[Q] going to buy one today, got some questions - Xperia Play General

I am going to get one of these bad boys from ATT this morning. I was curious if this is the model that I can pay to get the bootloader unlocked, or if this is unknown right now?
I like the idea of a pure vanilla GB, and the idea of throwing CM7 onto this device!
I am sick of waiting around for the gs2, and frankly, I am interested in the emu scene for the Play.
Has anyone got MAME up and running smoothly? I have the full romset of MAME titles from 2005.
TL;DR If I go get the Play from ATT this morning, can I unlock the bootloader and root it straightaway?

The BL unlock has worked in all XPlay models to date, so you can trust it will work for you too.
There are a couple of Mame emulators for your. Pick the one you find best and be happy.

rustyself said:
I am going to get one of these bad boys from ATT this morning. I was curious if this is the model that I can pay to get the bootloader unlocked, or if this is unknown right now?
I like the idea of a pure vanilla GB, and the idea of throwing CM7 onto this device!
I am sick of waiting around for the gs2, and frankly, I am interested in the emu scene for the Play.
Has anyone got MAME up and running smoothly? I have the full romset of MAME titles from 2005.
TL;DR If I go get the Play from ATT this morning, can I unlock the bootloader and root it straightaway?
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All emus work excellently on the play. Snes/Gameboy/Megadrive/Genesis/Amiga etc etc etc
The up to date emus are thus -
N64oid - bought off slideme (not on market). Works pretty good.
FPSE - bought off market place. Works awseomely.
Native PS1 emu - Use the convertor in the other threads to convert games. Then run games in software mode by editing the preferences.xml file, works excellenty. Even sets up your pocket playstation with pretty icons.
Mame -
Jrioni Arcade - Bought off market. Works excellently. No save states.
Mame4Droid - Free off market. Works excellently. No save states.
Tiger Arcade - Free from his website. Works excellently, although analog controls do not work, so you cant play driving games etc. Save states for paid version, but these currently do not work.
All in all, if you want a portable emulator, this is the best thing on the market at the moment.

Logseman said:
The BL unlock has worked in all XPlay models to date, so you can trust it will work for you too.
There are a couple of Mame emulators for your. Pick the one you find best and be happy.
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Are you sure? How can I unlock my simlocked R800A Rogers Xperia Play?

PM Alejandrissimo or Blagus. It is a paid solution though.

Logseman said:
PM Alejandrissimo or Blagus. It is a paid solution though.
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I have pmed blagus, but in the mean time can you get me link where I can read more on this.
I heard it only applies to the R800X

RacecarBMW said:
I have pmed blagus, but in the mean time can you get me link where I can read more on this.
I heard it only applies to the R800X
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126367
Donate to that thread, then PM Blagus.
Sent from my bootloader unlocked Rogers Play

I went to check this out today and really wanted to like it but I couldn't get over how cheap it felt on the exterior. Plus the att Rep was a d1ck.

methodz said:
I went to check this out today and really wanted to like it but I couldn't get over how cheap it felt on the exterior. Plus the att Rep was a d1ck.
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The back cover especially seems a bit cheap cause it's flimsy, but in reality the flexibility makes it less likely to crack. The build quality of the gamepad is definitely not cheap though.
Just remember that demo handsets are always abused and the one you buy will feel better.
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MSX Emulator

