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[Fire TV General] nyder:
Wondering if people are using the cd images (usually .cdi) or the gd image disks? (.gdi)

I have a ton of the various cd images of games because that's how I used to play them on the DC, but since they got the SD card working for DC, we've been getting more GDI's of games, which are supposed to be better for the emulators.

Any thoughts on that?

So far I've noticed i've had better luck getting gdi's to run then cdi's. But I don't have any gdi's at the moment. And because I can't figure out how to get CIFS manager working, I haven't been testing as many games as I'd like. But seeing as I can just probably click on the disk images, i can use total commander or ES to launch them.

But yes, better drivers please Qualcomm
[Fire TV General] retroben:
Primarily,I really want the Sonic Adventure games to start working properly without the rebooting/kernel panic issue.

More-so Sonic Adventure 2.
[Fire TV General] nyder:
USA versions? You using 1:1 GDI dumps or the hacked CD dumps?
[Fire TV General] retroben:
I always use the .cdi format normally.
[Fire TV General] nyder:
Okay, got ya covered on Sonic Adventure.

Long story short, here is a save file, VMU 2 (all my VMU 1 seem to get corrupt). I had to put it in a zip file, so extract that to the directory where your bios is. I'd save your previous one if it has saves on it. I used reicast on my tablet to get just past the opening. Copied the vmu file over to my AFTV, works great. =)

I haven't tried it on the cdi version, should work. I ran it on the US MK-51000 GDI copy.

SA2 I seem to run the first part of it okay with the GDI US dump, I get glitches that stops things for a few seconds, and in the european version it reboots the aftv, but wasn't doing that on the US version. I had my gamepad configured wrong so I couldn't run around once i got past the sliding part. Will give it more of a try, maybe it's just the first part that is glitchy, will see if that is the case and if a savegame can fix it. Tomorrow though, I am tired.

What I can say of SA2 is with the USA version, long as I don't move around too much in the begining, I can make it past the bad parts (they might stop everything for 5 secs). Just do a little moving around the corners. Just keep dying on one part or I'd have a savegame for it.
[Fire TV General] retroben:
You must have not formatted the "memory cards" by booting the bios.

That's what I did with slot one,and the game saved correctly.

I could even attempt to start the boss battle after City Escape in software and interpreter modes.

It crashes less with software and interpreter modes enabled,but still crashed after saving.
[Fire TV General] barrist:
I've been playing around with Reicast on the FTV, but performance is pretty mixed I found. In most games, it feels like it has no issues running the game at full speed but then suddenly just stutters heavily for some reason. Is this the case with everyone? I have the roms on a USB stick , so I'm not sure if that's a possible reason. I've tried sonic adventure 2, rippin riders and powerstone. Powerstone seems to work the best. Sonic Adventure stutters alot I found.
[Fire TV General] nyder:
I"m pretty sure the stutters are something the graphic drivers are choking on. Retroben as mentioned this before. One advantage though is the Reicast source code is on github, and maybe someone with knowledge and a AFTV might start compiling AFTV versions of it and fixes to get around the stutters/crashing.
[Fire TV General] retroben:
Their main issue is that they don't have a Qualcomm device to test Reicast on and attempt fixing for.

Someone needs to donate a Qualcomm device to the Reicast devs,or they need to open a kickstarter to help them get the Qualcomm device they need for testing.

So please,somebody out there donate a device to the Reicast devs.
[Fire TV General] ShneedlwWoods:
Do you guys can set up the 4th controller? Reicast always crashes when i try to. :(
[Fire TV General] nyder:
https://www.humblebundle.com/?galle...ail&utm_term=0_990b1b6399-028c1eee09-98074057

Sega Dreamcast games (on the PC) in the latest Humble Bundle.
[Fire TV General] lightykd:
Has anyone tried Reicast on the 4K Fire TV? I seem to have an issue with getting Reicast to recognize my Dreamcast bios files.
[Fire TV General] phibo:
I got it working. First off, bios files needs to be on internal drive and in folder Dc/data/
[Fire TV General] lightykd:
I have my files there but when I try to open a game or the bios I get a message telling me to place the files in

