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[Eee Pad Transformer General] theabsurdman:
well i thought this would be big news! did everybody know it already?

worth a bump anyway.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Exnor:
I use the YouTube App that came with stock Firmware and it performs very well...

Is there any advantage of using Opera to access YouTube? Is it more stable/fast or less resources demanding?

Thanks.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] theabsurdman:
i doubt it. but it means that i no longer have to keep loading up different browsers to do different jobs. opera pretty much does it all now.
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
So I had a fairly charged phone last night due to midday charging, and I decided to leave it unplugged. I kept everything on (4g, all sync, daily scheduled full titanium backup) and lost 9% in 8 hours. I am guessing about a quarter to a half of that was from the backup process. Is this good for a phone like the Charge?
[Verizon Droid Charge] bvsbutthd101:
doesn't seem that bad to me, on idle with wifi, data, and gps on I average about 1-2% an hr.
[Verizon Droid Charge] adrenaline_rush:
I think that's pretty normal ~1% per hour is good with everything on
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jlovell:
Selling my nexus. Has a small crack in the screen but doesn't affect the touchscreen at all and barely notice it at times. PM me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Qortez1:
Try posting this in the marketplace for "wanting to sell" that's how I traded to get mine and sold one of my other phones :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Marketplace forum ->
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jlovell:
Okay cheers guys
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ~SonkuB~:
I'm uncheck and cencel sync Picasa

but Gallery try to sync picture

I don't need to show picture from Google+ or Picasa

How to disable it ?
[Hardware Hacking General] flexoduss:
Hi there,

I'm trying to build a fully functional android gameboy phone :D

There is a motorola flipout inside with android 2.1.

I choose this phone because its small enough to fit the gameboy and i bought it for only 80 euro's (105 dollar).

I'm trying to make it as functionall as possible

UPDATE: 12/10/2013 Back in action

Sorry i didn't work on the project for a long time becouse i burned the motherboard from the motorola flipout.

I bought a new soldering iron with temputare control.

And use Kynar wire and thin soldering becouse everything is verry thiny :).

And ofcourse a new motorola flipout phone :) and btw sorry for the bad english.

If you guys can help me sort out the Keyboard software problem my phone would be 100% functional.

I can already make calls and use the onscreen keyboard.

Also the microphone is working its located at the speaker hole from the gameboy.

I only tested Nes and a Gb emulator and it works quite well on the low spec device.

UPDATE: 12/10/2013

small video demonstration (testing the connections)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPl5Nv8Amz0&feature=share&list=UU_WEZaMoLECJn6-VJDEK0lw

UPDATE 12/10/2013

Already done:

- Dremel the Gameboy casing for more space

- Remove keyboard buttons on motorola flipout

- Solder wires on motorola flipout keyboard

- Cut pcb gameboy buttons and solder wires

- Solder wires on lock button

- Solder wires on jack plug

- On screen keyboard while hardware keyboard is open

To do list:

- Locksreen button holder

- Jack plug holder

- External battery

- Micro usb charger port

- Camera Hole

- Paint the casing

Problems:

The Hardware keyboard is open so everytime when you push the gameboy buttons.

When the phone screen is off it will putt the screen on again.

I have to find a way to only disable the hardware keys when the screen is off.

And that you have to use the lockscreen button to unlock.

Does anyone have a idea to do that in Android?

Im not a programmer :P
[Hardware Hacking General] spjuggalojoe:
What kind of Motorola flip out is it? Could you include model number and possibly some pictures of the phone's board? Great concept btw, I've been thinking of the same thing but with a classic NES controller, using my old Motorola W490...

Sent from XDA app on my ICS powered G2 ( Andromadus a10)
[Hardware Hacking General] flexoduss:
Haha you gotta love Nintendo :D

Its a motorola MB511 Flipout Qwertz

Android 2.1

First i couldnt use the phone to call when it was closed.

Then i used the app Fullscreen Caller ID and i could use the phone to call when its closed :D.

With fully functional front and backspeaker :D but the mic is underneath the display when its closed.

Open:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/24/img20120203132813.jpg/

Closed:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/521/img20120203132824.jpg/

The other side can hear me but when its in a Gameboy you cant hear me anymore.

For the front and back speaker i can drill holes :P as if the motorola was made 4 it :D.

But i need to extend my microphone and i was thinking about plugging in a microphone in the 3,5mm jackplugg.

