PS: I have to add that I don't use symlink anymore for all-games.ini, just updating it directly on /system/atgames/. And to conclude, fun fact, Megadrive Flashback HD we have here was kind of secure against creating a Games folder on SD!!!! Everytime I tried to create a folder and named it Games it was automatically back to New Folder.... So I just created a Game folder!
Hello,
SDCard corruption, the all-games.ini and slow starting consoles.
I also highly recommend running the all-games.ini from the /system/atgames/ folder because the console takes too long to load at boot and can cause the sd card to corrupt.
The console Reverting your new "Game" folder back to "New Folder," means that system is trying to write to the sdcard's Game or any folder that Does exist but only internally.
Its a really bad problem... particularity with the sdcard.
So, in fact, if you open adb you'll see the Game or whatever folder that you thought was missing.
The only way to fix it, that I know of, is to delete it from adb and then recreate yourself and or hope the system recreates it as it should.
Things get really bad when this happens to the all-games.ini file. The system is slow to boot and the sdcard will take forever or never mount in windows or linux.
Sometimes its easiest to just re-image after it black-screens like this forever...
So this has nothing to do with security at all... because there is none... or very little excluding system signed apps... anyway....
The problem has everything to do with the way Android mounts the sdcard externally to the rest of the system on boot.
Another fact is that us and eu systems have far more in common and really there is only One system with different rom sets and artwork.
OBB and Non-Obb are just methods for storing that data, nothing more...
Yes, you are best served by keeping the all-games.ini on the system partition.
Have not seen the Game folder locked out unless the all-games.ini had a problem, but there is always room for strange behavior on this system.
e.g. too many issues or unresolved problems in the all-games.ini..... and yet again, the system will take a long time to boot.
Slow starting sdcard:
A console that does not already have this script in the system/bin folder should probably use this
because it disables the sdcard media scanner and makes the sdcard start much faster.
Its a stock atgames script... nothing to do with me
atgames_stopsrv - includes an easy installer.
tip of the iceberg and all that... I don't talk much but I am the built-in trouble shooter.
Documentation:
Anyone can get a complete copy of mdfbrew here:
MDFBREW.ORG
This contains a link to the EU version of the firmware and everything that was cool on this once protected website.
If Anyone needs any help with images of any kind please let know.
Emulators:
aFBA,
CPS1 and
Mame4Droid
aFBA artwork
-Made for the
Generations GUI keylayout so you will need
Generations or AutoXplore
-aFBA works well without any need to push a configuration
-Mame4Droid is admittedly a pain to install because it requires pushed configurations that do not always copy correctly,
.... spend enough time with the console and you will know what I mean by overwriting files.
-CPS is a super fast version of aFBA that runs a smaller set of roms and requires another controller push like Mame4Droid.
Final Burn Alpha or aFBA is really the gem here because Mame and CPS can be a pain to get working.
These are custom installer packages. The APK's have been stripped of unnecessary files to make them smaller for 2GB consoles.
Alternate GUI:
If you are interested in
AutoXplore
Here is a package that will safely
install it.
Please let me know if you have in questions by using PM.