Guide to getting PKhex on android phones

[Wolf_]

Note: The experience is kinda janky but if you are playing Pokemon games on your phone and want to edit your save files without using a pc it is 100% doable!

Install Winlator on your phone, there are plenty of guides for this but basically just go to the Winlator github and download the latest version (currently 7.1), open your downloads folder, run the apk and if you get a popup say you want to install it.
https://github.com/brunodev85/winlator/releases
Download Wine 9.12 x64 from github

https://github.com/Kron4ek/Wine-Builds/releases/tag/9.12
Open Winlator and go to the Settings page and select "Install Wine" then navigate to your downloads folder and select Wine 9.12 x64 (Note there are several versions of Wine in x64. Only the regular one worked for me and both the staging versions crashed Winlator when I tried to install them)
Go to the Winlator Container page and hit the "+" button to make a new container.
-Make sure the Wine version is set to 9.12 (not Wine 9.2 which is currently the default)
-Make sure the Winlator container is set to have the D drive in a folder you can access on your phone (by default mine wasn't)
Download Dot Net Desktop 8.0.5 x64 (or higher) and place it in the folder you set to be your D drive (note you only need the desktop x64 version and not the entire Dot Net package) (Note that if you run Pkhex without Dot Net Desktop 8 installed it will offer to download it for you in Wine and when I clicked accept nothing ever downloaded so to get it to work I downloaded it from my phone's web browser and moved it into the folder I designated as the emulated Windows D drive.)
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0
Place PKhex in the folder you set to be your D drive
Launch Winlator and click the dropdown options on the Container and select Run.
When Windows starts click the start menu and select "Install Wine Mono"
In Windows use the File Explorer to open your D drive and run the Dot Net Desktop 8 installer
Pkhex should now work.

Note that when you go to load the save file (Just put the save file you want to edit in the D drive folder) there is like a 50% chance Winlator will crash at this point but you can just run the container again so it doesn't bother me.
Also you will need to click pkhex.exe like 100 times to get it to launch, just keep spam clicking.
And while you could use Winlators xinput emulated controls I strongly suggest a bluetooth trackpad/keyboard.
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Edited July 12, 2024 by Wolf_

[skiametric]

Thanks for this guide. I got it working but had to use a 9.2 version of wine to get dot net desktop to install. Apart from that it works as you described.

[KingYeezy]

Did they remove wine 9.12 x64? I only see x86 and amd64 and I can't install either one. 

[BobTheBlob]

This is actually possible, though janky as OP stated and prone to crashes.

Better solution would be from the PKHeX's fork PKHeXMAUI by santacrab2 link here.

The interface might be confusing at first, but at least it won't be too tedious to set up. However if you are trying to use the batch editor it'll probably crash.

Though if you prefer the original interface, I suggest go for the Winlator method.

[gb99xbear]

On 7/2/2025 at 2:34 AM, BobTheBlob said:

This is actually possible, though janky as OP stated and prone to crashes.

Better solution would be from the PKHeX's fork PKHeXMAUI by santacrab2 link here.

The interface might be confusing at first, but at least it won't be too tedious to set up. However if you are trying to use the batch editor it'll probably crash.

Though if you prefer the original interface, I suggest go for the Winlator method.

I tried the Android app, It does not read my Pikachu Let’s Go Save Data.

 

i’m trying to use the Winlator method. But, the app won’t even launch. There is no error message as well. Help please.

[MetaleroSmith]

On 1/7/2025 at 13:34, BobTheBlob said:

En realidad esto es posible, aunque es un proceso defectuoso, como afirmó OP, y propenso a fallas.

Una mejor solución sería la bifurcación de PKHeX, PKHeXMAUI, de santacrab2, cuyo  enlace encontrará aquí .

La interfaz puede ser confusa al principio, pero al menos no será demasiado tediosa de configurar. Sin embargo, si intentas usar el editor por lotes, probablemente se bloqueará.

Aunque si prefieres la interfaz original, te sugiero que optes por el método Winlator.

PKHeX Maui doesn't read Mystery Gift files or event Pokémon. Do you know of any way to open them through Maui?

[SantaCrab]

hmm. It should open them. I added it to my to-do list to fix.