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[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kipper321:
where would i have to send it out too? and some type of insurance would be nice :) but id possibly be willing to send it out
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kipper321:
:D thatd be great pm me?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kipper321:
I only flashed the radio, and then the CM6 Rom

The radio i flashed was the g1-radio-2_22_23_02 but i flashed it on EBI1 not EBI0
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kipper321:
i tried to boot with every key combination i can think of such as camera + power Volume + power Back + Power

EVERYTHING

but it always hangs at the rogers screen :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] protomanez:
Why are you holding down all those keys ._.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asb123:
hold camera while booting and give us a definitive answer on whether or not it loads a screen.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kipper321:
It does not work.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kipper321:
it stays at the rogers screen
[Captivate General] technut963:
Hey guys just bought another captivate and cant get to the recovery menu. I know how to get to it. Works fine on my other two phones. when I press the volume keys on this new phone it will not seem to go into recovery mode. Is there another way for me to access this menu besides the volume keys as you boot.
[Captivate General] justmde:
I would return it and get one that does. It to useful a feature to not have. And jh7 is just a software fix when its really a hardware issue. Good luck. You can always use adb.
[Captivate General] technut963:
took latest update and problem has been cured. am able to access recovery menu. must have been bad firmware.
[Captivate General] rob989_69:
I've never had really good luck using the buttons to get to recovery. DL mode works fine but recovery is 50/50. I normally hook it up and adb reboot recovery. Or use term emulator on the phone.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ImSoHungry:
Since i always play emulators on my phone (n900, N1, Epic, G2), I figure nothing will be better than a game gripper for my love, the G2, and it beats carrying around a Wii controller like i do for my N1.

ITS FINALLY AVAILABLE!

You can go to this website and order the G2.

GAME GRIPPER FOR G2

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO REQUESTED AND MADE THIS HAPPEN.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ddgarcia05:
Damn, I want one.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] philosophics:
Just made a request so I did my part.

Everyone else go hit up the OP link and make your request too!!

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Gr8gorilla:
I went and asked for support too!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Ryanmo5:
I signed up as well, would really love this then games would really be sweet!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mcp2009:
Requested as well. I wish I knew more people with G2's to tell them to request
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] dthadamaja:
Done!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] tankmorph:
+1
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Jorsher:
Has anyone actually used one of these and can comment on how well it works?

It looks really cheap and I'm curious if it will cause wear on the keys.

Requested one anyway.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Fuskand:
I requested one. We definitely need this.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] greengoldmello:
Submitted..hope he does one..
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] verboten:
My buddy has one for his Moto Droid and he loves it. He has not noticed any wear on his keyboard.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] KnightMAREcrow:
Request sent
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] elusivebyte:
Requested. Please, everyone do this! :) Email is *optional*, btw.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] unforgiven512:
Awesome, hope to see this happen. I will definitely buy one!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] gaisto17:
I put in a request too though the wii controller app works nicely on this phone would be nice to have a smaller alternative
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Esteef:
I too put a request ! So hard to configure the keys the right way to play SNES Games and certain GBA games like Megaman.

(Anyone know of any good solid key binding configurations for the G2)

I hate how u cant use the quick keys :(
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Finland_2_Cupertino:
Done
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] rmcsc:
It'd be real nice if this was made. Using the screen is a pain and the keyboard's keys are just so tiny for gaming.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
I would probably buy one but honestly if I really wanna play and action game I whip out my wiimote or classic controller...

Even this wont be the best, stick to playing rpgs when you are moving around.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] dleonseng:
just ordered one! can't wait :D
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Carphedon:
If you read back a few pages, you will find them, i already posted those pictures
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] blk_jack:
Just got a game gripper and did the modifications that were posted. Hardest part was glueing on the tiny cut off track pad tooth. Now 'a' is pressed instead of the tab key and all directions have a nice feeling click to them.

Thanks again for posting that mod!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Tommebaas:
Just ordered one.

Can't wait!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Gwanatu:
I really need to get around to doing this so that I can play Quake 2 and 3. Right now neither game accepts the .com/www. key as an input.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Tommebaas:
I just received my Game Gripper, it only took 5 days.

Maybe because it's from Belgium and I live in Holland.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Tommebaas:
It works really nice!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Pickx:
Just an fyi for everyone, received this response today:

Me: "... 2 months ago someone posted an email response from you, stating that you would not make a V2 of the G2 Game Gripper. Does that decision still stand?"

