soon. Doesnt affect game play.
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dont buy this **** untill they support phones with higher res..and tablets

Ive been waiting for soo long, can someone give me apk

8€ for a non full screen game??! Wow...
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It isn't even full screen on my Defy

Nice job on half-assing a very anticipated game sega...
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Disagree. I think its awesome. It is not full screen on my tf101. But it doesnt bother me or affect the game. Obviously it would be nice to have it full screen and reading the forums it will be made that way soon.
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Thank you very much, its my favorite manager game.

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Disagree. I think its awesome. It is not full screen on my tf101. But it doesnt bother me or affect the game. Obviously it would be nice to have it full screen and reading the forums it will be made that way soon.
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SI forums?

Yeah
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Help!
Hey guys. I've got a problem with his app and it seems I need your help.
Installed it, ran it, it asked to download some data in order for it to run, that got downloaded,it said, please wait while the data is being installed to the sd card, this will only happen once but might take a while. After reading that I opened whatsapp and used that for a bit while FM was running in the background. After 5 minutes I opened it and the app restarted. Then, it gave me the error that FM has failed to start, it also gave 3 possible reasons for it:
a) Not enough space on phone/sd card (Can't be, because there's 700mb free on the phone memory of my desire s, and more than 5 gb free on my sd card)
b) Another instance of the game is running, please wait 30 seconds after exiting and try again (Tried that, once after a minute's wait, then again, it gave the same error - this was after I had killed the process using advanced task killer - it kept giving the same error)
c) I don't remember the third suggestion but it wasn't important.
Now, point is, right after this, I uninstalled the game and tried to install it again, the setup stopped with 'game not installed' message. Tried it again, same error. Restarted the phone (By the restart option on desire s, didnt turn it off, I have fastboot disabled though) and it gave the same, 'game not installed' error again when i tried to run the setup.
How do I fix this? Please help. I have loved this game on my pc since I was a kid. I NEED this on my phone. Please help help help.

Please also note that I deleted the data on sd card located at android/data in sd card, before attempting to install

Not sure mate. If you have tried uninstalling and reinstalling. It installed first time on my sgs2 and on my asis tf101. Suggest you goto the sigames forums.
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Now, point is, right after this, I uninstalled the game and tried to install it again, the setup stopped with 'game not installed' message. Tried it again, same error. Restarted the phone (By the restart option on desire s, didnt turn it off, I have fastboot disabled though) and it gave the same, 'game not installed' error again when i tried to run the setup.
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If you're still having a problem with running the game please feel free to email me at [email protected] and I'll do my best to get you up and running asap.
PS - The most common cause of that error is simply someone having plugged their device into a PC to charge and left 'disk sharing' enabled so that the app can't see its data, if thats the case please disable the sharing before starting the game.
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mauaus said:
Nice job on half-assing a very anticipated game sega...
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Sorry that the approach taken isn't to your liking.
I did most of the work on the Android version of Football Manager Handheld in my spare time as a labour of love because I believe in the platform, SEGA/SI were kind enough to back me once I had the prototype working and allow the work to continue in house and be formally released.
As such I'll readily admit there the game doesn't initially cover all resolutions - its something I've tried hard to indicate publicly to people before release, along with the fact that post-release we'll be looking at providing additional skins.
It would have been fairly easy to 'stretch' the skins to fill up the entire page incidentally, but this would have lead to fuzzy text on a lot of devices and potentially headaches for people playing for long periods - something I personally would prefer not to happen.
For this reason I chose the 'bordered' approach - this allowed us to support as many devices as possible for the games release and also allows us to add additional skins in as we release updates, I fully realise this approach isn't something everyone will appreciate - but I still believe it was the best option available (short of my brain being made larger and/or me not requiring sleep ).
Hope this helps,
Marc Vaughan - Sports Interactive Ltd

Good update released which brings full screen skin for tablets.
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Make your phone not a phone?

