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Ps3 to force firmware update to play some new games!

http://tinyurl.com/37s3uhh
I mentioned this when the first hacks started coming out that were restricted to the firmware.it looks like sony is going to be forcinggamers to update their firmware to play at least 1 new game and probably will on more. The psfreedom/psgroove days may not last long.
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Without be reading anything extra, doesn't the PS3 already make you update to a new FW w/ new games or playing online? I think it's some new PSP game that's going to make you update your PSP FW....right?

omegasun18 said:
http://tinyurl.com/37s3uhh
I mentioned this when the first hacks started coming out that were restricted to the firmware.it looks like sony is going to be forcinggamers to update their firmware to play at least 1 new game and probably will on more. The psfreedom/psgroove days may not last long.
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MOH game will force you to update and so will the new Gran Turismo and im sure more are coming too

Yes your right about Sony forcing updates with new games. But that will not stop psgroove / freedom. This is just the beginning. They are working on cfw. It also won't be long until something like wiiscrub comes along and rids of the update partition. Or they find a way to patch the game. Best case scenario stay away from new games until they figure out the kinks.
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Anyhow - why is this in with the evo stuff?

agreed. why is this in the evo forum? there is a playstation forum for this.
its sad that this site used to be the Holy Grail for development now its just gone down hill with all of this off topic banter.
and yes i know my post adds to the off topic however it needs to be said... this is my only comment on this though....
where are the mods?

We need a xbox thread too

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Anyhow - why is this in with the evo stuff?
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At least its in the general section?
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It fits in the evo forum because u can use the evo to jailbreak your ps3. Probly should just be in the Android forum tho cuz u can use a lot of android phones for it. But that's y when u hack a console its good to keep a 2nd cheaper model to play online and for situations like this. But I guarantee that there will be a workaround for the update.

it's not even like this is new news. There have already been some games that required the first 3.42 update. Here you are worrying about 3.50? lol

The reason i posted it here is because as mentioned 1) you can use the EVO to apply the PSgroove/psfreedom hack and many on this forum DO.Could i have posted it in general Addroid sure i could have however not all android phones can be used so i guess under troll reasoning it shouldnt be posted there either and 2) "A. general is for general information. you have something to share? post it there." The purpose of a general forum is to allow you to post "general" information. As this is General Information and does actually apply to some evo owners i will ignore the people not intelligent enough to get it. I am all for people posting in the right sections however in this case the trolls need to get over it.
Now back on topic It took 4 years to get a working hack for PS3 and they still havent gotten around the new firmware. while it may be possible that they can work around other aspects to get these new games running ... there isnt much of a track record thus why i used the word MAY. I wouldn't hold my breath on everything working out at least quickly and in that case how many people are going to wait around for months to pick up a new game especially some of the highly anticipated ones (gt 5, MOH, rumored COD and assasins creed).
The big difference with this new plan is it doesn't just require you to update to play online, It requires you to update to play period and that the update is actually built into the disk (versus being online which is currently used for updates and can currently be circumvented.) This is not how updates are currently handled and it is going to start showing up on games coming out in the very near future.

Yeah its been done before, not with all the games but I expect this to be more common now with the jailbreaking.
Heard the new MoH isn't that good though. Anyone play it?
SWYPED from my SUPASONIC

Sorry, but this thread has nothing to do with the EVO, Android, or even mobile phones, so I will place it in Off Topic.

i wanna jailbreak but i havent got a desire or anything.
anyone do it for xdaII or lg gt540?

I wanted to do it for emulators, but decided modern warfare 2 was just to fun to give up online.
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[Q] Games for WiFi P1010

So, got the the Galaxy Tab Wifi as my first Android experience, and I can't say I'm impressed. Performance issues aside, I can't find many games to work for my US P1010. Specifically I can't seem to find how to load quality titles, specifically games from EA or Gameloft, which require you to have a mobile number to get the download. I tried getting EA Games like NFS Shift from the market, but it doesn't even give me the option to install.
So fair I just have all the emulators, and Air Attack HD as games I play. I desperate need more. Any advice?

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So, got the the Galaxy Tab Wifi as my first Android experience, and I can't say I'm impressed. Performance issues aside, I can't find many games to work for my US P1010. Specifically I can't seem to find how to load quality titles, specifically games from EA or Gameloft, which require you to have a mobile number to get the download. I tried getting EA Games like NFS Shift from the market, but it doesn't even give me the option to install.
So fair I just have all the emulators, and Air Attack HD as games I play. I desperate need more. Any advice?
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Yeah get the GSM model

I've had the opposite gaming experience. But I'm not a hardcore gamer to begin with and I'm used to EA blocking all games from my VZW device anyway so I have no desire to do business with them.

