We Turned This Cheap Second Hand Phone In A Powerful Emulation & Gaming Console!
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
- You can build a low-cost yet powerful gaming and emulation console using an older android phone! In this video, we take a look at how well this snapdragon 855-powered galaxy S10 handled gaming and emulation in 2023. These phones are getting pretty inexpensive and they also support Samsung Dex and Video on USB so connecting the android phone to a TV or Monitor is super easy! we go over the setup, Run some benchmarks, and test some native android games like Genshin impact, call of duty mobile, and Diablo immortal plus we run some Dreamcast, PSP, Game, Wii, and even PS2 emulators!
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00:00 Introduction
00:15 Overview
01:32 getting it all set up
02:49 Samsung Dex performance
04:44 Benchmarks android 12 and Samsung Dex
05:57 Hot Lap league android test
06:16 call of duty mobile test
06:28 Diablo Immortal
06:42 Genshin Impact
07:29 Forza Horizon 5 Xbox Cloud gaming test
07:47 Dreamcast emulation Redream
08:14 PSP emulation PPSSPP
08:58 PS2 emulation AetherSX2
09:58 Gamecube and Wii emulation dolphin emulator
10:46 Final thoughts
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was able to snag a s20 FE for $107 !! amazing performance
Awesome! That’s a super deal
That's a steal ! Where you buy it?
take me 2 of these too
Soon it will get 107$ as normal price.
So its a standard price lol
ebay, bad esn/imei
Dex has been around for years - yet, it is amazing how few people know about it. Literally allows you to use your Samsung Galaxy phones as a computer for nearly everything you need to do. Wish Samsung would do a major push on Dex for at least one year.
Yeah, it's like the most obvious marketing advantage in the history of man, and they're not taking advantage of it to increase sales?! So stupid.
You can make so many vs iPhone commercials with the Dex advantage. Samsung needs to fire their marketing department.
I took my nreal airs to a bar with 2 Folds and an S21. NONE of them had any idea that their phones are full-blown desktops in disguise! All blown away by Dex once they tried the glasses on!
Ready For on Motorola phones is also pretty good.
I recently found Dex using Nreal Air glasses. I was blown away. Definitely one of the Best kept secrets put there. Haha
Dex is great for when you need to use a computer that can fit in your pocket
You are probably tired of buying older phones, but the LG V60 has the SD 865 - plus it's cheap. It has 3.5mm out, micro SD expansion, has a desktop mode, videos out over USB c, and supports a second screen. Always enjoy your content!
Thanks for the tip. I'm going to check that out.
i like the screen size. 6.8 inch
@@cryptomancer-909 one thing to note is the att variant gets its updates through att. So if you use the att phone like I do on cricket or some other service you won't get updates.
I didn't realise LG had a desktop mode. I'll have to dig out my old V50
But LG no longer makes phones anymore
I love this setup. I use the S10e with Dex and an external monitor as my work travel setup and it's been great when it comes to packing light
Copped a Note 10+ a long time ago specifically because of your review. Still using it and it's still going strong. Paired it with a Gamesir X2, and it's awesome.
I think these "cheap gaming solutions" videos are my favorite.
I've had this phone for like 3 years, and i am just discovering that you're able to do all of this, and have never known what dex even was..this is blowing my mind dude..i feel like an old person discovering smart phones for the first time LOL
What about the heart rate sensor?
I keep thinking about doing this. Will definatelly do it in the future. Great video!
Huge coincidence. I actually just did this with an old S10 Store Demo that I had laying around. Took a while to figure out how to get it onto regular firmware, but it's working great. Always love your content ETA. Keep it up!
How did you get the store demo? I've been wondering what stores do with old phones
I use an S10+ as my daily driver, and it still has great performance for general phone purposes, mobile games, emulation, and all sorts of productivity apps. Works well streaming games from my PC and even emulating up to Wii pretty decently (thanks to Dolphin)
I wonder if snapdragon 8 gen 2 Samsungs and other androids can emulate rogue sqaudron 2 or 3 or time splitters. iPhone has been able to emulate rogue squadron 2 at about 60 smooth since iPhone 12/13. Which is ridiculous when android gpus are already surpassing iPhone. And even more ridiculous when android is more optimized for emulators but it has seemed like apples dolphin emulator has been more optimized for longer androids is just getting better now I guess the cpu really matters for emulation cause they do have high cpu single core scores and from eta primes videos of iPad and what not is ridiculous how well it emulates GameCube. I know snapdragon 888 and 8 gen 1 with the new dolphin updates can emulate call of duty mw3 Wii smoothly finally which is crazy with how hard that game is to emulate!
