How To Get Modern Combat 3 And Other Games To Run
#1
Posted 31 January 2012 - 05:19 PM
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After a lot of trial and error I finally stumbled on a way to get Modern Combat 3 and other Gameloft games that normally tell you that your device is not supported to work. You just gotta use the build.prop to change how your phone is picked up by apps. This uses Droid 3 values, as it seems to have great compatibility.
1. Use the Rom Toolbox build.prop editor, or your preferred way of editing the build.prop to change these values*
ro.product.board=solana
ro.product.device=cdma_solana
ro.product.model=DROID3
ro.product.name=solana_vzw
Reboot
2. Install your game and let it download the extra data, and run at least once. It seems to only do a compatibility check on the first run.
3. Change those entries back to defaults**
ro.product.board=spyder
ro.product.device=cdma_spyder
ro.product.model=DROID RAZR
ro.product.name=spyder_vzw
Reboot
*Found this information at . Credit goes to them, but it seems not all the entries listed there are needed. I didn't include ones that were already the same, and when I opened the build.prop in a text editor I saw a note of warning saying not to edit ro.build.fingerprint, and found out that it is not necessary for this. Figured it's better not to if it's not required.
**Changing these values away from default temporarily breaks my gyroscope. Probably yours too. Rom Toolbox supports having multiple build.prop backups. I recommend having one modded one and one original, so that you can easily swap back and forth when you need it. Possibly breaks other things that I didn't notice or try to use.
So far I have tried this on Modern Combat 3, Asphalt 6, Splinter Cell Conviction, and N.O.V.A. 2. Also installed Dead Space when it was like this, but I don't know if that was necessary. All these games seem to actually be perfectly compatible with our phones, the only thing is getting past the in-app compatibility check.
The only real issue is that I am running out of storage space with all these big games
Only tested on rooted Verizon Droid Razr with stock rom.
UPDATE: dreandroid reported getting into a bootloop on xt910. Only recommend trying on xt912 version, or finding a similar post somewhere out there with the values of a phone that will allow install and are tested to work. Editing system files can be risky business. I am lucky that it only broke my gyroscope. I thought the changes were only superficial and foolishly did not think to research a means of recovery before trying this out, though I have switched back and forth a couple times since and everything has been fine.
Even recklessly trying other things out. If you start to run out of space from all the large games I recommend trying this to switch your /sdcard with /sdcard-ext.
Doubled my space for games Think I may switch my phone's SD and my SupercardDSTWO's SD to quadruple it if more games come out without this hack failing.
They report problems after a while (reboots, problems mounting), but for now I couldn't be happier with this setup, unless I had that Gametel controller or an equivalent... Plus their phone was a different model so who knows what will happen to mine.
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#2
Posted 01 February 2012 - 08:11 AM
Sorry for my bad english
#3
Posted 01 February 2012 - 10:44 AM
#4
Posted 01 February 2012 - 06:25 PM
Used my sister's Bionic to try those values last night and it still broke the gyroscope. Anything but the defaults will do that apparently, but the DROID 3 has good compatibility with games and if you do what I suggested about having the two backups through Rom Toolbox's build.prop editor you can switch back and forth fairly easily.
#5
Posted 03 February 2012 - 03:10 PM
#6
Posted 04 February 2012 - 04:46 PM
If you do have an easy enough way of fixing it, you could try just these:
ro.product.board=solana
ro.product.model=DROID3
Those are the ones that don't mention the cdma. I am not positive all of those entries are necessary, I did not go through testing all the combinations. I already took out one line that other post mentioned and it works fine... may be worth a shot if you want the game bad enough.
I would test but even if it's working on the xt912 it does not necessarily mean it won't bootloop the xt910. Plus I would have to delete my Modern Combat data and re-download it all to do so
#7
Posted 04 February 2012 - 10:54 PM
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#8
Posted 06 February 2012 - 12:30 AM
Truth be told, I probably had more fun finding out how to get it going than playing it. It was a little difficult to find what I needed to do, since the Razr forum sites had nothing on it, and Google thinks "modern combat 3" and "modern warfare 3" are synonymous...
