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[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mehdi.moha:
hey guys ,

loco roco has been released for xperia play , how we can bring yufanlu back to this froum ? :(

the ICS is starting with psp games , we need him !

i hope psp games being emulated , not ported , we need most psp games , not just what sony port .

:(
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] psxpetey:
Sony is giving you the choice to stay on gb or go on ICS you dont need yifanlu unless psxperia app is updated more security measures
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] psxpetey:
Ps. PSP GAMES CANNOT BE EMULATED OK THEY CAN NOT BE EMULATED AT ALL they can only be ported by sony if you want to emulate psp you need 2.2ghz processor and 4 or more gigs of ram stop posting about emulation of psp with current technology it cannot be done on phones unless you like to play powerpoint slow games. One reason yifanlu is done with this project is because hes tired of stupid ignorant posts and emails like this
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mehdi.moha:
hey psxpetey ,

take it easy MAN / Girl , first stop to trying double post !
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yifanlu:
If a new version of crash bandicoot is out, someone should email me the apk. Especially the one from the ICS update (does it exist yet?) I'm interested in seeing what changes are put in. No promises though, since I don't have an android phone anymore.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Solar.Plexus:
I just unpacked the Sony ICS Beta system.img. Unfortunately there is no CrashBandicoot.apk. Looks like it'll have to wait for the official release.

yifanlu, I feel like you'll will probably be one of the first to know when the app becomes available.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mehdi.moha:
veeeery good news ! you are still here

we will donate you , you will have xperia play again :D

the final ICS is still in progress , we will update you ASAP .

i hope to have psp games on ICS , then we will send a apk ((from psp game)) for you :D:cool:
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] psxpetey:
Bro you are a birdbrain psp games are ported not emulated they cannot be emu'd on psp google it bud GIVE IT UP I realize ure prolly 12 and not to smart but they cannot be emu'd they are PORTED OK PORTED
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yifanlu:
"donate"? Lol, I still haven't recieved more than half the money promised in the bounty.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mehdi.moha:
i need a help

finally h found the "lucky luke : western forever " , i'va tried to convert it via PSXperia.

everything has been done correctly , the game is running , the touch-pad is works , i have game's music , unfortunately the game's dialog is disabled !:confused:

on game' dialog it doesn't play any sound ! does anybody knows what the problem is ?

any help is appreciated
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Solar.Plexus:
Have you tried enabling software rendering? That's the first thing I try when a game isn't performing.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] psxpetey:
Sw render wont help with sound
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Solar.Plexus:
Ah, I was thinking he meant the actual dialog boxes.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mehdi.moha:
yes , you right , that option couldn't help me . after enable software rendering it close the game by itself !

mybe i have to try another .img file , for example ntsc u version !!

i don't know , i think that is not the reason :confused:
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Lefteris Fragiadakis (Frago):
Guys i just put the 1.0.3 crash bandicoot in the ics beta and i did the following

Install and lunch the apk and it asked me for download i say yes,then when it finished the download it frezze in the refreshin-updating online content,then i closed the app and restart the app and it started fine withoute errors,but the games that i have converter dosent open
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] KaLis27:
I'll start off with what a great tool PSXPeria is but i am having problems with some games which are meant to run.

Im running android 2.3.4 and build 4.0.2.A.0.42 (also not rooted). I still have the 1.0.3 EU version of crash installed and i downloaded the usa version for use in the convertor.

I've managed to convert and play ridge racer, spyro & tekken 3 without any extra problems after using sw.

But when i convert and try other games like tales of destiny 2, final fantasy 9 & wipeout 3 it fails to load past the initial warning screens.

As the roms work in a PC emulator i assume there ok and as i have other games working on the phone i assume the usa crash download was ok as well and i use sw and also try frame skipping and up scaling to no effect.

Do you guys have any idea what it could be?

Do the games need to be a specific region? i know one of the games i've had working is ntsc but im not sure about most of the others.

*edit*

I was a bit hasty when i posted above. I've spent a bit longer troubleshooting and kinda worked out some things to take into account when trying games.