Hello Guys
I wonder if any of you here is an oldschool nerd that would love (like myself) to have an MSX emulator on their Pocket PC
Anyone is up for this?!
I really would love to play Zanac & Castle on my PPC, anyone has the time & knowledge to do this?
Hope you all had a nice weekend!
All the best
Emulator
I found these
http://www.zophar.net/ppc/msx.html
I tried them both, they both run on my Universal but both could not run the ROMs I loved & still love (I play with them sometimes on my laptop with a special MSX emulator )
Have any of you tried these before?!
Can I be rude and ask if anyone is interested in the first place? As I didn't get any reply to the topic (when I thought that the site is full of old school nerds like myself )
Cheers Mates!!
Yeh that would be a good thing.
While me mates had speccies, i had a good old msx! Never waited for games to load like me mates had to cos of the good old cartridge slot! Hehe!
Kings Valley 2 anyone?
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Yeh that would be a good thing.
Kings Valley 2 anyone?
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That was an excellent choice mate!
I myself however prefer Castle, Castle Excellent & Zanac
These were my favorite games (still are lol)
So did you got the chance to try the MSX emulators I have refered to in the previous post? Did they work with you? Do you need Kings Valley 2 ROM file? LOL
Cheers Mate!
Well im at work so will try them later on tonight, my pc is playing up at home so have to get that sorted first.
Nemesis 2 was also a great game, along with F1 Spirit and Knightmare! Hehe! The memories, theyre all flooding back!
Got a few roms thanks, used to use them on me laptop, before i sold it! hehe!
Which msx did you have? I had the toshiba and then the pioneer.
Well im at work so will try them later on tonight, my pc is playing up at home so have to get that sorted first.
Nemesis 2 was also a great game, along with F1 Spirit and Knightmare! Hehe! The memories, theyre all flooding back!
Got a few roms thanks, used to use them on me laptop, before i sold it! hehe!
Which msx did you have? I had the toshiba and then the pioneer.
hey did anyone manage to complete salamander's level 6 on their msx?
i never managed to kill the last guardian in level 6?
i also tried to see if using salamander with nemesis II would give the secret new level which would enable me to beat the guardian in level 6 would work, but no luck?
can one play these games on the universal?
hey did anyone manage to complete salamander's level 6 on their msx?
i never managed to kill the last guardian in level 6?
i also tried to see if using salamander with nemesis II would give the secret new level which would enable me to beat the guardian in level 6 would work, but no luck?
can one play these games on the universal?
tomchap said:
Well im at work so will try them later on tonight, my pc is playing up at home so have to get that sorted first.
Nemesis 2 was also a great game, along with F1 Spirit and Knightmare! Hehe! The memories, theyre all flooding back!
Got a few roms thanks, used to use them on me laptop, before i sold it! hehe!
Which msx did you have? I had the toshiba and then the pioneer.
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I hope your PC is sorted out now & that had the time to try the emulators, please update us when you can.
As for my MSX it was Yamaha
Have a nice weekend
Cheers
xda_guy said:
hey did anyone manage to complete salamander's level 6 on their msx?
i never managed to kill the last guardian in level 6?
i also tried to see if using salamander with nemesis II would give the secret new level which would enable me to beat the guardian in level 6 would work, but no luck?
can one play these games on the universal?
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Hello xda_guy,
Well well well LOL, finally I found the nerd generation I belong to
As for Salamandar I couldn't play that because if I remember well, it needed MSX2 and mine was plain old MSX so wouldn't run it
However if you want I remember there is an emulator for PC that has cheating feature in, where you NEVER die if you are curious to see whats after level 6
As for being able to play it on Universal, well this is why the original post is all about, if you check my post where I put a URL, you will find that there are two different MSX emulators for PocketPC, the problem is I tried them both, they both run on my Universal without error messages, but they did NOT operate any ROM (Read Only Memory which are binary file images of the cartridges we used to use in the MSX era, I am not talking about the Universal ROM), so if you got the chance to try them both, and see if they work with you, maybe something is wrong in my Universal ROM, or if I am doing something wrong way, or if I am missing something.
Please whatever you find out, share it with us & maybe if it works, we can organize a nostalgic championship on who would finish a game first or who would go further or anything like that.
Until then, have a great weekend
Cheers
hey cerberu
you finally did find the nerd gen, i am surprised that so many of us had msx computers, my mates only had commodores's and ibm compatible's
i had a sony hitbit 32KB, i believe that was msx. I am just getting used to my universal, so have not downloaded any emulators, do i just download it and install like any other application?
will keep you posted soon as i manage to get something going, have a nice weekend
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hey cerberu
you finally did find the nerd gen, i am surprised that so many of us had msx computers, my mates only had commodores's and ibm compatible's
i had a sony hitbit 32KB, i believe that was msx. I am just getting used to my universal, so have not downloaded any emulators, do i just download it and install like any other application?
will keep you posted soon as i manage to get something going, have a nice weekend
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Hi xda_guy
I am glad I did
I am starting to think a nerd once, a nerd forever LOL
My friends had commodores & sinclairs, then later on some had MSX, as for IBM compatible, they were VERY expensive that era, as with MSX you could use your TV for display so it was more home oriented.
Anyways if I remember well mine was Yamaha AX170 with 64kB (it is funny how these GREAT games (back then at least) were but a few kBs.