I figured a lot of those Gameloft games didn't need this, but I just did them all in one go. Good to know which ones don't.
#9
Posted 06 February 2012 - 11:55 AM
Regards
Sorry for my bad english
#10
Posted 08 February 2012 - 02:08 AM
#11
Posted 09 February 2012 - 03:39 PM
Sorry for my bad english
#12
Posted 24 February 2012 - 02:38 PM
#13
Posted 24 February 2012 - 02:39 PM
#14
Posted 05 March 2012 - 10:55 AM
Must be rooted to use this method!
All I did was use a root browser to go to the root of your phone and go to system>build.prop>edit
Changed the following.
ro.product.model=Droid RAZR "change that to Nexus S so it reads" ro.product.model=Nexus S
ro.product.manufacturer=motorola "change that to samsung so it reads" ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
reboot. now most gameloft games work Flawlessly on the RAZR. I
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#15
Posted 05 March 2012 - 11:18 AM
Personally I've had issues using the droid 3. But had success with many games using the Nexus S. This method I did not come up with myself but found on XDA forums and can't remember where... but the point is I'm just passing on someone else's great idea.
Must be rooted to use this method!
All I did was use a root browser to go to the root of your phone and go to system>build.prop>edit
Changed the following.
ro.product.model=Droid RAZR "change that to Nexus S so it reads" ro.product.model=Nexus S
ro.product.manufacturer=motorola "change that to samsung so it reads" ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
reboot.
now most gameloft games work Flawlessly on the RAZR.
So for the most part the same as Original Post but changing less. And instead of using the Droid 3 the games see your phone as the nexus s and will install and play.
#16
Posted 11 March 2012 - 09:11 PM
Not trying to step on anyone's toes or anything but this kept making my phone reboot. Below is a method I found on XDA FORUMS that worked. Personally I've had issues using the droid 3. But had success with many games using the Nexus S. This method I did not come up with myself but found on XDA forums and can't remember where... but the point is I'm just passing on someone else's great idea. Must be rooted to use this method! All I did was use a root browser to go to the root of your phone and go to system>build.prop>edit Changed the following. ro.product.model=Droid RAZR "change that to Nexus S so it reads" ro.product.model=Nexus S ro.product.manufacturer=motorola "change that to samsung so it reads" ro.product.manufacturer=samsung reboot. now most gameloft games work Flawlessly on the RAZR. So for the most part the same as Original Post but changing less. And instead of using the Droid 3 the games see your phone as the nexus s and will install and play.
Using the values of Nexus S, certain games still do not show up. Namely Modern Combat 3, Asphalt 6 HD etc.
#17
Posted 12 March 2012 - 04:18 AM
Hey richrard, I got lucky in that I could reflash the rom so was only a little inconvenient, I had a feeling something might happen and should really have checked for a umts milestone 3 build.prop. Thanks though for pointing in the right direction. I might try it again at a later date. Nova 2 from the gameloft wapshop works and Dead Space from market. Does modern combat 3 work/run well on the RAZR? Already have it on my xoom so not I haven't too much of a rush to get it going on it now. Thanks
Hey there, I've tried using the CDMA values on my GSM XT910. It kept rebooting after 2 to 3 minutes after starting up. ( Not stuck in boot).
#18
Posted 16 June 2012 - 09:14 AM
So, i should try this method to get Dead Space to finally install on my RAZR MAXX? Good to know.Hey richrard, I got lucky in that I could reflash the rom so was only a little inconvenient, I had a feeling something might happen and should really have checked for a umts milestone 3 build.prop. Thanks though for pointing in the right direction. I might try it again at a later date. Nova 2 from the gameloft wapshop works and Dead Space from market. Does modern combat 3 work/run well on the RAZR? Already have it on my xoom so not I haven't too much of a rush to get it going on it now. Thanks
#19
Posted 16 June 2012 - 09:17 AM
Is there a device compatibility list for these games anywhere?Using the values of Nexus S, certain games still do not show up. Namely Modern Combat 3, Asphalt 6 HD etc.
#20
Posted 16 June 2012 - 09:25 AM
Havent come on in a while, sorry for the people who had trouble as a result of trying this. It worked for me so I just thought I'd share it.
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