@@bulletpunch9317 skyline is good but it doesn’t compare yet to yuzu or ryujinx. It’s amazing how smooth many new switch games run on pc even better than the physical game for the switch that literally just came out! Like Pokémon scarlet and violet. Brilliant diamond and shining pearl don’t seem to work at all yet on android from videos I seen of s22 ultra which no matter what people say every android with the same flagship chip is going to get the same performance around other than maybe a redmagic but oneplus and xiaomi having better emulation than Samsung is a dam lie I seen s22 ultra emulate smash bros ultimate switch at 120 fps
You totally read my mind ETA Prime! I wanted to do this with one of my older phones, which also is an 855. I was going to go through your channel to see how to set it up and how the performance would be. Then here you are, releasing exactly what I was looking for!
I recently bought a S10+, 8gb of ram and plenty of power. Love taking advantage of older yet powerful hardware.
Ya forget new stuff too expensive!
I actually prefer the S10 compared to the newer ones. This still has an sd card slot. The newer ones are too powerful which heats up quite a lot when gaming compared to the S10.
@@mr.j5112 S10 exynos heats up like a v12
Note 9 still working great 👍. They kinda shot themselves in the foot making these phones so good. No real reason to upgrade.
Bought a Poco X3 pro
Snapdragon 860 8gb ram 256gb rom
No regret and Android 12
Have been using s10+ daily since 2019 its a beast
Even changed the battery in 2021
Maybe another 2+years left in its life
8GB / 256GB variant of S10e is great in Dex, as well as in the GameSir controller.
damn thats crazy how secondhand market works in US. Here it still cost like $300++
I've bought entire cars for that price in the USA. 300 bucks? Bought an 800 dollar late 90s Ford Taurus once. Perfect condition except one scratch where a dog jumped on it, softly driven, 35,000 miles because the old lady only drove it to get groceries and to church. The car ran perfectly, for 800 dollars.
Not as easy to get a deal that good now, but yeah...American second hand prices are the best.
I was driving that care when I was 20, so about 10 years ago you could get a perfect condition vehicle for less than 1000 bucks if you shopped around in small cities and towns.
@@cheeeeezewizzz Yep, that time is over smh 😔 lol
The most useful gadget I like to watch most in this channel. A good hdmi connector and convertor. It breathe new life into many products by giving them new purpose and ability.
Great video. Inspires me to use my old s10+ the same way
I have an old Galaxy S10 laying around and if I knew you can get so much out of this device, it's mind blowing.
I just changed my phone from Poco X3 Pro to S10e after watching your channel. I really love it, especially the Dex mode and small form factor. I got the 8GB RAM 256GB ROM version.
How did you do it. I wanna run ps1 ps2 and gbc on it? Are the emulators on the play store?
Do more of these bro, love the android emulation videos
Really like my S10, which I got specifically for games/emulation via Dex, per ETA Prime’s recommendation a few years ago. Also recently got a gamevice flex for it. Fun times.
And here I am still using my Samsung galaxy s9
Yep. My daily phone is a Galaxy s20+ (SD865). I have a gamesir for playing directly on the phone, plus a bunch of random controllers around the house (xbox,ps4,moga,etc.) Plus usbc-to-hdmi adapters plugged into each TV/monitor around the house.
It's great to finally have a device that I can literally play anywhere, in any room in the house, while traveling, while waiting to pick a kid up from practice, etc.
Get nreal air glasses for a portable 200" screen. Thank me later!
@sd mods VR stuff makes me nauseous, otherwise I already would have.
LgV50 is also a good option as well. I purchased one about two years ago for 150 (LG devices devalue very quickly for some reason) 855 snapdragon, hdmi out through usb-c, micro SD slot. It's a great handheld/retro emulation device that can play some of the newer android games.
Well lg no longer makes phones it might be what helps it devalue which is good and bad good if you want it cheap to get for games bad if you want to get rid of it
Wow, I never know about that Hot Lap League game! Thanks for showing it!
Snapdragon 855/855+/860 is still plenty powerful in 2023. I have no problem using console emulators on my LG V50.
Galaxy S10 series (Snapdragon variant) is a nice device for in-house emulation & it still has a headphone jack so that you can connect it with the sound system without interrupting DeX Mode.
I still have this phone! Thanks for the video!
Awesome to see this be done amazing power thanks ETA Prime
Pretty cool. I have a similar set up. I bought the s10e and I use the Razer kishi. Love your videos!! Pretty cool!
Some time ago one of my family memebers upgraded their oneplus 5T to an iphone so i got it for free. It runs dolphin full-speed and has pretty long battery-life too. There must be a plethora of devices like that that don't get any use nowadays. Amazing performance per watt!