- To use the touchpad/analog you need to change the controller type in the settings menu to type 5 or 6. This will cause either L1/R1 or L2/L2 to be on the screen. The default controller layout is the touchpad as your L2/R2.

- if a rom does not work on the phone (but does on comp) then it could still be the rom, i've re-downloaded the same game from multiple sources and its hit or miss if they work on phone (all did on comp)

- region is not important for me at least. i have 1 EU game working and rest are USA, Spyro was the only EU game i had/could try so this might be a one off.

- SW-Render can be good or bad for the rom., changing it to on before you try the game might not be the best thing. My Spyro plays without SW but then crashes during the load if turned on

- My working Games so far.

- Castlevania - started a game.

- CTR - played couple races, saved & loaded in game.

- Final Fantasy 9 (loaded all 4 discs, played disc 1 till 1st save point and saved and loaded in game with no problems)

- Ridge Racer - raced 1 race no problems.

- Spryo - pratted around a little bit - game crashes at universal logo with SW on.

- Tales of destiny 2 (loaded all 3 discs, played 1st a bit and saved/loaded in game).

- Tekken 3 - works fine with SW on (crashes after fight if off).

Im not going to list the games i've tried and failed with as it could of been due to the rom.

Hopefully this post will help other noobs like me out there who stumble upon this thread.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] psxpetey:
Sw render and uprender are graphics related I dunno what ones are sound related
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yifanlu:
So AT&T made me an offer I couldn't refuse and I got an Xperia play again. (r800at) this time. My opinions on the phone still didn't change, but at least now, I don't have to worry about having lost money on the phone (since I thought I was going to get bounty money to make up for the money I spent). But that's all the the past...

Three questions, very noobish, I know, but I searched and got conflicting information.

1) How do I root my r800at phone? I would prefer bootloader unlock, but that costs money right? Can I use the "zerg rush" exploit. I haven't updated the phone yet.

2) Any changes to crash bandicoot since I was gone? If there's a new version, PM me it.

3) Any cool things/apps that I should know about since I left three months ago? I know about ICS, GTA3, and the keypad hack, and that's about it.

Thanks guys.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Solar.Plexus:
Wow, really good news! Here's some information to get your Xperia Play up to speed:

1.) Yes, you can use the zerg rush: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1312859 . As for the bootloader, unfortunately you need to do it with SETool and Ominus credits. I and many others used Alejandrissimo here for $24 USD: http://unlock-bootloader.com/unlock/

2.) I don't believe there've been any changes to Crash as ICS is still in Beta.

3.) Not much else going on, probably just a couple new ROMs that you could check out in Development.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yifanlu:
So no free bootloader unlock :(

Also, AT&T is not giving any OTA updates. How can I get the latest version?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Solar.Plexus:
Yeah it sucks, but I don't believe Sony's free method works.

And firmware 2.3.3 is here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1589399. I remember reading that you could use an R800a 2.3.4 then add something else to have your R800at work perfectly, but I'm not sure where I read it.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mehdi.moha:
veeeeeeery nice to see you MAN :D

please don't sell your phone again ( so please update the first post :D )

you can fing all roms list here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1624875

edit :

please read this one for bootloader unlocking

good lock
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yifanlu:
I can't do anything until I unlock my bootloader, and I'm not paying money for that. So right now, I'm trying to find a method to unlock it myself. Until I do that, I won't work on this project.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] LG_fuad92:
Sorry for some nobbies question sir. But what model are you using last time?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yifanlu:
R800i

Now, r800at
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] hairdewx:
So if you get enough donations to cover the cost of unlocking you'll start up the PSXPERIA projects again?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yifanlu:
It annoys me when people say stuff like "I'll donate" or "if we donate" since I was promised a big bounty of money a long time ago and didn't even get half of it. But to answer your question, I don't know. I got the phone for another reason, and I might work on psxperia again if I can get proof that Sony updated the emulator.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CloudShepherd:
Even if you don't want to start up PSXPERIA again, welcome back! (Even though you never completely left)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] hairdewx:
Does that other reason involve more development for the Xperia Play? Just wondering...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mehdi.moha:
hey guys

should we ask someone like DOOMLORD to help us on this case ?!

