[Xiaomi Black Shark Helo Guides, News, & Discussion] nielo360:
EDIT 2: Basically both controllers left and right are detected as A B X Y. There is no dpad. Its amazing that nobody on the Chinese forums (as far as google translate shows)is willing to acknowledge this as an issue. The Right side controller is only detected as a mouse pointer not even a right stick.

EDIT1: CORRECTIONS; The gamepad (LEFT SIDE ONLY) works as a normal HID controller on Other android phones(not on black shark HELO)..PPSSPP detects it as a normal analog. I was wrong in my initial view. However it still does not work on the helo phone properly. DIsabling game dock does not help there must be something else causing the issue. If anyone wants to tell me how to root this phone...I may be able to try a fix

Okay this is more of a warning to people who wish to buy the Black shark helo phone with Gamepad (dual 2.0 left and right). I will try to get a vid review done soon.

So I bought the Helo 128gb/8gb ram:

1. It comes with 1 left side gamepad and a case...(U CANT USE THIS CASE FOR DUAL LEFT AND RIGHT CONTROLLERS!) I had to buy a new Double controller case from aliexp along with the right side controller.

2. THIS IS NOT a HID gamepad. ( for example if you use other external/bluetooth gamepad emulators like ppsspp or games like implosion will detect the controller) This gamepad is not detected by some games iv tested. For example ppsspp will not recognize the Analog stick no matter what you do. Implosion and shadowgun legends straight up Disable touch controllers and fail to work with the gamepad. Moonlight has major problems working with this for gamestreaming

3. This gamepad is fine if you just want to map touch controls via the mapper (as long as the game doesnt auto disable touch controls)

4. The gamepad mapper is broken, the keys cannot be removed from the touchscreen. They stay stuck on the screen even when you dont want to use certain keys.

5. The helo phone has problems with games that support REAL HID gamepads even when no gamepad is connected. These games assume the gamepad is connected to the phone and disable the touch controls. (this is joy event issue which existed on many non HID Iready go Much devices)

6. You can use the Helo Phone with an ipega/other HID gamepads...still this will not help with games that disable touch (implosion wont work even with 3rd party controllers as the device is simply buged like older snail/much game phones ). However Moonlight gamestreaming can work with 3rd party controllers. The black shark 2.0 controls dont work properly as they are not real controllers.

7. There is no L3 /R3

8. Please be aware that most of the youtube videos DONT do proper reviews of this device with the dual game pads and Mainstream Sites dont either. Most are using preview clips and hands on clips as full reviews, these are disingenuous.

9. This wont be fixed. No amount of firmware patches can fix this as its a hardware flaw(judging from my past experience) Yes you can root and disable joy event files in the system folder but that will cause more problems.

10. If you want a proper gaming setup the POCCO F1 or any other Xaomi high end device is far better with a third party mapper/controller. This is simply only useful for touch mapping on casual games that dont have any native controller support..however you will get a better experience with a proper mapper and 3rd party controller.

I wrote this in a rush since there is nothing much out there about this device, a full on proper review is required.