For the past 3 days I've been struggling to set up my PS3 contoller to work on my HTC One M8. First, I tried USB/BT Joystick Center and got the D-Pad to work, but couldn't really figure out the proper button configs so that games could detect them. Most of the other controller apps require root; therefore, I went ahead and did that. Then, I installed Sixaxis Compatibility Checker and it told me that my phone was compatible with the main app so I went ahead and bought it. Well, lo and behold it doesn't work. It seems that unless I override the MAC address of my controller, it won't let me pair up via OTG, Bluetooth-only seems to be the only way. Unfortunately, I can't do this because the drivers that I need to install to do this render my controller unusable with my PC games for some reason. I missed the refund window so I gotta make this work somehow.
You don't need OTG to link ps3 to phone. I've used the app many times on both my tablet and phone. I even use my ps3 on my laptop to play android games through emulation. I'll have to get with you later. Its 4am here, so give me time
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Does anyone know of any good bt controllers that I could use on my one x for games etc?
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I don't have my phone yet (coming later today) I wonder if sixaxis works.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dancingpixelstudios.sixaxiscontroller&hl=en
anyone try it yet?
wont work on sense roms well tbh don't really know about s4.0 but on previos sense based roms sixaxis does not obtain the required permissions for bluetooth. should work on a ice non sense rom running on a one x.
Phonejoy's should work, they worked with other recent HTCs that I'd tried. I get my One X next week and have Phonejoy's, WiiMotes, Datel Retro Wireless, Logitech F310 and PS3 controllers at home. Will let you know which work!
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Phonejoy's should work, they worked with other recent HTCs that I'd tried. I get my One X next week and have Phonejoy's, WiiMotes, Datel Retro Wireless, Logitech F310 and PS3 controllers at home. Will let you know which work!
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Thanks, yeah, definitely do that. I'll get mine next month and would lime to know this.
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got a datel retro wireless, well i have it somewhere hehehe the same for a sixaxis, damn that i can't find them. but if you're successful it might be a kick in the butt to make me look for them more
Wiimote works.
Sixxaxis needs Root.
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Wiimote works.
Sixxaxis needs Root.
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Cool, if WiiMote works then the Datel Retro Wireless will too!
Has anyone confirmed with root, six axis works? That will make my year
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I would guess that if Wiimote works, then they finally got the Bluetooth HID drivers working....
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Has anyone confirmed with root, six axis works? That will make my year
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Can confirm that a Dualshock 3 works. needs root and the Sixaxis app.
Working on Coredroid ROM on ShadowGun nicely. just need the Kidigi HDMI dock now to play it on big screen
shangostar said:
Can confirm that a Dualshock 3 works. needs root and the Sixaxis app.
Working on Coredroid ROM on ShadowGun nicely. just need the Kidigi HDMI dock now to play it on big screen
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I have a rooted and de-odexed rom running ICS. Have attempted to overwrite the bluetooth .apk as per: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560647&page=2
Sixaxis won't ID my bluetooth, or pair after changing the master.
After pressing the start button, the sixaxis compatibility fails to connect.
Are there any ways to get sixaxis to work without removing sense completely? Can anyone confirm it working on a rooted vivid/raider??
Not sure exactly what your doing but i found the instructions for pairing misleading.
After changing the master ID you need to unplug the usb cable in order to pair it, instructions doesnt tell you to unplug it until after it's paired. if you try and pair it with the usb pluged in it says failed and tells you to plug it in when in fact you actually have to unplug it.
I have a sense rom and it works fine with it.
I never had to do anything with overwriting the bluetooth apk.
Shouldn't need to adjust anything what so ever, if you have a ps3 pad you can use sixaxis and it works like a charm, you can also set buttons on the ps3 pad to emulate as hardware keys on your phone, as well as emulated touchscreen controls,
You could add the left analog stick and a certian area of the screen, and it'll only go within the radius of that area.
I can confirm that Sixxaxis works like a charm on the HTC One x, I use it for FPSE (psx emulator) Cs 1.6, Shadowgun, Minecraft, GTA III, and BFBC2 ! If you like i can setup a video on how i done everything
You will need to root it and have SU !
Six axis vivid/raider
I've got the stock at&t ics rom(rooted/su) and sixaxis compatibility doesn't seem to connect.
The compatibility checker says click start to show local bluetooth, however, when I start the utility no local address is displayed. Went into setting and checked the address manually.
I downloaded the pairing utility and ran it on my laptop to change the master id.
When I try to pair the controller it says connect via usb. I did try pairing it without it connected.
Without being able to pair it, the checker indicates an error: failed to configure bluetooth. Not a huge surprise. Am I missing some steps? I've tried this many different ways. Thanks for the earlier responses.
scy77 said:
I've got the stock at&t ics rom(rooted/su) and sixaxis compatibility doesn't seem to connect.
