Are you tired of trying to use a repo/source to add the gba bios? The majority of the repos out there that have the gba bios don’t work and you will continue to see the dreaded “Sorry, but ipSP requires a Gameboy Advance” message. For those of you still continue to see this message, today is the last day for that! Thanks to user Steven over at the Lonman06 forums for pointing this out and the guys at iROM for this repo.
The repo I am going to list below installs the gpSPhone with the bios, so there is no need for you to manually add it and worry that it is a non-working bios.
Before you add this repo and install the gpSPhone, I just want to remind you of a few things.
1. Make sure that you uninstall any previous version of gpSPhone before installing this version.
2. This repo is for 1.1.3 and 1.1.4 only.
3. Downloading ROMs that you don’t own is illegal, please read my disclaimer at the top of the page.
4. If you have any questions or comments head over to the forums and post them there. You must register before you can see any posts.
Without further ado, the repo to add the gpSPhone with the gba bios is: http://iromrepo.com/repo/delta/repobeta.xml
Once you add it and your sources have refreshed, go back and look for “iRoms” in your catergory list.
Now install the “gpSPhone w/ bios”.
You are now done, you should have a working gba bios and gpSPhone ready to play GBA ROMs!
May 05, 2008 @ 17:38:14
Yesssss about time one that works
10/10
May 05, 2008 @ 21:25:01
thiss will get rid of so many threads in the forums
May 06, 2008 @ 02:00:28
Good
May 06, 2008 @ 13:44:02
how do i get games onto this?
i have gsiphone, but how do i get the games?
May 07, 2008 @ 02:20:28
this fucking shit doesnt save
May 07, 2008 @ 05:06:54
Anonymous, do you have write access to the folder where the ROMs are stored? Emulators like this one store save information into a file with the name of the ROM and the extension “*.sav”. If you don’t have write-access in the folder where the ROMs are held, those files can’t be created.
I had a similar problem for downloading the GBA bios (I did everything by hand w/ the sendspace method). A way to give yourself write access would be to install OpenSSH and BSD subsystem from Installer and then use an SSH client (PuTTY worked for me), and then find the folder where the ROMs are held. After you find where they’re being held, then try this…
su
# root password for 1.1.4 is alpine, not sure about any earlier versions of the firmware
chmod 777
That should help you out. (I hope)
Oh, and one more thing. If you install a terminal application for the iPod Touch / iPhone, then you don’t even need to install OpenSSH; you can simply run the commands in the terminal. I don’t really like using one of the terminal applications, though, as I can’t stand typing on them.
May 07, 2008 @ 05:09:30
Ack! I forgot to finish the command…
su
chmod 777
May 07, 2008 @ 05:10:22
Oh, it cuts off whatever I have in brackets. Let me try this one more time. Sorry about the triple post…
su
chmod 777 folder_name
May 11, 2008 @ 17:52:57
WOOOHOO
May 11, 2008 @ 23:10:29
What actually are the bios
May 12, 2008 @ 00:25:26
you are my hero!
after 5 tries and four different sites, this was the only one that actually worked without a hinch. ty very much
May 12, 2008 @ 15:33:38
can anyone help me with this?? my cat takes a crap nex to the litter box all the time and he never craps in it?? why does he do that! it pisses me off!! his name is EMO if that helps… thanks!
May 12, 2008 @ 19:13:48
DUDE YOU ARE FUCKING AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!
I tried like a gazillion different sites and ways to do this but this way is the craziest shit ever!!!
And you with the cat.. you are extremely creepy
May 12, 2008 @ 19:21:36
yo when I go to GPSPHONE after I download roms and bios it says it does’nt have any roms and to pload them to var/mobile/media/roms/gba
I don’t know what to do
May 12, 2008 @ 19:22:15
AHHHHHHHHHHHH
May 14, 2008 @ 01:39:13
after i have got the source, hwere do you look for iroms? or is it that iroms repiratory thing?
May 14, 2008 @ 09:55:33
help me pls
mathias_deloore@hotmail.com
May 16, 2008 @ 22:16:20
not working…
May 17, 2008 @ 10:36:22
i can’t save the game file, i click save but nothing happens somebody plz help
May 17, 2008 @ 17:21:33
ok so i don not see iroms in the category section but i do see irom gba repository…
i do not see the gpsphone with bios…
any help?????
May 18, 2008 @ 05:22:06
I am having trouble uninstalling the gps4iphone and genesis and gameboy emulators I get the “package download failed” message. It might have something to do with me getting the package download failed message when trying to reinstall Bsd subsystem.
May 21, 2008 @ 00:04:02
holy shit this is possibly the best thing to ever happen for this entire ipod hacking era. i puttin you on my heros on myspace. jk but seriously this is the shit!!!!! ty
May 21, 2008 @ 21:00:22
i dnt see the gps w/bios thing? dammit.
