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Help with GBA emulation

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willnelli

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Hey everyone! I currently use an iPhone but I USED to use a Droid 2. I have factory reset it and now use Wi-fi as my source of internet usage. My other main usage for this extra phone was to be able to play GBA games on it (specifically Pokemon Emerald :/). I have looked at a lot of emulators (GBC A.D., etc) and none of them work when I try to play a .GBA file on my android. I even used a apk of Gameboid because its not on the market any more. Not even with set bios did the game work.

I'm very confused :/ I used to be able to smoothly run pokemon on my droid but now I cannot find a way to :(

I'm asking if there is anyone out there who knows how to, to please tell me :) I am ok with rooting it as well.
 
First off, beware the piracy talk around here .. Just because something isn't on the Android market anymore, doesn't mean it is free :)

When you launch the emulator, go into SETTINGS and look under GBA BIOS FILE.. There should be a path to a GBA_BIOS.BIN file - and that file should be in the designated location.

If it IS, and there is a file, it is probably a "dummy" bin file that is there to show you were to put a REAL one.

The file contains copyright information from Nintendo - and I'm sure the mods here would nuke this post if I told you were to actually get a working one.

What I will tell you is that MINE works, and that the MD5 checksum of mine is:

a860e8c0b6d573d191e4ec7db1b1e4f6

If you find one that matches this, it will probably work.

I'm not sure how much more I can help you without violating the rules of the forum.
 
In your settings go click that link up to that says "GBA BIOS file". A simple file explorer will open and you need to find the bios file used for GBA. Find it and click it and you should be all ready to go.

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In all honesty, my Gameboid app doesnt have that selection. Perhaps it is an older version? I have also downloaded the BIOS and installed it but it still doesnt work.
 
Well, you're down to a few options here:

1) Your GBA BIOS is zipped, and it doesn't like it.
2) Your GBA BIOS is dummy file and/or corrupted/doesn't work.
3) Your GBA BIOS is in the wrong place.
 
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