The compatibility checker says click start to show local bluetooth, however, when I start the utility no local address is displayed. Went into setting and checked the address manually.
I downloaded the pairing utility and ran it on my laptop to change the master id.
When I try to pair the controller it says connect via usb. I did try pairing it without it connected.
Without being able to pair it, the checker indicates an error: failed to configure bluetooth. Not a huge surprise. Am I missing some steps? I've tried this many different ways. Thanks for the earlier responses.
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AT&T? Is your CPU S4 then? Maybe the Qualcomm uses a different Bluetooth stack because my Tegra3 works perfectly with sixaxis controller app.
If compatability checker doesn't succeed then it probably won't work for you.
Also it must be a genuine controller. Fakes don't seem to work.
After changing master on laptop to the MAC on the app and unplugging the lead you should power on the controller so it is flashing then just press START. That activates the driver and it should show text ending with "client connected:1"
The PAIR CONTROLLER button is for tablets which have USB host functions and can then pair directly without the laptop step.
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If there is no address for your local bluetooth on your phone, have you tried checking what the ps3 bluetooth address is and trying to manually search for that address using sixaxis?
It'll usually tell you the address of the ps3 if you had it paired to it last, then just use that address for the manual pair on sixaxis basically
Daydream605 said:
I can confirm that Sixxaxis works like a charm on the HTC One x, I use it for FPSE (psx emulator) Cs 1.6, Shadowgun, Minecraft, GTA III, and BFBC2 ! If you like i can setup a video on how i done everything
You will need to root it and have SU !
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Please make a tut video for this bro, our One X is so good for a game machine
Thanks in advanced.
vua777 said:
Please make a tut video for this bro, our One X is so good for a game machine
Thanks in advanced.
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This guide might help? http://www.androidnz.net/2011/10/at-your-own-risk-how-to-use-ps3.html
(made for S2 but same process)
Also, guide for key mappings in Shadowgun: http://www.androidnz.net/2011/10/shadowgun-with-ps3-controller.html
Okay i'll get on a vid tut tomorrow, can't do it right now as i have to be up for a bike test tomorrow ;d. I'll leave links for and give a proper explanation about how to setup your controls properly!
After seeing Transformer Prime + Logitech F710 in action, how do we get the same from HTC One X? Tegra 3 was said to support all game controllers like PS3, XBOX360. Does it really work and how to do it so there would be no apps needed like sixaxis and no compatibility issues?
i bought a ps3 controller just for this, but as I sent my first HOX back because of backlight flickering and haven't received a new one yet I haven't been able to try it. I don't think it will work via bluetooth without something like the sixaxis app.
Cant get my ps3 controller connected with the Sixaxis app, the compatibility checker says I'm compatible, used the sixaxispairtool to change the master Bluetooth on my controller to match the phone but when trying to pair it just says no controller found.
There is a video on YouTube of it working on a HOX with stock rooted ROM but I'm using Coredroid.
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Scratch that, managed to get it working, instructions on the sixaxis devs website a a bit misleading. Makes Shodowgun so much easier
Is it possible to use the Logitech 710 with the HTC One X? If so, how does it work?
So this one is an interesting one.
I have my HTC one M8 rooted using TWRP and magisk, and i'm also running the xPosed framework and xPrivacy.
About a month ago, Valve released an update for the steam controller firmware to be able to connect to other devices using Bluetooth LE and also launched the steam link app.
Of cource, i wanted to try this out so i decided to link up my steam controller to my M8.
Now pairing seems to be working, it is found and recognised as a bluetooth device and i seem to be able to pair.
However, it is only recognised as a mouse, not a gamepad, and the bluetooth menu indicates that i need to "move the mouse to restore connection" (this but in dutch).
The steam link app also does not recognise that i have connected the steam controller.
So far my google-fu has failed me, and since i have run into situations before where my rooting and usage of xprivacy has been an issue before, i would like to ask you guys for help if you know what might be wrong?
I haven't posted enough to create a thread in dev forum nor putting links please if some moderator wants to move this to dev and fix the urls would be great.
I just wanted to share a project that I worked on during 2018. It allows to simulate touch events in Android TV with your gamepad (mainly for Nvidia Shield TV) and play touch based games without rooting the device. It actually needs a computer connected through ADB to work so this is another point why Shield TV is best to use because it allows ADB over wifi. You can configure several gamepad inputs that map to taps in some coordinates or 'virtual joysticks' with configurable center and radius in the screen.
