I just saw the news of a release of a very popular game, Disgaea for Android (Free!).
However, it is limited to Japanese GMO customers only, and cannot be found in the Market.
The GMO link is here: http://gmo-game.com/app/351/
News article here: http://www.4gamer.net/games/133/G013303/20110516005/
The full game is free to download and play, and I believe many people have heard of/played the game before and got addicted for hundreds of hours and wouldn't mind playing it again! Also in this version, you get to use Prinny as the main character!
Would be great if someone can get the .apk for us to experiment whether it works and whether it needs hacking for it to work. Anyone?
Thanks in advance!
P.S. Sorry that I can't be of much help, I just thought with more brains and resources it might be easier to get the game to reach a wider audience. I am willing to translate all the strings to English when it's available, and even do graphic editing if the translation requires it.
Edit: Wonderful guide to getting the game by jtkg and getting it to play by Rahkaral!
Credits to jtkg:
You can't download it from the market (the google official one) in Japan too.
You have to get the GMO market app (ttp://ap.gmo-game.com/apk/G-GEE.apk) and install it from there.
And also it's not an apk.
When you download the game, the data is copied to
"/mnt/sdcard/RuntimeApps/351" and you need to launch the game via the GMO market app.
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Credits to Rahkaral:
Hello everyone,
been tinkering on this for the better part of the day (during some downtime at work) and finally resolved the secret to making it install.
This is tested and working on a Samsung Galaxy S (Vibrant). [Rooted of course]
Changed Build Prop:
ro.product.model: SO-01B
ro.product.brand: docomo
That would be an Xperia X10 spoof.
Install and Profit!
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I too would love to have this.
Gonna give you my thanks, man. I was a major fan of the Disgaea series (I even played Soul Nomad!) and this is big news for me. If ever there is a port of this game, my first request is to have an international, english-dubbed version of it.
They better port that in english.
You can't download it from the market (the google official one) in Japan too.
You have to get the GMO market app (ttp://ap.gmo-game.com/apk/G-GEE.apk) and install it from there.
And also it's not an apk.
When you download the game, the data is copied to
"/mnt/sdcard/RuntimeApps/351" and you need to launch the game via the GMO market app.
P.S.
Sorry for my bad English.
And I'm new here so it seems I can't post a link yet.
So please add "h" to the link.
pendevous said:
(I even played Soul Nomad!)
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As you can see by my avatar picture, I'm a big fan of Soul Nomad. You're automatically awesome for liking/playing it.
Anyway, I installed GMO, but apparently the Milestone is unsupported - I get an error saying <moonrunes> Milestone </moonrunes>, and then the install button reads "Uninstallable".
I might see if the Magic will download it (maybe it's a processor thing?). EDIT: GMO crashes when opening on the Magic, so it looks like I'm out of options, unless I can borrow my boss' Wildfire. Damn it all.
Seems as though you need a compatible device, not 100% sure but after registering on the site and downloading the game center and trying to install via the QR code I get an error message in Japanese referencing my phone model, I'm using the g2x
yeah, attempted to install but it says uninstallable, it looked at my model or os saying its a gt-i9100
Im running a samsung captivate using Continuum v5.4.1
Protoj00 said:
yeah, attempted to install but it says uninstallable, it looked at my model or os saying its a gt-i9100
Im running a samsung captivate using Continuum v5.4.1
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Maybe japanese phones only?
What Android handsets are even available in Japan?
Sent from my Milestone using XDA App
Resolved- How to install Disgaea with a little build.prop magic.
Hello everyone,
been tinkering on this for the better part of the day (during some downtime at work) and finally resolved the secret to making it install.
This is tested and working on a Samsung Galaxy S (Vibrant). [Rooted of course]
Changed Build Prop:
ro.product.model: SO-01B
ro.product.brand: docomo
That would be an Xperia X10 spoof.
Install and Profit!
I tried GMO on my Desire but it crashed when opening, too.
Actually you can find some GMO games in the Market (by faking a Japanese provider), but you still need a GMO account to play any of them. Judging from their terms of service, it seems that they don't accept users from outside Japan. (I didn't try registering, though.)
Sorry for my poor English.
Rahkaral said:
Hello everyone,
been tinkering on this for the better part of the day (during some downtime at work) and finally resolved the secret to making it install.
This is tested and working on a Samsung Galaxy S (Vibrant). [Rooted of course]
Changed Build Prop:
ro.product.model: SO-O1B
ro.product.brand: docomo
That would be an Xperia X10 spoof.
Install and Profit!
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This allows the game to install correct?