So i had a dream that inspired this, and also some future thinking
What can you do to the skyrocket to essentially not make it a phone, besides the obvious. Say i buy a new phone and never get rid of the skyrocket(i wouldnt dare leave the skyrocket ) What could you put on it to say JUST make it an media player? No other apps, no home screen. You just turn it on and it will only play music to a customized UI like a microsoft zune(i had when it first came out). Or maybe you just wanted a camera. etc.. Yes, you can delete files that you dont need put it in airplane mode bla blah blah. Thats not what i am looking for.
I don't know if anyone would see use for it besides me, but i wanted to see. I know this could be possible and maybe you can call me crazy.

whassupmyninja said:
So i had a dream that inspired this, and also some future thinking
What can you do to the skyrocket to essentially not make it a phone, besides the obvious. Say i buy a new phone and never get rid of the skyrocket(i wouldnt dare leave the skyrocket ) What could you put on it to say JUST make it an media player? No other apps, no home screen. You just turn it on and it will only play music to a customized UI like a microsoft zune(i had when it first came out). Or maybe you just wanted a camera. etc.. Yes, you can delete files that you dont need put it in airplane mode bla blah blah. Thats not what i am looking for.
I don't know if anyone would see use for it besides me, but i wanted to see. I know this could be possible and maybe you can call me crazy.
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Once the sim is removed it can still operate on wifi so it can be used without a phone number without data and you can use it as a small wifi only device for music movies games whatever
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Buy an IPod and a digital camera. Both combine will still be cheaper than a skyrocket.....sooooooo why?
Don't buy a Corvette and dream of turning it into a Camry.
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Buy an IPod and a digital camera. Both combine will still be cheaper than a skyrocket.....sooooooo why?
Don't buy a Corvette and dream of turning it into a Camry.
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Wtf dude he already has a skyrocket he's asking if after he gets a new phone can he still use it for other functions and don't bring up ipods in here especially with the Sammy vs apple case going on which is making me very angry
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whassupmyninja said:
So i had a dream that inspired this, and also some future thinking
What can you do to the skyrocket to essentially not make it a phone, besides the obvious. Say i buy a new phone and never get rid of the skyrocket(i wouldnt dare leave the skyrocket ) What could you put on it to say JUST make it an media player? No other apps, no home screen. You just turn it on and it will only play music to a customized UI like a microsoft zune(i had when it first came out). Or maybe you just wanted a camera. etc.. Yes, you can delete files that you dont need put it in airplane mode bla blah blah. Thats not what i am looking for.
I don't know if anyone would see use for it besides me, but i wanted to see. I know this could be possible and maybe you can call me crazy.
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There's actually no need to give it up as a phone, even if you remove the SIM card. I have two main devices that I alternate between, my Skyrocket and my HTC Vivid. I have GrooveIP installed on both. This app allows you to use a device to make calls over wifi or your cell data network so you do not need a SIM inserted to make calls as long as you have wifi available. This way I can simply put the SIM in whichever device I decide to carry on any given day, and leave the other behind at home to send and receive calls over wifi when I am there. And this way both devices are fully functional with all of their capabilities at all times.
There's no need to cripple either device when you have this option (GrooveIP) available for only a few bucks from the Play Store. Actually my use of GrooveIP goes way deeper than that, as you can easily see by the list of devices in my sig.
With this one app, and possibly one more (TextPlus), you can keep as many phones fully functional that you may so desire.
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Illnevertell said:
Wtf dude he already has a skyrocket he's asking if after he gets a new phone can he still use it for other functions and don't bring up ipods in here especially with the Sammy vs apple case going on which is making me very angry
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Ooooooooooo. What r u? Hulk now? Will I not like u when ur angry? I know he alrdy has a skyrocket. Still a waste is my point. Who r u 2 tell me don't bring up ipods? Best media player. PERIOD. Kick rocks
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Illnevertell said:
Once the sim is removed it can still operate on wifi so it can be used without a phone number without data and you can use it as a small wifi only device for music movies games whatever
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True i usually never take out my Sim cards. Realistically im not interested in turning it into a galaxy player..
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Buy an IPod and a digital camera. Both combine will still be cheaper than a skyrocket.....sooooooo why?
Don't buy a Corvette and dream of turning it into a Camry.
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Thank you for stating the obvious, if you actually read my post i said not to state the obvious but thank you anyways.
hitekredneck said:
There's actually no need to give it up as a phone, even if you remove the SIM card. I have two main devices that I alternate between, my Skyrocket and my HTC Vivid. I have GrooveIP installed on both. This app allows you to use a device to make calls over wifi or your cell data network so you do not need a SIM inserted to make calls as long as you have wifi available. This way I can simply put the SIM in whichever device I decide to carry on any given day, and leave the other behind at home to send and receive calls over wifi when I am there. And this way both devices are fully functional with all of their capabilities at all times.
There's no need to cripple either device when you have this option (GrooveIP) available for only a few bucks from the Play Store. Actually my use of GrooveIP goes way deeper than that, as you can easily see by the list of devices in my sig.
With this one app, and possibly one more (TextPlus), you can keep as many phones fully functional that you may so desire.
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I realize i can still make use of the functions wifi and other apps to use when i dont have a plan for the skyrocket. That is not what im asking. Im talking about stripping the phone of all phone capabilities. Im saying strictly make it a Media player not like the galaxy players because they have apps i dont want apps.....just a media player. Or one function.
I guess this is a useless question im asking, what do they say dream big or go home?

