Hi all
So, I bought this game since the market showed it compatible from my computer. I did not launch it in the refund time (15 mins), but then when I started it it said that it is not compatible with my phone, please ask for refund.
It works for Galaxy S which also has a PowerVR GPU (SGX540 and we have SBX530) and a similar CPU.
Can this be made to somehow work on MS2?? changing build.prop or something?
I think it should run okay (if not great) since I also bought Modern Combat 3 and it runs fine and has no such compatibility issue. I think MC3 should be more graphic intensive than Backstab HD (which is part of the reason I did not test it immediately after downloading and assumed it would run okay).
Download Chainfire 3D and emulate the gpu id. There are tons of tutorials on the internet showing how to use it.
Works for any game that supposedly only works on Tegra or any other chipset. Pure gimmick from the developers.
AragornPE said:
Download Chainfire 3D and emulate the gpu id. There are tons of tutorials on the internet showing how to use it.
Works for any game that supposedly only works on Tegra or any other chipset. Pure gimmick from the developers.
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Thanks. Will give it a try.
I went out and bought the pro version of chainfire 3d and it hasn't been useful yet. I've got the qualcomm, nvidia and powerVR plugins but none have gotten it to launch. Tried all various setting and no dice. If you can get it to work I'd be very interested to know how
some guys have videos up on youtube of it working - several games infact, that are otherwise apparently incompatible. They are all spanish (or something?) though so I'm not sure how they managed it.
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I went out and bought the pro version of chainfire 3d and it hasn't been useful yet. I've got the qualcomm, nvidia and powerVR plugins but none have gotten it to launch. Tried all various setting and no dice. If you can get it to work I'd be very interested to know how
some guys have videos up on youtube of it working - several games infact, that are otherwise apparently incompatible. They are all spanish (or something?) though so I'm not sure how they managed it.
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I actually don't have the Pro version. I was trying with the free one. There is one step I saw in a video on youtube that is not possible on the free version i.e. "Fix market settings".
After selecting, one of the drivers, say nVidia, you need to click on "fix market settings" and then try some nVidia tegra game from market.
Can you try it out and let me know if it works for you? Coz only then I'll go and buy the Pro version.
Okay. I have gotten past the 'Compatibility Screen'. I changed the build.prop to match to Droid X.
Code:
ro.product.model=DROIDX
ro.product.brand=verizon
ro.product.name=shadow_vzw
ro.product.device=cdma_shadow
ro.product.board=shadow
First just try changing the model as follows. If that does not work try the above.
Code:
ro.product.model=DROIDX
You can change these in build.prop using 'root browser' or 'root explorer'. After this, I cleared the data and cache of 'Market' app as well as Backstab HD from 'Manage apps'.
Funny thing is that the game is compatible with Droid X but not with Milestone 2 when both have exactly same CPU, GPU and chipset. I found out from Gameloft's website that the game is compatible with Droid X, so tried this out.
It is currently downloading data. I'll let you know if it runs fine.
I don't think Chainfire 3D would be needed for this game since we have PowerVr GPU and so does Droid X. May be for some Tegra devices we would need to use Chainfire 3D and some build.prop related with some tegra device.
Edit: It worked after the download. I can play it fine. I can even revert to original build.prop after that.
sahilarora911 said:
After selecting, one of the drivers, say nVidia, you need to click on "fix market settings" and then try some nVidia tegra game from market.
the Pro version.
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I bought chainfire when Backstab was in the 10c sale and i was desperate to buy it so cheap. Doing the market fix didn't do jack. It still wouldn't show for any driver.
So I then put it on my gf's galaxy s2 and still, no dice. I'm pretty sure it would have shown up by default on stock rom sgs2, but I put miui on it and half the market vanished.. woo
Moral of the story, I figured the few bucks I was paying for chainfire 3d pro would save me some money getting backstab cheap, but it failed. Had to install cm7 to have it show up on the market.
The only time it's been any use was when I only had free, and it got shadowgun to occasionally load. Then a week later they patched it for PowerVR anyway
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Edit: It worked after the download. I can play it fine. I can even revert to original build.prop after that.
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This is awesome news! I know what I'll be doing when I get my ms2 back
Thanks!