You need the GMO Game Center, (In order to download the game, just to be clear this is NOT on the android market as an APK)
Do the build-prop,
Allows Download,
Install,
Play.
I just finished the first couple of tutorial maps. (Which are handy if you don't know a lick of Japanese too, as they highlight the appropriate button for the tutorial, (teaches move, attack, throw, etc)
Mine just gives the same error, except now it says SO-O1B instead of Milestone.
Sent from my SO-O1B using XDA App
Ack, sorry, I made a mistake.
ro.product.model: SO-01B
That is,
Letter S
Letter O
Dash
Number Zero
Number One
Letter B
-- I originally copied that as SO-"O"1B
I apologize, I was overly excited.
That worked! Downloading now. Thanks for your help!
Sent from my SO-01B using XDA App
Wow thanks everybody for the enthusiasm! I'll be sure to try it out when I can, meanwhile I'll re-post Rahkaral's wonderful and simple fix on my first post to benefit all the interested people!
Thanks again guys!
Now... anybody up for a translation project? I can't do much in the technical side but I'll gladly lend my help for the translation side!
FoliathR said:
Wow thanks everybody for the enthusiasm! I'll be sure to try it out when I can, meanwhile I'll re-post Rahkaral's wonderful and simple fix on my first post to benefit all the interested people!
Thanks again guys!
Now... anybody up for a translation project? I can't do much in the technical side but I'll gladly lend my help for the translation side!
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Tranlating this is going to be a ***** just to let you know...
Thanks, this worked perfectly for me.
Oh, and this game is awesome.
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Hey guys
Ok, so I got my hands on a modded version of O&C 1.1.3, thanks to MirageBlader! From the International HOX forums. It works for them but when I installed it, it was working fine, let me download the game and log in. BUT, when it was time to renew my subscription, it gave me an error not letting me make in-app purchases.
I looked online and saw other ppl with the problem and they said it was cause the person who signed the apk used a versionCode 3 for in-app billing instead of a versionCode 4 and it needs to be changed.
Does any1 know how to do that??
Also for the record, I bought the game when it first came out, so I'm not trying to play for free it just sucks there's no support our phones.
UPDATE:
Ok so I logged in from another phone that was compatible with the game and payed for my subscription thru there and now I'm playing. No lag, colors look awesome. So happy!
Let me know if any1 wants the app. I'll email it to u.
Check this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1606942&page=2
Hate to bump this, but i guess it's mildly related....anyone having issues getting the game to run on CM10?
Looking at the logcats it looks like the app is failing to find some lib file.....
Killing me that I can only play on my tablet now
Hello all,
I apologize if I'm in the wrong section.
I'm trying to get a hold of the Garmin Pilot app, but it's not available in Canada and thus it won't let me download it. I'm not actually sure if it would work in Canada, since they might not have the data for Canadian airports built in, but I still think it's worth a try, since there are no other good pilot apps on Android.
The app is a 30 day trial (free install) before having to subscribe to their service, so I imagine that all someone in the US would need to do is download the app, find the apk, and copy it. But I don't know too much on that subject.
Here's the Play Store link.
I would super appreciate if someone could help me out.
Thanks in advance
So, I am not sure if that is against the XDA rules or not - seems like a gray area and all. I am not taking the chance, but I will give you a way to do it yourself.
http://www.phnworld.com/android/download-apks-from-googleandroid-play-store-apps-using-computer/611/
This link shows you how to use Chrome to download apps from the market. I have used it quite a bit to have backups without having to use the phone. Kind of neat if you want to theme an app as well.
Hopefully this will solve your issue without having to ask others to possibly break a XDA rule.
Good luck!
That will actually would work perfectly. Thank you for showing that to me. I didn't mean to bend any rules here, I figured it would be alright since it's a free app (isn't the same thing being done with the Google Play Music app?)
Anyway, the only problem with that is that apparently chrome no longer allows you to install extensions outside of the web store -_-
Do you work around that somehow?
Good Morning,
I have tried multiple ways to access this app from the market but continue to receive the "not available in yoir country" error (I am also in Canada).
Any help in obtaining the apk is greatly appreciated. The current version is 2.4.1.
Thank you kindly,
- Audi.
Canadian Solution Garmin Pilot
Audi!
Took me few tries but i finally got it working. The IPad was much easier to set up as you only needed a ITunes account with a USA address. That was pretty easy to do, setup the account and ensure your ITunes on your apple product is setup using that account. From there it was no issue to download the program.
Now the harder one was to set up the Android. I just got an Asus Nexus 7 yesterday. First, the service from these guys was pretty minimal to say the least. The problem with the Nexus is that it automatically picked up my location through my IP address. I called Asus to remove the regional setting and they were no help. They basically were unable to change this setting. I have tried many different options including removing the GPS and locations access but it did not worked.
