Help preinstalled games not showing on new R800i

[Arkza]

Hey guys. After searching google and this forum flat for an answer, my problem appears to be rather unique.

I got my Xperia play bout 2 months ago and found the advertised game, crash bandicoot, wasn't listed in the playstation pocket app. I searched android market for it and it wasn't there, so I just dismissed it and carried on with life.

Earlier on today I was going through my SD card looking for things to delete to free up some space and came across a file in excess of 500MB titled NCEA00344.zpak in the playstation pocket app's content folder and this ignited my curiosity again.

Is this possibly the program file for crash and the app is just not listing it? If this is the case, any ideas on how to get the app to show the game so I can play it?

Thanks in advance

 

[Arkza]

I believe I found the cause of my problem. I checked out root explorer and scanned through the directories. I discovered that my system/app directory does not contain that com.Sony.PlayStation.whatever.apk file. I gather that this is needed for it to work. can anybody point me in a direction of finding it online somewhere or could somebody upload it somewhere?

 

[paxchristos]

I believe I found the cause of my problem. I checked out root explorer and scanned through the directories. I discovered that my system/app directory does not contain that com.Sony.PlayStation.whatever.apk file. I gather that this is needed for it to work. can anybody point me in a direction of finding it online somewhere or could somebody upload it somewhere?

Check xda for a system dump

 

[Arkza]

That would involve flashing, yes? Before I go through with that whole ball-ache procedure, could somebody shed some light on if I'm right or wrong with what I think is going on? I see there are people here who convert iso's to play so im pretty sure someone here has a firm understanding of what the file on my memory cards is and what that com.Sony.something I'm missing is. Sorry I know I'm being a noob here

 

[Arkza]

Alright, I managed to resolve the problem. Looks like I was correct with the missing file. Another mate who owns a R800i as well. He forwarded it to me, I installed it and now its running.