It is kinda amazing by what older Android phone can do now, I have the S20Fe, I done this and I have a razer kishi with a lot of my emulators setup on it. It brillant, as at work on slow day I can play God of War, then go home, put into my Dex dock (samsung did make one) and just carry on where I was, its kinda amazing. Dex is amazing and I think really overlooked.
I have the same setup with my s20+ works amazing.
Does the dex dock support a charging rate that will keep your phone charged up?
I want to get a samsung phone and a usb c > hdmi for that purpose. Pretty much a better switch because on the S22/S23(when it comes out) you can emulate switch games.
@@LastFirst-iq2fn I generally find it to charge up the device, but very slowly, exmple I put on at 70% after a 2hour gaming, it was at 72% so its basically feel like as fast at it charging the device is take up the power. (when it not doing anything in the same doc it would full charge up in the same amout of time).
If you happen to have a gamesir X2 controller... their app comes standard with button mapping for games like genshin impact, and I have to say that it actually works rather well. The lag or lack thereof is equal to that of the 8-Bit do Pro 2 controllers.
If controller support is something that you're looking for 4 games like this almost any controller that gamesir sells I believe comes standard with that app that allows for easy mapping
I was just playing a game on my OnePlus 8 with my kishi controller and was like. Hey this looks like a good idea. Have the same SD865 with 8GB of ram 😁
I really like this kind of vids! Good job. What keyboard are you using in this vid?
That lit up screen is going to get some burn-in sitting on the home screen for a long time. For me, DeX worked fine with the screen off, so not an issue. I've tried it on an S10e and an S8 Plus, which is the cheapest setup you can get. Powered by a Snapdragon 835, I got mine with a few cracks for 20$ Canadian. Pair it up with a cheap docking solution and it runs pretty smoothly! Expect a bit less performance and more heat from it though.
Hey ETA Prime. Always love the live wallpapers you use on your phone videos. Where do you get them from?
Wallop prime
@@destinyhero4795 or even wallpaper engine. It lets u use videos.
This sounds like a great idea for a cut price home made Android and emulation gaming console. I think I might give this a go - especially at it's also a cheap way of getting desktop Dex up and running too. On eBay in the UK there seems to be plenty of S10's going with 8 GB of Ram (but see below).
One thing to bear in mind for this of us not in the States though:
International models of the S10 use the Exynos 9820 system-on-chip, while the U.S. and Chinese models use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855.
Any of phones you could run this same setup on?
This use to be my setup with a fold 4 with shadow pc on it but I ended up getting a onexplayer and now I use my old fold 2 with dex as a live security cam feed plugged into a Asus zenscreen on my gaming desk . Alot of ppl have been sleeping on the possibilities with Samsung Dex .
This is the perfect idea for my Note 4. 1440p, micro HDMI out. Screen is a bit discolored because it was in a house fire so this solution totally makes sense. It runs Marshmallow which means it should be supported by all the emulators. The Exynos 5433 is only about 65% as powerful as the 9820 but still should be plenty for emulating anything through 6th gen consoles and PSP. I have a hacked 2ds I use to play 3DS and DS games. I cannot run Xenia or Cemu so no BOTW for me. It will run Dolphin though so I can utilize my massive GC and Wii collection. I have an old laptop for stuff like Xenia and Cemu anyway. I basically have a Wii U on a flash drive I can use on any supported device.
Damn, what old laptop you have that runs Xenia? 🤔
you should try out nintendo switch emulation using the skyline emulator for your tests as well
I've got the Note 8 and it doesn't directly support HDMI over type C, but I bought the DEX dock that came out at the time and it, along with the phone have been gathering dust, so I'm going to turn it into a little emulation and media streamer for my non smart TV in the bedroom
We've reached a point in technology where "old technology" is still very capable of running current software and apps. The Samsung S10 is still an amazing phone not just for gaming, of course you always breathe new life into tech people moved on from. Thanks for posting
Old games are not getting more demanding
Yeah. The only thing really getting better is refresh rates, and cameras
Hey Eta prime, I was wondering. Have you thought about experimenting with e/ os? It’s a googleless android os meant for privacy. I heard it has a desktop mode but it’s the one that’s built into base android
Hi. Big fan. Been watching for about. A year and a half. And I actually bought my s9 solely for display out. And I've had mantis buddy for like. About a year as well. It was really my bypass for playing pokemon unite on a TV, I was really into it when it came out but to be frank on the small screen its not as immersive. But yeah I was even pushing my s9 to play gamecube, and I actually got kh2 at 2x running somewhat decent. I was getting ALOT of lag between loads but that may have been me using Vulkan instead of oil.
