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[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] empire299:
SNES/NES running fast on FireTV

Ive sideloaded Snesoid 2.2.4 and NES.emu 1.5.14 - both run games, however they play at 1.5 - 2x the speed (I can see the timer in Mario tick down faster than it should).

How are people getting around this? I see people saying they are getting NES/SNES/Mame emus working but IME they aren't playable (simply too fast).

Thanks:confused:
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavenlydemonic:
Is there a SNES emulator kicking around that is able to see and use the FireTV Game Controller without issue? I mainly just want to play Super Metroid and maybe some Zelda games without having to plug in an Xbox controller and stuff.

Thanks for any info you might have!
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spykez0129:
the .emu ones i mentioned
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavenlydemonic:
Thank you very much! I will give them a try!
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nstern2:
Does anyone know how to properly map controls in retroarch? Is there a cfg file that gets saved some place? Retroarch seems to work the best with rom collection browser, but mapping the controls is just a PITA. Maybe a keyboard would help with mapping?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navigates:
I too am looking for a configuration file with retroarch. I cannot get the stick to work on the firetv controller.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] retroben:
Hopefully the next major Retroarch stable update will have input fixed and maybe even speed improvements when using shaders like 5xBR.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danfootitt:
Has anyone any emukators with two contollers connected?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keontaesdad:
Help

My retroarch has some add in the front. How do i get rid of it?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andydev:
Is it possible to map a network drive and load them from the emulator? (to avoid copying them to the firetv)

(without root....)
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moonbucket:
I came on to ask this, got a Fire TV as a present, UK so of course it's non-rootable.

If XBMC can load from network sources I was wondering if anyone had managed to do the same for roms via Rom Collection Browser from within XBMC?

It seems not from some googling but would it be technically possible?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gurnted:
Technically yes; but It would require something along the lines of the custom xbmc fork called RetroPlayer which to my knowledge does not have an android build available at present time.

RCB and Adv Launcher trigger the emulator apps to use file systems that are available system wide to all apps. XBMC uses its own code to access network file systems. Sources added there are not available outside of xbmc.

The reason a solution such as RetroPlayer could work is because it integrates the emulators (via libretro) into xbmc.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneloveonelink:
its amazing

No one has mentioned the emulator i have. And its the best everything works beautifully all in one id
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xm41907:
What emulator do you have?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Animal_UK:
I've been using XBMC/Kodi for ages now but only just come across Rom Collection Browser !

I've got a FireTV that is rooted running Helix 14.1. I want to play a few old games like Mario Bros etc. I have the ROMS and put them onto my SMB share, scraped them from within RCB in Kodi but now what ?

I've installed Retroarch but when I try to open a game from within RCB nothing happens?

Will an old playstation or Wii controller work with the FTV ?

I've been googling for ages but just cant find the thing I'm missing to get it all working from within Kodi.

Any help would be appreciated.

Edit : found you can connect a Wii remote. Just need to get the rest working now :)

Cheers
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dookiedang:
Hey guys I've been reading and reading but I honestly don't know how to to do this. I did the step by step guide on sideloadtv.com on apk files and I manage to install snesx9 and retroarch. But I don't know what todo to put Roms in or where togo to get the correct roms? And to whoever help me, I'm electronically incline but i don't know how most of the terms you guys use or the process/programs to use without like a step by step. (Sorry I'm not a genius or know the ins and out of a computer ) lol. All I want todo is get some ps1 games and snes games to play lol. If anyone have time and would like to reply to this and successfully make me get those games I will PayPal Some compensation! Thanks alot you guys haha
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ODSTZ3RO:
How can I get the audio to sound better on ppsspp or rather can I have settings recommendations and why does the dialogue skip in undead knights and in disgaea infinite it just disappears(cuts out) at times please help it's been running horribly on my note 4
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AM727:
- Use Free roms downloader in xbmc to download. *DISCLAIMER: You should only download RoMs that you own.

