Yep, I can deploy any xap I want. Infact, I deployed 3 seperate xaps to test them (i will put the releases up shortly ) then I tried PES xap and got the same error. Then I deployed another 2 xaps to test (2 other releases that I will put up shortly) and they worked fine.

I had to reformat and clean install my desktop.. so I will reinstall all the tools I need and try again. It must be my PC...because if others here are reporting that it works for them, then..??

 

on my phone it took a while to deploy, and at some point the installer said there was en error, but still the game was installed and functional, been playing it for a while.

i used multixap to install it, u?

I used and always use Windows Phone 7 Marketplace for PC.

It analyzes package, then connects to the phone and then begins to 'send file'. After a minute it errors (the license error) and then tries to send again. It does this 3 times before it stops and asks if I want to retry or cancel.

I also used wp7 marketplace for pc... can you try to download the file again? probably is corrupted (try to open the contents of the xap file with winrar)

I install it on my HTC HD2 with WP7 without NoDo without problem. I used a same pc where I try to install it on my HTC HD7 with Nodo (without success). So i think that this game work only on devices without Nodo.

Games works well with NODO no problem. I guess you have to use xap deployer.

With NODO, every game which is smaller than 70MB work well. I can't install only PES and Assassins Creed. I install Harvest before NODO update. I try with Tom XAP installer, WP7 Deployer and TouchXperiance. On HD2 without NODO everything work, on HD7 with NODO only games smaller then 70MB. I repack Assasian Creed (with tutorial I found on this forum) and install but only I got was a white screen.

I don't know if the problem is nodo+hd2, because I am on samsung focus with nodo and everything works well also with xap deployer from marketplace for PCs

I have problem with HD7. My HD2 working but without nodo.

OK, as a general guideline, for big packages the deployer can take some seconds "analizing" the files (in fact is repackaging the xap file, removing the drm, etc etc, check the temporal files...), so if the deployer failes, you just need to keep your phone working doing anything until it reaches to the "sending" part.

With small files is not a problem because < 1 min and your phone sleeps in > 1 min. BUT for big packages this can take a while.

I try like 15 times with error sending ...bla bla, but when I install the game with xap deployer from marketplace for PCs, and chek only DRM box, it works great, and game is on my Optimus 7 with NODO...so try this. And I take off the internet cable, till the instalation was finished .

good luck!

It seems that NoDo introduced a 65MB limit/bug (note that this doesn't happen with the emulator, the latest emulator changelog even lists an update from 65 to 225MB xap limit size...).
Some non HTC phones seems to be not affected but so far all the people with HTC phones i know have this problem after NoDo update.

There is a way to install bigger xaps if you have file system access (you can easily get it with the recently released public beta of Windows Phone Device Manager).

For example i used this method to install Puzzle Quest 2 (222MB xap):

- open the xap file with winzip or similar
- extract the file WMAppManifest.xml and open it with a text editor (notepad would do)
- search for the ProductID value, in my case the string was: ProductID="{3b2dbe12-42fe-df11-9264-00237de2db9e}"
so the ID is 3b2dbe12-42fe-df11-9264-00237de2db9e
- search for the big content (wma files, video, etc), extract it and then delete it from the xap file.
in this case i extracted and then removed this whole folder: Puzzle Quest 2 - v1000.xap\Content\Assets\Image\
- exit the zip file manager you used and you'll see the xap is now much smaller
- deploy the xap as usual
- access the file system of your phone and go in this folder: \Applications\Install
- search for the folder named as your ProductID, in this case 3b2dbe12-42fe-df11-9264-00237de2db9e
- open the folder and the Install folder you'll find in it ( for example in this case: \Applications\Install\3B2DBE12-42FE-DF11-9264-00237DE2DB9E\Install )
- copy the content you extracted from the original xap in the appropriated path
- disconnect your phone and run the game
- enjoy

P.S. sorry for the rushed nature of those instructions but i'm at the office, later maybe i'll write a better tutorial.

I try this with Assassins Creed, game start but after loading I get only white screen and I couldn't open main menu. Same xap on same laptop with same tools works perfectly on HD2 without nodo.

Edit: I finally done it on this way and I will try Assassins Creed again. I will prepare all tools that I use and step-by-step instruction, upload somewhere and post it here.

For all of You who can't install big xap (on nodo), download and try this  https://rapidshare.com/files/458655975/PESWP7.rar.
You have all tools and tutorial inside this rar.

P.S. All credits go to Avatar and Talebs for original xap.

Real good tutorial Should receive WRZ$ as well!

It really annoys me that these sideloaded Xbox Live games appear in Other games and not in Collection in the Games Hub. You have to scroll down a lot to get to them (if you have many other games like I do xD) , plus the icons are way better than the other non-xbox live games. Any fix for this guys? I'd like to have my so-called xbox live titles in the collection if possible...