May 21, 2008 @ 21:00:51
i dnt see the gps w/ bios! dammit
May 21, 2008 @ 21:01:47
oh never mind! i refreshed the sources! thanx!
May 22, 2008 @ 19:59:05
i went to download gpsphone w/ bios and the package failed.
i previously got it but i had to restore my ipod.
are there any more sources?
May 22, 2008 @ 20:07:07
please someone help
May 22, 2008 @ 21:35:11
I accidently uninstalled the irom repository thing and i couldn’t find it to install it again.
please help!!
May 22, 2008 @ 21:36:26
I accidently uninstalled the irom repository thing and i couldn’t find it to install it again. How get that back.
please help!!
May 22, 2008 @ 21:37:14
I accidently uninstalled the irom repository thing and i couldn’t find it to install it again. How do i get that back.
please help!!
May 23, 2008 @ 20:22:56
I can´t save!!! what do I do?
May 24, 2008 @ 01:22:36
I’m very new to installer.app–I’ve only started using it today. I was able to add the link as a source, and it is listed under sources. However, it doesn’t show up under my list of categories. What am I doing wrong? I would really appreciate your advice.
May 24, 2008 @ 19:49:52
YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!! I POSTED THIS WAAAAAAYYYY BEFORE STEVEN AT SOURCES REPO ISHARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SHOULD GET THE CREDIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 25, 2008 @ 00:28:45
my ipod wont delete my previous GBA program,and when i try 2 download this one it says MANUSCRIPT error or somethin,what do i do
May 25, 2008 @ 00:45:22
IT SAYS MAIN SCRIPT EXECUTION FAILED WHAT DO I DO!HELP!
Jun 03, 2008 @ 16:29:36
i couldn’t find gps with the bios.
please help.
Jun 03, 2008 @ 16:30:14
i tried the sendspace way too but dat didnt work either.
my email is ->
nasiru_janneh@yahoo.com
Jun 09, 2008 @ 17:47:19
i have a problem i can’t save my game when i’m done playing. i went to the settings and i tried the auto save game option and it didn’t work weather it was on or off what do i do???????????????????????
Jun 09, 2008 @ 17:49:40
ooo and something else i don’t know if it has something to do with this but i have an iphone not an ipod does that has anything to do with my saving problems??????????
Jun 15, 2008 @ 23:12:37
I have to download iRom???? and where is the file at in install cause im confuse Lol srry bout this
Jun 21, 2008 @ 14:18:46
thank you!! u rock i really love u for this im not sure if it will work but it definetly looks like it will so really ty. and keep on helping people . i apreciiate how u guys help us everyday.
Jun 27, 2008 @ 16:12:21
I typed in the source the was its on here and every time it goes to refresh the sources it says “Refresh Failed: Could Not Refresh Sources!”
What do i do?!
Jun 30, 2008 @ 07:51:31
yeah same here…says cannot refresh the sources..any ideas? I’m guessing the source is down right now
Jul 01, 2008 @ 03:55:01
somebody PLZ help me i try and try and now my brain is on FIRE!!!
how do you save???
PLZ help
email me at “paladin7378@hotmail.com” if you wish to help
Jul 08, 2008 @ 15:28:55
it doesn’t Refresh the source.
I type it perfestly but it can’t find it!!!
And I alreaddy hav gpsPhone on one of my categories but it always gives me an error when I try to download it!!
Jul 08, 2008 @ 16:07:59
Nevermind, all done I was somehow able to refresh the source
But now Icant find the media file when downloading so I cant save on the file???
Jul 15, 2008 @ 06:03:44
same here
if I add the source, it says:’can not refresh…’
I refreshed the sources manualy but I can not find the Irom thing
Jul 16, 2008 @ 18:25:02
zomg noobs… add repo.iromrepo.com, then install their gpSPhone, their BIOS for GBA from “iROM TOOLS” and it WILL work.
Thanks a lot to Lonman, you really helped. But maybe you should fix your article (repo.iromrepo.com, instead of http://iromrepo.com/repo/delta/repobeta.xml)
have fun
Jul 18, 2008 @ 10:05:57
Yreg thnx man…. saved the post
ppl…. gotta change the source add, its wrong, YREG one is the correct one…
Regards!
