Welcome to auto grind

Welcome to playstation auto grind where you can pick up techniques to grind out some trophies. It took me a bit of time to pull this together and I thought it was worth sharing so others can benefit and possibly improve on this technique. 

 TL;DR - read What you need and Setup before downloading the Macros.

before - manual

It all started when I was trying to get the Expert Manager trophy for Gran Turismo 5 (on PS3) and looking ahead to the Car Collector trophy. For the Expert Manager I was able to cobble together a USB keyboard and oscillating fan after reading forums to get through but I thought there must be a better way as those "tools" were not going to get me 1,000 cars in my garage for Car Collector! It sounded like something my phone should be able to do. A colleague suggested an arduino faking a USB keyboard but I can't solder. After a lot of research I found BlueputDroid and HiroMacro which can fake a controller and automate android respectively. After a lot more tinkering got a phone able to run it (Android 4.1.x or lower - see what you need for details). This started a journey programming and debugging and debugging the HiroMacro scripts to automate the grinding. This was quite fun and was the most programming I'd done for some time.  

after - automated

ENJOY!

Demonstration

Below is a video of playstation auto grind in action getting my 100th car for the GT6 Car Collector trophy. Head to the Macros page to download it.

The video shows my trusty HTC Desire in action and starts with my stats showing 99 cars before manually heading to the Gran Turismo dealership to position the cursor over the kart. At only $5,000 it is the cheapest way to get the trophy so you'll need a maximum of $500,000 for 100.

Tested devices

I have successfully tested with the following phones below. All macros are published using the HTC Desire as it is my old phone so much more available for testing.

HTC Desire (Bravo)

Device info: CyanogenMod device info
Download link for compatible ROM: CyanogenMod 7.2.0.1


Remember to check the Wii controller compatibility list

Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE (i9305)

Device info: CyanogenMod device info
Download link for compatible ROM: XDA forum link 4.1.2 with minor tweaks + root.

Note: I could not find a CyanogenMod old enough! All are 10.1 or higher which is Android v4.2.x or higher. A CyanogenMod 10.0 wasn't available for the i9305 but may be for your similar device.

 Button settings

DEVICE: GT-I9305 4.1.2
SCREEN_SIZE: 720x1280

// down arrow
//touchDown 0 184 749
var #coord_x_down 184
var #coord_y_down 749


// right arrow//touchDown 0 266 653 
var #coord_x_right 266
var #coord_y_right 653


// X button
//touchDown 0 543 745
var #coord_x_x 543
var #coord_y_x 745

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DEVICE: HTC Desire 2.3.7
SCREEN_SIZE: 480x800

// down arrow
//touchDown 0 1105 4093
var #coord_x_down 1105
var #coord_y_down 4093

// right arrow
//touchDown 0 1722 3431
var #coord_x_right 1722
var #coord_y_right 3431

//X button
//touchDown 0 3031 4004
var #coord_x_x 3031
var #coord_y_x 4004