what is your opinion ?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] poo-tang:
My little rant

It annoys me that people can be so tight and rude. Why bring back this thread if not working on it. You could of waited to release your PSXperia tool untill people paid for bounty. You can't put trust into virtual people, that's like on-line dating and you turn up and its Mr T. Sorry that you feel like you was robbed but the people that pledged are most likely gone from this phone since you released it and moved on. Nice work on your tool, nice gimmick but I think most of us (I/ME) can live with FPSE on ICS.

BTW this is my thoughts not starting problems just my opinion. :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mehdi.moha:
but on my opinion , the PSXPERIA is really better than FPSE ... and it could be better if SONY update that
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Thewonderboy:
Yes i could live without PSXperia but currently its the only reason why I havent updated to ICS.

Im not realy into spending 5€ on something that currently can be done for free (and looks official :D )

Plus, so far 4/5 of the games i have tried have worked flawlessly on PSXperia (or almost), i dont have a need for another software
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yifanlu:
I'm not being rude. It's just annoying that people think that money will solve all problems even after I said I don't want that. The reason I used this thread to ask my admitily noobish questions is because this is the only thread that I have bookmarked, and I apologize for that. My problem is that I have a locked bootloader and want to find a way to unlock it, and upon finding out that it was not possible to do so without paying, I've stated that I would first spend time trying to get past this. Now, some guy runs in and asks "if we donate money, will you work on this". That kind of attitude annoys me. Firstly, I treat this as a hobby and don't expect money, but I don't like being promised money "if I do something", which I used the previous thing as an example of this (not in grevence about that). This makes me feel less like I'm doing something as a hobby and more like a job. Second, if he would have offered to pay to unlock my phone, I would have been thankful and not any bit angry. However, it's less of an offer and more of a demand.

So sorry, if I sounded rude or demanding, as I didn't mean to. I just thought the commenter WAS and I just followed the attitude of the conversation.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] poo-tang:
That's Cool. As of yet there is no free way to unlock R800X/at&t i think. You missed out on the free Omnius promo by 3-4 weeks. If your trying to get ICS will have to unlock it somehow. Also this mite be of some help for PSXperia on ICS. I think they have gone around it a different way then updating crash this time. There is a new version of 1 of the permission file's (jar) in system. On one of our Xperia Plays i could back up Crash 2.3.4 TB and restore it and play on ICS beta but the same converted games crashed. Have attached the jar below, it is diff to the 2.3.4 version size and name. :confused: As you wont have the 2.3.4 permissions unless the new Verizon update has them you can find them in my playstation update zip in this thread here to compare. Could be totally wrong but it could help.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] hairdewx:
I was that person. You thought I was rude? Seriously?

You said:

I was going to pay for your bootloader unlock. The twenty-some dollars it costs is worth it to me. However, just like you I wanted to make sure that if I paid for your unlock you would put an effort to continue work on PSXPERIA. I too don't want to just pay for someone's unlock and have them go on their merry way.

So I posed the hypothetical question if you received enough money/donations (which the money I would use to pay for your unlock would be a donation to your paypal) if you would continue.

You responded that you didn't know and that you got the phone for other reasons.

So I took it as a "no" and didn't send you the unlock money.

I took your rude response to me and ignored it. But to say that I was being rude? You have some issues that you don't need to be taking out on me, especially when I am trying to help.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] psxpetey:
What is there to work on it hasnt been updated? Fpse is garbage compared to psxperia. Plus if you pledge to donate then effing donate yifanlu did an awesone job dont see why people are being *****es to him lol
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yifanlu:
Lol, I'm sorry again for taking this topic offtopic. Let's bring it back. So first of all, has anyone found a new version of Crash Bandicoot on ICS? Also, I've heard there's new PSX games found in the PSN store right? That's not in america yet, so can someone PM me one of these new games?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] poo-tang:
I have twisted metal from the ps store can send that. Also have a patched version of PSP game loco roco from japan I know it's most likely a port, but the fact that someone managed to make it all device compatible could be usefully as could have a standered patch in the converter to take out all DRM checks after converting. This would mean it would be future proof and work on any device if the user could get hold of crash. Will pm you when get to my pc.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yifanlu:
So, from the Twisted Metal APK, I got the list of "supported games" from that emulator (which I think should be the latest).

