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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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Gamestring Adrenalin Gamecast to android.

I have started playing around with Gamestring a couple of days ago. I spent a number of hours re-installing Bioshock and Gears of War to see what would happen...nothing. Gamestring will probably need a games compatibility list more so than. "If the game renders in Direct X" is not enough.

I dont get the point with this thread

_terror_ said:
I dont get the point with this thread
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me either haha

Nhialor said:
me either haha
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...He likes gamestring

Maybe he wants to tell us that gamestring only supports supported games^^
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He is clearly asking if we should start a compatibility thread like we have with PSXperia. :rolleyes"
@op. This is xda, if you want to start a compatibility thead go for it but use this thread, dont start new
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I was hoping someone else in this forum had played with the application and had a better experience than I did. Or maybe someone has a few tips for game compatibility. The Gamestring forum are very new and has very little info for the user to troubleshoot issues with app, connection or setup. I thought this would be a good place to ask. "Has anyone been able to stream a game from gamestring to Xperia play."

Start by explaining what Gamestring Adrenalin is?

_terror_ said:
Start by explaining what Gamestring Adrenalin is?
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Sorry. Adrenlin Gamestring is an application that allows you to use a host computer to run a game ex: WoW(World of Warcraft) then capture the game and broadcast it to your device. Similar to OnLive but using your PC as the host and your own games to broadcast. There is an open beta at:
http://adrenalin.gamestring.com
I have had little success with the app. It seems that games have to render in DirectX 9 no higher. Still testing.

eros78 said:
Sorry. Adrenlin Gamestring is an application that allows you to use a host computer to run a game ex: WoW(World of Warcraft) then capture the game and broadcast it to your device. Similar to OnLive but using your PC as the host and your own games to broadcast. There is an open beta at:
http://adrenalin.gamestring.com
I have had little success with the app. It seems that games have to render in DirectX 9 no higher. Still testing.
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so it's like using Splashtop? You stream your monitor to your phone? What are plus/downside to this?
How far have you come?

_terror_ said:
so it's like using Splashtop? You stream your monitor to your phone? What are plus/downside to this?
How far have you come?
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The advantages are, this app was designed to stream games rather than being a remote desktop app (like splashtop) so it "should" offer much higher framerates.
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_terror_ said:
so it's like using Splashtop? You stream your monitor to your phone? What are plus/downside to this?
How far have you come?
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Similar to Splashtop, but purposefully built for gaming. I assumed, based on the graphics used on the site that they are aiming at the Xperia play crowd. I have tried both Gears of War and Bioshock, but neither has worked. The service doesn't seem to "hook" the game properly even in DX9 mode. The mouse does seem to move the mouse on the host but no audio or video.
The plus. The possibly of playing emulators like dolphin or or other games that I already own for free on my phone.
The down. (Besides the fact I can't get it to work! LOL) The service requires WIFI no 3g and no analog support yet.

Oh cool.. but i totaly lose interest when you say Wifi-only. Why? I rather sit by my xbox or my computer if i wanna play those games. Why play it on a small screen when you can play it on your TV or computer screen?
And i guess that it doesn't work with another wifi-connection then your own, because you stream your game.. am i right?
So yeah.. cool thing.. but so not usefull IMO

Wifi only sometimes isnt bad, say for instance your in a bg and suddenly you have the urge to have a crap. Load this app and go poop. Its good enough to keep you from getting flagged as away in game. Basicly this app replaces the piss bucket for mmo junkies

I have heard that the WIFI is a deal breaker for a number of people. I kinda feel the same way. Since I am not a big WoW player, I thought it would be a good way to play the rated M games that I don't wanna play in front of the kiddies.

And even IF it should work via 3g, it would fry up your phone bill like crazy anyway so haha ^^

_terror_ said:
And even IF it should work via 3g, it would fry up your phone bill like crazy anyway so haha ^^
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Yeah, I would imagine what the bill would be for those who don't have unlimited data.