But doesnt that take away the function of the front and back speaker becouse it thinks its a headset.

Why not cram a headset inside it?

I dont have enough space for it :mad: Only 4 the mic.

If i lower down the display it would look ridiculous.

So is there anyway to connect a microphone and still use the front and backspeaker?

Extending the microphone on the motherboard is my last option XD.

Mobile phones are fragile as hell :D and there is no such thing as a repair tutorial 4 the flipout.

So opening the motorola is verry risky for me :D
[Hardware Hacking General] lightningdude:
Props to you, good sir. I honestly don't know anything about what you are attempting to do with the microphone, but I really hope someone helps you. That is a brilliant idea. May I make a suggestion, though?

In the pic you showed, it looks like you are going to have just empty space in the lower part of the Gameboy. If you weren't going to already, you may want to add some filler in there, just to balance the thing out, if only to make the Gameboy not so top-heavy.

Are you going to make a charging porthole for the Gameboy, so that you can leave it in, even when charging?
[Hardware Hacking General] flexoduss:
There is gonna be some extra juice in the lower part of the gameboy ;)

So i'm not that worried about the balance thing :D.

And yep i'm thinking about using the original porthole 4 charging :D
[Hardware Hacking General] flexoduss:
I took the motorola flipout apart :D

The good news is i can solder the buttons to the phone easily :D

My first plan was to solder the buttons to a bleutooth keyboard :p

Also the phone thinks the keyboard is open even when its closed :D

I have to do this because i cant call without the keyboard opened.

Now my only problem with the phone is how to extend the microphone???

I cant solder the microphone loose i geuss??

I made some pictures of the inside of the motorola flipout maybe somebody can suggest something???
[Hardware Hacking General] legion89:
awesome! :D
[Hardware Hacking General] ayziaa:
Why can't you drills holes on the gameboy plastic for the mic??

Do you have an electronic board on the lower part of the gameboy, on witch buttons interacts?

Because the best solution would be to have the motorola open inside the gameboy casing. With or without the motorola casing. If you take of the motorola casing plastic you could put the electronic board (with the battery) on top of the buttons and the drills a hole for the mic...
[Hardware Hacking General] bedwa:
Yes, the second pic with the arrows should be the mic. You could get, or fashion, a piece that that goes over the mic to face it away from the rest of the device. Then have a tube (air tubing?) To string it where you need it. (Remember some sort of dust screen for the mic port)
[Hardware Hacking General] ayziaa:
+1 for a tube!!
[Hardware Hacking General] TidusWulf:
I would suggest a wired mono headset so you can place a microphone at the bottom and an earpeice at the top. sorry if this has been mentioned already. I read only to about halfway down.
[Hardware Hacking General] ratykat:
Fantastic idea!

Just a little idea- why dont you get a set of headphones with a microphone built in (wired hands free kit) mount the mic where ever you need, chop the headphones off and run a mono speaker where the stock speaker used to be?

If you wanted to get super awesome, why not hook the volume control wheel into the wire after the mic but before the speaker, and run a dual 3mm headphone jack, so you could mute the speaker, and plug normal headphones in if you ever wanted to, and still have an external microphone in there? (obviously the dual jack would have to support the microphone connection too, but you could always fabricate this yourself if you knew how? (I dont, just an idea) )

Definitely watching this thread though, I'd love to do this with an old gaming console and my phone somehow.

ratykat
[Hardware Hacking General] Bruce Lee:
For OP.

Have you posted this on a Nintendo forum on the nintendo website. You could have some brilliant ideas come from there too. I am sure someone with a tech mind for modding could help you there.
[Hardware Hacking General] Sanadrate:
YES YOU CAN!

IPHONE HEADPHONES WITH MIC?

also go to walmart and find a cheap headset

or dollar tree

or if funds are no issue, find an old Nintendo DS,DSI,DS lite

CHEERS N GOOD LUCK!

tried this before and sold it for 340 on ebay =) but i had the Pikachu Version!

and the Clear Purple

also if i can be any help PM me, and we will go from there
[Hardware Hacking General] Lucaman89:
Nice work man!keep on
[Hardware Hacking General] Thnikk:
I want that yellowboy shell. :mad:
[Hardware Hacking General] jerryhou85:
So far this is the most awesome project I've ever seen on XDA!
[Hardware Hacking General] flexoduss:
The Microphone wouldnt be a problem but there is little space 4 a earpiece if i would use a headset.