Dc/data/data

and then when I do as stated I get asked to place the files in

Dc/data/data/data

and this keeps going on and on
[Fire TV General] phibo:
I recall that and I think it's a bug. What I did is set the path and exit the emulator and force close it. Then it should correct itself. Also when you set the path, stop at dc/ not dc/data/
[Fire TV General] lightykd:
Just tried that and it's still asking for dc/data :(
[Fire TV General] phibo:
Have you try using the latest reicast? Maybe that will help
[Fire TV General] lightykd:
What version are you using?
[Fire TV General] phibo:
I'm using r7. Here's a link to it

http://reicast-builds.s3.amazonaws.com/builds/heads/master-f5f3332/reicast-android-debug-f5f3332.apk
[Fire TV General] lightykd:
YAY! I got it working! Thanks a million! I'm playing Shenmue right now and it looks beautiful!
[Fire TV General] sebr:
Unfortuntaely I cant get it to work on my FTV 1st gen 5.0.5.1 (rooted). I installed the latest reicast build (73e2691), created a folder structure 'storage/sdcard0/dc/data' and placed the two .bin files in there. In the setting menu I enter the path for the data folder as 'storage/sdcard0/dc' but reicast not recognize them - what am I doing wrong here?
[Fire TV General] sneezing_corgi:
Has anyone gotten the DualShock 4 controller to configure correctly with reicast? I can't seem to be able to find where to remap the emulator menu. It keeps popping up no matter what I map onto the triggers or start buttons.
[Fire TV General] skirocket:
Bios needs to be installed on sdcard0/data/ or change the path in settings.. booted shenmue which plays perfectly...
[Fire TV General] skirocket:
If your fire tv is rooted you can install the ps4 remap file from http://www.aftvnews.com/fix-ps4-dualshock-4-button-mapping-on-the-fire-tv/ then install btautoconnect.apk Then go into Bluetooth Auto Connect, advanced, and select Connect now which gets rid of the key input lag on the emu. It should then work fine
[Fire TV General] Dr. Light:
I was wondering if anyone has had the same issue i'm having. i've got Reicast installed on my fire TV, got home directory setup, everything boots and runs like its supposed too. for the controller i'm using an Xbox 360 wired controller. i can map the keys, move around all of the menus with the controller, but when i actually go to play a game, the only buttons on the controller that do anything is the start/select button, and they just bring up the Reicast menu. the actual game however doesn't register any of the button presses. i've also added a bluetooth pad and tried that same result. i've tried just about every kind of setting i could find with no luck. anyone have any idea whats going on?
[Fire TV General] harlekinwashere:
Reicast works fine.

http://imgur.com/a/EATHZ

Try different games. Try different reicast builds (if necessary).

Versions I have used and that are working fine:

reicast-android-debug-f5f3332

reicast-android-debug-73e2691

On the face of it what you describe sounds like a controller mapping issue, so maybe look into that as well.

If you need a controller recommendation, because you cant get it working with yours - I like the Xiaomi Wireless Bluetooth Gamepad (good build quality - good sticks, one of the best digipads in low cost BT pads).
[Samsung Gear 2] ronfurro:
After corresponding with Fleksy for some time, I just got notified that they are rolling out beta testing!

Send them an email and get on the list.

http://fleksy.com/fleksy-smartwatch-beta/

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2718037
[Samsung Gear 2] BigDanInTX:
I submitted my info. Thanks for the heads-up! =-D
[Samsung Gear 2] Att.Fan1982:
Thanks for this! :good:
[Samsung Gear 2] jmcourir:
Thanks for sharing, subscribed...
[Samsung Gear 2] EVOme:
Hopefully I get picked...Only missing piece.
[Samsung Gear 2] ktetreault14:
Anyone recieve it yet?
[Samsung Gear 2] chalkycroissant:
nothing so far :(
[Samsung Gear 2] Joeyxc:
Same here... Nothing yet
[Samsung Gear 2] J0hn78:
I was told there would be a distribution from 22nd so fingers crossed
[Samsung Gear 2] jdubya42:
But we couldn't even use this app. There would need to be another app that would support text inserting.
[Samsung Gear 2] BlackZenith:
Fleksy SMS

I thought this too, and wondered how it could be in a beta stage when there is no way to input/send text... I did some digging and found out that it is actually a keyboard + messaging app call Fleksy SMS. There is an article about it here
[Samsung Gear 2] Joeyxc:
Well that's today... Hopefully we get emails
[Samsung Gear 2] lightdelegate:
I didnt got anything yet :(
[Samsung Gear 2] Joeyxc:
Same
[Samsung Gear 2] SilentAce07:
They just replied to me on Twitter regarding the beta. Should be on its way "very soon".

