Frequently Asked Questions
Your questions, answered.
As of now, no. Apple is preventing us from using JIT, which is necessary to provide good performance. For more information, see this blog post.
Please see our download page for details on how to install DolphiniOS.
No, a jailbreak is not required.
All iOS versions from iOS 14.0 and newer are supported.
All devices with an A9 processor and newer are supported. Such devices include:
- iPhone 6s and newer
- iPhone SE (1st generation) and newer
- iPad (5th generation) and newer
- iPad Pro (1st generation) and newer
- iPod Touch (7th generation)
Devices with an A8 or A8X chip and older cannot run DolphiniOS because of missing GPU features.
Due to limitations created by Apple, we recommend using a device with at least 4GB of RAM (such as the iPhone 11) as they can take advantage of a performance boost. While devices with less than 4GB of RAM can still run DolphiniOS, they will have reduced performance compared to devices that have more RAM.
The latest release has a known issue on some devices which causes performance to drop when dual core is enabled. If you are having issues with performance, try disabling dual core (Settings -> Config -> General -> turn off "Enable Dual Core").
Please see our JIT Help page for more information.
Please see our migration guide for more information.
Press the + button in the top right. If you want to add them manually, then put them in /var/mobile/Documents/DolphiniOS/Software
for jailbroken users, or Files.app -> On my iPhone / iPad -> DolphiniOS -> Software for non-jailbroken users.
Tap and hold on the game and press Delete. If you want to delete games manually, use Filza (jailbroken) or Files.app (non-jailbroken). Check the above question for the location where games are stored.
DolphiniOS supports .iso
, .wbfs
, .gcm
, .gcz
, .rvz
, .wia
, .tgc
, .wad
, .elf
, and .dol
.
Basic cheat support was added in 3.1.0. Tap and hold the game in the list, and press properties. For older versions, a guide can be found here.
Yes. A guide can be found here. Please note that texture packs using the .dds
file format are not supported.
iOS and iPadOS do not allow Wii Remotes to be connected.
Not at this time.
You can play online using the Wiimmfi service with supported games. (A NAND dump from a real Wii is required.) Dolphin netplay is not supported at this time.
Not at this time.
Make sure that your device isn't in silent mode (flip the Ring / Silent switch on the side).
Update to the latest version of DolphiniOS. If you are jailbroken, install DolphiniOS from Cydia.
Update to the latest version of DolphiniOS.
Update to the latest version of DolphiniOS.
Not at this time.
Yes! Please see our about page for more information.
Please use our issue tracker.