I have installed this app and I cannot figure this out!!!!!!!!!
Its driving me crazy.
my understanding: load a bios file for the psx **** and then an Iso and you should be good 2 go!?
this thing wont let me load a bios file it says load bios file when i find it in the directory it changes and says load ISO file!
and where do I find the ISO files? do they need conversions or something??
thanx in advance
b3ava said:
I have installed this app and I cannot figure this out!!!!!!!!!
Its driving me crazy.
my understanding: load a bios file for the psx **** and then an Iso and you should be good 2 go!?
this thing wont let me load a bios file it says load bios file when i find it in the directory it changes and says load ISO file!
and where do I find the ISO files? do they need conversions or something??
thanx in advance
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Make the iso from your disks buddy.
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The ISO is the file of the game
Like duuuuuur but really make a back up of your psx game..if not I'm sure Google could help you out.not gna give any links
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It will run a bin and possibly other file types as well but most backups are going to be an ISO
If you have the game available you can use a burning program to backup the disk to an ISO file and it should load without an issue...
Other than that info do some Google searches as there is information on how to use this app all over the place.
-My build.prop thinks I'm a GT-I9300 but alas this is still my OG Epic 4G with CM9
Its working right. You successfully loaded bios now just need to load your psx game ISO.
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Anyone able to describe in detail how I can test rom's I cook in an android emulator? I have the emulator working, but can't figure out how to throw a rom in there. I have windows 7 and an evo, btw....any help much appreciated!
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adeyo said:
Anyone able to describe in detail how I can test rom's I cook in an android emulator? I have the emulator working, but can't figure out how to throw a rom in there. I have windows 7 and an evo, btw....any help much appreciated!
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what I just did was backup the *.img files from /android-sdk-linux_86/platforms/android-8/images/
and copied the *.img files from /out/target/product/vogue/
then I ran AVD from eclipse and created a new virtual device for 'android2.2'
works great.
... genius. Thank you
thanks...one question remains
thanks for the tips!! ...ok, i still have one question. i don't have a vogue, i have an evo... our rom's (img's) appear to be different or in a different location. can i extract the necessary img's from a rom??
I would also like to know this except for an eris?
I am also trying to do this. I have tried to use mkfs.yaffs2 in ubuntu to turn the system folder in to system.img, then replace it with the one in the SDK folder but then the AVDs don't boot at all.
one5 said:
I am also trying to do this. I have tried to use mkfs.yaffs2 in ubuntu to turn the system folder in to system.img, then replace it with the one in the SDK folder but then the AVDs don't boot at all.
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I learned you don't replace anything in the sdk folder, but look in the .android/ "evo".avd folder ("whatever the name is off the emulator you created").avd ...that is where you place the system.img file.
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adeyo said:
Anyone able to describe in detail how I can test rom's I cook in an android emulator? I have the emulator working, but can't figure out how to throw a rom in there. I have windows 7 and an evo, btw....any help much appreciated!
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The easiest way to test a rom in the emulator after you build it is to simply type "emulator" in your terminal window. I am assuming you have your paths set up correctly.
Can anyone give me a good step by step guide on how to get this to work? I have the app but dont know how to set everything up. Any help appreciated.
just download the gba bios and put it into a folder made specifically for your gba roms, I used gameboid but any name will work. In the gameboid, look for the BIOS you downloaded and click GBA BIOS file from the menu settings. Hope this helps!
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If you're using Rom Buddy then it sets up your rom folders for you and the gba bios is the first download in the gba section.
-download Astro or any app you like that unzips things.
-unzip the GBA bios within that folder which should be Roms/gba/ if you're using Rom buddy
That's it. the games dont have to be unziped to play, they will work.
Im not tech savy
I really have no idea what everyones talking about with the bin's and bios files. But i have the htc evo and installed gameboid last night. i fugred id be able to look up how to get it running to specify the bios file easily on the computer but obviously i was wrong lol i cant figure it out to save my life. could someone just post a step by step guide, starting with when you select gameboid and the message must select BIOS file comes up.. and end it with literally clicking the game to start playing. including downloading the roms, the best sites for them, and creating files. not even sure if i have to hook it up to the computer and do it that way. HELP!!!!
ng1111 said:
I really have no idea what everyones talking about with the bin's and bios files. But i have the htc evo and installed gameboid last night. i fugred id be able to look up how to get it running to specify the bios file easily on the computer but obviously i was wrong lol i cant figure it out to save my life. could someone just post a step by step guide, starting with when you select gameboid and the message must select BIOS file comes up.. and end it with literally clicking the game to start playing. including downloading the roms, the best sites for them, and creating files. not even sure if i have to hook it up to the computer and do it that way. HELP!!!!
