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[TouchPad General] Troute:
You know guys, it takes a lot less effort to ignore these threads than to fill them with smart alec comments, insults and other such bile. Do the forums and the world in general a favour and just pass them by, save your efforts for those threads you deem more worthy of your attention, everyone including you will be so much happier.
[TouchPad General] potsey2007:
Since this will be Android 2.3 (I think), will we be able to download the tablet apps, e.g. Facebook or Angry Birds HD (even though there is a webOS version), or will we be stuck with the phone versions stretched out?
[TouchPad General] Nburnes:
Phone versions.
[TouchPad General] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
Honeycomb specific version (That leverage the fragments API) will not be accessible.

However, many (most?) apps are written to leverage the screen real estate avail.

I have a Viewsonic G-Tablet currently running a slightly modified CM7 and most of the games/apps look perfect on it. Not stretched out, etc. You will of course have exceptions, but for the most part my G-tab works flawlessly.
[TouchPad General] BrianDigital:
Facebook for tablets? Well if someone has,it please post the apk my iconia could use it
[TouchPad General] pside15:
The actual facebook app doesn't work well on my Transformer. It just stretches out and looks like crap. I use Friendcaster and it looks great and works really well too. Friend Me is another one that looks good on tablets as well.
[TouchPad General] Nburnes:
Yea, I have a nook so I know how they scale. Most apps really won't be an issue as seen in the cm videos, then again the nooks only 7".
[TouchPad General] nunjabusiness:
You're absolutely right Mom. I'll try to be a nicer person. ;)

Seriously though, sometimes these threads get so damned dry I feel obliged to inject some humor.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Simmo3D:
Just checked and dead space, need for speed shift and hot pursuit, battlefield are free right now!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] antispiral:
From where? The EA website?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] brochador:
EA games for our phone are always free to download for 1 hour trial.. So What do you mean free?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Deoxlar:
Haha he probably didn't know and was excited to share with all of us.. Nice of him anyways.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] jim1h:
No they are free for a couple of days full game totally free
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] waz000000:
he is correct they are free atm
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Nhialor:
from where?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] brochador:
For just a couple of days? So still for limited time only?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] romcio47:
I think not, it's free to download and no in-game messages shows up, so be quick and download everything! :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] brochador:
Here's what I found on their blog http://www.xperiablog.net/2011/09/29/xperia-play-owners-get-4-free-new-games-from-1-october/

Too bad, I already bought Dead Space, Hot Pursuit, and Bad Company 2, I don't have interest on their Shift.. They should include DARK also.. :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
Okay, something I've always wondered... how the hell does the EA Flexion store work? They don't make it as easy as just making an account and buying something.

...so I gotta get the trial, play for an hour and then I'll see the option to get the game unlimited for free? I don't get it.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] narflynn619:
saw the big change in titling this morning, with the big FREE word.. grab em now at least..:D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] brochador:
A friend PM'ed me, He said BC2 is not free. He is forcing to buy it for 5euro to play. Where did you download it guys? I think he download it from vip.accumulate.blablabla..
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] metcard:
get the games from the xperia play launcher. do a refresh and it should pop up.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] brochador:
Thanks men. He said the refresh thing works..

Deyymm, how I wish they include DARK, so I can get a free game too..:D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] wired84:
Thanks f for the heads up,a was always put I off getting the games, but fr re sounds lovely
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] PariahLantern:
Can anyone confirm if this is for VZW as well? It doesn't look like it :(
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Dousan:
Anybody knows for how long they'll be free? (my play's at service ones again).

Regards Dousan...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] LegionTHEFecalExcretion:
Yeah, looks like R800X users get the bone again. Oh, well, I already had them anyways.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
Dammit. Also learned today the versions of ea games you get from the Verizon app store require an active cell or wifi connection. Tried to play Hot Pursuit on a plane in airplane mode today and got denied. If anyone's got a link where the rest of us can download these please share. This is ridiculous Verizon!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
Ah... I was doing it all wrong trying to access them from the Flexion store, from the Xperia PLAY Game Launcher, I got 'em fine.

If a VZW/R800x user wants, try these links (from the official EA Flexion store) to see if you can get 'em while they're free

• NFS Shift HD: http://vip.accumulate.se/gstore/eaoem/game.page?s=31&tid=2504

• Dead Space: http://vip.accumulate.se/gstore/eaoem/game.page?s=31&tid=2503

• Battlefield BC2: http://vip.accumulate.se/gstore/eaoem/game.page?s=31&tid=2502

• NFS Hot Pursuit: http://vip.accumulate.se/gstore/eaoem/game.page?s=31&tid=2505

Might be more fruitful to visit them from your phone :D

Hope this helps... CDMA users already get it bad enough without having to miss out on free offers (I used to be on Verizon. Never again lol)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
I can access the flexion store from my phone. Are they free there? I don't buy from there because of the exchange rate hit. The us version WWW.eamobile.com doesn't work at all on my phone however.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
For some weird reason, no. If you get it from the Flexion store without accessing the special links (available in the Xperia PLAY Game Launcher) for this temporary free offer, then they'll try to charge you either $4.99 or $5.99.