As for the emulators it's not even installation, all you need to do is to download them, then copy them into your storage card or device memory, then run them, you will get the usual warning as it can not identify the software publisher, you can run them and they wont ruin your Universal (they didnt ruin mine), the problem is that I believe they were written for previous version of Windows Mobile, thats why I couldnt get them to operate any ROM, my friend is coming back after the weekend from 12 days business trip, he has an i-mate PDA2k, so I will try it on his PocketPC & see, if you had better luck yourself please tell me what did you exactly do, then we will start a Championship (though my boss wont like it for sure LOL).
Finally I would like to add, I found a stand alone VERY old game from Atari 2600 Generation (remember that big black box? Or am I getting back way too back in time? LOL) I was saying I found a PAC-MAN game that is working ok on my Universal, it does not need emulator or anything, it is a stand alone application, if you are interested (or anyone else) please let me know and I will provide the link or upload it.
Have a nice weekend (or what is left of it)
Cheers & Good night!
hi
i have got a good mind to chane my handle to hitbit_guy , yes, i was using a 14 inch sony as my display yamaha ax170 was more advanced than the sony hitbit if i am not mistaken.
atari2600, that is the original, ah yars revenge was my fave, then along came the atari clone's wow, at some point, the 2600 stood for the number of games "pre-installed". pac-man, yes, very much interested, show me the link. my office mates will be interested
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i have got a good mind to chane my handle to hitbit_guy , yes, i was using a 14 inch sony as my display yamaha ax170 was more advanced than the sony hitbit if i am not mistaken.
atari2600, that is the original, ah yars revenge was my fave, then along came the atari clone's wow, at some point, the 2600 stood for the number of games "pre-installed". pac-man, yes, very much interested, show me the link. my office mates will be interested
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As for display, I used our 20" Sony Trinitron TV (that was really something back then lol, imagine playing your favorite games on that huge display ), I tried to find Emulator for Atari as well LOL, I found one that is distributed as an open source, and I asked a friend who works as games programmer for cellphones to port it for Windows Mobile 2005, will let you know when he is done (if ever LOL), mean while enjoy this (you & your office mates :twisted: dont let the boss catch you LOL)
Good night mate!
thanks for pacman, does it run on hp devices too?
alpha squad, load runner were neat too(there even was a rambo game), however could not get beyond a certain level, the lack of a save functionality on msx killed the chances of completing the games.
i think what will be real cool is playing games during meetings
xda_guy said:
thanks for pacman, does it run on hp devices too?
alpha squad, load runner were neat too(there even was a rambo game), however could not get beyond a certain level, the lack of a save functionality on msx killed the chances of completing the games.
i think what will be real cool is playing games during meetings
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Good day xda_guy
I am glad you like it, I don't know if it runs on HP devices as I've never tried that, I don't know what their CPU is, and I don't know if it has to do with that, I tried to look for the site of where I got the Pac Man from but I wasn't able to, anyways if I remember well it was designed (if I am not wrong) for ARM CPUs, if HP uses ARM, then I guess since its same software & same hardware, I guess it would work, anyways, you can wait till tomorrow & let one of your office mates with HP PPC try it & let us know
As for Load Runner, absolutely true, it was one of the games I liked (I like puzzle & brainteasing games) the only thing I hated about Load Runner was it lacked music, and it's characters were way too small even for the 20" TV display LOL.
Rambo, nope not my style but my friends liked it, and yes I agree that save game was a missing very important feature, Castle & Castle Excellent did have save game (they charge you for one life to save though), I am trying to remember, did Kings Valley had codes on which you can start from next level if you finished them successfully, or was it just 'The Lost Viking' game for Amiga & PC that did that?!
Have a nice weekend (or what is left of it)
Cheers
hey cerberus
wil try pacman on the hp and will let you know, perhaps it was compiled for the unversal platform and will nto work on the hp?
i never heard of castle/castle excellent, one game that i managed to finish and liked a lot was magical whiz kid
have a nice weekend
xda_guy said:
hey cerberus
wil try pacman on the hp and will let you know, perhaps it was compiled for the unversal platform and will nto work on the hp?
i never heard of castle/castle excellent, one game that i managed to finish and liked a lot was magical whiz kid
have a nice weekend
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Hey xda_guy
to be honest, this is the first time EVER since I've joined XDA Developers, that I came to such shock, I was literally :shock: :shock: :shock: you dont know castle & castle excellent??!!!
Dude the main reason I want MSX emulator is because I never had the chance to finish Castle Excellent back them (I did finish Castle though), you might want to check these links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_(game)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Excellent
You know the word addiction?! Castle games were my addiction back then (not that things changed much since that time LOL, like I said earlier, a nerd once a nerd forever )
Now whenever the MSX Emulator works for our Universal, I want to ask you to download Castle & we will play & he who finishes first is the winner.
As for HP & PacMan please post your experience here, it might not help me myself as I dont have HP, but it might help others who might want to try the game on their PPC.
Have a great last few hours of weekend
Hello xda_guy
any updates?!
Hello cereberus
sorry for the late reply. work has been a nightmare last one week
i checked out castle, looks interesting and addictive , unfortunately work has taken up most of my time, will install the emulator tomorrow and give it a whirl.
i dont think my colleague tried pacman on hp, he was overwhelmed with work, the boss is away next week so i will ask him to give it a try if he has not tried already

