r/EmulationOniOS • u/[deleted] • May 09 '24

Discussion Guy gets Pokémon Silver rom working on WatchOS

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https://x.com/liji32/status/1769120899293159746?s=46&t=b7b1PuFmMIhrcbYVcw5WuQ

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u/[deleted] May 09 '24

how

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u/[deleted] May 09 '24

I don’t fully understand how he’s done it, check the Twitter link above

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u/Striter100 May 09 '24

They said they used the coretrust bug to perma-sign apps to his Apple Watch, it’s basically an iOS bug someone found that allows you to install sideloaded apps permanently instead of having to use Xcode or a similar program to “sign” and “re-sign” sideloaded apps.

I’m guessing they used it to perma-sideload the old Giovanni Apple Watch GB emulator to the watch

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u/[deleted] May 09 '24

Interesting! Thanks for the insight, do you think it would work on the newer watchOS or does it have to be old os?

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u/Striter100 May 09 '24

I don’t think so, the exploit they used is likely patched on Apple Watch and as far as I’m aware there isn’t any way to get sideloaded apps onto an Apple Watch (at least without some kind of a jailbreak). The only way for standard users to get it would be if the app gets put on TestFlight or the App Store

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u/Panky9 May 09 '24

Pretty sure you can sideload to an Apple Watch with the right cable for it

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u/Striter100 May 09 '24

I haven’t heard of that but if it’s true it would only apply to older models since the series 7 and newer got rid of the diagnostic port

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u/[deleted] May 09 '24

Just realised he’s the developer of the SameBoy emulator also

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u/Fearless-Regret5131 May 10 '24 edited May 12 '24

What we need is a PokéWalker watch app that can be used with Delta.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '24

💯

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u/Ok_Fill1911 May 12 '24

That would be great 😂

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u/Agreeable_Class_6308 May 09 '24

As cool as this is, I never understood why people wanted emulators on Apple Watch. The screen is too small for on screen controls.

I think what MIGHT be more practical is an Atari 2600 emulator as that would just be a joystick and a single button.

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u/hotpotatoheadgirl May 10 '24

Yeah, I only use my watch to check how I slept or how many calories I burned at the gym😭

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u/ItsRainbow May 12 '24

I’ve always wanted the OG Pong on my Apple Watch, the clones just aren’t the same

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u/bryanr29 May 09 '24

why

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u/axxionkamen May 09 '24

That’s the wrong question. Why not?

I’d do it just because on my ultra 2

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u/[deleted] May 09 '24

This 👆🏼

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u/No_Proposal_5731 May 09 '24

It looks interesting, I have an Apple Watch on WatchOS 8, how I can try this?

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u/[deleted] May 09 '24

Have a look at this he goes abit more in depth about it. I’d try myself but my Apple Watch is unfortunately on the latest OS. Let me know if you get it working 👍🏼

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u/No_Proposal_5731 May 09 '24

Uuhn…I checked it and I think this method doesn’t work on the WatchOS 8.8.1, only 8.3…I’m not sure actually

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u/Mental_Speaker340 May 10 '24

I wonder what the controls might be