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Author Topic: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads  (Read 15649 times)

OutRun8601 (OP)

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GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« on: March 24, 2016, 08:06:56 pm »
Hi,

Anyone else having the issue below?


Updated Happy Chick yesterday to version 1.6.1(196)

Running the latest GPDXD firmware.

Thanks.

Elephant56

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2016, 09:01:00 pm »
Same for me as well and I'm running old firmware.

Grebbin77

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2016, 12:30:20 am »
HappyChick is garbage pirateware.  I would recommend uninstalling it and using individual emulators or apps that you have paid for.  Whenever I get a new device, HappyChick is the first app to go!
GPD G5a, JXD S5110b, NDS lite w/ Acekard, Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy S4, PS Vita, iPad

OutRun8601 (OP)

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2016, 09:08:11 am »

HappyChick is garbage pirateware.  I would recommend uninstalling it and using individual emulators or apps that you have paid for.  Whenever I get a new device, HappyChick is the first app to go!
Understand your point. I enjoy both. I find it great to shortcut games to the home pages though

eragon2890

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2016, 10:17:12 am »
HappyChick is garbage pirateware.  I would recommend uninstalling it and using individual emulators or apps that you have paid for.  Whenever I get a new device, HappyChick is the first app to go!

Normally it works great and it's a godsend for people who are not well-versed in technology but just want to play some arcade games and such on their device - I set up an archos gamepad 2 once for a friend and the first app that went on was happy chick! And he thanked me for it multiple times~ XD

Heston

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2016, 01:54:25 pm »
I'm getting the same error, does anyone know how to resolve the issue? (I have liked Happy Chick so far)

sirp0p0

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2016, 04:53:17 pm »
Most likely their servers are down. They could be down for maintenance, not paying their server fees, losing their domain, or it might have gotten taken down by their host if they got complaints or DMCA notices.

It is a pirate store after all.

Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2016, 08:13:01 pm »
Hello everyone! I too as well as a friend of mine had the HappyChick issue of not being able to download. We figured out it was caused by update 1.6.1 , so all you have to do to be able to download again is go to the link I posted below and download update 1.6.0 by clicking the Chinese/Japanese symbol located where update 1.6.0 is. Forgot to add you will need to delete HappyChick on your device first. This has worked on both my Red 64gb Gpd Xd and my Nvidia Shield Portable ,and my friends Nvidia Shield Tablet.  I hope I was of help.     

http://www.xiaoji001.com/m/en/en_log.html
« Last Edit: March 25, 2016, 08:50:13 pm by Elronza Williams Jr. »
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eragon2890

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2016, 10:09:43 pm »
Hello everyone! I too as well as a friend of mine had the HappyChick issue of not being able to download. We figured out it was caused by update 1.6.1 , so all you have to do to be able to download again is go to the link I posted below and download update 1.6.0 by clicking the Chinese/Japanese symbol located where update 1.6.0 is. Forgot to add you will need to delete HappyChick on your device first. This has worked on both my Red 64gb Gpd Xd and my Nvidia Shield Portable ,and my friends Nvidia Shield Tablet.  I hope I was of help.     

http://www.xiaoji001.com/m/en/en_log.html

Thanks for the tip, I will not update then when I get the prompt! I do  NOT want to lose happy chick, half if not more of the games on my XD come from there much easier then all the various separate websites!

OutRun8601 (OP)

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2016, 12:16:27 am »
Thanks for the feedback, I managed to resolve this before reading the messages using a different method. I opened up Happy Chick, went to Manage/About & Upgrade/About Happy chick/clicked on the website and redownloaded. Didn't need to delete the current one.

Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2016, 01:11:55 am »
I'm glad I was of some help. I too love the convenience of HappyChick and its ease of use. It's my preferred emulation station ,and I wouldn't want to ever not have it. 
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jumpup

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2016, 12:20:09 am »
HappyChick is garbage pirateware.  I would recommend uninstalling it and using individual emulators or apps that you have paid for.  Whenever I get a new device, HappyChick is the first app to go!
As with all my Android devices, I root and use trusty tools to dig into process stats, permissions and the like. HappyChick behaves so much like malware that it ought to be removed ASAP.

Each emulated game that you download is wrapped in its own app container. The container app runs the game, but it requests a disturbing number of permissions (read account info, Google Play hooks, etc). It's akin to the sideload markets like Aptoide.

In addition, some of the emulated titles are using RetroArch and other emulator code without permission.