Compare with the list I've found before: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16746986&postcount=584

SCUS_942.28
SCUS_944.25
SLUS_004.02
SCES_003.44
SCUS_949.00
SCUS_941.54
SCES_009.67
SCPS_100.51
SCUS_944.23
slus_005.94
SLUS_014.85
SCUS_943.06
SLUS_001.13
SLUS_001.70
SLUS_005.51
SLPS_012.22
SLUS_000.06
SLUS_004.10
SCUS_942.27
SCES_003.11
SCES_014.92
SCES_014.93
SCES_014.94
SCES_014.95
SCPS_100.81
SCUS_944.67
SCUS_942.40
SCES_019.10
SCES_019.11
SCES_019.12
SCES_019.13
SCES_019.14
SCUS_943.09
SCUS_941.67
SLES_011.56
SCUS_943.08
SCUS_943.58
SCES_009.92
SCES_010.00
SCES_021.46
SCPS_100.93
SCUS_943.01
SCES_000.10
SCES_000.08
SCES_000.03
SCES_020.09
SCES_020.10
SCES_020.11
SCES_020.12
SCES_020.13
SCPS_100.71
SCPS_101.30
SCUS_941.08
SCPS_101.33
SCPS_100.50

It seems that support is added for 10 new games. Now, this hopefully means that the emulator has matured more and not that it was tweaked for those ten games.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] poo-tang:
Hope it helped. If need some other games from ps store will get a load of apks from a mate later. Also can Maybe get a few that were originally on the goo market. If are able to patch the ps store games have an XperiaS, tabletS, arc modded with ps store, and a few Xperia plays some running ICS (beta) to test on as those titles are cross platform compatible. Thanks
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mehdi.moha:
thank you sooooo much , welcome back to your world :D

i hope finally can play parasite eve 1,2 via PSXPERIA
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] MegaBUD:
I would think about you everytime i play a psx game on my xperia play...

Cause i love you... very much...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] psxpetey:
Nice work!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mehdi.moha:
i'm sorry for my stupid question ,does it means that we finally can play metal gear - tekken 3 via psxperia ??!!

what about parasite eve 1.2 ?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] cj360:
Could you send me your framework file for the emulator? I want to look into why games made for psxperia stop working on ics for cdma devices.

Or I may be wrong if its not working on ics for users on both ics/gb.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mehdi.moha:
can't authenticate the licence content !!!!

i face this error , my psxperia worked like charm ,but today it happened .

doese anyone has any solution ?

thank you all
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] psxpetey:
Used to happen to me all the time its because you uninstalled the preinstalledservice.apk
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] LordBattleBeard:
I guess you guys don't have anything to worry about now. Seeing how good 'ol s/fony shot the promise of ICS dead in the water.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mehdi.moha:
thank you yifanlu for you all time support

i hope some day , sony-liar teach how to support and respect customers...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Masters2150:
I haven't been keeping up to date with this thread, and it looks like theres been alot of posts and I'm not getting half of it.

Can someone who knows whats going on give me a rundown of everything?

Like whats happening, is yifanlu going to start working on it again, is he dropping it? Now that ICS is cancelled is any of this even relavent? That kind of thing.

Easier than reading through 20+ pages of posts.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] psxpetey:
Far as I no he hasnt picked up the project since he dropped it....
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Mumups:
Hi Yifan, I've bought quite a few games from the EU PSStore, I bought rayman, kurushi, jumping flash, tekken, driver, medievil, theme hospital (got it before it was removed from store) and syphon filter 3

If you need them or anything you know where I am!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] LordBattleBeard:
Unless Sony reverse their decision to can ICS, its unlikely any games will be required to further development (correct me if im wrong).