Just get them from non "official" sources if you want them that much and cant get them

You dont need a mobile number to download gameloft games, see my guide, but i have no idea which ones will work for you

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Just get them from non "official" sources if you want them that much and cant get them
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I felt guilty, but I pretty much had to do ^this^. If I can't figure out how to give them my money, I can certainly figure out how to google.

adamjayreid said:
I felt guilty, but I pretty much had to do ^this^. If I can't figure out how to give them my money, I can certainly figure out how to google.
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Tisk tisk
swyped from a galaxy far far away...

please join here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20195414#post20195414

after using the GS2 for few days,, i am back to O2X

So yeah. title says it all. i got my hands on O2X and i kept it. but i also found a used SGS2 and i decided to keep it. try them both. and sell the one that i dont like. and i decided to sell the SGS2 . which i did and made a 100$ profit. but to that later.
the build quality :
without a question. the O2X had a much solid feel in your hand. heavier. felt like an expensive phone. the SGS2 is very light,. all platicy it feels like a toy not an expensive phone
Screen :
i loved them both. the super amoled plus is stunning. a joy to watch movies in it. the 4.3 is abit big for my taste. so it made the phone bigger. on the other hand i love the IPS display on the O2X. kinda remind me of the iphone 4 one. which is a good thing. both screens had good response. both screens had problems. banding/ grid pattern on low brightnesss with dark gray backfround on SGS2 and light leakege on top of the screen from both sides on my O2X.
Software/ Hardware :
this was the deal breaker for me. the SGS2 is super smooth. but thats as far as it goes. 60% of the good high end games cant be played on SGS2. and they need a software update. the Mali 400/ Oxynos whatever its called doesnt support the same format structure and texture all the other phones do " Nexus S, Galaxy S, Adrinao 205 whatever " so i found my self most of the new Gameloft games doesnt work at all.
they need a software update. and whatever this happens or not, its up to developers. hell even games like run ninja doesnt run very smooth.
Emulators. the N64, the PSX emulators. all run better on Tegra 2. not much of difference. but you can see the difference easly.
the GPU " as of now " lacks alot in the SGS2.
plus. i really love what Nvidia is doing with Tegra zone games. to get those awesome looking games is something very nice. with the SGS2, i found my self playing SGS1 games. that if they were able to run in the first place.
please note. i am not saying the SGS 2 is bad device. i am saying that as of now, the Tegra 2 devices are better " read : Atrix/ O2X "
and i think i will skip the SGS2 till they release the Tegra 2 SGS2. then i will consider switching.
but if you are a gamer like me, dont even think of doing it.

Not possible, the SGS2 is the best phone in the world and touched by the hand of God.
All those games that won't load up are just scared because of the awesome speed of mali.
tegra 2, wtf is that, that's ancient technology, good for a table coaster.

KingKuba13 said:
Not possible, the SGS2 is the best phone in the world and touched by the hand of God.
All those games that won't load up are just scared because of the awesome speed of mali.
tegra 2, wtf is that, that's ancient technology, good for a table coaster.
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Lmao

Good to hear, because I cancelled my GS2 pre-order and ordered the O2X instead.
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O2X, best phone I've ever had, tegra games r great and the 1080p out put-tv is great 5*****
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im sure my viewpoint would be the same as the OP if my O2X actually worked. The phone was nice but I cant be proud of a phone that randomly decides when it wants to reboot or freeze. I really had high hopes for the O2X and may consider switching back if LG gets off its butt and addresses/fixes the problems.
For the money that either phone costs they should just work.

smokie700 said:
im sure my viewpoint would be the same as the OP if my O2X actually worked. The phone was nice but I cant be proud of a phone that randomly decides when it wants to reboot or freeze. I really had high hopes for the O2X and may consider switching back if LG gets off its butt and addresses/fixes the problems.
For the money that either phone costs they should just work.
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i have lg2x for about 2-3 weeks and mine never rebooted even once!!!maybe you are unlucky about reboots..i had iphone 4 and i had all the times reboot..maybe 15-20 reboots per day!now i dont have even one reboot with lg2x!my opinion is to give to the repair service of LG and tell them to replace it with a new one!
as for the sgs2 i had it for 2 days and hmmm...lg2x gaming and web browsing is faster than sgs2...!!that is enough for me and guess what??
LG2X has still 2.2.2 stock rom and 1 ghz
SGS2 has 2.3.3 1.2ghz
wait for the official gingerbread for lg2x and see the smoothness and speed!
nuff said..!

thing is Im in afghanistan and cant afford to take another chance that LG will repaor the phone. Im sure you have seen the threads of the wide spread issues with the O2X. I think maybe you are the lucky one to have a phone with no reboots/freezes as it seems the majority have problems with the O2X.
I did like the phone a lot but because of my location and the how long the shipping time is from the US to the military bases here. I just cant take a gamble. In my mind a 600.00 phone should work the first time.

