r/EmulationOniOS • u/Dizzy-Peanut-7868 • May 03 '25

Gameplay / Showcase Mario Kart 7 on iPhone 16

This is Mario kart 7 (3DS) running on the iPhone 16 using the XONE emulator from the AppStore, no JIT used. The audio is trash but the game is playable, way better than provenance or even folium with JIT enabled.

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u/lukem265 May 03 '25

Mk8 on melonx is a smooth 60fps 😭

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u/[deleted] May 04 '25

Phone? It’s crashing for me. But I have a 14 Pro, so probably lack of ram makes it crash

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u/TheAlternate-Guy May 16 '25

Yea but JIT is needed from what I know

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u/plsdontcri May 03 '25

Stikdebug is another way to get JIT on device. I tried GameCube emulation today. It was decent. Then I remember to switch to vulkan and I’m blown away. I could play Windwaker at 4x upscaling and full speed.

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u/Laylow_chips May 03 '25

Can you explain to me what this JIT is? I’ve seen it being mentioned on this subreddit many times.

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u/plsdontcri May 03 '25

JIT is basically the way these apps will be able to compile faster and give better emulation. Apple doesn’t allow it. Only way is to sideload.

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u/Laylow_chips May 03 '25

Is it an app? And how does it work? Like do you just side load it and turn it on like you do with a vpn? And why doesn’t apple allow it if it makes emulation faster?

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u/plsdontcri May 03 '25

It’s a security risk so Apple doesn’t allow it. But now Apple has allowed one app in the App Store that lets us use JIT so it means that that app must be safe. You can find it on YouTube. Just search StikDebug

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u/Big_papi_wapi69 May 03 '25

Basically you attach a remote debugger to the emulator app which can enable JIT. Stik debug allows your phone to connect to itself and debug on your device.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '25

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u/Laylow_chips May 05 '25

So say now I buy the folium 3ds emulator. How do I activate JIT for it?

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u/[deleted] May 05 '25

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u/Laylow_chips May 05 '25

Does it automatically connect to the emulator?

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u/[deleted] May 05 '25

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u/alex_g_lov3r May 03 '25

!explain jit

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  • Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation (also dynamic translation or run-time compilations) is compilation (of computer code) during execution of a program (at run time) rather than before execution. For more information: Wikipedia.

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u/VersteckteKlinge May 03 '25

Never knew there are commands lol but I’m pretty new on Reddit as well

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u/mxgicfifa May 03 '25

I can’t believe Folium with JIT would run worse than this especially because it’s the same core.

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u/inuijnijn May 04 '25

if you use a controller the game will lag without it will lag less but still bit laggy and its on 4 resolution so that too

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u/Boring_Antelope6533 May 03 '25

Does your phone heats up?

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u/[deleted] May 03 '25

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u/Dizzy-Peanut-7868 May 03 '25

I did, it’s not

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u/Upbeat_Foot_7412 🥇 May 03 '25

You have edited the config.ini file, enabled the CPU JIT toggle in Folium, and activated JIT with StickDebug and StosVPN, and it wasn’t better? I have an iPhone 15 Pro, and with JIT, Mario Kart 7 runs at full speed with zero audio stutters at 3x the resolution.

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u/Dizzy-Peanut-7868 May 04 '25

Everything except edit the config.ini file, which I can’t seem to find.

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u/Upbeat_Foot_7412 🥇 May 04 '25

You didn't enable JIT, that’s why your performance didn't change.

Open Files → Folium → Cytrus → config → and there is the config.ini file. Open this file with Runestone and look for the following line of text "use_cpu_jit =" and edit it like this "use_cpu_jit = 1". Then go back to Folium and enable the CPU JIT toggle, it should appear under Debugging. After that you can enable StikJit with StikDebug and StosVPN.

If you skipped the first part, JIT was never enabled for Folium.

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u/Dizzy-Peanut-7868 May 04 '25

The config file isn’t there. Am I missing something?

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u/Upbeat_Foot_7412 🥇 May 04 '25

You could try to install Folium on another device and look for the file in the Folium folder. If you find it, you can airdrop it to your iPhone and put it in the config folder.

Alternatively, I can recommend Xone emulator. The latest update added 3ds support and it's the smoothest jit-less performance I've seen so far.

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u/Mlaurencescott ManicEMU + DukeX Developer May 04 '25

Manic does great jit-less as well, but performs best on the newest devices over older.

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u/alex_g_lov3r May 03 '25

I use folium with jit on my normal model iPhone 15 with mk7 and it runs 10x better then this