Yifan did a great job injecting some life into the Play. It's just a shame that Sony never had the same level of commitment.

Thanks again for the great work Yifan, subscribed to your fb.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] akash77:
hey mumups I hav sent u a pm plz check and reply as a pm
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] LordBattleBeard:
I'd say what with Sony announcing that they will be removing all PS One classics from the PS Store, PSXPeria has become all the more important.

Its a shame the development on this was dropped. There are a couple of areas this almost perfect emulator could be improved:

Support for multi-track isos/games. Many games like rayman and wipeout will only work with the appropriate track information contained within the cue file.

If a way was found to include this information like Sony has done, 100s more games would instantly be supported.

Multi-disc games. This isn't as important and I doubt it possible now, seeing as Sony never did release a multi-disc game. Can't win 'em all.

I bought about 8 of the titles from the PS Store to show my support to Sony, clearly that was a mistake. I'm happy to supply these to any dev if they might help.

Hopefully Yifan returns or an equally talented programmer can continue his work. I would happily donate to support such an effort.

If only I hadn't wasted my time with web languages (js, php) or else I'd give it a shot myself :p
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ozzmanj1:
I used this app to convert Grandia Disc 1 and Disc 2. I just used a random ID for each of the two discs. So in PSpocket it shows Grandia Disc 1, Disc as two seperate games... although I have not gotten to disc 2 yet, so that.....hmmmm time will tell... I have beaten the game just not on the phone yet..
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] LordBattleBeard:
Multi-disc games will work assuming they operate on the basis that it simply reads the memory card data from the first game to the second game. In this scenario, you simply copy the memory card files from the first game to the second game.

Where this doesn't work is when the multi-disc game requires you to insert disc 2 after loading disc 1 ;)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ozzmanj1:
Ah..... gotcha... so my scenario of having both discs as a game, may not work when I hit the end of disc 1 of grandia as it asks to insert disc 2.

dang it..........
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] LordBattleBeard:
That's interesting though. I didn't know Grandia was a multi-disc game.

So I stand corrected, a multi-disc may indeed be available on the PS Store. Until they remove them all, that is.

I wonder if its a multiple install, making use of the "swap disc" menu, or if they just combined the two discs to make one install.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] 216Monster:
Based on what you guys are saying , when I hit the end of ff7 disc one ... im screwed ...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ozzmanj1:
I just checked and for Grandia disc 1 or 2 it does not give me the option to "swap Disc", its greyed out. So it apears that when you hit end of FF7 or Grandia disc 1 we will be screwed......double dang it
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] 216Monster:
Well that brings sorrow to my day! Any luck moving over the saved info into the disc two apks data folders?

Sent from my R800x
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] wielku:
oh my grandia is on 2 discs this would be interesting to see this emu movement
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ~iSamur@i:
Not sure, but on the ps1 emulator for the psp was possible to play games like grandia and ff 7 swapping the save from a disk to another (also was possible to merge the various disk into one disk but it was buggy )
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] 216Monster:
I guess I will continue playing ff7 and swap the save file when I get to disc 2 , its worth a shot!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ozzmanj1:
If you are able to do so please let us know..... would be a lot more amused about playing a dual disc game via our phone if we can swap...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] wielku:
yeah I also will try I'm right now only after don quest but I'm completing it I will definitely write here if this gonna work also this is my another idea "am I being crazy or this will work after completing cd1 I will copy save to fpse changing it into .mcd than come in fpse into cd2 saving and changing save back to psxperia and play cd2 in it?"
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Masters2150:
Ff7 will work with swapping save files. As before it asks you to switch, it asks you to save, and that save file acts as if it were a save on the next disk.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mehdi.moha:
is ther any way to play parasite eve 1,2 on psxperia ?!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mp998:
I have tried once but they both crash I couldnt find a way around it. It does the same thing on fpse.

If for psp you could merge multi disc files why cant we do that now with the xperia play?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ~iSamur@i:
Because the merging is done during the conversion and also is really buggy