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!
53 responses so far ↓
Isaak // May 5, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Yesssss about time one that works
10/10
Jon // May 5, 2008 at 9:25 pm
thiss will get rid of so many threads in the forums
Billy // May 6, 2008 at 2:00 am
Good
jack // May 6, 2008 at 1:44 pm
how do i get games onto this?
i have gsiphone, but how do i get the games?
Anonymous // May 7, 2008 at 2:20 am
this fucking shit doesnt save
Some guy // May 7, 2008 at 5:06 am
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.
Some guy // May 7, 2008 at 5:09 am
Ack! I forgot to finish the command…
su
chmod 777
Some guy // May 7, 2008 at 5:10 am
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
STEPHEN! // May 11, 2008 at 5:52 pm
WOOOHOO
gbaroms // May 11, 2008 at 11:10 pm
What actually are the bios
happy dude // May 12, 2008 at 12:25 am
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
catlover12 // May 12, 2008 at 3:33 pm
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!
Isaac // May 12, 2008 at 7:13 pm
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
Isaac // May 12, 2008 at 7:21 pm
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
Isaac // May 12, 2008 at 7:22 pm
AHHHHHHHHHHHH
Andy // May 14, 2008 at 1:39 am
after i have got the source, hwere do you look for iroms? or is it that iroms repiratory thing?
Mathias De Loore // May 14, 2008 at 9:55 am
help me pls
mathias_deloore@hotmail.com
Dog // May 16, 2008 at 10:16 pm
not working…
GDOGG // May 17, 2008 at 10:36 am
i can’t save the game file, i click save but nothing happens somebody plz help
kube // May 17, 2008 at 5:21 pm
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?????
tom // May 18, 2008 at 5:22 am
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.
The Jeff // May 21, 2008 at 12:04 am
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
tim // May 21, 2008 at 9:00 pm
i dnt see the gps w/bios thing? dammit.
tim // May 21, 2008 at 9:00 pm
i dnt see the gps w/ bios! dammit
tim // May 21, 2008 at 9:01 pm
oh never mind! i refreshed the sources! thanx!
jsteed3r // May 22, 2008 at 7:59 pm
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?
jsteed3r // May 22, 2008 at 8:07 pm
please someone help
nate // May 22, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I accidently uninstalled the irom repository thing and i couldn’t find it to install it again.
please help!!
nate // May 22, 2008 at 9:36 pm
I accidently uninstalled the irom repository thing and i couldn’t find it to install it again. How get that back.
please help!!
nate // May 22, 2008 at 9:37 pm
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!!
Anonymous // May 23, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I can´t save!!! what do I do?
Varun // May 24, 2008 at 1:22 am
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.
Jake // May 24, 2008 at 7:49 pm
YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!! I POSTED THIS WAAAAAAYYYY BEFORE STEVEN AT SOURCES REPO ISHARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SHOULD GET THE CREDIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cj // May 25, 2008 at 12:28 am
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
cj // May 25, 2008 at 12:45 am
IT SAYS MAIN SCRIPT EXECUTION FAILED WHAT DO I DO!HELP!
NJ // June 3, 2008 at 4:29 pm
i couldn’t find gps with the bios.
please help.
NJ // June 3, 2008 at 4:30 pm
i tried the sendspace way too but dat didnt work either.
my email is ->
nasiru_janneh@yahoo.com
pex // June 9, 2008 at 5:47 pm
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???????????????????????
pex // June 9, 2008 at 5:49 pm
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??????????
Adam // June 15, 2008 at 11:12 pm
I have to download iRom???? and where is the file at in install cause im confuse Lol srry bout this
sebastian // June 21, 2008 at 2:18 pm
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.
Chris // June 27, 2008 at 4:12 pm
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?!
Stephen // June 30, 2008 at 7:51 am
yeah same here…says cannot refresh the sources..any ideas? I’m guessing the source is down right now
HELP ME // July 1, 2008 at 3:55 am
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
scirax // July 8, 2008 at 3:28 pm
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!!
scirax // July 8, 2008 at 4:07 pm
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???
timehh // July 15, 2008 at 6:03 am
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
Yreg // July 16, 2008 at 6:25 pm
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
Pedro // July 18, 2008 at 10:05 am
Yreg thnx man…. saved the post
ppl…. gotta change the source add, its wrong, YREG one is the correct one…
Regards!
you // July 23, 2008 at 7:34 am
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
i love u // August 1, 2008 at 3:39 pm
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
me // August 1, 2008 at 8:21 pm
dude, the best repo i have ever seen thanks a lotlotlotlotlotl
HappySquad // October 5, 2008 at 11:34 am
Yreg u helped a lot thnxs for the updated source
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