I literally am holding myself back because your kinda my mod inspiration just always working on a budget and thats just the life I live.
That wallpaper is sick.
This is essentially what I just got my Galaxy Fold3 for 🙌🏻
Great vid! Please can I get the link for the keyboard. I’ve seen this in a couple of your vids and would really like one myself. Thanks!
Hey, can you do a video about monitors you recommend? I need a monitor for my new setup and idk which one to get
8:15 --- fly 43, fly.
Looks like a nice project
This is a neat concept for sure i bet the cell doom would would be an interesting thing to play this way certainly odd world strangers wrath would be interesting to
You shuold use some adapter that support USB charger like UGreen Type-C HUB. While in SS DEX, you can turn off the phone screen to prevent heat up. I use it sometime when away from my laptop, it work well. Some monitor now have build-in docking, it can connect the phone and charge it at the same time.
Does the ugreen charge at a rate high enough to maintain? Thanks friend .
His Pixio PX277 Pro monitor provides 65W power delivery as well as display port over USB-C, so basically a dock for his phone.
that looks like a solid daily driving device, I dont know why I'd need hardware any more powerfull as a phone
Great idea for older phones.
That magnetic system on the fan is amazing. Do you know of any phone/tablet holder or arm that uses the same mechanism for when watching on the bed or couch?
Any possibility to make a video about same setup using a remote desktop like Parsec and maybe the nreal glasses? Very curious
Is this is why i am kinda interested in the Razer Edge. Yeah it is a little over kill for a android hand held but imagine if they also put a desk top mode in there? with the detachable controller it would be real simple to go from a pretty powerful docked device to a killer hand held on the fly. That being said, i am still going to wait for actual test units to make their rounds and see if the community actually starts dev with it in mind.
The edge doesn't have Dex, but it does have HDMI video out. So no "desktop" mode, but it will send your screeen to the tv
Didn't razr change the specs, have to apologize, mislead customers, and put a horrible screen resolution on the thing? I've spoken to like 6 different handheld reviewers personally, and every one of them thought it was a piece of crap.
@@cheeeeezewizzz no idea what you mean by the screen resolution. It is a beautiful screen. It is 1080p if u see that as some how bad in a 6 inch screen. The amoled and high refresh rate also make it look even better in game. Calling it a piece of crap is a over reaction at best, dishonest at worst. There is a lot of missed opportunities with the razer edge but for the money in the android space it is a pretty good little package. A lot of reviewers are putting it up against a steam deck which is not even a valid comparison.
@@cheeeeezewizzz and this is based on owning the edge 5g and a month of running it thru it’s paces vs a few other hand held
@@cheeeeezewizzz Razer severely fumbled the launch in a way that will negatively impact trust for a lot of folks, but at the end of the day it’s still a very powerful device
Always wanted to try this, now I feel like I have to.
Also what keycaps are those? 👀
Wow! I haven't seen that live wallpaper background in a looong time. IF it's the same one I'm thinking of. Light Grid or something? The dev of that app has a few other cool live wallpaper apps too iirc. Been around a long time now.
Got the s10e and it plays every single emulator ps2 psp gamecube etc at 100% with no lagg 8ts great
I use this for Call of Duty Mobile.
S20fe and DEX connected to a usb-c hub with usb ports and hdmi out on my Samsung 65" tv with Xbox controller. It's amazing. The only downside is you cant use the controller to navigate in the menu. To solve this I use a wireless mouse with my hub. This setup turns any mobile game into a console like approach.
That’s pretty impressive
I watch almost all you videos but im from mexico 🇲🇽
Holy hell I just bought an s10e for knockaround use
I like the idea of using an old smartphone lying around at home. Is it possible to connect two controllers and play with a friend togheter? For example an old ps2 game like fifa?
I'm digging my moto g100 - snapdragon 870, 8gb RAM, MicroSD, headphones jack, video out over USB-C w/ "ready for" (Motorola's version of Dex), and it's easy to unlock the bootloader to install LineageOS or whatever.
It's a fairly big, but the upside of that is that I can easily get 2 days worth of battery on a single charge.
I paid $270 for it on eBay last year.
Been watching yr content for a while and really enjoy them. I found out that Samsung put a weaker chipset in UK phones.(Exynos 9820)😢😢! Do you have any ideas which phones to look out for in the UK to recreate this process
855 and 865 are insane!!!
And Aethersx2 is a must
Aethersx2 is amazing snap 855 is pretty dam old and it still works. Thanks to the jerks who made tahlreth quit at the moment
thats it!!! im getting a galaxy s10
Can you make a video on how you are able to emulate all the different games that you have and where to get them.