Check the updated version of that post you quoted and see if any of those links prove fruitful.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Scottish Husky:
I'm a bit annoyed as I paid for Dead Space last month.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
I tried bc2 and it worked downloading game data now its slow as **** but seems to be working!

I'm on hotel internet so maybe I'm being throttled. How long is this promo for? Maybe better when I get home Sunday.

Thanks man
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Leraeniesh:
Thanks man!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] narflynn619:
verizon junkies.. haha

good thing i'm on prepaid.. :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Dousan:
Thanks for the links, have tried them on my other phone (N900) and it doesn't work with that. It just says 'sorry the selected game doesn't support your phone'. Will try it on my netbook.

Cheers anyway.

Regards Dousan...

e: The same on my netbook. Just hope they're still free when i get my play back. Idiotic repair service people broke my R-trigger while repairing my volume button, wich they broke last time it was in for repair. Third time it's at service, twice because they f*cked it up :mad:
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] odst0016:
I have downloaded and played all 4 got them from the links. Thanks fir posting.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] LemonPlusTea:
Thanks for the heads up (:

Dead space is awesome!!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Stevdoyle:
awesome

Got all the games today. It is always nice to get free stuff. On another note does anyone now when FIFA 12 will be available on the play I have searched the net and can't find it anywhere
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] jim1h:
Dead space controls are the best yet using the little analogue pads, need for speed shift is awesome, just need battlefield now, is it worth a download?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
I have dead space and bc2 working. Downloaded the apk's for the other 2 but didn't run them yet because I'm short on time. The download speed for the additional files is slow as crap not sureif its the hotel wifi or the server anyone else have that issue?

Btw tried bc2 in airplane mode and it works. Hope the same for hot pursuit then iwill delete my vzw copy!

Edit shift works but doesn't show in launcher
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] odst0016:
Its portion the wifi I downloaded all the games in an hour on 3g
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Auxilium:
I try to download and all the games say unsupported game, kind of annoying to be honest.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] odst0016:
They might not have your play as recognized yet
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Auxilium:
Not sure, it's let me download something before but for the past week everything says unsupported game
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] odst0016:
Try using a different browser
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] jackalkwok:
Thank you very much for the link
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Auxilium:
Go figure, I changed the user agent of my browser which still didn't get it to work but I never thought about using a different browser, which worked. Thanks a lot.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] odst0016:
No problem
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Auxilium:
Impressed with the Dead Space controls, they work perfectly. Why can't other games be like DS.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Nhialor:
Trying dead space. Touch pads are not working. Cm7. Dunno why. Already tried a restart
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] GetPatriotized:
Dead Space and 9mm have the best dual-touch pad controls.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yifanlu:
Hmm, I followed the directions: http://www.sonyericsson.com/eapromo/

But when I open the slider, I don't see any new games. I'm on a r800i unlocked, btw. Stock rom, but reflashed.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] LemonPlusTea:
Restart the xperia play launcher ? I'm also r800i with unlocked bl.. The games showed up the instant I unfroze the get games app..

Or alternatively you could download the games with the links posted earlier..
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yifanlu:
Thank you it worked (going to the link directly). Is that what the launcher linked to?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] narflynn619:
who knows if EA will revert all their free games to demo version after January 15, 2012?

yeah right, all 4 games will have been finished and completed by that time, but these games are worth keeping.. just worried it will revert to demo and ask for payment later.....
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
See... that's what we'd call a "**** move" :)

...and that's where the Market Militia would come in and rip them a new one... and I'd be right there saying "Atta boy!"
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] narflynn619:
but i still definitely say no to warez..

Market Militia can suck my shaft now..
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
***Ignore*** I said too much again :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Nhialor:
anyone got touchpads to work on CM7?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Logseman:
I have then working. Minecraft runs as intended at least.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Nhialor:
I meant with these ea games?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] brochador:
Rainbow 6 & NOVA 2 also..
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
Just wanted to followup on this and give Verizon some kudos regarding this.

I called them tonight to try and get a refund for Hot Pursuit and they did it for me immediately once I explained why (that I disagree how if I PAY for a game I should own it and not have to worry whether I have a data connection so the game can verify that i really paid for it). The operator was very sympathetic and she also took this information and said she would forward it on to the Vcast App store division as something to consider fixing for the future.

