I have seen a lot of questions from people asking how they can save games on their iPod Touch. Because of this I have put together a guide that should fix this problem. This guide is for users who are running 1.1.3 and 1.1.4.
Now lets get started!
1. If you haven’t already done so, install BSD Subsystem. It is located in the “System” Category.
2. Next, install term-vt100.
3. Open up term-vt100 and type the below text. You must type it exactly how you see it.
chown -hR mobile /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/insert your choice
Where I have put “insert your choice”, put either GBA, NES, SNES, PSX, GENESIS, GAMEBOY
4. Now open up the emulator and pick any ROM. You should now be able to save the progress of your game!
If you have any questions about getting your ROMs to save on your iPod Touch please post them over at the forums.
27 responses so far ↓
donovan // May 16, 2008 at 5:35 am
thanks
ToUcH /-/ackz // May 16, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Thanks helps alot worked 4 me!
jrizzle // May 16, 2008 at 8:16 pm
when i go into term-vt100 it says password??
whats the password
Dan // May 17, 2008 at 12:07 am
Try root for username and alpine for password.
SneakyB // May 17, 2008 at 7:19 am
Mine said permission denied, and i cant even make files writeable in mobile finder what can i do… im going crazy
kube // May 17, 2008 at 5:06 pm
how do you backspace on terminal cause i typed it in wrong and then i hit enter and it wont go back
Bob // May 17, 2008 at 5:37 pm
My says “Operation not permitted. ” What is that suppose to mean? I still can’t save!
SneakyB // May 18, 2008 at 4:54 am
hi guys i found the solution i got a repo with a modified MobileFinder it works like a charm.
Installer.iClarified.com
Cee // May 19, 2008 at 11:36 pm
I found out you can save just by exiting and puhing “yes overwrite current”. It works with all of my emulators and I didn’t install term-vt100.
*(Try not to save too early into the game and it might not work)
Source for ROMs and other cool, working stuff:
iappcat.com/r/7056-In category Cee’s Stuff (My source)
Metri // May 20, 2008 at 10:50 pm
are there any spaces “chown -hR mobile /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/_ _ _”?
like are there any spaces in between chown -hR, and mobile?
El Zippo // May 30, 2008 at 3:34 am
I did not use term-vt100.
Instead I used WinSCP.
How to:
1. In WinSCP, click on “Files”, then select “Custom Commands”. Click “Enter”.
2. A window will appear. In the space provided paste this: chown -hR mobile /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/GAMEBOY
provided that it’s gameboy games that you want to save.
3. Do not change anything else and select “OK”.
4. It should tell you that “… Separate shell session may be opened to…”. Select “OK”.
5. This should do the trick!
Simon // June 3, 2008 at 12:44 am
hey man i tried wat u said but mine said something like its “no such file exist”
George // June 7, 2008 at 9:24 am
simon, instead try
chown -hR mobile /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/GBA
or instead of GBA it could be whatever your using (NES, GENESIS, etc)
George // June 7, 2008 at 9:47 am
i also have another problem, when i start the gba rom it says at the top something like,
you dont have the ipsp something something, whats that supposed to mean?? the screen is all black and i cant do anything
pex // June 9, 2008 at 6:30 pm
i did it and all the names of my roms appeared on the screen and after a lot of words it says operation not permitted what do i do????????????
Bob // June 9, 2008 at 7:27 pm
My says “Library not loaded: libarmfq.dylib” What’s that suppose to mean?
Bob // June 9, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Thanks El Zippo. It actually helped me. Better than term-vt1oo.
Cee // June 10, 2008 at 12:23 pm
George-
You need the GBA bios:
1.Install ishare with installer.app
2.Create an account with ishare
3.Go to “Download”
4.Click the text box
5.Type in 8okx8s
The whole thing should read: http://sendspace.com/file/8okx8s
6.Hit Download in the upper right corner
7.Hit the “..” 2 or 3 times until you see “Applications” and click on it.
8.Click gpsphone.app
9.Click “Done” in the upper right corner and wait for it to download
Adam // June 16, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Can u put gba and more or only one?
James // June 18, 2008 at 9:09 pm
i tried what El Zippo said with the SNES emu and it seemed to work but i cant figure out how to actually save the game. there is no back button like the NES emu. what do i do?
HUssLA // June 25, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Pex same thing happened with me
DANNY // July 2, 2008 at 9:00 am
I DID THE WINSCP THING AND I GET TO THE PASSWORD PART AND ALPINE WONT WORK?????
Chad parker // July 6, 2008 at 1:59 pm
lol guys are dumb!!! just install jiggy runtime and filebrowser(new) go to the browser. go to media roms. then u should see folders with the name of the consoles dont click on them yet. click tools properties click on the gameboy (or whatever u want) folder. u should see some options and a thing called permisions. for the gameboy chang it from 755 to 777. for gba and snes i dont know google it.
Chad parker // July 6, 2008 at 2:00 pm
if my wording is bad its self explainitory once u get into the browser
kendall // July 16, 2008 at 3:29 pm
what does missing operand after ‘mobile/var
NIck // August 4, 2008 at 9:02 pm
El Zippo Thanks alot you help me soo much
thanks again
jeff // August 19, 2008 at 8:50 pm
my terminal app is very stubborn i tried to install term vt100 and it just didnt show up once i did so im stuck with terminalv and it just wont let me type ANYTHING for the password all i can do is click return and it says incorrect-when i tap the letters nothing shows up-HELP PLEASE!!!!
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