- Under settings of Free ROMs downloader put download location as storage/emulated/0/download

- Non-rooted Fire tv DOES NOT allow playing files over SMB share. Period.They have to be locally present on Fire tv storage.

- Amazon game controller works with SNES9x and with retroarch

- Under Input settings for retroarch you would need to set the keys (aka bind keys with the remote)
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squalll13:
For me I just shared my ROMs folder and mounted it in /mnt/obb using busybox so I don't have to transfer anything and practically have "unlimited" space

mkdir /mnt/obb/"Emulator Games"
chmod 777 /mnt/obb/"Emulator Games"
busybox mount -o noperm,unc=\\\\192.168.x.xx\\"Emulator Games",username=Install,password=Gentoo -t cifs none /mnt/obb/"Emulator Games"

There's a bunch of issues though which is faily minor if you ask me

1. You have to be rooted

2. When you restart your FTV you have to remount

3. When the FTV sleeps for a good while, it somehow "loses" the mount and you have to "refresh" it (I go to ES File explorer, go to /mnt/obb/, it will do the the "Loading" spinning thingy, exit ES and wait maybe 10 mins and after I check it again in ES, the mounted folder will now show up). I can't for the life of me figure out why this happens. I've also asked around but no one has given me an answer.

With regards to emulators, I'm using RetroArch nightlies. with a DS3 controller and the Sixaxis app. Everything's fine except MAME. I can't make the damn thing work. It doesn't help that I'm not familiar with the emulator.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CB620:
OK I loaded dreamcast on my Fire TV and the roms I want. I'm trying to load the bin files needed to launch the games but when I try to push the files through adb from my computer to my Firetv it keeps telling me it does not exist. I'm not rooted, and I pushed my cdis to the directory with no issues. Any suggestions?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ODSTZ3RO:
Is there a good nds emulator other than the ones on Google play I've been having a lot of audio issues with emulators I'd just like to simply play a game with no issues
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inspectahso:
Having a bit of an odd problem with the snes 9x emulator.

I use an Xbox 360 wireless pad with the official wireless receiver. The controller works perfectly with all other emulators but not snes 9x. I can use the controller to navigate the menu no problem but it doesn't work in game.

When configuring the controller it identifies as wireless pad 4. It's the only pad I have connected, I think this is the problem. I've tried emulating the multitap just in case but that didn't work either.

Does anyone know why it identifies as pad 4 and how can I change it to work as pad 1?

Thanks!

Edit: simple really, in the controller config you can assign the player number there. Works perfectly.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kly8967:
Galaxy J SC02F

how to root it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] es0tericcha0s:
If you are on 4.3, there is some info here, but recommend to read all as it is not very clear: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2564695

There's a mini guide on the 2nd page on how to create a rooted stock tar file to flash through Odin using a Linux tool to preinstall root. Might be more complicated than you are looking for. Other than that, there seems to be a lot more info on some Japanese sites, but translating via Google doesn't seem to be the best.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kly8967:
thanks

okay thanks for your help
[General Questions and Answers] sourceforge:
I am starting android dev soon.

I want to use open source apps and modify them than publish them to google play for commercial use?

Does open source really mean I am able to use the open source code from f-droid and modify and use for commercial?

Is this how developers are efficiently coding these days? Is writing a program from scratch obsolete if it is available in open source?
[General Questions and Answers] sourceforge:
Does anyone know any successful google play store apps that are purely based off open source? It would be helpful to see examples.
[General Questions and Answers] Bodomizer:
Muzei and Dashclock are both open source and good examples of how android apps should be.

But be aware that just because an app is open source that doesn't mean you can modify it and distribute is as your own
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] mobilehavoc:
Finally after waiting patiently, i took the plunge and upgraded. Glad I did, apart from vibrate working for incoming emails, the phone seems to be working better.

However, what is up with those EDGE/GRPS icons in AKU 2.3? They have a big E or G that now just means you are in GPRS/EDGE coverage, then they took the signal bar and added another E or G when you have an active connection?