GG's response: "For now, yes, that decision still stands. Please let me know if you have any other questions."
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
Yup, he's just a big butt munch...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] linkandzelda:
I just tried this fix, messing up my d pad because the little bit that i cut off decided to go walk about on my floor! The thing has vanished so that control pad is ruined. But interestingly enough, i found that the d pad from the Droid gripper is actually much better and 3 of the buttons (top, left and down) work flawlessly out of the box when put into the Desire z gripper. Even better than the "working" buttons of the desire z. The right button does not work at all and so i did something cool, cut off the other stick from the messed up d pad and glued it onto the Droid d pad. I don't have a use for that gripper you see, but the result is a perfect dpad feeling with full on responsiveness. Oh and the plus side, no cutting needed of the Desire z gripper! The only downside is you need to mangle 2 gripper d pads with the chance of messing one up. So my suggestion to people would be, who still have this issue is go and get a Droid d pad and do what i did. Need pics? i will post if someone wants them.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ericc191:
I would like to see pictures. I purchased the G2 game gripper without know I'd need to mod it..

EDIT 4/5/11: Just got it.. meh. I think I have some modding to do.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ericc191:
Does anyone think a little glob of super glue would work better than a thumb tack?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] dunes20:
Interesting good idea
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
With my tools its a lot ezier for me to make the entire left and right rail like I did. I never saw someone use a thump tack though.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Koekepan:
I used a thumb tack, worked pretty well.

After decapitating one I found that it's pretty much the exact same shape as the up/down pegs. Had to make the hole in the rubber bigger though.

Downside to this setup is that the D-pad falls out if you hold the gripper upside down and shake it around, since it isn't held in place by the left side anymore. Guess that could happen from time to time if you transport it in a bag or whatever.

Guess I'm off to drill a hole for the headphone jack now.

Hope I won't mess that up too much :D
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] WithinArmsReach:
Thanks so much for the idea and the picture. I just got my game gripper in today and within 15mins of discovering how big an issue the d-pad left key was I using your suggestion (and a stanley knife, pliers and glue) to make it so.

It works fantastic and I'm a happy gamer.... until tomorrow when I try and drill a headphone jack hole in this thing without access to a vice - should be interesting.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] philosophics:
Ok, so I have been using the game gripper for 3 days now and have not needed to modify it in any way. I mapped the keys that were going to be used within all the ....oid emulators. No problems with the d-pad and no complaints. All those games I used to play as a kid are awesome on this phone. Getting re-introduced to sonic and castlevania has been a blast and it's all because of this game gripper.

Just remap the keys in the input settings menu and there will be absolutely no problems at all. I would reccommend the game gripper to anyone who owns a G2 and likes to play the old school games!

Sent from me CM7 Nightly HTC Vision using XDA App that needs to show signatures
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
Personally I wouldn't reccomend the gg to anyone.

I tryed using it and didn't like it at all, the keyboard itself has much better responsivness hands down. When I decided this I gave the gg to my wife. She thought she would use it also and did some tests of her own. She also came to the conclusion that she didn't want the gg either lol. Wii controller is the best, then stock keyboard, then gg if u really can't use the keyboard.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] RayNbow:
That's because you have a G2. Modifications are certainly needed for a Desire Z with stock rom (because of the tab key and HTC Sense).
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] philosophics:
If you're using gensoid or gearoid or nesoid, just remap the keys. When mapping the TAB key, it will show as <unknown> but will work...

I don't know what your problem was with it but again, I have none. It's the best accessory I have for the phone right now. Just need a bigger battery so I have more game time!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
Do you have a g2 from usa or a desire z from the uk?

My problem with it is that it doesn't help me, if u play with the normal keyboard u get perfectly used to using it. That is why I c this purchase uneeded.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] blk_jack:
"Getting used to it" and having an optimal performing set of controls are two different things. The game gripper is absolutely essential if you want precision and ease of use while playing games. Yes, it sucks if you're using a DZ or a DZ rom with the tab key, but there are ways around that which are well documented.

I'm using a Desire-Z w/ a G2 rom and absolutely adore my GG. It was well worth the price and made me actually want to play games on my phone.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
i play better with the keyboard then with the game gripper, i beat street fighter two turbo no problem at all, i beat mega man x 1-3 no problem at all... all 4 castlevanias for gba... im trying to tell you that the game gripper doesnt help me at all... the keyboard is better imo.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] desirez_pete:
Only concern with the GG is premature wear on the KB, too many Street Fighter type games would absolutley destroy the buttons since they use the same keys all the time. If you're an advanced player :).

I just use the KB and remap the keys once in a while and avoid SF type games.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] RayNbow:
No, it doesn't. It shows as DPAD-DOWN on a Desire Z. HTC Sense maps TAB keydown events to two successive events: a DPAD-DOWN keydown and a DPAD-DOWN keyup event. Therefore, applications cannot possibly see that the actual hardware TAB key is being held down by the player.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] tenshin_76:
Hi everyone! Sorry to join the thread a little too late :P I´ve read all 21 pages thou and can´t believe that such a thing exists for my Desire Z (bought in Spain with stock rom). I deffinately wanna get this gg because I play a lot on the train and sub to work and have being using the keyboard upto now. However I too have found that on stock rom, emulators don´t map TAB key. So, in a nutshell, my two possibilities are either rooting the Z in order to do a keymap or ordering the gg and doing the cut&paste job on the directional pad? Which would be easier and hassle-free? Hehe, thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] philosophics:
Root it! Unless you like sense, then modify the gg...