N64 Emulator removed

The Nintendo 64 Emulator N64oid was taken from the market.
https://market.android.com/search?q=n64oid&c=apps
This is very bad news for people who were waiting to get a new phone to play the graphically intensive n64 games.
Hopefully it will come back, but it looks like it may be gone for good.
Link dead. But yea what the heck are they doing?
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wow. They charge you for the app then you flash a rom try to recover it and its gone anybody know why it's gone?
Some guy on a forum said google is doing a crackdown on emulation.
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wow. They charge you for the app then you flash a rom try to recover it and its gone anybody know why it's gone?
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Don't worry, it wouldn't be because the dev is poor. He's coded all the other great emulators. Apparently it was Google laying the smack down.
People are sharing the .apk, but I'm sure if you email the dev he'll share it with you directly as you've legitimately paid for it as well. I did so too but thankfully have it backed up for when I get my Atrix.
do you think they will start removing the other emulators? I've been putting off buying one and if they are being taken down I mind as well buy now while I can.
I emailed Yongzh and got this as a reply:
"Yong Zhang to me
show details 1:00 PM (2 hours ago)
A great number of users are complaining about the compatibility and running performance. I am doing a rewrite of some of the core modules. Don't worry, N64oid will be back much better in 1-2 months.
Thanks for the understanding! I won't let people down."

Gameloft Games £1!