Here's to hoping. I thought a keyboard for sms capability is the only thing this device is missing.
[Samsung Gear 2] Joeyxc:
Feels like it's taking forever though but yes it'll make it 100x better
[Samsung Gear 2] daretofaceme:
Still nothing... wish they would release the beta, this thing is taking forever. It's one of those features that could make the gear 2 way more useful.
[Samsung Gear 2] EVOme:
I asked on Twitter Friday and got no response.
[Samsung Gear 2] daretofaceme:
Theyre concentrating more on the ios8 keyboard than anything sigh*
[Samsung Gear 2] JimSmith94:
Well, at least those poor iCrap guys are used to typing on a small screen! :p
[Samsung Gear 2] EVOme:
I say we all light up their Twitter with questions on it. If no one is bugging them, they probably don't feel an urgency.
[Samsung Gear 2] daretofaceme:
It's just too much to be honest... they shouldn't make any publicity when they know it's nowhere to be finished...
[Samsung Gear 2] BigDanInTX:
Just posted this:

Status on the [MENTION=2261463]fleks[/MENTION]y for [MENTION=381438]samsung[/MENTION] #Gear2? Honestly feels like bait and fail. "Fleksy now available"? More like #VaporWare!
[Samsung Gear 2] EVOme:
Nice job! My turn
[Samsung Gear 2] leojab:
Flexy is now released on Samsung store. Keyboard is cool but the contact search is horrible since we have to scroll down to reach any particular contact instead of using the samsung way of filtering contacts by letters.

Hope this keyboard can be used beyond Flexy.. Still to test
[Samsung Gear 2] Jeshter2000:
Man this thing Suck donkeyballz. It doesnt let you choose your default messenger. SMS is oildschool. I use Hangouts all the time or Whats App. Now this is useless for me...
[Samsung Gear 2] McGuigew:
Man I can't believe I have been waiting so long for something so bad...
[Samsung Gear 2] ronfurro:
Yeah, this is getting ridiculous but Hey, what can we do but just wait, and wait some more, then a little more...
[Samsung Gear 2] McGuigew:
I am seriously thinking Tizen is an epic mistake. Look what gear 1 does, we look ridiculous with a newer version of the watch!!! :eek:
[Samsung Gear 2] diamantericos:
What are you talking about what ever your default is is what it uses . I send a message from my g2 and open in my default messaging app on my note. And whats app isnt a messaging app its more of a social network app. Now with hangouts if you get. A message and see the notification on your gear all ypu have to do is go to yje flesky app find the name and reply from there is that so hard come on people

DEMON GALAXY NO SOULS NOTED !!!!!

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All you complainers stop it. What are you kids no one is forcing you to use this app. Remember its still beta and early stages . What do you expect . To me its pretty sstable. Whatever messaging app not social networking but messaging app you have setup to get notifications . Whwn you get one all ypu have to do is go to the flesky app find the name of the sender and reply from there the message will be there . Simple. Pkus this is a smart keyboard as stated. I typed a message really fast no issues . Also the developers do their hard work yet the app is free. A little appreciation would suffice. Before ypu complain test things out learn. Or simply go make your own app.

DEMON GALAXY NO SOULS NOTED !!!!!

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What are you talking about what exactly does the galaxy gear do that makes it better than gear 2. Android oh please. Gear 2 is way better design wise and interface and battery . Even after rooting the galaxy gear I saw no benefit. Just greater battery drain. And the keyboard was crap. Who needed a browser on a watch thats what our giant and expensive phablet Is for. I tbink peopme dorget and think the watch is the phone. And we are getting off topic this thread is for a keyboard app mothing more.

DEMON GALAXY NO SOULS NOTED !!!!!
[Samsung Gear 2] EVOme:
What the phuck kind of release is this?? The app doesn't even keep history. Every time I go back into the app I need to weed through tons of contacts to get to the person I want to chat with.

I was expecting the keyboard to work with any app I wanted to type something in. All this wait for mediocre release
[Samsung Gear 2] Mien651:
When i installed it on the new gear 2 update it doesnt do anything it only shows letters at the top that say contacts nothing else
[Samsung Gear 2] McGuigew:
I disagree with you. The watch is supposed to help answering to messages in a faster way. Now you think it is convenient to have to go through your whole contact list (I have 100+) to find william and then send the message ? Fleksy should have been a new input method for gear, just like S-voice for example. Instead we have an app that is exactly the contrary of 'handy'. And THANK GOD they don't ask money for that, I already deleted it. The advertisment for this app was super-excessive. I mean you don't tease people like that to be 3 months late coming up with a crappy beta. See, we disagree... I am not a kid, I just appreciate when a good job is done, and I think they should be ashamed. To whoever makes a functional keyboard for Gear Neo, I will happily pay for it!
[Samsung Gear 2] EVOme:
Mine hangs there for about 5 seconds.
[Samsung Gear 2] diamantericos:
Do you even know the meaning of beta. Its only the begining. But I better things to do. So you dont like it you delete it good for you move on . You have your right to opinion as I have the right to no give a damn .