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1. Download the GBA Bios (can't upload it for you :/, just google "gba_bios.bin")
2. Open up gameboid and when it asks you for the bios file, just browse for it on your sd card
3. look for roms to download and play, google for "rom freaks" and it should be the 1st result that comes up, best site for gameboy advanced roms, leave the roms in zip format, dont extract them. Just download them and put them on your sd card, then open up gameboid and browse for the roms
that's as simple as it gets, if you can't do it by following those instructions, then maybe you shouldn't be trying to play roms on your phone :/
get a bios make a bios folder on ur sd card put the bios there (must be extracted if its compressed)
select the gba bios youve put on your sd card (on gameboid)
look for roms you want to play wont tell you where to find it since its warezing
make a gba games folder on your sd card
put the roms there
go to gameboid look for the gba games folder
select the rom you want to play
and tADA!
hope that helps
btw if its not working then u my friend arent using the free version
or the paid version
u are using something thats really bad
Hey there.. I'm hoping someone can answer this and help me figure it out.. When I try to download a file that's really big, I think anything over 1.5gigs, with UTorrent for Android the program won't download and throws up an error saying file is too large allowed by file system.. How can I change this.. Or even make the file download to a USB flash via otg?. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I didnt know they finally had an app. Sweet. I just tried it out and no issues.
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You can't change the supported file size of the file system. And I've also never seen a file system with a 1.5 GB file limit, at least not in a long time.
Hi everyone,
I've been looking around these forums for days now, but it seems nobody else has had this problem. It's about boot animations. My screen just stays black. I have narrowed it down to the zipping process.
I've tried it with somebody else's bootanimation.zip to make sure it is not about my .pngs or .txt file.
When I put a downloaded .zip directly inside system/media/ or data/local…it works like a charm!
But as soon as I unzip and then zip it again (on Mac OS, Windows as well as 7zip for Android), it won't work anymore! There must be something apart from the "store" method and the permissions.
Things I tried:
(Mac OS Terminal) zip -r -X -0 bootanimation.zip bootanimation -x "*.DS_Store"
(Mac OS) "Keka" app (unofficial 7zip port) "store" method
(Windows) 7zip , "store" method
(Android) "7Zipper" app, "store" method
Phone:
Rooted Xperia Arc ("Anzu") with CM9 (also tested on CM10)
I need your help, I don't know what else I can do!
Well that's hard to say, it looks like you are doing things correctly, I use 7zip on Linux and windows and it always works when compression is set to store
Maybe upload the copy of working one and the one you played with and I'll take a look when I get home
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First off - thanks very much for your helpfulness! I won't be able to figure this out by myself.
Att. #1 is an already zipped download.
Att. #2 is the exact same, except that I unzipped it and then zipped it again (via Terminal "zip -r -X -0…")
you have to zip it again using the store option in 7-zip
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First off - thanks very much for your helpfulness! I won't be able to figure this out by myself.
Att. #1 is an already zipped download.
Att. #2 is the exact same, except that I unzipped it and then zipped it again (via Terminal "zip -r -X -0…")
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ok, so what you are doing is zipping up a folder nameded bootanimation, in this folder there is
part0
part1
desc.txt
but you dont want that folder!
so when zipping just highlight the three from above and zip those, do not add an extra level
than you will be all good!
let me know if you have further questions but im guessing you'll be just fine now!
@sambuculus
You may be interested in this.
If you have gif for bootanimation then use Bootanimation Creator from ROM Toolbox app (No PC, no zipping, software does everything).
I have used this and works fine.
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demkantor said:
ok, so what you are doing is zipping up a folder nameded bootanimation, in this folder there is
part0
part1
desc.txt
but you dont want that folder!
so when zipping just highlight the three from above and zip those, do not add an extra level
than you will be all good!
let me know if you have further questions but im guessing you'll be just fine now!
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Just did that, but it didn't work I actually think that the outcome is the same.