What a waste of screen real estate - talk about being redundant. Anyway to change the icons back to the standard way using a reg tweak or CAB?

Thanks.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] whozurdaddy:
*BUMP*

I noticed the same thing. I searched and haven't found a solution yet. Anyone?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Sleuth255:
No "fix" is in the works. This is actually a feature whose usefulness will only become apparent when you go to a TyTN. In that case, the big "E" will change to something different when 3G capabilities are available and the small "E" will show any one of 2 (will become 3 when HSDPA capabilities are added) different connection icons depending on the actual connection speed.

Today, the only time the big "E" icon changes is when you are WiFi or direct connected (via ActiveStink).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tassiedevil1:
Hi all

I have Echoe v20 rom flashed on my S4 lite which is working great,but when I press fingerprint icon in settings phone stops settings

Is there a fix for fingerprint in settings or is it because s4 phones do not have built in software/hardware to get it working

any reply helpful

regards tassiedevil1
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger4740:
This should be pretty obvious, right?

Galaxy s4 does not have finger print scanner hardware, this is why you get force close, so, no fix, other than friedrich & Co removing it from the S5 settings menu.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidshadow:
Hello all...

So i am on the Verizon Network (at least until i can get over to T-Mobile) and I am frustrated with Verizon because of their whole locked bootloader business.

I want to get the Galaxy S5 but i won't since its bootloader is locked just like the S4. Well the next hottest phone is out the HTC-One M8. Now i heard a rumor that there is a way to unlock the bootloader on the M8.

Can anyone confirm that this is true for the Verizon M8 HTC-ONE ?

I would really appreciate it any confirmation that anyone can give me.

-droidshadow
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] faded03cobra:
Yes.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Karl:
everything you need :cowboy:

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-htc-one-m8/general

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2697957

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2699169
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] andrewnelson:
Thanks a lot.........
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidshadow:
Thank you to all who replied. This phone and and the firewater exploit may actually keep me on Verizon a bit longer. I am going to leave Verizon because of how they continue to lock their bootloaders but this is great news!

I wonder why it is that we can unlock this one but the galaxy series phones and others can not be unlocked?

Was it because this bootloader for the HTC m8 was not encrypted or is this due to htc-dev?

Still great news...I hope OmniRom makes a rom for this phone!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] :
I would stay away from T-Mobile, their coverage is horrible...I get full reception where people with T-Mobile have none. You may be able to buy the developer s5 if you really like the s5
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidshadow:
Ya I know that T-Mobile's 4G isn't the same as Verizon. I always have great coverage and speed with verizon but I pay an arm and leg. I pay for 10gb of data a month and that adds up.

I would rather have a phone that I can do whatever I want and now that T-Mobile offers unlimited data on their 4G network I think I am going to have to switch...

-droidshadow
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] droidshadow:
Anyone know what custom recovery is being used for the m8?

Any chance of TWRP or CWM recovery managers?...
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Karl:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2711051
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Fenny:
This archive contains the missing apks and stickers that are lost when using the HTC Dev unlock tool.

You can install the apks inside manually, but the png files must be placed into /data/preload/ in order for the gallery app to find them.

Instructions for re-installation. (Busybox must be installed)

adb push preload.tgz /sdcard/
adb shell
su
cd /data/
tar -xvf /sdcard/preload.tgz
chown root:root /data/preload
chmod 771 /data/preload
chmod 644 /data/preload/*
pm install /data/preload/Flashlight.apk
pm install /data/preload/Calculator.apk
reboot

Download here: http://www.cheatersedge.org/android/m8/preload.tgz
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] BACARDILIMON:
Wow thanks. Did not even realize it was gone.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Fenny:
FYI, wiping /data/ with TWRP erases these preloads as well.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] MeatyCoins:
Hey I know this is not specifically related but everytime I remove an app via TB they come back upon reboot (T-Mobile Tv, Lookout, etc etc)