Just to let everyone know all Gameloft Games for the Xperia Play are £1 for 24 hours!!!! Get em while their cheap.
Could i buy them now and wait until i get my xperia play and then put them on it?
Cheers mate, thanks for the heads up :-D
Regards Dousan...
Is anyone else having trouble accessing the links to download the games?
My handset isn't loading the 'nopuk.netsizeonline.com' site which enables you to download the relevant files.
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Is anyone else having trouble accessing the links to download the games?
My handset isn't loading the 'nopuk.netsizeonline.com' site which enables you to download the relevant files.
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Getting exactly the same problem.
Worked for me used wifi to download and standard browser, paid with paypal and downloaded from there.
it was on yesterday by the way as well, figured id buy all the games except bloody UNO while they were cheap
It was working earlier this morning as I bought Spiderman & Star Battalion, Can't access the site now though
GameLoft are producing the best games so far, where is Sony
waz000000 said:
Worked for me used wifi to download and standard browser, paid with paypal and downloaded from there.
it was on yesterday by the way as well, figured id buy all the games except bloody UNO while they were cheap
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Same here lol paypal was the only way that woked for me
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Techdread said:
GameLoft are producing the best games so far, where is Sony
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Busy changing their credit card details
For the past few hours the site hasn't worked. I managed to start to download the APK for a game before I was having problems, however it failed.
I can now access the site again, but all games are showing as £3. What's going on? I assume the offer has finished, but I wasn't able to take advantage of it because the website wasn't working... :-(
Also worked fine for me, have an account, so just a simple login and one click buy :-D Got three games...
Regards Dousan...
I got me a fivers worth, thanks for the heads up.
anyone else bought assassins creed and thought £1 was way to much to pay!
ive had more entertaining farts.
Thanks for the heads up, got another couple
Their Support is disgraceful, I have been emailing them daily for the past 2 weeks with zero replies.
I had bought 3 games before I flashed my phone, then lost them & have been emailing support for fresh download links but they are ignoring me. For anyone else with same problem, I figured out a workaround - the initial small file that you download got saved to my SD card under the download folder of my Dolphin browser. I just installed from there & it let me download the 200Mb portion & all is working again.
I bough 9 Games while there £1 haha, i cant get modern combat 2 to work though, it launches the first time to download the data but then force closes, i mite try deleting it and installing again
Lol, I bought splinter cell yesterday.... wondered why it was only £1
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On bottom of homepage change country to UK
prices drop from 3 euro's to 1 pound
??????
profit
Thanks for the info, glad the deal is still up, just got 5 more games
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Got modern warfare, let's golf and Sacred Odyssey: Rise of Ayden. What did you guys get?
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Got modern warfare, let's golf and Sacred Odyssey: Rise of Ayden. What did you guys get?
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does modern combat 2 work for you? mine keeps force closing

Any backdraws for a US AT&T customer to purchase this?