Already installed games

The phone comes with pre-installed games, but as far ad I have heard, they require extra downloads to be able to play these? Does that extra content get downloaded to the sdcard?
If so, could anybody upload the extra download files and link them up here as I don't have wifi and wont be able to download them. Its not really copyright, since its a free download anyway.
Please correct me if I am wrong though
Thanks

The SD card comes with all the data preinstalled on them. And yes it is wares, just because we get these games free, uploading the data on the internet allows people with other devices access to the data.
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The preinstalled games on mine already had the sd content, only the extra freebies needed to be downloaded.
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How long (ish) does each of the extra ones take to download?

buy a router..

My mum wont, she's all for this 'it gives you cancer' stuff -.-

Jordanooo said:
My mum wont, she's all for this 'it gives you cancer' stuff -.-
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Your mum thinks a router gives you cancer? Seriously? Does a router not use radio waves? You would have to live in a led box to escape radio waves this day and age
If you have a wired connection on your PC, you could try reverse tethering your device, this will allow you to share your PC's wired connection with your device via usb.
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Yeah I know, I've tried so much to tell her that, but she sees 1 thing on the internet and fully believes it -.-
And I tried reverse tethering but could only find a solution for windows xp, not windows 7.
Has anybody managed to do it on windows 7?
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Jordanooo said:
Yeah I know, I've tried so much to tell her that, but she sees 1 thing on the internet and fully believes it -.-
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Didn't that give her cancer?

I dont actually need someones games or updates, but I had a similar thread in xplay q&a I posted about these games and location of them within phone-*http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369071I have 2 Xplays & I was constantly flashing roms & different FW, so I had to re-download the extra updates upon every flash. Im just trying to save bandwidth & time and share with myself. Having to download the updates for both phones over and over sucks. Titanium backup didnt work to backup & restore one phones updates to the other phone.
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Is Nvidia messing with me? 300mbps speeds??

I have a very strange situation....
Today, out of nowhere, my Shield started getting a linkspeed of 300mbps. This is very odd when my internet through 702 only allows up to 30mbps. So, I went to speedtest.net on Shield and tested it...I was getting 90mb or more downloads speed with 80mb or so upload! Not only that but my ping was 3ms and it was coming out of San Jose Californina. I live in North Dakota. I don't even know how it would be possible to share network speed like that wirelessly. I have pictures below to try and prove it... I know I'm new here on XDA but I swear on everything I know and am, this is the damned truth!! It's kinda freaking me out, but, I can't say I don't like having fast as hell internet.
Something else I noticed is Nvidia HQ is based in that area. Could it be possible they messed with me?? Can anyone offer an explanation?
As of this moment I'm still getting 243mbps down. Wtf?

Well the high link speed you are seeing should be your connection speed with your router I'm pretty sure.
I'm not exactly sure what to say about the speedtest though I never really had any issues with its accuracy. You could try comcast's speedtest and see how it compares.

were you using speedtest mini?

I used the speed test.net site itself and it always has been accurate for me. On my PC my speed comes to 28mb down which is correct, but 90mb? That's crazy. I'll try a few others
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Just tried Comcast's speed test...84 down and around 80 up! Jeez. I tried the same test with the server set to MN too and I still got about 50 down, still way over my range...
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I'll also add that is hasn't sat at 300 this whole time, it sometimes goes back to a more correct 24mbps, but its been 300 pretty frequently... This is the most confusing thing I've ever heard of
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Why not try downloading a big file, like a driver from nvidia. They have fast connections and big files. Then you'd know how fast you are really able to pull a file.