You dont have to get chainfire. What I do when I want a game from Gameloft and it's not compatible with my MS2 is in the purchase screen, on Gloft's site, pick another compatible phone. It works everytime. They send an email with the apk file and i install it on my Milestone 2. No chainfire needed.
kyngoflyonz said:
You dont have to get chainfire. What I do when I want a game from Gameloft and it's not compatible with my MS2 is in the purchase screen, on Gloft's site, pick another compatible phone. It works everytime. They send an email with the apk file and i install it on my Milestone 2. No chainfire needed.
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That's what I said. I was not talking about purchasing or downloading the apk but downloading the SD files.
sahilarora911 said:
I don't think Chainfire 3D would be needed for this game since we have PowerVr GPU and so does Droid X. May be for some Tegra devices we would need to use Chainfire 3D and some build.prop related with some tegra device.
Edit: It worked after the download. I can play it fine. I can even revert to original build.prop after that.
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There is a check after installation of the apk and before downloading the files when it gives an error saying something like "This game is not compatible with your phone". To by-pass that error, I did that thing with the build.prop
May be there might be another way too. This worked for me.
Don't know about you guys, but I absolutely refuse to by off the gameloft site. It limits to 1 device and it's only a 3 year purchase. wtf :| stingey!
LG Optimus LTE (It Works)
sahilarora911 said:
Okay. I have gotten past the 'Compatibility Screen'. I changed the build.prop to match to Droid X.
Code:
ro.product.model=DROIDX
ro.product.brand=verizon
ro.product.name=shadow_vzw
ro.product.device=cdma_shadow
ro.product.board=shadow
First just try changing the model as follows. If that does not work try the above.
Code:
ro.product.model=DROIDX
You can change these in build.prop using 'root browser' or 'root explorer'. After this, I cleared the data and cache of 'Market' app as well as Backstab HD from 'Manage apps'.
Funny thing is that the game is compatible with Droid X but not with Milestone 2 when both have exactly same CPU, GPU and chipset. I found out from Gameloft's website that the game is compatible with Droid X, so tried this out.
It is currently downloading data. I'll let you know if it runs fine.
I don't think Chainfire 3D would be needed for this game since we have PowerVr GPU and so does Droid X. May be for some Tegra devices we would need to use Chainfire 3D and some build.prop related with some tegra device.
Edit: It worked after the download. I can play it fine. I can even revert to original build.prop after that.
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This method really works for my LG Optimus LTE... Thanks...
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Hi, thanks for checking this thread.
I was wondering if anyone knows if the Gameloft games that I have bought for my Iconia a500 will work after updating my tab with Dexters PRIMEE port?
I hear it is a pretty solid rom and I hate to not do it. But I don't want to lose my games.
I've already lost them once when I returned the first Iconia to BestBuy. I had to go through Gamelofts Customer Service to get the games back. Fortunately they were awesome to deal with.
I don't know how the games are authenticated. It's just that I am not certain whether my tablet will still pass if make changes like that to it.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
Well, you could use titanium backup to, erm, backup your games + data, then make a nandroid backup using CWM, install Primee, then restore your games using titanium again.
Thanks for that. If I decide to go with PRIMEE I'll definitely go that route.
Appeciate the help.
No problem. If you have the time, give Prime a go. 3.1 feels faster and works great.
even with my phone i rarely use nandroid i just make frequent baclups in titianium. once in a while it loses my homerun 3d battle
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JdgM3NT4L said:
I was wondering if anyone knows if the Gameloft games that I have bought for my Iconia a500 will work after updating my tab with Dexters PRIMEE port?
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i personally got LetsGolf (also included with primev14) and Asphalt6 installed, they work great.. i got the asphalt from the gameloft store.
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i personally got LetsGolf (also included with primev14) and Asphalt6 installed, they work great.. i got the asphalt from the gameloft store.
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First, thanks for everything Dexter, I appreciate you taking the time to help out here. Don't know how you possibly do it all.
The Gameloft store is where I bought my games as well.
Question.
Did you buy Asphalt6 before you made and installed that way cool rom of yours on your tablet? If so did you re-install it from the apk, or did you just go back to the Gameloft store on your device?
The reason that I ask is that when I returned my tablet I couldn't get to those games online to put them back on the new tablet. I actually had to go through customer service at Gameloft.
Why?
It seems that when I bought my games using the a500 at the Gameloft store, They didn't give me, the owner, an account for the games. They assigned an account to the tablet. Perhaps I should have bought the games through their webpage on a pc. I may have been better off...
Anyway, I am pretty sure that's why I had trouble and also why I am concerned. If my tablet doesn't identify as the tablet that the games are associated with, I don't think that they will re-install.