DEMON GALAXY NO SOULS NOTED !!!!!
[Samsung Gear 2] albertdc:
Same here. Tried rebooting watch and phone and can't get past the blank Contacts screen. No list. No keyboard. I have waited several minutes. Uninstalled and reinstalled - still no luck.

Anybody else have that initially and figure out a solution?

Gear 2 Neo here in case that matters..
[Samsung Gear 2] McGuigew:
Sure I know what a beta is, and I am sure you can understand the difference between a good and a bad beta... farewell
[Samsung Gear 2] Jeshter2000:
It's such donkeyballz.. Cannot use it with any app that sms.. So useless as we here in Holland do not sms anymore. Sms is ancient tech....
[Samsung Gear 2] McGuigew:
Agreed, and what about mails??
[Samsung Gear 2] Astom22:
My Gear 2 Neo and Note 2 give me nothing but the contacts and a blank screen too. Let's hope an update follows and fixes this for us.
[Samsung Gear 2] EVOme:
Curious what replaced SMS in Holland?
[Samsung Gear 2] Jeshter2000:
WhatsApp we use a lot...
[Samsung Gear 2] EVOme:
Interesting.
[Samsung Gear 2] michaelpule:
Gear 2 and an AT&T S5, Contacts Blank Page followed by "Couldn't establish connection with the phone"
[Samsung Gear 2] BlackZenith:
Has anyone been able to install this on a rooted Gear 2? My Gear 2 is rooted (and muted) and the install of Fleksy seems to go fine, but eventually I get a pop-up on my Note 3 saying the install failed. Gear Manager is showing Fleksy in my "Notifications" list, but Fleksy is NOT showing up in "My apps" list.
[Samsung Gear 2] krazyflipj:
App was working fine last night. Today getting blank contacts screen
[Samsung Gear 2] alfuen00:
Is there a way to get the apk? Or is only aviable in the Samsung store? Because is not showing for me in Mexico. Thanks in advance for the help.
[Samsung Gear 2] Dom_An:
RE: Blank Contacts Screen

Hey guys,

This is Bill from Fleksy.

Thank you for installing Fleksy Messenger and thank you for your feedback!

This is our first iteration and we are going to improve a lot, so your feedback is going to help steer our development.

We are currently chasing down the Blank Contacts Screen bug.

It looks like it may affect users with longer contact lists more frequently. If you are affected, can you try the following and get back to us?

1) Set your screen timeout to 1 minute on the Gear 2

2) Make sure the Gear and your phone have a stable Bluetooth connection

3) Open Fleksy Messenger and wait at that screen for a little while. Depending on the length of your contact lists, loading it might take longer.

Let us know if this workaround works. We will be optimizing both performance and usability.

Regarding using Fleksy across the OS, this is currently not possible, as the version of Tizen running on the Gear 2 is

sandboxed

.

Unfortunately, this is why Fleksy can't be an option to reply to a stock SMS notification and why it can't be used by other apps.
[Samsung Gear 2] Astom22:
Spent 5 minutes waiting for something to populate the contacts screen and I got nothing. Gear 2 Neo paired to ATT Note 2.
[Samsung Gear 2] Dom_An:
Restart and retry

Thanks [MENTION=4937761]Astom22[/MENTION].

Does the list ever show up for you or is it blank in every attempt?

Try restarting both your Gear 2 and Note 2 and wait for the connection re-establish.

Then, open Fleksy Messenger. If the list does not show up, exit Fleksy Messenger with the Swipe down from the top gesture and try again.

Thanks!
[Samsung Gear 2] indycross:
Definitely wish this would work! Have rebooted phone, watch, retried multiple times...but i DO have a large contact list, so I'm hoping it will eventually sync up and it's just that.
[Samsung Gear 2] Astom22:
Deleted my contacts down to 300 (long overdue), rebooted everything and gave it 5 minutes to load each time. Still getting nothing. Thanks for your assistance, I look forward to this app working on my watch.
[Samsung Gear 2] michaelpule:
I've been in touch with support as well.