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thing is Im in afghanistan and cant afford to take another chance that LG will repaor the phone. Im sure you have seen the threads of the wide spread issues with the O2X. I think maybe you are the lucky one to have a phone with no reboots/freezes as it seems the majority have problems with the O2X.
I did like the phone a lot but because of my location and the how long the shipping time is from the US to the military bases here. I just cant take a gamble. In my mind a 600.00 phone should work the first time.
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thats not the matter..i just didnt flashed over new rom over the lgs OTA..
i had v10a and i didnt updated it to v10b..thats why i am fine!a friend of mine did that and he has random reboots..!now i use all the custom roms especially gilgamesh and not even one reboot so far..!!too bad that you are in afganistan..i know about the situation there my friend!i hope you good luck and be patiend because lg took care of fixing the random reboots and it should be fine with lg2x official gingerbread release ..!

I'm in love with my o2x also, without backlight bleeding and more ram it would be perfect. Also a different cover on the back would be nice.
Also i must say i had no reboots and freezes. But the screen has some response issues sometimes.
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Triage1 said:
I'm in love with my o2x also, without backlight bleeding and more ram it would be perfect. Also a different cover on the back would be nice.
Also i must say i had no reboots and freezes. But the screen has some response issues sometimes.
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For more RAM, there is a kernel that frees up 64mb so you will have around 430, not 360 or so. It's still in development, dev made some errors and he will fix them today (probably).

I used Samsung before and i don't really like their support because they launch the phone then leave you to die, so now i am using LG2x and i like their support so far, besides, the tegra chip is damn nice for games.
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smokie700 said:
thing is Im in afghanistan and cant afford to take another chance that LG will repaor the phone. Im sure you have seen the threads of the wide spread issues with the O2X. I think maybe you are the lucky one to have a phone with no reboots/freezes as it seems the majority have problems with the O2X.
I did like the phone a lot but because of my location and the how long the shipping time is from the US to the military bases here. I just cant take a gamble. In my mind a 600.00 phone should work the first time.
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Triage1 said:
I'm in love with my o2x also, without backlight bleeding and more ram it would be perfect. Also a different cover on the back would be nice.
Also i must say i had no reboots and freezes. But the screen has some response issues sometimes.
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i have the exact issue with the backlight bleeding but i am living with it. i figured if i decided to keep the phone for very long time, i can just order a screen. it costs like 50$ for the OEM version too. which is not expensive.

I just can't understand, that the SGS2 is such a mega-hype. I ever thought, that android users are more reasonable than apple fans.

I also tried out the sgs2 but went from that to this. ;-)
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Yeah vote 4 O2x have it about a month...awesome
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Koetermann said:
I just can't understand, that the SGS2 is such a mega-hype. I ever thought, that android users are more reasonable than apple fans.
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there is a diffrence between android users..
u got the ones who come here and you got the ones who dont even know what rooting is or what a rom is.
the last part is the group that buys a SGSII

Triage1 said:
..and more ram it would be perfect. Also a different cover on the back would be nice...
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n3n00 said:
For more RAM, there is a kernel that frees up 64mb so you will have around 430, not 360 or so. ..
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...funny thing is, nobody needs more RAM now, but everybody likes to have more

This time LG build a nice phone in good quality and bug fix patch is released quickly.
I like my phone and GS2 can not draw my attention unless the processor is changed to Tergra 2
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http://android.modaco.com/content/s...-com/339339/how-is-the-sgs2-compared-to-lg2x/
Topic about the 2x and the sgs2. It's of course in the sgs2 section
I still love my 2x, got no problems with it. LG is also working on the updates and gingerbread is also coming(hope the fix for people that got reboot problems really works). CM and Paul are also doing a great job, i still believe this phone rocks

[Q] gta 3 issue

gta 3 just came out for android n ios....got the cracked app as well as the sd data for captivate form sinfulandroid....cracked by market militia
i've followed the instructions given in the forum at sinfulandroid to bypass the download request loop..but m still gettin a black screen on my captivate(a white flash comes up at a certain interval)
has anyone got gta 3 to work on their captivate..??if yes..could you please help here..!!
btw...m running cyanogenmod 7.1 android 2.3.7..!!overclocked to 1.3ghz..