How do I stop them from coming back (delete for good)? Thanks
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] SmiLey497:
S-off or try http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2702575

[Guide] How to have write protection disabled on boot with stock rom
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] Fenny:
I am uploading a ROM right now that restores these files.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] johnomaz:
Weird, I'm HTCdev unlocked but I still have the flashlight app but calculator is gone. Weird.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] ghettovirtuoso:
How would I go about executing these commands? I have tried a command prompt with the phone powered into the OS and with it in fastboot but continue to get device not recognized. Could I place the file on my phone and use terminal emulator?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] ghettovirtuoso:
Problem fixed! I needed to update my adb tools, was working with outdate ones because they did everything I needed until now.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] fclifton:
I tried the commands, but the tar command doesn't seem to work. Do I have to install something to make tar work?

I used Root Explorer to extract the files, then moved them to /data/preload, then changed the permissions using adb. I think I got it correct. How can I tell if the stickers are installed correctly? What uses them? I saw a comment about the gallery but I can't see where that uses them?

Thanks!
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] ghettovirtuoso:
Take a pic and edit it. If you can use the stickers you see in folder and the apps are install then I assume all went well.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] fclifton:
Apparently all went well. I have the apps and the stickers work. :good:

What about tar? Should it have been available?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] ghettovirtuoso:
I know nothing of a tar. I'm not an expert. I was just able to follow the post. Sorry.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] ppgregory:
Couldn't install apps from adb

Everything in the op worked up to the point where I tried to install the Flashlight and Calculator apks. I got the following error-

pm install /data/preload/Flashlight.apk

pkg: /data/preload/Flashlight.apk

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_URI]

I was able to use a file manager to find the apks in the /data/preload/ folder and install them through android.

Is this enough to receive any OTAs? Would I need to convert them to system apps?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] accrews2001:
I'd like to know this also. There's no Google internet sync option that I can find. Can't even add Google as an account in the browser

Sent from my AT&T GS5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fumes007:
Are you using Google Chrome or the stock browser?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] accrews2001:
Stock / dolphin

Sent from my AT&T GS5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pcidiot:
Stock
[Moto X Q&A] theascended:
I'm on a locked, 4.4, non-DE. Rooted using SlapMyMoto .5c and have used MotoWpNoMo. Everything is fine, but I'd like to have the stock recovery back (since SlapMyMoto modified it).

I can flash the boot partition with the boot.img from the SBF, without issue. However, the recovery.img doesn't seem to work.

C:\Users\user\Desktop\adb>mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (10240 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.960s]
writing 'recovery'...
Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 2.111s

On the phone, I see the error:

Is there some way around this or do I need to RSD Lite back to 4.2.2, root again and restore?
[Moto X Q&A] theascended:
:( Not even a sarcastic reply.
[Moto X Q&A] aviwdoowks:
OK

Don't you know that just like pwnmymoto, slapmymoto disables recovery in order to disable write protection?

How did I do?

I was not sure of the answer & guessed!

Pretty that is the answer. Pwnmymoto did that to me anyway.
[Moto X Q&A] theascended:
Ha. Not quite sarcastic enough... needs more cow bell.

They don't actually disable recovery. They modify the recovery image so that instead of booting into recovery, WP is simply disabled and the phone boots as normal. My problem is that I can't seem to restore the stock recovery using the tools and images provided through Motorola's website. This also has me concerned that using RSDLite may not even work since RSDLite basically just scripts the installation of the images/partitions in a certain order.

I'm surprised I'm the only person who has hit this (and wants to fix it) given how many people used pwnmymoto, rockmymoto and any version of slapmymoto before the 1.0.
[Moto X Q&A] aviwdoowks:
Flashing the (cam) 4²² XML did work for me yet the root solution from there was too much for my old Mac. I wish I had tried the moto x tool kit aio utility.
[Moto X Q&A] theascended:
Also... turns out I may have been wrong about the recovery image being modified... looks like it was the partition table that was modified.