It has been always open source but now I'm sharing because I don't plan to work on it anymore and I welcome anyone who wants continue the development. I wrote both user guide and developer guide on how to set it up.
github.com /Shyri/TouchMapper/wiki/User-Guide
github.com /Shyri/TouchMapper/wiki/Developer-Guide
Also I made a desktop app that would make a non-developer user easier to start the ADB process. You can find both repos here:
github.com /Shyri/TouchMapper
github.com /Shyri/TouchMapperLauncher
..that's exactly what I was searching for.... but the fact that you need a pc connected via adb all the time throws me off a bit.
So, I have 2 Questions:
My Shield is rooted using Magisk. Is there a way to use the app without the need of a pc connected via adb if it has root access? I mean could you come up with sth. like that?... probably not, since you don't plan on working on it anymore :'( . I'm no dev god, I cannot do it myself.
Second question: I got the ps4 remote play app to work on my Shield and I can stream ps4 to it. However I'm unable to connect any controller to it (all controllers that work just fine elsewhere won't work in the ps4 app). Also app has possibility to register a dualshock4 controller but that also does not work.
But the app has a touchbutton overlay! Do you think your app could work to send inputs?
Edit: Wait.....reading the mapping guide of yours, I wonder: Couldn't I do this somehow with Tasker app also?
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..that's exactly what I was searching for.... but the fact that you need a pc connected via adb all the time throws me off a bit.
So, I have 2 Questions:
My Shield is rooted using Magisk. Is there a way to use the app without the need of a pc connected via adb if it has root access? I mean could you come up with sth. like that?... probably not, since you don't plan on working on it anymore :'( . I'm no dev god, I cannot do it myself.
Second question: I got the ps4 remote play app to work on my Shield and I can stream ps4 to it. However I'm unable to connect any controller to it (all controllers that work just fine elsewhere won't work in the ps4 app). Also app has possibility to register a dualshock4 controller but that also does not work.
But the app has a touchbutton overlay! Do you think your app could work to send inputs?
Edit: Wait.....reading the mapping guide of yours, I wonder: Couldn't I do this somehow with Tasker app also?
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Yeah having adb connected is kind of a bummer but it is very comfortable through wifi or ethernet.
If your device is rooted you should be able to use any app in Play Store with this purpose I think.
My app is running the code in a separated process ran by adb and receiving gamepad input from the app process. I guess a modification that runs that code from the app process if root is detected would make it work without needing adb.
I don't know about the Tasker app capabilities for this purpose.
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Yeah having adb connected is kind of a bummer but it is very comfortable through wifi or ethernet.
If your device is rooted you should be able to use any app in Play Store with this purpose I think.
My app is running the code in a separated process ran by adb and receiving gamepad input from the app process. I guess a modification that runs that code from the app process if root is detected would make it work without needing adb.
I don't know about the Tasker app capabilities for this purpose.
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I can now confirm that with root it's possible by using Tasker + AutoInput Plugin.
However it's no working solution for the ps4 remote play app The overlay of the app disappears after some time and moving the mouse it appears again, also it's disturbing.
One can register a ps4 controller in the app, which for me does not work I guess once registered the overlay disappears.
One thing I didn't try yet is the sixaxis controller app.
The idea would be then to map the ps4 controller input to a connected xbox one controller.
That's the reason I'm doing this: I want to play on my ps4 with a xbox one controller. Via win pc this seems to be possible... but I feel like it's such a waste of power..
Also there are such usb dongles that enable to do this, I should have bought one from the getgo.... But now I'm just being stubborn, I wanna make this work
Edit: Oh, forgot one thing: Do you plan on also posting this in geforce forum and r/ShieldAndroidTV subreddit? I think it would be important to have it there as well.
If you allow, I can do that and redirect any questions to this thread here, if not that's also fine. Just a thought, maybe this way you'll find someone to take over the project.
trohn_javolta said:
I can now confirm that with root it's possible by using Tasker + AutoInput Plugin.
However it's no working solution for the ps4 remote play app The overlay of the app disappears after some time and moving the mouse it appears again, also it's disturbing.
One can register a ps4 controller in the app, which for me does not work I guess once registered the overlay disappears.
One thing I didn't try yet is the sixaxis controller app.
The idea would be then to map the ps4 controller input to a connected xbox one controller.
That's the reason I'm doing this: I want to play on my ps4 with a xbox one controller. Via win pc this seems to be possible... but I feel like it's such a waste of power..
Also there are such usb dongles that enable to do this, I should have bought one from the getgo.... But now I'm just being stubborn, I wanna make this work
Edit: Oh, forgot one thing: Do you plan on also posting this in geforce forum and r/ShieldAndroidTV subreddit? I think it would be important to have it there as well.