Instead, I had a TeamViewer session on a Windows PC. Here's the outcome:
Unzip Mac - Zip Mac : Doesn't work
Unzip Mac - Zip Win : Doesn't work >> that's interesting I think
Unzip Win - Zip Win: Works!
> I forgot to test if unzipping on Windows and then re-zipping on Mac would work…
So what finally brought my own bootanimation.zip onto the device was using the BootAnimationFactory on the PC. Pretty sure it would have also worked if I manually wrote the desc.txt but whatever.
For now, that's an acceptable workaround for me, but it bugs me that I don't know the reason it doesn't otherwise.
Very strange, the only thing I found wrong with the .zip you posted was the the extra folder in there, to double check I removed it and flashed it to one of my devices and it worked just fine.
But if you found a solution than good! Let me know if you want to try again with teamviewer or something
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@demkantor It WAS the folder! It worked!
Info for Mac users:
I saw that opening a .zip on PC doesn't render a Folder like it does on Mac. That may be the reason why I couldn't see a difference on OSX, as it shows me the additional bootanimation folder, whether I zipped the whole folder or just its contents.
Anyways, thanks again for your help!
@hnkotnis Thanks for the tip! If only the color range on a .gif wasn't that bad, it would be a convenient workaround as well.
Thought I would just add to this to make it relevant to Android 7.0 and 2018!
I just had the exact same issue and i've been doing this for years, from Android v4, but now have an Android 7.1 device I wanted to change the bootanimation on. You do forget the little things from time to time!
I use Windows, you need to use 7-zip, I can't tell you how much better that is for LINUX-y based things you build, (also notepad++). Also the advice by divyamg28 was bang on for me.
make sure when you "add to archive", you choose "store" as the compression level.
This definitely worked for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMxcfDfWdcY
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.n0n3m4.DIII4A
You need a fast SD card.. but yeah this is awesome.
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on your phone:
1. install app.
on your pc:
2. make sure doom 3 is installed on ur pc and updated to 1.2
3. open your doom 3 folder and grab the base folder.
4. copy to SD or internal storage.
on your phone:
5. point app to doom 3 base forder that you copied.
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So by now you probably noticed... "OmegaRED^.. this thing loads really long."
Well it has to extract everything it's loading.. each time writing to the storage.
But it can be made.. much much faster.... the price is storage space.
Back in the day when doom3 took ages to load pc users used to pre extract the .pk4 files to load faster.
This still works now.
The easy way to do this is to use this tool .
http://www.moddb.com/games/doom-iii/downloads/idtech4-file-unpacker-15
Unpack all the doom3 files on your pc and copy them to your device into the "base" folder. "copying will take some time"
-Now you are playing DOOM3
You can now enable lighting and some other effects.
Will make a custom config for the doom 3 engine that's optimized for this device here.
I am in no way affiliated with ID Software
The Dii4A app available on is the work of another developer not me.
But please do consider donating in the app to try get further updates and support.
as currently some mods crash such as the ROE expansion pack
And I suggest if your rom and it's settings is up to spec plugin some headphones.
That day not a single Thanks was given.
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That day not a single F was given.
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Thanks ....
no problem disabling lighting will speed up load times too.
Enjoy.
So how to I go about setting this up on my phone, don't see any instructions. I'd really like castle wolfenstine, running too.
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None willing to help?
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None willing to help?
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Sorry somehow missed ur post.
on your phone:
1. install app.
on your pc:
2. make sure doom 3 is installed on ur pc and updated to 1.2
3. open your doom 3 folder and grab the base folder.
4. copy to SD or internal storage.
on your phone:
5. point app to doom 3 base forder that you copied.
So by now you probably noticed... OmegaRED.. this thing loads really long.
Well it has to extract everything it's loading.. each time writing to the storage.
But it can be made.. much much faster.... the price is storage space.
Back in the day when doom3 took ages to load pc users used to pre extract the .pk4 files to load faster.
This still works now.
The easy way to do this is to use this tool .
http://www.moddb.com/games/doom-iii/downloads/idtech4-file-unpacker-15
Unpack all the doom3 files on your pc and copy them to your device into the "base" folder. "copying will take some time"
-Now you are playing DOOM3:good:
Would be awesome to try load this on a usb hard disk over otg