So I suppose that the real question is this. Will the Rom change whatever the identifier is that the apps look for? I figure that it is the serial number and possibly the model number too. So everything will be most likely be fine. But after what it took to get them back I'd like to be certain.
Thanks in advance for taking time for this. And thank you for sharing your Rom with us. Great job.
JdgM3NT4L said:
The reason that I ask is that when I returned my tablet I couldn't get to those games online to put them back on the new tablet. I actually had to go through customer service at Gameloft.
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probably why asphalt works fine..
i copied it before i formatted it, and then installed again. but here, its the same tablet..
Right on, thanks for confirming that.
Its that day finally... Downloaded this morning , and started playing... its like going back in time... the controls are not to bad, but i can see the six axis app being a great help...
GTA3 Market link
anyone else playing?? what do you think?? any cheats for all weapons yet???
Dead link
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Dead link
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the link works fine for me... but shouldn't this thread be in the themes and apps forum?
i couldn't figure out how to play using the sixaxis app but what controllers are compatible?
the link is working, but I can't download because it is saying that none of my devices are compatible with the game. The A500 is in the list of compatibles devices.
Does anybody known how to resolve this?
I was using the Thor rom and couldn't get the game because it kept saying my device was incompatible. I switched over to the Honeylicious rom, the game downloaded fine and it runs without a problem.
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I was using the Thor rom and couldn't get the game because it kept saying my device was incompatible. I switched over to the Honeylicious rom, the game downloaded fine and it runs without a problem.
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I'm on stock 3.2 unrooted. Any ideas?
Not sure why you wouldnt be able to get it on stock 3.2... Im on a rooted 3.2 and it dled without any issue...
I'm still running stock 3.2 and it downloaded with no problems for me.
me too, market says my acer iconia is incompatible when I checked just now. I remember that it was still compatible a couple of days ago when it was released. I should have downloaded it then.
Any reason for rockstar to remove a500 in the compatible list?
It happenned to me also. I was on Lightspeed 1.7 , I switched to Honeylicious and same problem.
It works very well on the Acer tab a500. Don't know why it's not available on the Market.
Hopefully, the apk is available elsewhere...
works well with my iconia (lightspeed 1.0.7) and xbox 360 controller
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works well with my iconia (lightspeed 1.0.7) and xbox 360 controller
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Where did you get it from?
Is it available for you in the market or did you get it from other sources?
I'd hate to go to the tpb when i'm willing to pay.
bbarou said:
Where did you get it from?
Is it available for you in the market or did you get it from other sources?
I'd hate to go to the tpb when i'm willing to pay.
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Same here, no GTA III : 10th AE for me. A501 from frys.com. 3.0.1 on board. It shows in Tegra Zone, but after redirecting to Market it says it cannot be found or sth like that.
Brutalpanda,
As everybody knows, they're other places than the Android Market to get apps for android devices on internet...
This was a very poor decision by RS Games. I bought the game on December 15 much like many other people on here probably did. I still have the game installed and everything runs well, but I would now be forced to backup the apk in order to make sure I can reinstall it later if I were to switch roms or whatever. Hopefully they bring support back soon, would be nice being able to download future updates.
I a company makes it harder (and really in this case impossible) for me to purchase something from, how could I feel guilty for obtaining it surreptitiously?
p.s. pirate bay is wholly unnecessary
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=grand+theft+auto+iii+.apk
I believe I went with the third link, but first looks the same
Ok enough with the BS.
I got it, it runs fine on my Iconia.
I don't know what incompatibilty there is, but I've been trying for three days to get it from the android market. three days!
I flashed several different roms on my device including asus and motorola based ones! I even unsuccessfully tried to change my build.prop.
Nobody can say I didn't try.
I got it from a famous link site, I should have started there, i would have played the game the whole week-end instead of flashing roms.
Nicely done Rockstar.
bbarou said:
Ok enough with the BS.
I got it, it runs fine on my Iconia.
I don't know what incompatibilty there is, but I've been trying for three days to get it from the android market. three days!
I flashed several different roms on my device including asus and motorola based ones! I even unsuccessfully tried to change my build.prop.
Nobody can say I didn't try.
I got it from a famous link site, I should have started there, i would have played the game the whole week-end instead of flashing roms.
Nicely done Rockstar.
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Which is exactly why I changed my rating from a five to a two.