Verizon often pisses me off but at least they made this one right.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] jaykap:
not sure if its my phone or not, but when i searched the web and heard about the 4 game promo from sony and ea, i went to the site, used my qr reader and scanned the barcode and when i was directed to the site, i tried to download a game and to no avail, i can click on "download" and nothing happens and im using wifi. am i doing something wrong or does the xperia play for verizon not work with getting the 4 free games?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CZroe:
OK, I already had to exchange my phone once during the promo. What if I have an issue and need to do that again after the promo expires on January 12th? I never created any sort of EA account though I was allowed to download the games.

Also, I'm a little confused that they don't all show up in the "Play Games" launcher they were downloaded through. What's up with that? Also, has anyone found a way to add other games to it manually?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] WayneT37:
Yeah they seem to work on some games for me , Dead Space , Minecraft and Shadowgun work fine. but stuff like emulators they don't. I'm using CM7 FX046
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
The touchpads dont wonk on any emulators anyway apart from mupen.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
All of them show in my launcher except NFS Shift. As for saving them, check your "download" folder on your sd card, you'll find the .apk files there. Just copy them off to your computer and you will have backups.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Sternness:
All free except BFBC2

It's the strangest thing. When I get to the EA site on my Xperia Play; Dead Space, NFS Shift and NFS HP show up as free but BFBC2 doesn't.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Maison Looi:
I thought Dead Space was really fun. I didn't expect much, it's EA after all. They did a good job though. Can't say I enjoyed BFBC2 though.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Leozaors:
its free or not?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Spectre51:
Yes they are all free including battlefield even though it doesn't say it. Download and install. Download the files to SD card upon first launch. Once the game loads close it and reopen. Hit the my account button and it will say game unlocked. Enjoy.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] cj360:
They are trials. I've dL hot pursute from their site and I get a popup saying "thx for downloading your 30day trial will start now."
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
You used the wrong link then. Go back and use the links in this thread. Or go to this link and scan the QR code:

http://www.sonyericsson.com/eapromo/?cc=us&lc=en
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] cj360:
Same thing...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
You do realize the game you sent a picture of is Tetris, which is NOT free.

The only free ones are the ones marked FREE in the Flexion store

Battlefield 2, Dead Space, Hot Pursuit, Shift, and now FIFA 12.

Everything else you have to pay for.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] cj360:
Oh alrighty then. Lol
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CZroe:
When I hit the account button, it says something along the lines of me not having an account. That's correct because I never made one, but it doesn't really insist on it or tell me that I need one!

Now, I've purchased some DLC using Origin on PC before. Can I use that account to register these games? Can I then install and play them on another Android device, like my HP TouchPad with CyanogenMod7? I prefered to play Shadowgun ont he TouchPad and was pleasantly surprised to find that all I had to do was log into the Google Android Market with the same account. It's a shame EA had to fragment the Android gaming experience like this.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Spectre51:
You don't need an account. Install the game. Load it up and download all the data. Once downloaded go into the game then quit out of it. Fire up the game again and hit my account. It should say game unlocked.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CZroe:
Right, but then how do I access my account on other devices like my HP TouchPad? What if I have to swap it again for warranty service like I've had to do once already but outside of the promotional period? If I have no credentials to associate the account with, how is it anything like a purchased app? I've had to claim my free games all over several times now (restoring, flashing generic firmware, exchanging phone, etc). I need some way to access that account for which it has been unlocked. I'll be using a free Battlefield 3 EA Origin online voucher on my M11x r3 tonight (came with my new SSD), so I'm going to be digging that old account up and looking for a way to link it, if possible.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
When you downloaded the games the original .apk files are saved in the "download" folder on your SD card. They are special for this promotion and different than if you had paid for the game. Just back them up on your PC.

If you ever need to reload copy them to your SD card again and just play the game, ignore the account button. There is no account associated with them, they don't verify themselves like their paid counterparts do.

And no the games will not work on other devices they are specific for the Xperia Play.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yohandesilva1:
Can someone please upload the apk, my xperia can download anything from the browser (I have made a thread asking for help )
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] AndroHero:
You can't. EA uses the same mobile DRM as gameloft, so when you install a game, at first run the unique ID of that particular .apk is linked with your devices unique ID and stored on a database. Then if anyone tries to use that .apk with a diffrent device, activation fails.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CZroe:
What if I don't have the APK? For example, the AT&T firmware included Sims 3 and the generic NA FW included some Bruce Lee game. If I want Sims 3 on the generic NA FW, there isn't even a mention of it in the downloads! Even if it's "unlocked," I can't get it back on my device without going back to that crappy FW. Any idea how?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Spectre51:
On AT&T firmware root your play. Copy the games from /system/app to you SD card using root explorer or something similar. Flash to generic NA firmware then reinstall the games from your SD card.