I cant use the headset and earpiece on the phone @ the same time :P.

The easiest thing would be if there is some kind of app to use only the microphone on a headset and still use the earpiece of the motorola.

Is there somebody that knows a app that can direct sound both on the phone and headset????

Oh and yes i have a electronic board on the lower part of the gameboy on witch buttons interacts :D

I'l make some pictures when i am finished soldering :p
[Hardware Hacking General] flexoduss:
haha +1 again for the tubing :D i cant use the tube becouse of the electronic part of the gameboy buttons.

But your tubing gave me a idea to use tubing to direct sound between the tight space between the screen and phone :D from the earpiece of a headset.
[Hardware Hacking General] thisjustin:
If I was you I would try and contact Ben Heck for some ideas. Google it and you'll see who he is and what he does.
[Hardware Hacking General] source06:
wow, nice idea... well since my electronic skill not that good I can't advice anything, yet as a user I think you must throw away the case and use costum position to make it useable properly
[Hardware Hacking General] CurtisAndroid5:
It looks great, I have no experience in this kind of stuff so I can't help at all but It looks like a great project and I hope it goes well!
[Hardware Hacking General] icenight89:
love when guys take old tech and put a new spin on it, its both original and creative. Props Man!
[Hardware Hacking General] rastlin:
i agree with everyone with the whole running an airpipe. all you would need is some flexible tubing, the thinner the better or dismantle a really cheap bluetooth headset but then you would have to figure how to power/charge the unit. I caught this article on phandroid this morning and i had a random idea since you said this device is going to have extra batteries, thinkgeek has a bluetooth old fashion controller coming later this year http://goo.gl/3Jlt8 might be worth checking it out for the future, meanwhile perhaps using the wii mote bluetooth or the ps3 sixaxis controller until you figure out how to hard wire the keys though i do wish you the best of luck

-rastlin
[Hardware Hacking General] stamatis:
first i have to say that you are f...ing insane!!! your idea is brilliant!!!

so, have you thing about using bluetooth instead of phone speaker? i know that your battery will run out in no time but it is a solution... you can use handsfree as well but that would be a little angly, i mean in that case you have to have two wires to hang all the time.

i ll continue to check this thread becase i loved your idea, so let us know more about your process.:)
[Hardware Hacking General] AlexRamallo:
Why don't you just find a jack that supports mic, some cables, a speaker, and a mic and solder everything manually. In fact, you could just find headphones with a mic and you'll have all the parts you need.

What I'm curious about, however, is how you'll connect the buttons. If you solder them to keypad keys then that could limit the places that you'll be able to use them because most games rely on the touch screen. (Unless you just want to use a gb/c/a emulator). Also, I would imagine that if you were to try to type with the on screen keyboard, you wouldn't be able to since the keyboard is permanently open (unless you find a way to make it open/close whenever you want :P )

Anyways, great idea! I think I'm going to try this too with my gbc :D
[Hardware Hacking General] Riyal:
This one is cool!!!!!!! :D I got 2 gameboy consoles lying on my room just wanna try this mod also. But 1 thing that bothers me is when I saw this thread there's this movie that keeps poping out on my mind and i'm really bothered with it :(
[Hardware Hacking General] drewfes:
OP, this is brilliant, but unless you find an app that will let you manually route the audio like you said, you'll probably have to remove the existing mic and solder on a new one :/ Or it might be possible to trace both on-board mic pins back to their first filtering component (likely a small cap) and solder on the new mic there. If you managed this you could probably even leave the original mic in place since it can't hear you anyways from inside the gameboy. Or put some glue on it to keep it quiet.
[Hardware Hacking General] flexoduss:
That is correct :D and on this point i'm stucked XD so i hope someone knows a app that is capable of this?
[Hardware Hacking General] mr_black03:
idea for mapping buttons the easy way:

-get head set with audio control

-cut/solder wires to have button under gameboy buttons

-move speaker to ear

idea to power with AAs:

-add phone charger in case(ex: http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-Cel2Spr-Energy-Instant-Cellular/dp/B000JD518E)

-stuff innards into gameboy case.