Sent from me CM7 Nightly HTC Vision using XDA App that needs to show signatures
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] SO_mAdEaN:
Hello I think I found a solution

for the stock sense rom

tested with my htc desire z and stock sense rom 2.2 and the new upadate 2.3 (from germany)

1.install the app ""Keyboard from Android 2.3" from market

2. Enable it in the "Settings / Language & keyboard / Gingerbread Keyboard"

3. Find a text input (mail app or message app), long press the text view.

4. When the popup comes up, select "Input method" and choose gingerbread keyboard.

5.restart your desire z (not power off)

follow the steps and the tab key will be detected as unknown

(before it was detected as dpad down)

and now you can use the tab key as the left dpad of the gamegripper

without modifications or flashing a custom rom

tested with gameboid,snesoid,genoid,n64oid,fpse

hope it works for you :)

Greetings from germany

so_madean
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] MrEzzzkiel:
When I got my gg I made the mod and had it running Gensoid within 15 min... A quick cut and some glue, that's all... The mod also gives you the right 'response' when pushing the button... Which to me is important... You don't get that reaction from the gamegripper when using it out-of-the-box...

sent from my dz virtuous 2.0 with xda premium
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] tenshin_76:
Works a charm, my friend, thanx so much. However... I also find I hardly have response on left click (on tab button) so I´m gonna do the DIY on the GG together with a buddy so it clicks on "a" and get better response. Even so, played Tekken 3 and Cadillacs & Dinosaur and GG works a charm, looks like you´re on the psx controller, hehe. With the GG tuned, it´ll be perfect.

Cheers!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] tenshin_76:
Well, cut, glued and widened hole and now it´s working much better than when it pressed on TAB. However, the down-press doesn´t have good enough feedback, gonna have to check the D-pad again and maybe file off a bit here and there.

Anyone have a solution on D-pad now falling out if you hold it upside down (due to the left leg not pressing against the rubber any more) ??
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] cougarten:
App for remapping keyboard to touch:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1944392

should make most of the touch-only games compatible!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
nice 14 months later
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] kholk:
Seems good! But as being a piece of plastic the price is a little high...

I mean, 15 euros + shipping, well, it's not so much good!

At 15 euros shipping included even if I don't play so much GBA/SNES (etc) games I would definitely buy it. Anyway, request done.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Ryotado:
I would like to know as well how the quality of it and its wear and tear on the G2. I went to the link as well to add support.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] renn9420:
Request done.

Color: Bronze to match phone

Buttons: Black
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Dalamak:
Also subnitted, left colors blank, I could really care less lol
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Smokexz:
I would rather carry around a wiimote, yeah it drains the battery and it is pretty hard to set up but it at least saves your keyboard
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Flippy125:
Hey! the same as me for colors XD, will be mainly using this for PSX emulation. But for now I'm fine with using the keyboard.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] MacaronyMax:
Bump ;)

Requested aswell :p :D
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Utorrent76:
Hell no!!

It's way to overpriced @ $15.00. It look's like it's worth $1.99 if that.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Gwanatu:
I submitted my request. Sweet peripheral!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Esteef:
-___-

Why don't you go ahead and make it for 1.99 and let us know how that comes out.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] [hfm]:
I thought I'd be using the keyboard much more than I am. Swype changed everything for me. At least I'd be using the keyboard for something.. :)
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] AbsolutZeroGI:
I made my request. Left colors blank, I don't care. I don't own a wii so I can't do the other cool stuff.

:D
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] tarea222:
Maybe

Maybe one of the other game grippers will work on the G2?:confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] bongd:
Dang, the website's blocked by the stupid corporate firewall at work. I'll be sure to do this when I'm at home though!! :cool:
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mauaus:
+1

Like i wrote these words myself.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Exanimus:
request sent :D
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] :
Sent a request in. Let's see if they make it happen.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] cdrk:
Done

This would be awesome.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] 94dc2teggy:
Done!! Looks sweet looking foward
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] rickdmer:
I requested it. I really hope this gets made.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ddotpatel:
Done...........
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ddgarcia05:
Do these people even develop grippers for new devices anymore?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] MacaronyMax:
I hope :D One of the main reasons i wanted a phone with a keyboard lol... Gaming :p
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] dietotherhythm:
^One of the reason I was looking to get the G2 over a full touch screen.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] nbx326:
Submitted my request.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] MacaronyMax:
Do you think a news writer would be kind enough to but this on the portal :rolleyes: That way we get at least a couple hundred thousand :p
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] s0epkip:
Also requested one, but there doesn't seem to be too much happening overthere... :confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] MacaronyMax:
Look what I just got sent!!!!! ;)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11809598/XDA/Random%20****/edhry.PNG

This was after I emailed them about it and showed them this thread at xda ;) looks like they're planning it :D
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] KiNG OMaR:
Awesome!! Can't wait :D
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] MacaronyMax:
Saame :p

.....
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Lou_Cipher:
It's definite

Just got the following:

At the moment, we are planning one for the G2. We will fit in as many buttons as we can.