If you allow, I can do that and redirect any questions to this thread here, if not that's also fine. Just a thought, maybe this way you'll find someone to take over the project.
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Haha what you are trying to do is certainly waste of power, but I can understand the stubbornness to make it work, it happens to me all the time. This project is indeed the result of being stubborn and not wanting to root my shield.
In any case, what you are trying to do should be possible with my app and, as I said, I guess it wouldn't be too hard to make it work from rooted devices without having adb connected. For the moment I am very busy with other projects but I'll let you know if I can find some time to adapt it.
I'll post it to that reddit too, i already posted it to r/androidtvdev but didn't know about r/ShieldAndroidTV. Thanks!
Just to say, that tasker has an adb pluging that lets me send adb commands over tcp to the device its running on, lets me trully force close apps on a non root shield, maybe this combination of apps could do away with the pc requirement
I am on the latest version of FIre OS (5.2.7.2_r1) and am using a first party PS3 controller, the version with Dualshock and Sixaxis combined
I know this question has been asked and ansered before, but the methods I have tried to use have not worked for me, sadly.
I have tried Using Sixaxis Controller from DancingPixelStudios. I enable and set the IME from a terminal (cannot get a Settings.apk to install) I have set the Bluetooth Master Address both from the USB pairing method built into the app, and with Sixpair on a linux machine (a raspberry pi running the latest version of Raspbian) Stort the server and try to connect, nothing.
I tried the app Sixaxis Enable, which is supposed to connect the DS3 via USB, and I get a message saying that it's not supported.
I found an app called USB/BT Joystick Center. After setting the IME for it and connect my controller via USB, and when I click Search in the app, it finds the Unifying receiver, the powered USB hub I am using (I think) and the PS3 controller. It says that I click on it and it says that it loads a built in keymap or something along those lines, but the controller doesn't work...Maybe I just don't really know how to use the app properly, but so far the help option hasn't actually been much help. It says that if I want to use my PS3 controller over bluetooth, that I will need to connect an external USB Bluetooth Dongle with a CSR chipset (which I don't have)
Something interesting I have noticed, is that I have been getting a pop up request to enter the pin for my controller. I have tried 0000 and 1234, to no avail., Using an app called Bluetooth Settings, I currently have my device set to be fully discoverable and pairable.. What I can take away from this is that my box IS seeing the PS3 controller over bluetooth.
It kinda seems to me like all the methods available to do connect a PS3 controller to the FIre TV are all dead, or I'm doing something wrong, which is more than possible.
So I guess my question is, is there a way nowadays to use my official PS3 controller on my FIre TV? I have no real preferece if it is over USB or Bluetooth. (Unless I have company over Iam usually no further than 5 feet away from the box when I use it) and how do I acheive it if it can still be done?
THank you for the patience!
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I am on the latest version of FIre OS (5.2.7.2_r1) and am using a first party PS3 controller, the version with Dualshock and Sixaxis combined
I know this question has been asked and ansered before, but the methods I have tried to use have not worked for me, sadly.
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I feel your pain...
I also had this issue literally tried everything... I moved on and accepted it wasn't going to work, so purchased Bluetooth controllers.. Which would also not pair.. Til I ran a simple command...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/help/guide-pair-undetected-bluetooth-devices-t4023677
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I feel your pain...
I also had this issue literally tried everything... I moved on and accepted it wasn't going to work, so purchased Bluetooth controllers.. Which would also not pair.. Til I ran a simple command...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/help/guide-pair-undetected-bluetooth-devices-t4023677
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Funny enough, I actually just recently found your reddit posts about this while looking for something else. Sadly it did not work for me that I know of.
After running your command via adb, my terminal gave me:
"Result: parcell(00000000 00000001 '........')"
Then I went to the Bluetooth menu, pressed the PS button on my PS3 controller, and tried to discover it as both a game controller, and under Other Bluetooth Devices.
Maybe im not doing something right, or maybe because I have the bluetooth master address in the controller set to the Fire's bluetooth MAC address, the fire thinks it is paired when it is not.
Further help would be appreciated if you know what im doing wrong with that method.
The good news though is that I HAVE discovered (or at least there are no nentions about it that I have seen) a method to use an official ps3 controller over USB, and will post a tutorial sometime in the next 24 hours.
Do you have busybox installed? Try it via the terminal emulator app on the device itself.
Also it sounds like you need to pair it again... In the settings forget the device. Then
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Do you have busybox installed? Try it via the terminal emulator app on the device itself.
Also it sounds like you need to pair it again... In the settings forget the device. Then
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Busybox is installed to /system/xbin
After trying to run the command in the terminal emulator included in Apps2SD Pro, I got the same response from the terminal and I still couldn't detect the controller over bluetooth.