[Guide] - 100% Fully Working! - How to Enable Game Center on iPhone 3G running iOS 4.2.1

Phat$ · 11-30-2010, 08:44 AM

***This is for 4.2.1 ONLY! For 4.1 go here***

What You Need:

*OpenSSH
*WinSCP or Cyberduck (or any other SSH Browser)
*Game Center Pack for 4.2.1 (do NOT use the pack from the 4.1 thread as it will NOT work. That pack is meant solely for 4.1)
*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***

**Make sure iTunes is completely closed! **

1.
Open Cydia and install "GC Patcher - iPhone 3G" - it is available via the BigBoss repo.
This package allows you to enable game detection to your Game Center and also patches some games that have their "own" protection to check if your device is allowed to run Game Center.

In 4.2.1., Apple added their "own" protection to the GameCenter.app so make sure you Downloaded the Patcher first, before copying the GameCenter files.

2.
Using winscp or cyberduck connect to your iPhone and navigate to

Code:

/private/var/stash/Applications.pwn

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.

3.
Navigate to

Code:

/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

4.
Navigate to

Code:

System/Libary/LaunchDeamons/

then drag & drop the "com.apple.gamed.plist" file from the Game Center pack into this directory.

5.
Navigate to

Code:

usr/libexec/

then drag & drop the "gamed" file from the Game Center pack into this directory and set the permission to 0755 (755)

6.
Reboot your device, and youre done.

7.
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 a 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.

8.

9.
Add me on Game Center - Phat$_22

Credit to shani_08 & MrDodi

SourSoap · 12-01-2010, 08:40 PM

thats weird i have a file called Applications.E267uQ and Applications.pwn i put it in both cuz the .pwn wasnt working but other then that all works good thanks

egi · 12-02-2010, 06:18 AM

"could not connect to game center server." what am I missing?

Phat$ · 12-02-2010, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by egi

"could not connect to game center server." what am I missing?

Double check that you set the permissions properly on the "gamed" file.

Fixin2toke · 12-05-2010, 08:09 PM

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Mine Kept crashing after following all but the fine BOLD print on step 2 Lol

. It works great thanks

Ensure permissions are set recursively or app will crash on launch.

caloi · 12-08-2010, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phat$

Double check that you set the permissions properly on the "gamed" file.

how can i set the permissions?...

im using ifunbox...

is it possible?..

thank

Donbreezio · 12-13-2010, 10:48 AM

you have to use winscp or cyberduck to set permissions ifunbox does not have that option

Phat$ · 12-16-2010, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caloi

how can i set the permissions?...

im using ifunbox...

is it possible?..

thank

Did you ever get it to work?

caloi · 12-16-2010, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Did you ever get it to work?

i already get it man...

the only way to set the permission is by using...

winscp or cyberduck...only

i used winscp...and it works great..

add me up

caloi09

thank

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Quote:

you have to use winscp or cyberduck to set permissions ifunbox does not have that option

yeah you right...

thanks for the info...

tezzamate · 12-17-2010, 11:46 PM

I did everything including setting permisions but it just stays on loading

Any help ?

johnnyterrio · 12-19-2010, 05:57 AM

i found that if you have wireless issues with winscp or hate transfering your data over the air you can use a combo of "iphone browser for windows" and "icommander" iphone app in i commander you can change the permissions.

IPhoneFreaky · 12-19-2010, 06:12 AM

For those with wifi issues give ifile a go for setting those permissions

johnnyterrio · 12-19-2010, 06:27 AM

ifile costs money icommander is free

Belpiero10 · 12-19-2010, 08:59 PM

thx your the best.....Game center works great but where is the icon ?

Phat$ · 12-21-2010, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnnyterrio

ifile costs money icommander is free

You can get iFile for free from the sinful repo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Belpiero10

thx your the best.....Game center works great but where is the icon ?

Icon should be there if you followed all the instructions correctly. So GC is working but with no icon? How were you able to log in to GC?

michael880308 · 01-04-2011, 06:41 AM

Hey guys
I've followed all the steps and I have GC icon on the spring board, but when I click on it, the main console showed up for a second and disappears!
Does anyone how to solve this problem
Thanks

michael880308 · 01-04-2011, 07:58 AM

Hi all
Well I can start the GC now, it seems like I forgot to set the premissions recursively!
But there are no games in the GC and when I click "Find", the spring board crashed!
I can still play online through seperated games
any ideas?

diMip · 01-11-2011, 07:57 PM

Hi everyone, i have an Iphone 3G with firmware 4.2.1, and I have tried to set the permisions but keeps crashing on the start, dont know why, I have tried to set the permisions over and over again but keeps crashing, what should i do?

Phat$ · 01-17-2011, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diMip

Hi everyone, i have an Iphone 3G with firmware 4.2.1, and I have tried to set the permisions but keeps crashing on the start, dont know why, I have tried to set the permisions over and over again but keeps crashing, what should i do?

Double check that you are setting the permissions recursively. That is likely the problem.

xlauracx · 01-18-2011, 05:13 AM

Thanx, GC- xbiggarx
EDIT
Game center.
everything not working again. after i tried to detect the zombie farm game. i've tried doing it all over again, but i'm back to the signing in error. one thing i've noticed is tho, that when doing this part
2.
Using winscp or cyberduck connect to your iPhone and navigate to
Code:
/private/var/stash/Applications.pwn
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.
it doesnt keep them set recursively i've done it over n over but wont keep it set!