Thanks

GG LLC
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] MacaronyMax:
Similar to what I got :D Awesome ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] boricuaboy2005pr:
i also put up a request hope this coms up
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
wiimote is still by far a win. Its got shoulder buttons. Something gripper just cant do...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] bongd:
WOOHOO!!! Can't wait!!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Lou_Cipher:
I disagree, and I mentioned in my request how the game gripper could do shoulder buttons, although I don't really expect to see it happen. All you'd have to do is use a cable, properly routed by a couple of metal pins, to cause a lever to press a button when a shoulder button was pressed. Wouldn't be too hard to implement, but the game gripper is pretty simple, doubt they'll do it.

While I'll still probably get a game gripper for nes/snes/gensis/etc emulation, what I really want is a bluetooth controller with analog sticks, styled like the original design for the iControlPad, all gamegear stylie. I'm actually looking into building a bluetooth hid controller, but it's my first major electronics project outside school, so we'll see how it goes.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
guess you havnt followed up on the icontrolpad for a while. The icontrolpad will be bluetooth, so it will work with android phones. But still, its taken then 2.5 years to get this far, and still they dont have it out yet. Besides that, a custom bluetooth controller, I doubt itll cost less then 100 bucks. But hell, maybe im wrong.

And ya, good luck hoping that that cheap game gripper will have shoulder buttons. Seriously doubt that also.

I was so tired of waiting to damn people with money to get crap done I went ahead and made my own. I know it doesnt look perfect, buts its the first custom project Ive done. Took me about 3 hours total and it works freaking amazing. Ive probably put a good 8 hours a week on snes for the past two weeks.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] RavenFB:
If only you could mount the phone ABOVE the controller. I am absolutely serious that I would purchase your contraption if you could make a solid adjustable-angle mount above the controllers. Heck, you could just sell the modification hardware for the controllers. Very nice work.

HTC Vision/T-Mobile G2 w/Cyanogenmod 6.1.1&G2 Fast kernel.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] hobjob:
That's badass.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] bongd:
Mog, that is a pretty badass remote, brother! I never liked the idea of using a Wiimote but those styles actually aren't so bad. I have an unused holder that I could probably attach to a remote so it wouldn't be so awkward to use. Maybe I'll rig one up myself :)
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
I may actually make another one, im going to see if i can chop the controller in half (where the trigger is at) and only use the bottom half still...

Also because I dont need any of the buttons at all on the wiimote im going to redo the entire thing... hell maybe ill sell this one when i finish the new on. Total laziness on my part... I'll go pick up a controller tomorrow and start... hopefully lol.

I thought the screen thing would be weird also, and honestly it was... for the first 30 minutes. And I got totally used to it. Coming from beating mega man x via keyboard to this, its like going from hand to real sex. Cant compare lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ShimaMiku:
I also put in my request for one. Would make my total Desire Z experience flawless!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] :
I requestet too, Thats the answer i got:

Hi,

We are working on a version for that phone. It is still in early development, so no idea when it will be out.

We will notify you when it becomes available

Kind regards,

Tommy
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
Finished my second custom wiimote/classic controller hybrid yesterday. alot smaller then the first one, still need to solder the wire to practically remove it.

and this was my first one, it was alot bigger...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Aidrys:
Awsome work. Wouldn't it be possible to mount the main circuit board and battery compartment to the bottom of the joypad then make an adapter on the top of the remote to hold the phone? I've not taken apart a wii controller yet so I'm not sure if it's even feasible. Just thinking aloud lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
both of them are on the bottom of the joypad. if u mean inside, then no. unless u want to do a ton of custom work.

once i sell one of these then i have another idea i want to try out... so yea if anyone was interested, these are for sale.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mauaus:
How much are you planning to sell them for?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] whoamanwtf:
I was wondering the same thing, I requested it anyways for those who do want it, after all the more accessories the better!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] DarkPyroGuy 09:
Would be cool for PSX4Droid! Requested!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] oddbubble:
I had one for my n900 and it worked really well, and the build quility aint perfect but for what you pay for it, it is well worth it
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] bongd:
Any updates? I really want one!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] PatrickHuey:
The gamegripper is available!! I got an email confirming this. 14.99 with 4 bucks shipping. Wwoooooord.

sent from my V I S I O N.