Sent from my iPhone 4s
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CZroe:
Thanks. Think it'll still show in the launcher? I'll look into the threads about manually editing that anyway.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] neverwinter:
So what if we downloaded the game and reset the phone. Is there anyway to retrieve the game w/out paying for it?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CZroe:
Yes. If it's on the same phone, find it under the "get games" menu which takes you to the EA Flexion storefront. Download the APK which will behave as if you don't own it and are starting a free trial. After you launch the game and quit, launch again and the game will show as purchased. This is ONLY if you had previously downloaded and played the game during the period when it was offered for free to Xperia PLAY owners and you did so on the same phone.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] neverwinter:
Thanks a lot. That's very helpful.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] julianpaul:
Due to some extremely bad luck/timing i was out of town from christmas till jan 16th. I hadn't downloaded any of the 4 free games thinking i'd do it when i get back, on my home wifi. And then i see the jan 10th last date!

I resorted to downloading dead space from a 'questionable' site, and while it works properly, the play gamepad doesn't seem to be supported, just the touchscreen. Do i have any option of getting dead space for my play? I can't buy it because 1. i don't have a CC and 2. i't doesn't seem to be available in my country.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CZroe:
No idea. I can send you a backup of mine in case there are some files you can swap. I heard that only the Flexion store version of most of their games has Xperia controls (not the Android Market version), so I guess this is the same problem.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] julianpaul:
I have the sd card files all downloaded, but i guess the flexion apk won't work because it will first check with the server to see if my account is valid. I'll still give it a try...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] michaelmotes:
Nothing's really free, what's the gimmick?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
They were free... The promotion ended.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] neverwinter:
OK... it looks like the method mentioned to me doesn't work or maybe that I have done something wrong. The "get games" section is where you go when you slide out the gamepad, right? I just emalied EA for a solution...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
As mentioned it was a promo that is over.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CZroe:
The gimmick was that you had to buy an Xperia PLAY. Sony Ericsson partnered with EA to promote sales. I don't know if they paid them but I'm sure Sony paid them for the commitment they showed in the first place and this was meant to affirm that by setting up more potential customers.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] julianpaul:
Gimmick or whatever, it was an awesome offer, benefiting both EA and SE as well as their customers, except me ! friggin deadlines ... :mad:

@CZroe Any luck figuring out the issue mate?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] neverwinter:
What's horribly disappointing is that I've been replying to emails and using the Game Adviser forms over and over again to get help about resolving this. But EA Mobile Customer Support constantly keeps handing me over to other support agents and ignoring my email replies. So far, it's been about 1.5 weeks, when this issue should probably take no more than 1 or 2 days.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
The promotion ended in early January, there is no resolving this. They should have told you (and shame on them for not) if you were trying to get them February 8th (the date on your post) you were too late. EA Mobile customer support does take forever to help as well, but theres nothing they can do for you.

I think it ended like Jan 10th or something.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CZroe:
Ended on Jan 15th
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] neverwinter:
Actually, I downloaded all of them in time, before the end of the promotion, so I still have all of the SD memory card portion of the games on the microSDhc card. When I had reset the phone, the phone portion was erased, so I can't play the games. I want to resolve that. At first they offered me a choice to pick any game I want....now they are extremely slow to respond.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
You didn't leave the original downloaded .apk's of the games in your download folder on your SDHC card? I have all mine there just in case my phone ever bites it (also backed up on my PC).
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] SirRudolph:
I was so happy to see this thread till I saw the date.

Cant wait till they offer some more.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] neverwinter:
Thanks! You may have just solved my problem here...

LOL You just helped me out much faster than EA Mobile did... EA Mobile had over a week and they still couldn't get it together...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
Haha no problemo!

I anticipated this issue as well (what if my phone gets wiped) which is why I backed mine up on my PC as well. I have dealt with EA Mobile customer service before, and while they were nice enough to offer me an update (I had paid for NFS Shift for my old phone on the android market, and it doesn't have the play controls, the version they have does), it took over 4 weeks to do it, And then their site wouldn't let me download it, and then they just blew me off.

So when they were handing out free stuff I made sure to make a copy lol.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] neverwinter:
LOL good thinking... so I am not the first, huh? So pretty much...they suck. I don't think I will get any replies from them... there are other companies around...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
Except quality and depth wise their games are far better than their competitors. Their competitors (Gameloft) have better customer service, but generally you don't even need to bother with EA. The games just aren't buggy and just work.