I may have to pick one up to emulation on and all for that price with the steam deck hub thing it be great lil emulate machine
Did the same thing except I made a case for my note 20 ultra to use razor jungle cat as a handheld and use the original dex station to connect to my tv so I guess I made a Samsung switch lmao but the reason I used the dex station is the fans
Great what you can do with DeX and a pretty cheap phone but PLEASE TELL, what is that cool blue wallpaper you are using on the S10?
The cool thing is how much gaming you can actually do. Yeah its not able to do every AAA but you absolutely can play games, even some esports!
I had a S8 that I tried this on and the frame rate wouldn't go over 30 and it had terrible input lag. Might have to try this
Could you except the same results if you were gaming on the Tab S6 since it uses the same processor?
This video was the reason I bought a s10e in 2024 lol genshin impact at 1080p medium settings on a 70inch with Mantis Gamepad pro is wild what a time to be alive many thanks to eta prime 🙌
I had an s10e and I've just been playing cod mobile but recently I've jumped all in and have tried all the stuff in this video and man it's incredible phone technology has really come so far from just like 2008 it's wild.
I love your videos 🙂🙂🙂
ooooo.... I just picked up a gaems vanguard and this might be an interesting thing to test or run on it....
s10 and note 10 line support wireless dex right?it also support screen share so either way you could emulate while using bigger screen or tv
I recently bought a new s20fe snapdragon edition. It's an amazing phone. I wanted to try dex mode to play games on my monitor. But how about the audio? Will the sound out put from my phone or from my monitor?
There’s one really serious deficiency with Samsung phones in Dex with Xbox. 7:28
The controller will pair fine once the Xbox app is open, but if you interact with the phone, input moves right to the phone and the dex screen won’t recognize input from it. I need to re-pair in DeX settings every time I make a change on my phone.
@@beemandev I'll try this!
Personally I use Samsung DeX a lot, I don't have a fancy setup, just an old 32 inch FHD TV, I use it mostly for RUclips with a Samsung Galaxy S9 which has a broken display. I use also a dock with USB C in USB C PD HDMI 2.0a, USB A 2.0 USB A 3.0 and a microSD card slot (The external microSD doesn't work when there is a microSD inside the phone, there is no separate controller on the dock).
Hi ETA, i am from europe and we have exynos variants and i can tell u that s10 with exynos is unable to play any game over 20 minutes without overheating :) lucky USA in this case.
LG flagships were Snapdragon 8## everywhere (I'm not counting the Velvet or Wing as flagships) and starting with Android 10 they had their own DEX-like desktop mode called Screen+. Plus, you get the ESS QuadDAC powered headphone jack.
Dude what wireless keyboard is that? Thanks a bunch.
Thank you for doing videos like this, very awesome. Being on a budget you tend to have more devices vs. buying expensive ones.
Used phones are super underrated especially if you like performance
Do you have any recomendations? Im on a budget and im wondering If i should get a handheld or a older phone and use it with emulation (and maybe use It with Xcloud too)
@@lucasfelipe8349 s20 fe 5g for about 200 used (make sure to get snapdragon variant), s10e/lg g8/ v50 for about 120 used, lg g7/s9 for under 100 sometimes
@@tranquility6789 Thanks, that really helped me, i Will Just search a little more to see what of these best fit me
I saw a RUclips channel , that guy overclocked 865 is beat easily beats 8 gen1.
Broken phone with good motherboard , it will be a fun project.
Plus if you use the original dex station you can use ethernet cable for cloud gaming
I have a LG g8 it runs the same SOC. Also just got an update for Android 12.
While looking this video, glancing at my trusty S8+ ... lol it feels weird.
Thankfully now in Europe we'll have Qualcomm with the S23 series, it was about time and waiting was worth it.
ETA, mind sharing please which animated wallpaper you're using on the S10?
Thanks.
Blacklisted is a great option i got a s21 5g for$60 snapdragon 888 and Adriano 660
I have 2 S10+ still like new already set up one as a console.
I've been doing this for a couple years and been telling people about it 😁 good to see you bring this to people
Lg g8 for $100 used + $40 razer kishi used = ghetto switch that can play way more games than even a modded switch for half price
For this reason, the razer edge will sell some pretty decent numbers
This is funny. This is my phone an set up. I have the same. Dex is why I have kept it so long. I love it
I've been thinking about getting a note 20 for a while now cause they aren't that expensive anymore
Always wanted a note for the pen
They should still make the DeX Dock for this reason.