-re wire charger to use gameboy battery compartment(easiest would be just bridge with wires.)

just my suggestions...my $0.02 if you will :D
[Hardware Hacking General] Zabii:
I'll just leave this here.

http://www.benheck.com

go to their forums. Thank me later.
[Hardware Hacking General] fappygoround:
I had an idea

I saw your post on the front page of reddit.com. I decided to answer your question there.

Not sure if you'd see it or not I thought i'd give you a heads up here.

Hope it works, best of luck. If there's anything you get stuck on ask, and i'll see if I can be of any more help.

The answer I gave is in there. I can't post links, so check reddit/r/android. Your phone is pretty high up in the list there.
[Hardware Hacking General] kookooktchoo:
Here's a link to fappygoround's post on Reddit

http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/ppgjy/gameboy_phone_help_this_guy_out/c3rdt4p
[Hardware Hacking General] MjolnirMan:
You were probably going to do this anyway, but could you take pics of how you make the connections from the Gameboy button circuit board to the phone buttons? I'm doing a much simpler project that requires remapping an OG Gameboy, and that would be extremely helpful.

EDIT: Ooop nevermind you did the first part and edited your main post. Thanks! What is the part where the back looks silver and reflective? Would you be able to make like a quick, few-sentence writeup of that part? And you need a pair of connections on opposite ends of same path for each button, right? Did you have preferable solder points?
[Hardware Hacking General] thetinguy:
What is the status of this project?
[Hardware Hacking General] AsH_:
Ditto.
[Hardware Hacking General] AsH_:
I want to try this. Just sold my faulty game boy.
[Hardware Hacking General] flexoduss:
didnt have much time planning on a new update this weekend ;)
[Hardware Hacking General] AsH_:
Cant wait.
[Hardware Hacking General] deciocavallo:
great work!
[Hardware Hacking General] forrest89sei:
That's Pretty Cool!
[Hardware Hacking General] Synthetic-Ellz:
battery

I'm interested in knowing the battery type and battery drain for the device..awesome idea:)

---------- Post added at 04:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:23 PM ----------

great work by the way. genius
[Hardware Hacking General] dakpluto:
I want one of these, lol. And combine it with an ICS run Zack Morris phone hack.
[Hardware Hacking General] rezesius:
Nice man.good to see people doing all sorts of stuff
[Hardware Hacking General] Klefix95:
wow, its crazy ;D
[Hardware Hacking General] fleurdelisxliv:
Man thats super cool :)
[Hardware Hacking General] Lum_Os:
This looks soooooo awesome!!! Would you be able to make calls and stuff with it? That would look so cool :D
[Hardware Hacking General] tyler79durdan:
That is truly AWESOME!!! Plus one for ingenuity +1
[Hardware Hacking General] JustLok:
Gonna follow this thread just to see how it turns out. :D
[Hardware Hacking General] :
This looks so great, I'll follow this like a little Stalker. I am a total fan of this homebrew / hacked stuff.

Great work man!
[Hardware Hacking General] kryptik06:
this is prolly the sickest thing I have seen lol
[Hardware Hacking General] Imp0stoR:
wow , this looks friggin awesome , good work

good luck with the rest
[Hardware Hacking General] beautyangel:
gonna follow

+1 here Gonna follow,keep it up dude. amazing guy.:)
[Hardware Hacking General] chrisrotolo:
this is Epic SPY!
[Hardware Hacking General] mfsr98:
How do you use the phone's keyboard?
[Hardware Hacking General] TwiztedDotNet:
!THIS!IS!EPIC!

...I think that about covers it
[Hardware Hacking General] Earayil:
Totally cool:)
[Hardware Hacking General] lilsammy11:
Aha wow thats proo. Keep us updated (:
[Hardware Hacking General] Oliver94:
I thought that i've seen everything until i saw this, amazing project man. Hope you can finish it and show us it working.
[Hardware Hacking General] UnknownzD:
:D:D:D:D:D Very nice ..... looking forward for the project being finished. Btw it would be more funny if you have included Gameboy emulator inside :D:D
[Hardware Hacking General] supernova457:
Great work! Will follow this.
[Hardware Hacking General] Timmothy83:
Will follow this as well! Great to see people making projects like this! Again really great!
[Hardware Hacking General] slicer91:
This is awesome, definetly gonna follow this. Keep us posted! :)
[Hardware Hacking General] lamborg:
I would have said, nah.... but after seeing the pics that you are actually doing it, amazing....
[Hardware Hacking General] Wetzel402:
Could you add a lock switch? Wire it between the buttons and the circuit board so it would provide functionality similar to an MP3 player. Lock the switch and the buttons are cut out from the board so they no longer function until the switch is unlocked.