It is nice and convenient, but dipping your toe in that pond can lead to some trouble. Go with direct emulators and a trusted ROM source.

Just my $0.02. Y'all be safe out there, and enjoy your gaming!

rydubc

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GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2016, 10:58:17 pm »
Just ordered my gpdxd and was planning on removing happy chick (if I can figure out how). What would the best emulators be for the following systems: NES, SNES, Genesis, Saturn, Gameboy/advanced, Arcade and Dreamcast?


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Panja

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2016, 07:46:13 am »
I'm using RetroArch for: NES, SNES, MegaDrive/Genesis, 32X, Master System, Neo Geo Pocket (Color), GBA and Game Boy emulation.
Though it can do much more systems than I'm using it for.
At first it can be a little pain in the ass to setup but once you get the hang of it, you'll appreciate this awesome multi system emulator a lot!
I highly recommend it!

Individual emulators from Robert Broglia are very good as well. Look for his emulators in the Play Store.

For Playstation (PSX) I highly recommend: ePSXe.
It works great!

For Dreamcast there is only one way to go: Reicast
Use the latest CI build (developer) from the website: http://builds.reicast.com/

For Saturn there is only one way to go as well: uoYabause
I'm not using it so I don't have any experience with it.
But from what I read it's a pretty demanding emulator...
« Last Edit: April 13, 2016, 07:49:14 am by Panja »

Chris23235

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2016, 08:31:43 am »
If you don't want to use an emulator you have to buy, use Retroarch as well for the PSX. The PSX emulation is limited to the original resolution and this can look a little bit blocky, but the compability is very very good and it runs fullspeed. It may be the emulator to go for Happy Chick users, because it doesn't need much PSX specific configuration.

Arcade emulation can be done with fba and Mame (both included in Retroarch), but there are 2 very good free standalone Mame ports. Mame4All is aimed at slower devices, it uses the Mame 0.34 Romset and Mame Reloaded which is based on Mame 0.137. Reloaded emulates much more games but is also much more demanding, because many hacks and optimisations where taken out of Mame over the years.

Saturn emulation is a little bit out of reach for the XD, it works, but only with frameskipping. If you plan to play Saturn games, you should consider installing Skelton's Legacy Rom, because it enables the full 1800 MHz of the XD.
« Last Edit: April 13, 2016, 08:34:25 am by Chris23235 »

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #15 on: April 13, 2016, 10:52:18 am »

Some saturn games work at 60 fps without frameskipping, but 2d games mainly. For 3d games, using GlTools with 0.5x internal resolution helps a lot (Panzer Dragoon Zwei for instance is full speed, or layer section 2). But fighting 3d games in saturn are slow more of them, excepr the virtua fighters saga.

For PSX ePSXe is fine, or the core PCSX Rearmed in Retroarch, which has also a High resolution mode (it must be enabled in core oprtions). Using shaders like hq2x with Retroarch games look very good in a 5 inch screen.

For arcade, another choice is FBA4Droid, it doesn't support so many games as mame 0.139, but most important boards are supported, including PGM recent games like The Gladiator or Spectral vs Generation, that are not playable wth FBA Retroarch core.

I personally agree with Panja, I use Retroarch for almost everything (Megadrive cores are much better an updated than md,emu), except PSX that I use epsxe normally, mupen64 for nintendo64 and reicast for DC. Broglia's emus are also fine in general terms.
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Chris23235

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #16 on: April 13, 2016, 11:04:04 am »

For PSX ePSXe is fine, or the core PCSX Rearmed in Retroarch, which has also a High resolution mode (it must be enabled in core oprtions). Using shaders like hq2x with Retroarch games look very good in a 5 inch screen.

Nice, didn't knew this, will give it a try.

rydubc

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #17 on: April 13, 2016, 12:07:12 pm »
I appreciate all the info guys. I can't wait for my device to arrive. Do I have to do anything special to install skelton's legacy rom and gltools? I'm not experienced on modding. Thanks


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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #18 on: April 13, 2016, 12:17:02 pm »
Nope, my rom update it via microSd like stock roms and GLtools is just in google play store.
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rydubc

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Re: GPDXD Happy Chick Update has stopped game downloads
« Reply #19 on: April 13, 2016, 12:55:43 pm »
I understand that your rom is installed via sd card but to I have to root the device or do I just download it and install? If it's the latter, where do I install it? Sorry for so many questions.


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