r/EmulationOniOS

Sometimes when running more powerful games in Fin, the game runs relatively well but the audio stutters a lot, especially in cutscenes. How can I fix this?

I’m using an iPhone 16 Pro and I tried reducing the overclock setting, but it either makes it worse or barely fixes it.

Did I do anything wrong or is this a current issue?
NFSU2 without JIT plays music and voicelines, but stutters.
With JIT it runs smooth but music and voiceline dont play.

Setup issue or current known bug? (i run on an iphone 16 if that matters)

This process is pretty similar to how it was before now that everything is updated for iOS 26.4 but for those having issues, here’s a video guide that covers the whole process.

I have iPad Pro 6th generation with m2 chip and want to play ps2 or GameCube games without sideload I used provenance for a while but I had a problem with the quick saves so I want to know if there’s a better options

I can’t seem to clear a game’s ROM File as my save game is bugged. I got Emerald Redux’s beta and can’t seem to clear a save state.

Any help?

i’m playing fashion dreamer. first things first i tried to get the game to update but i couldn’t. i tried everything on the internet and gave up lol.

there’s a quest where we have to take a photo and save it. (for the record the game only needs about 3 sh gigs and i have 6 gigs) whenever i try to save it the game crashes. What to do?

i have an ipad pro 6th generation.

what can i do to progress in the game? Thank you so much for helping!

I’m runnng on ios 26.3.1.a

should i try to reinstall the melonx? The game worked perfectly fine before the picture thing.

I also tried other mleonx settings and it didn’t work.

oh here is where u put the text now i realise

I just download Melonx and everything is fine but i would like to play game while using Spotify but the audio of Melonx still play when i put play music while playing. Is there a way to mute it?

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So, I feel like my question is kind of niche but not obscure. I haven’t had much success googling my issue or digging through old Reddit post, so I thought I would take a shot here.

I run DolphiniOS on my iPhone. A few months ago, my setup was basically this..I had DolphiniOS installed on my phone along with StikDebug. I would launch StikDebug to get JIT and then launch DolphiniOS. This was seamless, but Apple then released iOS 26.4 which broke everything. The folks over at sidestore did a great job reprogramming the IP stack tunnels and have gotten it working again now on 26.4.

This time around, I decided I was going to try out live container + sidestore to give myself some flexibility with app installs. Upon installing DolphiniOS inside of live container, i had some glitchy issues with DolphiniOS. It’s almost like read/write permissions.

But essentially, DolphiniOS repository gets this file path on the phone LiveContainer>Data>Application>(application name)>Documents. This is where the configuration folder is, save files, game files, etc live. Before installing inside of live container I copied over the existing repository and pasted the items inside of this folder. All of my games launch, all of the saves came over, save states, etc. but I cannot seem to adjust my configuration file. If I make any changes inside of DolphiniOS, they don’t “stick”. The GFX.ini file doesn’t show updates with a new date, if I close the application and go back into it, it doesn’t save any of the changes.

Thinking it was an issue with the copied over file, I deleted the GFX.ini. I then thought DolphiniOS would create a new file when it didn’t see one and that would resolve it. But dolphin never creates the file. If I play a game and save it, or do a save state, it writes to the folder fine. But for whatever reason, configuration would change. Has anyone else dealt with this?

TLDR: DolphiniOS won’t save configuration file changes on iPhone

So I heard that this was a phone problem not a rom problem, in Mario and Luigi paper jam the characters won’t show up, anyone know how to fix this?

Hey everyone,

I’ve been trying for days to get a Pokémon 3DS ROM hack running on my iPad, but I just can’t get it to work 😅

I’ve already tested the following emulators:

- Manic EMU

- PPSSPP / PP Emu

- RePlay

- Folium

- RetroArch

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Problems I’m running into:

- Either the .3ds file isn’t recognized at all

- or the emulator won’t install properly (AltStore / TrollStore issues)

- or the game starts but crashes

Example:

On Manic EMU, I was able to start Pokémon Sinister Sun, but saving is impossible because the game crashes every time – even with in-game saving.

Additional issue:

I also can’t get Citra (3DS emulator) installed on my iPad.

I tried extracting it via ZIP apps and installing it, but no success.

What I’m looking for:

- a working 3DS emulator on iPad (iOS)

- full 3D graphics (not DS)

- cheat support

- fast forward would be nice

- preferably free

Specifically, I want to play:

- Pokémon Sinister Sun

- Pokémon Rising Sun

- Pokémon Ultra Moon (or any ROM hack based on Sun/Moon)

Questions:

1. Is there ANY stable 3DS emulator for iOS right now?

2. Are there specific settings I need to tweak (e.g. in Manic or PP EMU)?

3. Do I need specific ROM formats (like decrypted, etc.)?

4. Has anyone managed to run ROM hacks like Sinister Sun / Rising Sun stable?

Extra info:

I’m based in Europe and using iOS 18.7.7.

I also already installed Scarlet and tried to install TrollStore through it, but that didn’t work either – I assume because my iOS version is too new.

Also, I honestly have zero experience with iPad sideloading, installs, or settings.

If anyone here plays on iPad or knows how this works, I’d really appreciate any help 🙏

If there are already Reddit threads or guides about this, feel free to link them – I’m not an active Reddit user and usually only come here when I need help.

I’ve tried pretty much everything (AltStore, TrollStore, etc.), but either installation or performance completely kills it.

Thanks in advance 🙏