Evo_Shift said:
Why not try downloading a big file, like a driver from nvidia. They have fast connections and big files. Then you'd know how fast you are really able to pull a file.
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Hmm..just did this and it did seem pretty normal. Must be a bug reporting wrong link speed? I also still think its strange speed test.net put my server in California, it always gets it right and puts me in ND.
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Does the shield have a special browser that maybe compresses the sites at a remote destination first? And the speedtest has been between that server and the one in CA?
I don't think your ISP central is halfway across the states

Sebz4n said:
Does the shield have a special browser that maybe compresses the sites at a remote destination first? And the speedtest has been between that server and the one in CA?
I don't think your ISP central is halfway across the states
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Android has a speedtest.net app
I just noticed that the speed tests are from a web browse.
I can't get it working in a browser.

Sebz4n said:
Does the shield have a special browser that maybe compresses the sites at a remote destination first? And the speedtest has been between that server and the one in CA?
I don't think your ISP central is halfway across the states
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Yeah I suppose it could be the browser, but not sure which other one to use. I'm using photon something or other.
chevyowner said:
Android has a speedtest.net app
I just noticed that the speed tests are from a web browse.
I can't get it working in a browser.
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Yeah it doesn't work unless the browser is flash supported. So I use photon something browser from the play store
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I am installing flash and will check that out.
Never mind still wont work...
How about you try the speedtest.net android app?

Well I tried it but it gave me wildly different readings, one minute it would be 15mb down and 30mb up (which was very strange) and then it would be 5mb down and 22mb up. I just discounted it as inaccurate I guess... You have luck with that app?
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Yes i do. The reason I asked about speedtest.net mini is in one my not thinking minutes I set it up on a LAN webserver and ran a speed test......lets just say I got really really good speeds. (that were over the LAN)

This could be some sort of buffering build onto SHIELD to allow streaming which resulted Speedtets.net reading to jump all over the place. Try my S4 and SHIELD speedtest.net over WIFI. S4 results are consistent. While SHIELD can report 2 to 4 times of speed.

The 300Mbit connection you see in the wifi settings is your connection speed to your router, not to the internet
EDIT: Also, you can take a screenshot on Shield by holding the center shield button and the volume button together for a couple seconds.

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This could be some sort of buffering build onto SHIELD to allow streaming which resulted Speedtets.net reading to jump all over the place. Try my S4 and SHIELD speedtest.net over WIFI. S4 results are consistent. While SHIELD can report 2 to 4 times of speed.
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Interesting, well that must be it. Thanks for taking the time to check it out
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The 300Mbit connection you see in the wifi settings is your connection speed to your router, not to the internet
EDIT: Also, you can take a screenshot on Shield by holding the center shield button and the volume button together for a couple seconds.
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Well that's what I thought at first, but as I said in one of the other posts it sometimes goes back to normal(24mbps speed). Also, thanks for the screenshot tip on Shield! Did not know that
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xtrememorph said:
This could be some sort of buffering build onto SHIELD to allow streaming which resulted Speedtets.net reading to jump all over the place. Try my S4 and SHIELD speedtest.net over WIFI. S4 results are consistent. While SHIELD can report 2 to 4 times of speed.
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I think it is something else...
Speed test from pc.
speedtest from shield emailed to me so i can post it.
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I noticed that speedtest location and distance (for Boise) and WTF i am no where that close to boise 289.2 mi...Oregon is 501.5 mi..

chevyowner said:
I think it is something else...
Speed test from pc.
speedtest from shield emailed to me so i can post it.
EDIT
I noticed that speedtest location and distance (for Boise) and WTF i am no where that close to boise 289.2 mi...Oregon is 501.5 mi..
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Oh yeah, the location info is also wrong while doing the speedtest for Shield, i had to set it to fix location

chevyowner said:
I think it is something else...
Speed test from pc.
speedtest from shield emailed to me so i can post it.
EDIT
I noticed that speedtest location and distance (for Boise) and WTF i am no where that close to boise 289.2 mi...Oregon is 501.5 mi..
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I noticed this too but I wonder if there's any reason I would have a better ping coming from California than my own state on Shield?
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