"I currently have the game installed in my Acer Iconia Tab A500 and everything works perfectly. It seems that Rockstar Games has decided to remove support for my device at least for the interim and I don't really appreciate that. It works very well for my particular device and Rockstar Games is now shooting itself in the foot since some people with unofficially supported yet capable devices will be unable to obtain the game legitimately which means their only option will be piracy."
Has anyone gotten around gaming on the kindle fire when ever i try to install Gameloft games it keeps on telling me that my device is not supported has anyone gotten around it? i am running CM7
Poler166 said:
Has anyone gotten around gaming on the kindle fire when ever i try to install Gameloft games it keeps on telling me that my device is not supported has anyone gotten around it? i am running CM7
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Maybe the games can't recognise the tablet because of the CM7. I know some people who play games on stock rom. Good games I mean, like deadspace.
Asphalt 6 (Gameloft) won't even show up for me in the market.
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GTA III is working fine now after ver 1.1 update.....just tried it with stock rom .....awesome game....but already played it a lot before.....
Also I tried Asphalt 6.....but faced some resolution issues....will have to try again.....though NFS Shift works fine....
Haven't tried DeadSpace yet......
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Asphalt 6 (Gameloft) won't even show up for me in the market.
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Asphalt 6 didn't show up for me in the Android Market, but there was a separate Kindle version on sale in the Amazon appstore for $0.10 the same day it was on sale on the Android store so I got it from there.
Note: I am using the stock software, NOT CM7.
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im trying to play modern combat 2/3 and it said it does not support my device i was reading on another thread that they got chainfire to work on the kindle not to sure what it does but what i did understand that it helps with playing some games that might not support the device you are using what do you guys think? also i have a Motorola Triumph and a dev got the build.prop from HTC thunderbolt so the market reconized it as a thunderbolt there for being able to play many many for.games could something like that help us out?
Poler166 said:
im trying to play modern combat 2/3 and it said it does not support my device i was reading on another thread that they got chainfire to work on the kindle not to sure what it does but what i did understand that it helps with playing some games that might not support the device you are using what do you guys think? also i have a Motorola Triumph and a dev got the build.prop from HTC thunderbolt so the market reconized it as a thunderbolt there for being able to play many many for.games could something like that help us out?
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dude, punctuation?
I have the new shadowgun installed looksawesome on the fire
yeah so do i it would be nice to see more games for this tablet doh :/
I do not have CM7 But have, after a lengthy trial and error bout, gotten Asphalt Adrenaline HD 5+6 working. Need For Speed Hot Pursuit + Shift, going as well. I still though cannot find this elusive version of Dead Space that will fire up this Kindle. Rooted.
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I do not have CM7 But have, after a lengthy trial and error bout, gotten Asphalt Adrenaline HD 5+6 working. Need For Speed Hot Pursuit + Shift, going as well. I still though cannot find this elusive version of Dead Space that will fire up this Kindle. Rooted.
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Can u pls pm me the link for asphalt 6.....I m facing issues with the resolution of that game.....how did u get it working buddy!!!!!
Also hows hot pursuit working??????
Sending PM
This just found CS online, may interest some, plays well on clean cm7 with chain3d pro.
latest V7 works !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447157
do we need to or can we install chainfire 3d in tab 7.7?
coz when i try to play need for speed HD, which i download from samsung market, i cant play it properly, kinda driver problem that give me rendering failure
Chainfire 3D video driver
Yes you can!
I have the wifi model (GT6800) and I installed Chainfire 3D and also downloaded 3 plugins from the internet ang now I can play Nvidia and gameloft games no problems.
There is a thread on XDA about how to install then - it was very easy to do just follow the instructions in the thread.
The plugins are attached below
xmam123 said:
Yes you can!
I have the wifi model (GT6800) and I installed Chainfire 3D and also downloaded 3 plugins from the internet ang now I can play Nvidia and gameloft games no problems.
There is a thread on XDA about how to install then - it was very easy to do just follow the instructions in the thread.
The plugins are attached below
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What is the link to the thread
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Sorry & here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1094316
I tried installing from the market, but it doesn't show up in my app drawer, even though it said it installed successfully. Anyone else run into this?
Your 7.7 needs to be rooted!