I sucked it up and decided to risk losing my data (since I didn't know what the ramifications to flashing the partition data would be). Flashing gpt.bin seems to have fixed the issue and allowed me to flash the stock recovery. For anyone who isn't familiar with what it is you need to flash and ends up in this thread:

mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin

I didn't lose any data and have noticed no discernible loss in functionality (root or write protect).
[Moto X Q&A] KidJoe:
not sure what you were trying to do.. but when I see hab check messages when trying to flash, it usually means you've got some miss-matched files/partitions on your phone.

the GPT.BIN has a little to do with security, etc.

Hopefully you are not in a state where you still have miss-matched files, because if you do, and you take an OTA, you could brick.
[Moto X Q&A] theascended:
Indeed, I'm minorly concerned about that too.

I was just trying to restore the original recovery image functionality. No particular reason right now, just wanted to. Like I said before, I rooted using slapmymoto .5C and am on the 4.4 OTA. The files I used to flash (gpt, boot and recovery) were from the 4.4 SBF (VZW_XT1060_4.4-13.11.1Q2.X-69-3_CFC_1FF.xml.zip). I think I'm covered here, but I'm also not taking the current OTA until its rooted or I can unlock, neither of which seems likely to happen anytime soon.
[LG Optimus G Pro] kimmyson:
Hey guys, I just want to check.

I take about 3 hours to charge my OG Pro from 0% to 100%.

What about you guys?
[LG Optimus G Pro] esimon311:
Mine takes about an hour... Are you using the charger that came with your G Pro... I used my wife's galaxy s3 charger one time by mistake and it took forever to charge.
[LG Optimus G Pro] kimmyson:
Yes, but it seems to charge very long :( like 2.5 minutes every percent

Strangely my battery voltage displays 3mv or 4mv all the time, I haven't found any luck looking for the solution to it :(
[LG Optimus G Pro] t3chwizard:
I have the zero lemon battery for mine and I'm using it along with the AOSP custom kernel to get the most out of the battery

---------- Post added at 04:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:41 PM ----------

It charges fairly quickly without the zero lemon battery though
[LG Optimus G Pro] ackliph:
Make sure your charger is good. Mine will discharge, if I'm using it, even on the best of chargers. Turn off the screen and it seems to charge pretty normally.
[LG Optimus G Pro] stfly:
Using an ipad charger, mine goes from 30% to 100% in an hour or slightly less, I let it trickle charge for another 30 minutes after the LED goes green.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] jtkknj:
Cutting leather right now to build an initial prototype. Is their any interest for a handmade leather wallet case with built in space for ZeroLemon battery and hidden connections?

NOT selling... Seeing if interest exists...

J
[Nexus 5 Accessories] Pseud0logik:
This sounds amazing, actually. I've given up on the Zerolemon because of the overall bulk. I'm interested to see if what you rig up has a slimmer profile.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] jtkknj:
Great. Initial idea is to have phone on right side as normal but have zero lemon battery on left side behind or below credit card profile. Have you seen a 90 angle cord for microusb or the zero lemon plug before?

My goal is to match the size of any normal leather phone case and have battery hidden in compartment with small cord to travel through hidden area to phone.

Would the phone being useable in case be best or a slip case that you pull phone out of be better?

Buying leather tomorrow, every thing else ready to cut.

Thanks,

J
[Nexus 5 Accessories] jtkknj:
The more that I think about is, is the zerolemon battery the best option? Any extra battery could be used... Opinions? Smallest is best.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] Pseud0logik:
For simplicity's sake, why not utilize the battery behind the phone design and u-adapter from the zerolemon? You can add a flap with card slots on the left side and still have a somewhat slim profile if you keep everything snug.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] jtkknj:
That's probably best. I will have to put something behind the top of the phone to take up that room. Maybe a change holder or similar.
[HTC Droid DNA] hyphydragon:
anyone ever figure this out? I tried some updated bluetooth stacks or something like that with no success

would be super cool to have this but I know its not a priority, just wondering if its possible at all