The trick was to drive over to a friend which has a setup with a US IP address to get US Netflix content. The moment i logged into his network, I had the ability to download the Garmin Pilot. I will travel next week to Montana and Idaho and will be able to see how the system works. The only way I was able to add different airports in Alberta and Saskatchewan was to add them one at a time under user waypoints.
Hope this help.
Hom
Audi2Audi said:
Good Morning,
I have tried multiple ways to access this app from the market but continue to receive the "not available in yoir country" error (I am also in Canada).
Any help in obtaining the apk is greatly appreciated. The current version is 2.4.1.
Thank you kindly,
- Audi.
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Has anybody been able to get Jet Set Radio working? Was just released yesterday.
I loved this game on my Dreamcast, and the game play is simple enough that it could work well on a mobile device, but it just crashes after the loading screen for me. I think it's supposed to download additional data in addition to the 600mb Play store download, but it never does. Frustrating. App info said it was 1.75gb
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sega.jetsetradio If anybody else wants to give it a try...
half way
mesasone said:
Has anybody been able to get Jet Set Radio working? Was just released yesterday.
I loved this game on my Dreamcast, and the game play is simple enough that it could work well on a mobile device, but it just crashes after the loading screen for me. I think it's supposed to download additional data in addition to the 600mb Play store download, but it never does. Frustrating. App info said it was 1.75gb
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sega.jetsetradio If anybody else wants to give it a try...
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i bought it on my motorola droid 3 it doesnt work crashes at title. i tried it on my original droid it works i can even use my ps3 controller with it lol
It's working fine for me. I had to clear out some space to get past the "prepairing" screen, but now it works fine. Might see if it works with the Moga controller, I'm not a big fan of the touch controls.
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So this worked for me on metro pcs Moto e5 plus but I'm sure it will work for other carriers as well.
YOUR PHONE MUST BE ROOTED AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF GUIDES FOR THAT.
You will need two things
First a VPN (you will find many VPN for free..the one I have tried it with is Hola VPN. I haven't tried any others as that one gave me good speed and it was free.
Next is HotspotVPN. Also a free app that is available on the app store..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.mygod.vpnhotspot
What this is doing is creating a hotspot through the VPN which it doesn't detect actual usage. To test I downloaded a 2 gb file and than of course checked and it didn't show any usage.
So step 1 is after both are installed open holavpn. When you turn on the VPN you will scroll in the app till you see the hotspot VPN app. It will ask you to open it.
2. Now that you are in the app you will turn on hotspot and than above that will show another option of wlan0. Once you turn that on it will ask for root access which of course you will grant.
Very simple setup and took me some time to research on getting a unlimited hotspot. I will say sometimes after shutting it down it will stop data on my phone. You don't have to reboot just put it in airplane mode and than take it off and it will fix that issue.
If you have any issues please post and I will try and respond asap.
Just used expressvpn and it worked also. So it should work with any VPN.
I highly doubt this works but I can't tell because there are about a MILLION apps on the Play store called "HotspotVPN"
Who made the app you're referring to? Link please..
And not calling you a liar, it just seems highly improbable that you "stumbled onto" something that no one else in the ENTIRE MetroPCS/T mobile community has yet to discover.
Has anyone else tested this?
Sorry for late response. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.mygod.vpnhotspot
I'm honestly telling you this does work. Maybe I got lucky in my research. Infact I'm not even sure how I found this out as I googled hardcore on this..lol
Mattswad said:
I highly doubt this works but I can't tell because there are about a MILLION apps on the Play store called "HotspotVPN"
Who made the app you're referring to? Link please..
And not calling you a liar, it just seems highly improbable that you "stumbled onto" something that no one else in the ENTIRE MetroPCS/T mobile community has yet to discover.
Has anyone else tested this?
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To be honest here why wouldn't I be able to find what others haven't? Though I may not be able to code a new rom doesn't mean I can't actually find a way to do something. So I when you do try it and it works I hope you can admit you were wrong. If I could post screen shots of it working I would but can't think of any screenshot that would prove it.
IDrinkTooMuchCoffee said:
Wondering if that app is the one listed here:
https://gizmodo.com/at-least-20-vpn-and-ad-blocking-apps-with-35-million-do-1842228757/amp
Might not want to use it
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Those are only VPNs not the hotspot app. Please read before posting. You can choose your own VPN so no worries on that.
If you try this please post that it is working so others may see that or if you ran into any issues so that I can answer them.