Try uninstalling it and install again, I have the piad version and had no problems with it installing and using it.
the link to the thread is broken
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the link to the thread is broken
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Copy the number into the link in your broswer replacing the other (1094316)
or use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1094316
emprize said:
do we need to or can we install chainfire 3d in tab 7.7?
coz when i try to play need for speed HD, which i download from samsung market, i cant play it properly, kinda driver problem that give me rendering failure
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I bought the need for speed hot pursuit from the market and it's working great without chainfire3d and other games like dead space, game loft games asphalt 6, Mc, all works just fine without the chainfire 3d
I've been looking for a game like age of empires or star craft for my tablet. It seems that starfront is the closest thing to it, but I can't get it to work. Anyone know how to
I am curious too
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wasya152 said:
I've been looking for a game like age of empires or star craft for my tablet. It seems that starfront is the closest thing to it, but I can't get it to work. Anyone know how to
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Can't get it to work in what way?
Won't install?
The nexus is not of the supported devices. Game loft Site won't even allow to purchase. I've found the the apk file for all various devices, but it just crashes after the you try to launch it.
wasya152 said:
I've been looking for a game like age of empires or star craft for my tablet. It seems that starfront is the closest thing to it, but I can't get it to work. Anyone know how to
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Would like to know add well
OK well if u use Google well enough you can find a version for the LG p990
Which if installed, it will download all the files needed and it will work on the n7
Sent from either Galaxy S3 intl or Nexus 7
both on stock at the moment!!
Tried installing the version for lg, but it won't download the add on. It keeps giving me an error.
I think I downloaded the add on, I think by using a different version and then just reinstalling it. I got the game to start, but it crashes after the first trailer plays out
Well I un installed it, and now I can't get past the add on download again. I'm not sure what I did last time, but I can't replicate it. I've paid and downloaded the lg p990 version from Game loft, but I can't get that to work either
I managed to get it working by using the Galaxy tab version to download the data. Then uninstall the game and install the LG version, it downloaded the data again but then worked.
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Has anyone else had success with getting this working?
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I managed to get it working by using the Galaxy tab version to download the data. Then uninstall the game and install the LG version, it downloaded the data again but then worked.
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Too complicated, I'll only play it on my playbook for now
Galaxy Nexus won't support
How many mb was the galaxy tab version. Mine was 526mb. I tried what you said, but it still says error when trying to download the add on from lg. Where did you get the apk files. I downloaded the lg version from Game loft. Which version of the galaxy tab did you get.
attached are the two apk file. one is for the tab the other for the lg p990. can anyone else confirm that they got it to work. i can't. i tried installing the samsung tab one, downloading the the add on, uninstalling it and then downloading the lg. however, i keep getting an error when the lg one tries to download the add. i've already spent over $20 to play this game, and i just can't figure out how.
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I managed to get it working by using the Galaxy tab version to download the data. Then uninstall the game and install the LG version, it downloaded the data again but then worked.
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How many mb was the galaxy tab version. Mine was 526mb. I tried what you said, but it still says error when trying to download the add on from lg. Where did you get the apk files. I downloaded the lg version from Game loft. Which version of the galaxy tab did you get.
can you please elaborate which tax version apk you used and which lg version you used.
Do a search for starfront collision all versions (torrent) it includes 8 apks. I've just reinstalled it to go through it again. Use the galaxy tab apk to download the data (526mb) The game FC's on startup. Install the lg p99 apk over the G Tab one and it works. Hope this helps everyone.
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Do a search for starfront collision all versions (torrent) it includes 8 apks. I've just reinstalled it to go through it again. Use the galaxy tab apk to download the data (526mb) The game FC's on startup. Install the lg p99 apk over the G Tab one and it works. Hope this helps everyone.
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It worked. Awesome. Thanks
Don't spend money on Gameloft games if they aren't officially supported. I did this with Order and Chaos. Every update broke the game and it would say incomparable. They REALLY go to great lengths to only let their games run on specific devices. Toward the end, we had to deconstruct the APK files to remove the device detection code. It became way to complicated to be enjoyable.
I probably "wasted" $40 on Order and Chaos buying multiple versions to make it work and subscriptions and ingame app purchases... only to keep getting locked out for months at a time.
I have a really bad taste for Gameloft and simply do not support them with my cash if they do not want me to play it. So be warned. Don't drop cash on this unless you are seriously desperate to play it, because it may lock you out at any time.
the workaround explained here really works on Nexus 7.
But it just downloads 526MB of data and the graphics are not really the best.
However, if I use the Samsung Galaxy S II version, I get a download of 708MB. I believe these graphics should be better.
what do you say ?
Also, I'm looking for a version to run on Acer Iconia A100 and/or Asus EEE PAD Transformer (TF101).
These 2 devices have Tegra 2 CPU. Which version should I use on them ?