[Guide] - 100% Fully Working - How to Enable Game Center on iPhone 3G running iOS 4.1

Phat$ · 09-23-2010, 08:32 AM

What You Need:

OpenSSH
WinSCP or Cyberduck (or any other SSH Browser)
Updated GameCenter Pack
Mobile Substrate on your iPhone (available via Cydia, pretty much everyone has, or should have, this installed already)

Settings for Cyberduck & WinSCP

Cyberduck

* Server: The IP address of your iPhone. Settings –> Wi-Fi –> “Your Network Name”
* Username: root
* Password: alpine (or whatever your password is if you changed it)
* Protocol: SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)

WinSCP

* Hostname: The IP address of your iPhone. Setting –> Wi-Fi –> “Your Network Name”
* User name: root
* Password: alpine (or whatever your password is if you changed it)
* Protocol: SCP

** Getting Started**

1.
After connecting to your iPhone, Navigate to /private/var/stash/Applications and copy the "Game Center~iphone.app" folder (from the Game Center Pack) to this path.
After that, right click on the folder and set permissions to 0755 ( 755 ). Ensure permissions are set recursively or app will crash on launch.

2.
Navigate to /system/libary/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/
Now you have to choose between different N82AP.plist 's.

Choose the one you like (from the Game Center pack) and replace it with the one on the iPhone.

Your options are:

Game Center only
Multi-tasking + GC
Wallpaper + GC
Muti-tasking + Wallpaper + GC

3.
Navigate to the System/Libary/LaunchDeamons/ then drag & drop the "com.apple.gamed.plist" file from the Game Center pack into this directory.

4.
Navigate to usr/libexec/ then drag & drop the "gamed" file from the Game Center pack into this directory and set the permission to 0755 (755)

5a.
If you already used the old method: remove the old dyld_shared_cache_armv6 file from the /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.dyld folder with the original one (you made a back up, right? If not, don't worry, I got you - dyld_shared_cache_armv6.rar)

Dont forget to reboot your device.

5b. If you're a "new" user and havent used the old method, or if you just removed the old one and replaced it with the original one then go to the next step.

6.
Open Cydia and install "GC Patcher - iPhone 3G" - it is available via the BigBoss repo. You dont need to delete the existing dylib/plist or txt file if you used the manual method, it will overwrite for you. This pacakge allows you to enable game detection to your GameCenter and also Patches some games that got their "own" protection to check if your device is allowed to run GameCenter. No more having to add text files.

7.
Reboot your device.

8.
Start your GameCenter app and then any GameCenter compatible game
You will then receive a welcome from GameCenter and after closing the Game, it should now show up in Game Center

Now most games should work without any additional steps, but some won't. For those that don't Such as Fruit Ninja, Touchgrind, Cro-Mag Rally, Saving Private Sheep, Labyrinth 2, Real Racing etc, (these are games that check the iphone model number and disables the game center) Just go to settings---> GC Patcher and set the toggle to On. You dont need to respring after doing this. As a rule of thumb, always try the game with the toggle off first, if it doesn't work then try with toggle on.
There are very few games which might crash with the toggle on, but don't see game center with the toggle off, for those games, there is no solution at the moment.

9.

10.
Add me on Game Center - Phat$_22

Credit to shani_08 & MrDodi

snejk7 · 09-23-2010, 09:20 AM

I dont have my games on game tab, everything else working great... Somebody have this issue ?

Alverdine · 09-23-2010, 09:24 AM

same here all works but the games do not show up in the tab. mabey cause its just been ported idk

mbze430 · 09-23-2010, 09:55 AM

my Game Center Icon is WHITE... any fix for that??

willy1560 · 09-23-2010, 10:12 AM

I believe in step 5 where is says "Set the permission to 775" I think it should be 755.

http://www.coveringweb.com/2010/09/i...iphone-3g.html

mbze430 · 09-23-2010, 10:36 AM

ok after installing an itune APP the icon came back.. however like everyone else... no games in the Games Tab... I only have Angry Bird and Flight Control... which is supposed to be a Game Center compatible title

Phat$ · 09-23-2010, 11:18 AM

First make sure the game is game center compatabile and make sure you have the most up to date version. Open the game first and then check game center. If that does not work, try to remove and reinstall the game.

snejk7 · 09-23-2010, 11:42 AM

@ phat$
u have game center and u see games on game tab ?

Concernednative · 09-23-2010, 06:25 PM

So whats the fix for the blank icon?

vnguyen972 · 09-23-2010, 11:01 PM

Crash on Launch... and white icon... what's going on?

Phat$ · 09-24-2010, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Concernednative

So whats the fix for the blank icon?

Try renaming icon.png to Icon.png, capitals count.

Quote:

Originally Posted by snejk7

@ phat$
u have game center and u see games on game tab ?

Have not updated to 4.1 yet, will probably give it a try this weekend.

Quote:

Originally Posted by vnguyen972

Crash on Launch... and white icon... what's going on?

Make sure you set permissions recursively

Then reboot and it should work.

vnguyen972 · 09-24-2010, 11:10 AM

My icon suddenly turns from all white into proper icon... not sure what happened... but I did reboot a few times after that for something else... still crashes on launch though... I will check the permissions when I get home

schybiorz · 09-24-2010, 12:38 PM

it's working, but i also have the white icon.

is there a way how to get several games in it?

YugoSwede · 09-24-2010, 12:58 PM

very nice

Phat$ · 09-24-2010, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schybiorz

it's working, but i also have the white icon.

try installing another app, that may fix it.

Also, just noticed that modmyi has a package in cydia called HDR/Gamce Center Enabler. Description below.

Quote:

ONLY WORKS ON iOS 4.1! Enables HDR images in the camera app for the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3Gs and GameCenter for the iPhone 3G via WinterBoard.

Would try it out but I am not on 4.1 yet.

vnguyen972 · 09-25-2010, 12:06 AM

I tried it without removing the manual method on post #1 and still couldn't get it to work
Still crash on launch...

Kabooka · 09-25-2010, 04:25 AM

Doesnt crash on me but the Icon is white & there are no games in the games Tab. trying out a few different approaches, lets see what happens

---------- EDIT ----------

tried different approaches, but it didnt work. So out into the bin it goes.

Crystalmyst · 09-25-2010, 06:25 AM

The white icon goes away after a respring. Seriously people, shouldn't this be the first thing you try? A respring, then a reboot, then a google, then a check through the app, then a reinstall, the redownload and reinstall, THEN complain

Although I've tried a few things about fixing the missing games on the games tab so far, still got a few things to try, but I'd also like to hear if anyone's got something concrete that works.

~Tim

kingmoe738 · 09-25-2010, 07:31 AM

Add me on Gamecenter my username is kingmoe738

vnguyen972 · 09-25-2010, 08:29 AM

got it to work... yay! it's the permission... when I got home from work I make sure the Application folder has 0755 permission set "recursively" <<-- key word... and things are well.. I can launch it now without crashing... now, on to how to get games showed up