So I've been ready to upgrade since October last year (ftr, when the xperia play's first projected release date was before they went crazy pushing it back)
I'm tired to the wait for the play to come to AT&T, and there's no way in hell I'm ever going back to Verizon. Are there any severe network issues I'll encounter if I just grab an unlocked GSM one off eBay? ...or any higher end speed opportunities I'd be missing out on by not waiting to get it direct from my carrier?
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Nope. The R800a is virtually identical to the R800at that will inevitably come out on AT&T at some point. They use the same frequency bands. The only difference is that the R800at will be AT&T branded and bootloader locked, while the R800a (depending on your source) will be bootloader unlockable and unbranded. I have an R800a on AT&T and no problem using 3G.
The only problem is finding the unbranded/unlocked version. As far as I know the only R800a's out there that match this description came from a developer conference or summit of some kind. There might be a few left on eBay. Your alternative is picking up a Canadian R800a, which is SIM locked to Rogers and bootloader locked. You can SIM unlock it for a fee, and should be able to configure the APN manually for AT&T use.
Whatever you do, don't get the R800i, that is, if you care about 3G. You'll only get EDGE on AT&T
I bought the R800a from another XDA member. Its data speeds are a lot faster than my Inspire 4G was. Plus you don't have to fool with the AT&T bloat and all of the usual stuff.
The warranty will be a lot better if you waited for the at&t. Buying a lemon will ruin your life haha
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I am using one right now and you wont regret it. The data speeds are actually decent on the network and the call quality is great. Indoor signal strength could be a little stronger but haven't had a dropped call yet in two weeks. I just can't update to 2.3.3 yet.
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I am using one right now and you wont regret it. The data speeds are actually decent on the network and the call quality is great. Indoor signal strength could be a little stronger but haven't had a dropped call yet in two weeks. I just can't update to 2.3.3 yet.
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Reception overall has been terrible for me, and I've had several instances where I drop calls and then reception won't come back for another 2-3 minutes. Could be a network error in my area, but overall, I'm NOT pleased with the reception on my unlocked/unbranded R800a.
Note that you will not be able to update to 2.3.3 (not yet, and no one at SE wants to say when), and you will be locked out of many things in the Playstation Pocket App ("not supported in your region").
No idea how the warranty will work, but SE has been very kind to me over the years in regards to repairs from international/unofficial phones.
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Note that you will not be able to update to 2.3.3 (not yet, and no one at SE wants to say when), and you will be locked out of many things in the Playstation Pocket App ("not supported in your region").
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Yes you can You can get it right now
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14547231#post14547231
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Yes you can You can get it right now
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14547231#post14547231
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It's unofficial of course, and will that method work on an R800a? Won't the radio firmware be different since it's not the R800i? I'm a noob, so be gentle.
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It's unofficial of course, and will that method work on an R800a? Won't the radio firmware be different since it's not the R800i? I'm a noob, so be gentle.
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All you have do is get the apn setting for the phone company you use and it should work. I have a R800a and works perfectly fine
I found an excellent deal on one and snagged it as soon as I got the cash.
So I won't have to worry about it saying that something isn't supported in my region?
yoyoman2 said:
I found an excellent deal on one and snagged it as soon as I got the cash.
So I won't have to worry about it saying that something isn't supported in my region?
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The Playstation Pocket and Xperia Play app are region set as soon as you connect to a carrier. So on AT&T, you won't see anything in Playstation Pocket at the moment aside from Crash Bandicoot (and search returns back the message "not supported in your region"), but FPSe works better right now anyway. Xperia Play app doesn't show the same titles as in other regions, but you can buy that stuff from other places – Gameloft's site for their games for instance.