Jul 23, 2008 @ 07:34:15
Hey im korean and i searched some stuffs like this but i did shit
but u save me man dude and you save one country after i post it to my blog
YO! U r saving the world
Aug 01, 2008 @ 15:39:35
please baby come close to me ….. ooo yes that feels good… arr yeaa…YES YES YES :O soo Good Come On Faster O Yes Ooo Baby
Aug 01, 2008 @ 20:21:45
dude, the best repo i have ever seen thanks a lotlotlotlotlotl
Oct 05, 2008 @ 11:34:58
Yreg u helped a lot thnxs for the updated source
Nov 30, 2008 @ 19:16:20
This is awesome… for 1.13-1.1.4. can someone help out the 2.1 ipod touch\iphone. Please? were gettign the same message. Thanks abunch. please e-mail me at loganmeacham@yahoo.com
Dec 07, 2008 @ 14:15:15
Well.. IF anyone still looks into this, i tried to add the source, but then it said: “Failed to refresh sources”
Any solutions to this?
Dec 08, 2008 @ 15:38:41
http://iromrepo.com/Cydia/gba/
Feb 10, 2009 @ 14:32:00
so, I have no idea what the crap “repo” is or where to “add sources” or anything like that and I’m getting kind of upset. so please! someone help me!
May 20, 2009 @ 01:19:30
does the version of the iphone matter?
Jul 06, 2009 @ 04:08:36
I’m not sure if the gpSPhone works on 3.0 Firmware or not, but I am trying it out, manually, by computer, SSHing. So far with 2.2.1 Firware I have had NO luck, YES I have had my permissions sets to 0755 for my ROMs, BIOs, AND the Emulator.app; nothing worked, so hopefully more luck with the 3.0 Firmware, and actually, I’m not jailbreaking my iPod yet because I had 3.0 Jailbroke and it took up 1Gig plus most of the Cydia apps don’t work. BUT all of the official iPod apps work like app store, calculator, etc… YES Installous DOES work on 3.0, and if you choose to update your iPod instead of restore to 3.0, then make sure you download the 3.0 Patch for cracked apps to work, found under the Hackulous Repository; DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE 2.2.1! Also, for those of you wondering, 3.0 is definitely a wise upgrade, because there is ALOT of major updates, same basic look, but a few extras which i will explain now. First, the most obvious, on your SpringBoard, app screen, if you scroll all the way left, you will find a “search iPod” for ANYTHING in relatance to what you typed, even on non primary apps like Myspace Mobile. Also, youtube has been update to when you click on a videos’s more info, all the comments are there, as well as the FULL description and a bunch of other stuff. Another kool update is the landscape veiw with is native to most primary apps. What this means is that, say you go to mail, you can now turn your ITouch/Phone sideways and it will enter fullscren which allows wide buttons for typing and a wider view, there are lots of other minor and a few other major updates but those are the main. Thanks for reading, if you need help, contact me at anialation95@yahoo.com
I-Blood-Hound-I
Jul 07, 2009 @ 11:11:18
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Jul 07, 2009 @ 13:29:54
Alright, here is a critical update guys, so listen closely. As you may or may not know, I updated my iPod Touch 2G firmware to 3.0, well i did decide to jailbreak it, after i RESTORED my ipod, and now I am truly amazed to find this out, 95% of the Cydia apps work! I have Winterboard, sbsettings,categories, installous and a few others, all working fine. Now, I Also got my GBA emulator to work WITHOUT a computer an heres exactly how I did it. Download gpSPhone from Cydia under the Games category, then get ishare and ifile from Cydia also. Now make sure you install the gba_bios.bin BEFORE any games. Now go to the IShare app and create and account or sign in to a previous, then click download and at the VERY end of the URL, http://www.Sendspace.com/File/, your going to want to put a code after the “/File/” which will let you download files and direct where to put them into your system files. So your going to want to put “8okx8s” after the “/File/” this is the gba bios, then place it under /user/var/mobile/media/ROMs/GBA/ now after its done downloading then go to “IFile” app and find the GBA bios then set the permissions to 755, to do this click on the file, then go to properties and go to permissions, then set user to the first three, group to the first and second, and world to the first and second, now all you have to do is add the ROMs and your done
Dec 20, 2009 @ 13:39:45
This helped me alot i got gpsphone and gba bios but when i open up a rom in gpsphone it shut downs gpsphone and goes to the home screen
someone please help and I am not sure if i should do whats written above
Oct 21, 2010 @ 00:40:55
It said something about legacy and didn’t let me install it, pls help
Jun 14, 2011 @ 00:24:09
where can i get the bios_gba.bin ?
Aug 09, 2011 @ 21:19:50
its not working for some reason smh please reply idk if im doing it right is it my ipod
Nov 20, 2011 @ 14:04:49
I tried this source right know and said did not find repository plz help and I download apt123locker gba bios file and it says not found . My email is abasomar25@ hotmail.com
Nov 28, 2011 @ 11:12:57
Did not add a source said connection timed out help!
Dec 01, 2011 @ 10:30:10
i’ve got it!!
read carefully – i will give you a working dource for the bios and gpsphone
download them from this source:
cydia.xsellize.com