Don't ask about bootleg games. Its 5 dollars in the market. Buy it or figure it out yourself
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SGS/powervr version is not released yet.

r34king said:
Don't ask about bootleg games. Its 5 dollars in the market. Buy it or figure it out yourself
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Yes it is wrong to pirate apps/games/etc etc, but you can't buy it in the market you get the message that our phone is unsupported which would also explain why his version doesn't work lol.

ashish.mlr.123 said:
gta 3 just came out for android n ios....got the cracked app as well as the sd data for captivate form sinfulandroid....cracked by market militia
i've followed the instructions given in the forum at sinfulandroid to bypass the download request loop..but m still gettin a black screen on my captivate(a white flash comes up at a certain interval)
has anyone got gta 3 to work on their captivate..??if yes..could you please help here..!!
btw...m running cyanogenmod 7.1 android 2.3.7..!!overclocked to 1.3ghz..
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I've had success with using chainfire3D with the powervr plugin. I selected unroll textures and reduce texture size. App runs flawlessly. Just an FYI, i'm on miui OC'ed to 1.4

i was able to download it from the market on my captivate running Onecosmics ICS rc1works ok bit buggy

Hello !
I downloaded GTA III v1.2. I'm deleted audio dir. and it works good without OC. It has indiscernible laggs. I have cm 7.1 too

r34king said:
Don't ask about bootleg games. Its 5 dollars in the market. Buy it or figure it out yourself
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Well, I personally was able to buy GTA3 from the online market under a different ROM i must of used back in the day. Presently under Saurom ROM and Talon kernel. I cant download my purchase at all, so how wrong would it be for someone in my position to use this version mentioned? I would not feel bad and will not feel bad if I can get this version working on my set-up. 9mm runs decent enough.
just my two cents.

I got it working on Mosaic9 with Semaphore kernel using chainfire3. Runs almost flawless cept minor hangups

Question.

Hello guys
I wonder why some apps are not compatible with my i9000
example real racing 3, you only need 2.3 or higher in facts i9000 has 2.3.6
so why i cant play this game?
there are thousand more i can't play but my android is still higher than its required.
:/
thanks in advance.

Some apps including real racing 3 are marked as not compatible for some phones , not because of the android version , but because the developers consider that those apps won't work well or won't work at all on some phones. Real racing 3 if you get the apk from somewhere else, works fine for most of the time with very rare lags for a second or two on i9000. I've requested on Google Play that I would like EA to add i9000 for that game as a compatible device but still no respond
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Really interestign that some apps, still work on i9000 but not marked as compatible in google play ...
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Some apps including real racing 3 are marked as not compatible for some phones , not because of the android version , but because the developers consider that those apps won't work well or won't work at all on some phones. Real racing 3 if you get the apk from somewhere else, works fine for most of the time with very rare lags for a second or two on i9000. I've requested on Google Play that I would like EA to add i9000 for that game as a compatible device but still no respond
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Really interestign that some apps, still work on i9000 but not marked as compatible in google play ...
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I totally agree and I hate the fact that the devs refuse to add devices that have proof with video on YouTube that the app works great on a device and they should add it as compatible. But we can't do anything if they ignore that and we have to live with it and get the apk from some other source.
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idCyber said:
I totally agree and I hate the fact that the devs refuse to add devices that have proof with video on YouTube that the app works great on a device and they should add it as compatible. But we can't do anything if they ignore that and we have to live with it and get the apk from some other source.
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Sometimes its because developers also limit availability based on specs - Firefox browser (a bit of a moot point because it works on almost every device) and PvZ 2 are examples of this - some devices don't have access to these apps because the developers believe that in terms of a general viewpoint, these devices won't be able to run it.
So even though Real Racing 3 does apparently work almost flawlessly on the S, its partly beacuse the game devs think that the S doesn't have the specs to run it.
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Soryuu said:
Sometimes its because developers also limit availability based on specs - Firefox browser (a bit of a moot point because it works on almost every device) and PvZ 2 are examples of this - some devices don't have access to these apps because the developers believe that in terms of a general viewpoint, these devices won't be able to run it.
So even though Real Racing 3 does apparently work almost flawlessly on the S, its partly beacuse the game devs think that the S doesn't have the specs to run it.
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I've said the same thing.

I understand what you say, but i can`T understand it ...but as you said, we have to live with it ...
MAybe it is all for the way to sell many new devices and make money ...i don`t know
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I totally agree and I hate the fact that the devs refuse to add devices that have proof with video on YouTube that the app works great on a device and they should add it as compatible. But we can't do anything if they ignore that and we have to live with it and get the apk from some other source.
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