emann56 is right, R800a of any kind can now be rooted on 2.3.3. It is unofficial, but it does work. If you want root on your device I'd go through the process 1st before even setting anything up... but that's just me. Reports are that not wiping before flashing causes problems.
So will I run into any complications if I, say, wanted to get the latest Gameloft games? Eternal Legacy, Modern Combat 2, Shadow Guardian, NOVA 2 and Sacred Odyssey are pretty much the major reasons I want this.
yoyoman2 said:
So will I run into any complications if I, say, wanted to get the latest Gameloft games? Eternal Legacy, Modern Combat 2, Shadow Guardian, NOVA 2 and Sacred Odyssey are pretty much the major reasons I want this.
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I haven't. That's from the Gameloft website and has nothing to do with the Playstation Pocket app, if I'm not mistaken.
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I haven't. That's from the Gameloft website and has nothing to do with the Playstation Pocket app, if I'm not mistaken.
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Okay, okay... how would I go about officially getting Gameloft games for my Xperia PLAY exactly?
Even though my play isn't here, I went ahead and set it as my phone on the Gameloft website, and whenever I try to set up an order for a game (such as Eternal Legacy), I get stuck at the carrier screen where AT&T is not listed.
yoyoman2 said:
Okay, okay... how would I go about officially getting Gameloft games for my Xperia PLAY exactly?
Even though my play isn't here, I went ahead and set it as my phone on the Gameloft website, and whenever I try to set up an order for a game (such as Eternal Legacy), I get stuck at the carrier screen where AT&T is not listed.
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AT&T blocks non-Market application installs on their branded phones which is why you can't get it to work on your current phone. The R800a is unbranded so you can choose 'Unknown sources' in settings -> applications when you get it to allow direct downloads and installs of Gameloft games (and any other APKs for that matter).
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AT&T blocks non-Market application installs on their branded phones which is why you can't get it to work on your current phone. The R800a is unbranded so you can choose 'Unknown sources' in settings -> applications when you get it to allow direct downloads and installs of Gameloft games (and any other APKs for that matter).
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No I know that. I actually have my current phone rooted, cyanogenmodded up and such so non-market apps are a synch.
What I mean is that, since most gameloft games arent on the market, I'm trying to legitimately purchase some gameloft games from gameloft's website and at&t wasn't listed as an option.
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I am using a 800a on AT&T now. Once you go onto the gameloft website it will detect you have a Xperia Play and once you purchase it will download the apk and then just install. I even purchased the UK versions while they were on sale a few weeks back and it all works the same. No worries Gameloft games download and work perfect. No AT&T involved. The phone is unlocked.
Thank you all so much!
I have it now, and it's wonderful! I was expecting to have to do all kinds of insane rooting and ROM flashing to get it to a level of competent performance, but unlocked out-of-the-box it's actually working really damn well.
If I root it though, can I wipe out some of the useless stuff? Like the Chinese Keyboard, Get Games, On Demand, Retail Demo, Ringbacks, Setup Guide, TrackID, Widgets On/Off,etc?
yoyoman2 said:
Thank you all so much!
I have it now, and it's wonderful! I was expecting to have to do all kinds of insane rooting and ROM flashing to get it to a level of competent performance, but unlocked out-of-the-box it's actually working really damn well.
If I root it though, can I wipe out some of the useless stuff? Like the Chinese Keyboard, Get Games, On Demand, Retail Demo, Ringbacks, Setup Guide, TrackID, Widgets On/Off,etc?
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Sure can. I did exactly that.
adb shove iPad2post.apk to /forum/thread
Wow... okay.
So I gave my 2.3.2 Xperia Play a GingerBreak and got all them superuser goodies. Went into root explorer and cleaned out all that pre-installed Rogers stuff (that I couldn't even use if I wanted to).
...but my device was having some of the slowest booting ever so I decided to give 2.3.3 a shot... and now my root is gone :'(