Another possible solution could involve somehow making the Android sleep/power button work even though the phone thinks it is open. It would involve hacking the ROM in some way though, most likely.

I am not aware of any button locking apps but I am sure there is something out there.
[Hardware Hacking General] Earayil:
Can you try making the power switch of the gameboy to a lock switch, like the guy above said. I coudnt find any app that does this in my first search. Will search again and let you know. Anyway this freaking awsome keep up the good work.:thumbup::D
[Hardware Hacking General] bedwa:
Actually, take a double switch (2 wire channels) and hook it up to the existing power switch spot. That way it disrupts the connection to the buttons when you "lock" it and resumes then when you "unlock" it. ;-)

My Tab makes phone calls yo! (GT-P6800)
[Hardware Hacking General] Earayil:
Hey any update on your gameboy???
[Hardware Hacking General] Yisheng:
Motorola fipout

Where i CAN buy this motorola, i searched it in all the eletronics store
[Hardware Hacking General] dave_k605:
iwant
[Hardware Hacking General] webgrafx:
Too strong, I want the same tel boy game
[Hardware Hacking General] andjohn:
Wire Buttons to a Common Ground

Hey man,

Here's something Ben Heck told me (via video series...) is that he uses a 'common ground' on his buttons. Basically, instead of wiring all of the positive and all of the negative to the buttons and then to the boards; he wires just the positives to the buttons and the contacts on the board. Then the negatives get wired together to one of the negative locations. Then, I would make a simple switch to 'cut' the negative wire temporarily for a 'hardware hold button' like on the ipod :) A simple 'hold button' on the side, and it no longer turns on the screen :)

Worth a shot :)

I can send you a picture if you need it. Or if you've figured out the screen on bit.
[Hardware Hacking General] dissizitt:
me likey
[Hardware Hacking General] exebreez:
I really love this project and the idea of a hold-button is genious :)

Please finish it :)
[Hardware Hacking General] flexoduss:
I'm working again on my Gameboy Phone project :) i demolished the old one.

So now im facing the problem how to disable the hardwere key buttons while the screen is off and your keyboard is open?

Is this even possible in Android?

My phone is already rooted.

Check the first page for updates.
[Hardware Hacking General] Djaxar:
Go on! ;]
[Hardware Hacking General] Wetzel402:
Should be doable via either a ROM hack or a keyboard apk hack. There should be code somewhere that is used to allow the hardware keyboard to wake the device though I wouldn't know where to begin. Best bet might be to start with the hardware keyboard's apk, decompile it, and have a look at the code.
[Hardware Hacking General] vARDAmirr:
man this is AWESOME!!!
[Hardware Hacking General] akiramizu:
really cant wait...this awesome..

i still searching employer for doing my project too lets see what will happen next..
[Hardware Hacking General] XBBlade:
What this project is very nice! It reminds me of the old gameboy I used to have in the 90's, the grey huge fridge without backlighting and/or colours. Looks great man!

Try to create the on and off button as well original, it's the details what makes it perfect :).
[Hardware Hacking General] flexoduss:
It is fully functional now :) i got a jack plug, screen lock button, power switch, bigger battery, charger port. Everything works accept the play buttons wil unlock the screen when you touch them. So still working on it :)
[Hardware Hacking General] ratykat:
So glad this project has been revived!
[Hardware Hacking General] flexoduss:
If somebody is interested in the gameboy phone they can contact me by email flexoduss@gmail.com
[Hardware Hacking General] Wetzel402:
You should update the OP to show your progress and maybe some of your technical work if you want to share it. That being said, would it be possible to route all the buttons through PCB relays or something similar? Have the screen lock button toggle the relays cutting the signal from the buttons. Just throwing out ideas :D
[Hardware Hacking General] pradeepshaan:
Could you please let me know how to make phone calls without opening the keyboard ?

Hi,

Could you please let me know how to make phone calls without opening the keyboard ? since i am using flipout and i want to make phone calls without opening the keyboard as you said i tried Fullscreen caller id it works fine only in case of incoming calls but while making outgoing calls it displays "open the phone to place a call.". Please let me know how to make it work so that it will be very useful for me.