They told me to change the timeout screen, i tried 5 minutes, and then I tried keeping it awake for up to 20 minutes by touching the screen, no help

They told me to close and re-open the app after "several tens of seconds" (so I let it sit for 30 seconds and then reload), no help

I have no interest in trying to delete contacts, then re-adding them bit by bit.
[Samsung Gear 2] mrmrmrmr:
this app is a huuuuuge mistake.

I have over 400 contacts and when I need to reply any of them I have to go through all the list to find the contact.

And there is no integration with the notifications.
[Samsung Gear 2] albertdc:
I have the gear 2 neo and S4 and have the same problem. Did all the above without any success. Tried uninstalling, reinstalling, rebooting watch and phone and did it all over again - still nothing.
[Samsung Gear 2] SilentAce07:
Just wanted to say I appreciate and love the app so far. it does take longer than expected to load but I know it is still early.

A few ideas to circumvent the closed system:

1) Favorites - it would make things a lot easier if the watch was only loading a favorites list with only 5-10 contacts you commonly text.

This could even be a set list of contacts you set up in My Apps in Gear Manager.

2) Recents - this would just load the recent contacts you have texted through fleksy. That way, if you did have scroll through everyone to find a special contact, Fleksy temporarily stores that contact for future responses.

Having either of these really should help with load times, as well. The watch wouldn't have to sync so much data.

I'm hoping this helps. Thanks again for all your hard work. We do appreciate your product and understand this is a first release.
[Samsung Gear 2] Astom22:
100 percent agree on the use of favorites. I have about 10 people I would ever care to text from my watch, I would really like that option, even if it meant setting my contacts to only favorites in my watches contact list.
[Samsung Gear 2] mbaran:
Hi Bill,

Any possibility for Gear 1 running Tizen? As far as I understand the hardware is identical, and many users in US are now running Tizen on the gear 1.

Thanks!
[Samsung Gear 2] ex-28:
so as far as bill is saying

Unfortunately, this is why Fleksy can't be an option to reply to a stock SMS notification and why it can't be used by other apps.

so sounds like you will never be able to hit the reply button to reply to a text , which makes this app useless , its faster to flip open the phone and reply then it is go open the app select the contact and reply.
[Samsung Gear 2] tamba52:
Fleksy opens on my gear 2 neo with a blank screen n contacts written on top n then nothing. When will this problem be fixed.
[Samsung Gear 2] hmyzak:
Hi Bill,

number one issue, which should be solved first. We need Settings menu to turn off auto-prediction. Is is working only for english, but when you are texting in another language (czech, german, greek...), words are taken as misspelled and "coverted" to english similarly written words. That means, there is no useful way how to use this app, if your mother tongue is not english.
[Samsung Gear 2] McGuigew:
Hey Bill,

After complaining loudly, I'll try to be constructive. The app has two major problems at the moment :

- enormous endless contact list for me

- english auto-correct for french text is not so cool...

I suggest one solution for all : a settings menu where you could turn autocorrect off (hoping for french to come soon!) and where you could choose some "favorite" contacts so that the list doens't include your barber or that uncle you never text. If you guys allow up to ten contacts, then you will be fine with the loading problem...?

And another question, why didn't you guys link your watch app with fleksy for pone ?? You already have all languages and stuff on it, I don't understand... thanks for listening to us.
[Samsung Gear 2] sgoldbach:
Please let us turn off & on AutoCorrect. I need to alternate Portuguese and English

Hello! Congrats on this great app!

Please let us turn off and on the auto-correct. I have to alternate between English and Portuguese depending on what contact I'm texting to.

It's because 50% of my contacts are Brazilians and 50% of my contacts are Canadians.

Another good feature would be setting up the Favorites OR setting up the Last 10 chats. Would be a nice workaround to the long contact list issue.

Thanks
[Samsung Gear 2] Dom_An:
Updates

Hey guys,

Thanks for following up!

Blank Contacts bug

From our interaction so far with the whole community, it looks like the most successful workaround is to keep the phone and the gear 2 very close to each other when launching Fleksy Messenger.

Languages

We will be expanding support to many more languages - we already support 16 on our Android keyboard app. English is just the foot at the door :)

Linking with Android app

Fleksy Messenger is a dedicated SMS app. Combining this fact with the relative infancy of the Tizen platform, we built Fleksy Messenger as an independent app to minimize complexities for these early builds.

Reply from notification

We are examining every method available to achieve this, as we also believe will increase the usability of Fleksy Messenger dramatically.

Text the people you care about

This is an immediate goal for upcoming updates.

All in all, stay tuned and keep telling us what you think.

Thanks!

Bill