PlayStation Store for PS Mobile coming October 3

I didn't see this posted anywhere, apologies if I am late, but they have announced a date for PS Mobile.
"PlayStation Mobile users, you may have just felt a brief phantom tug at your wallet. That's because Sony just announced the PlayStation Store for PlayStation Mobile is coming on October 3.
The first countries allowed to access PlayStation Mobile content through the PlayStation Store are Japan, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Australia. At launch on October 3, there will be 30 games available for download."
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/19/playstation-store-for-ps-mobile-opens-its-virtual-doors-on-oct/
I've asked this before, but I will ask again. I have a PLAY from Verizon running 2.3.4 and the PS Store app already downloaded (although no access to any games yet here in the US). Does this announcement mean it'll populate my store with games? The reason I ask is because here in the US, we've been kinda screwed. No PSOne games, and 2.3.4 crippled my Gtalk and Play Music. If this update means I can FINALLY download some new games, I'd be a little more happy.
I hope so, if they at least open the market to the u.s. and give us the same game library as other countries that'd be awesome.
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Are there any details about these new titles?
I'm thinking it's going to be another app/store to download. This just sounds like something they would do.
I read around Gamescom that Sony announced that they will remove PSOne Classics from the Android PS Store once PS Mobile launches. This also applies to their existing PlayStation Certified devices like the Xperia Play, Xperia S, and their tablets. I find this to be a really dumb move, but maybe they just didn't want to put forth the effort of re-licensing everything for Android or figuring out how to segregate the Vita's store from PS Certified devices. Either way, it looks like the only games that you'll be able to run are the ones that have been available through the Google Play Store.
Really?! good idea, i wanne more ps games
About your situation, well, I think you can find other way to download or install games.
It's live! Has anyone given it a try yet? I kept getting an error when I tried to login until I rebooted the phone.
MechaBouncer said:
It's live! Has anyone given it a try yet? I kept getting an error when I tried to login until I rebooted the phone.
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Yes, here is the link in the Themes/Apps section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917675
Works on my phone CDMA R800x 2.3.3 TLRtheory who is also on ATT 2.3.4 said he couldnt get it to work..... perhaps its working now.
ozzmanj1 said:
Yes, here is the link in the Themes/Apps section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917675
Works on my phone CDMA R800x 2.3.3 TLRtheory who is also on ATT 2.3.4 said he couldnt get it to work..... perhaps its working now.
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Thanks! I just found that as well.
Do you know if he tried rebooting after installing it? That seems to have done the trick for me. Although my Play isn't the AT&T version, it's an unlocked R800a that I'm using on AT&T.
I've used it on my Xperia Tablet S (the new one so it's the fully official app/store and everything lol - just to clarify )
TBH.... IMO..... It's not all that... I haven't tried it on my play yet but if the content is anything the same as what i can get on my tablet... then I wont be jumping for joy any time soon
The UI is nicer though... A lot nicer I'm just hoping that better games are on the way :highfive:
This needed to launch this with the xperia play. Now the device is all but dead.
Yeah I too have the Xperia Tablet S where it actually popped up with a notification telling me to install PSM.
As for the Xperia Play I got nothing although I'm on custom Rom xd.
Both devices have the same content btw. Though it's still great to finally have a store
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crono141 said:
This needed to launch this with the xperia play. Now the device is all but dead.
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QFT. The Xperia Play could have really been something, but it was so poorly supported that it never went anywhere. And because it didn't do well, we probably won't see a proper successor. That's the part that really kills me. I can only hope that I'm wrong because I would love a Xperia Play 2 with specs like the upcoming Xperia T/TL and a gamepad. Until then, I'm just biding my time because nothing else really interests me.
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Yeah I too have the Xperia Tablet S where it actually popped up with a notification telling me to install PSM.
As for the Xperia Play I got nothing although I'm on custom Rom xd.
Both devices have the same content btw. Though it's still great to finally have a store
Sent from my R800i using xda premium
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Yeah I've just downloaded the app to my play.. Same content by the looks of it...
P.S. I'm on Markphytons Stock ICs .587 Rom and I CAN access the store so hopefully I'll be able to play the games too
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The store has launched but all of the PS1 games that were on the previous version of the app are gone What happened to them?
I deleted the software update function on my rom, since I'm rooted and have deleted bloatware.
Is there any way to get this? Market? Maybe the software update apk?
Edit: Here we are: http://www.playstation.com/psm/store/en.html
dassub said:
I deleted the software update function on my rom, since I'm rooted and have deleted bloatware.
Is there any way to get this? Market? Maybe the software update apk?
Edit: Here we are: http://www.playstation.com/psm/store/en.html
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I believe that this is the direct link to download the store:
http://pss.dl.playstation.net/pss/store/apk/PSStore.apk
You may also want to check out these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402308
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1361718
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Whoops! Looks like you got to it before I responded.
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Also...
White_Pointer said:
The store has launched but all of the PS1 games that were on the previous version of the app are gone What happened to them?
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http://www.xperiablog.net/2012/08/1...ystation-mobile-third-party-support-revealed/
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http://www.xperiablog.net/2012/08/1...ystation-mobile-third-party-support-revealed/
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Well that blows :/ I knew I should have downloaded them when I had the chance.
the apps offered suck! and they are much more expensive than the ones on google play store

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