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Wtf dude he already has a skyrocket he's asking if after he gets a new phone can he still use it for other functions and don't bring up ipods in here especially with the Sammy vs apple case going on which is making me very angry
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Looool
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Well you could with a custom built rom but it would be alot of overhauling
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Well you could with a custom built rom but it would be alot of overhauling
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Yeah i dont think anyone would want to waste time developing something, thats why there are a bunch of projects i read where they tried to make a media player rom and just abandoned them. Do the make a developer pill that you could ingest and build stuff?

Lol its a cool concept but not practicle but if your willing to put the time in I'd be glad to give you tips pointers and try to assist you a bit
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I realize i can still make use of the functions wifi and other apps to use when i dont have a plan for the skyrocket. That is not what im asking. Im talking about stripping the phone of all phone capabilities. Im saying strictly make it a Media player not like the galaxy players because they have apps i dont want apps.....just a media player. Or one function.
I guess this is a useless question im asking, what do they say dream big or go home?
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If you can figure out a way to register a media player as the default launcher, that would probably be enough, no?

The phone has an OS so do music players. So finding a way to install an OS from a music player on it shouldn't be impossible. It's like stripping a windows machine and then installing linux no? So getting some OS off of an MP3 player and looking at what it needs as far as file structure would be a good place to start. I have two phones and since I've gotten the Rocket my SGS4G has basically become my MP3 player. I get about 12 hours out of it with airplane mode just playing tunes. If I could replace the OS with something dedicated to music and get more time I would make that trade off. Especially if you could still flash back to an Android OS.

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The phone has an OS so do music players. So finding a way to install an OS from a music player on it shouldn't be impossible. It's like stripping a windows machine and then installing linux no? So getting some OS off of an MP3 player and looking at what it needs as far as file structure would be a good place to start. I have two phones and since I've gotten the Rocket my SGS4G has basically become my MP3 player. I get about 12 hours out of it with airplane mode just playing tunes. If I could replace the OS with something dedicated to music and get more time I would make that trade off. Especially if you could still flash back to an Android OS.
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Okay so are we talking about porting a OS/ROM from a music player? I wonder who the best Dev to talk to about this is? Im no expert in this subject or else i would have done something by now . If we got more people interested im sure a dev would support it right?

There's actually a ROM project out there for almost this exact concept! I read the OP once here on xda. Let me search for it and see if I can find it. And the idea was exactly this: to take an old phone and flash this ROM to basically turn it into a Zune, so that its main purpose became an mp3 player. Let me look for it...
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