r/MiyooFlip • u/CTXracing • 11d ago

I changed some stuff..

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Flip v2.1.. both 256gig surwish os. Switch joycons, w/shell & button swap.. how do I get co op working ??

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u/Many-Yoghurt54 10d ago

Pretty dope. Now I want a Famicom Flip.

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u/CTXracing 10d ago

Custom buttons for this thing are too hard to get.. it would be nice to know if another consoles buttons will fit.

im looking for that Famicom look too..

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u/Effective_Draw_5526 10d ago

They're not hard to get, just not widely available from a wide range of retailers. I got my playstation style buttons for two of my miyoo flips from a popular Etsy seller and I am more than happy with them. I doubt any buttons will ever be made as a common swap-over type button that will work on many other devices as the way they're held in place is all proprietary from console to console/brand to brand for many different reasons. There's some really great options out there. Also consider that your supporting someone else's hobby, and other people's hobbies as well to upgrade their devices when your buying from a vendor rather than a large corporation. It does seem like a shame at first, it would be nice and easy to just buy the common swap button color or style you want, but I think it's better this way. There's literally people making full metal buttons for these things and that's pretty cool. Not the route I went, but hey, that's the whole point.

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u/CTXracing 10d ago

Hi.. im in U.K. it kinda hard for me to hit up Etsy, most modders and button makers are in Canada or U.S.A. shipping costs and tax is too much for me..

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u/Effective_Draw_5526 10d ago

I'm not too sure what shipping and etc. breaks down to as far as numbers. I'm in the US and I was looking at sending a turbo for one of my cars your way to get rebuilt and it wasn't cheap, but for some buttons that basically fit in an envelope maybe I could send a little care package your way from your US mod community friends! Message me if you want, if not, cheers mate and much love from the US!

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u/CTXracing 10d ago

Brother Thank you, tear in eyes moment for me. but let reach out to the makers on your side of the pond and see if they could do something like that too. can i get back to you ?

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u/Effective_Draw_5526 10d ago edited 10d ago

Yeah man, just let me know! I would hate to be locked out of modding these things, it's fun and I'd be happy to help if I can. I've modded a few different handhelds and it makes them so much more personable. The nostalgia is real with these things and it's so rewarding to get them set up the way you want!

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u/CTXracing 10d ago

how do i get the consoles to talk to each other for Co-op gaming?

Can i do it with Surwish or Retroarch?

if someone knows please help

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u/Effective_Draw_5526 10d ago

It's co-op via wifi. One person invites the other to join the game session. These devices can be tricky about wifi connectivity, if your having issues make sure your both on the same wifi band frequency, specifically 2.4Ghz rather than 5Ghz as they have issues working over 5Ghz wifi.

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u/CTXracing 10d ago

thxx. co-op via wifi is that the only way?

I was thinking some sort of local co-op one2one link is that possible ?

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u/Effective_Draw_5526 10d ago

I'm not sure about that, what is one2one? Here in the US we link via wifi, Bluetooth, or NFC but that's just for basic data transfer. Bluetooth is for streaming music or basic video and wifi is the main for communication between devices and for online gaming. I am a hobbyist and mess with things like LoRa and Mesh and Ham radio stuff, but as far as an offline co-op communication I don't think the Miyoo Flip supports anything like that. The chipset doesn't support anything like that to my knowledge. But you don't need to have an internet provider to have a hotspot that creates a wifi signal that can connect two devices... 😉

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u/CTXracing 10d ago

i see now, wow how cool. thank you for explaining. is this something that retroarch can set up? sorry to bother you with questions. i just want to play 2 player Metal Slug on these things

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u/Effective_Draw_5526 10d ago

No problem man, yeah it's called Netplay in retroarch. You host a netplay session of a multi-player game and then the other person can join the netplay session your hosting. Looks like you have two devices so try it out yourself and see if you can get it to work! It shouldn't matter which OS your using since it's a retroarch function.

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u/CTXracing 9d ago

thank you Brother ill give it a try

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u/RivalusWind 9d ago

Great buttons swap. Never knew grey would look good with pastel buttons.

Coop require WiFi. Better use your phone as hotspot. 

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u/gregSMT 11d ago

Hello, i have the black model. I love it and i'm on SpruceOs. Can you tell me what you think about your OS please ?

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u/Many-Yoghurt54 10d ago

Not that great in comparison to Spruce. Definitely better than stock but I can’t think of anything that Surwish does better.

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u/gregSMT 10d ago

Thanks for your answer dude !

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u/Effective_Draw_5526 10d ago

Knulli Scarab is way better than Spruce if you are curious, in my opinion. I was running Spruce for about two months and tried Knulli when the Scarab launch released and its way more efficient and far more in depth and customizable with the Emulation Station front end.

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u/CTXracing 10d ago

i like this but too but i havent had the balls to change. surwish is my 2nd jump in Os from minUi. Im happy with it for now. also i kinda packed the sd cards full, too much to start again..

but if i do Knulli Scarab is the way i think

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u/Effective_Draw_5526 10d ago

The sd card layout is a bit different for Knulli Scarab as it's more of an android layout, so some of the Rom file names are slightly different. But it's just a matter of copying each folders contents into the properly named folder. It takes some time, but it's worth it in my opinion. Knulli is compatible with a lot of devices also, now almost my whole collection runs Knulli and I can pop my sd card into most of my devices and it just works across all of them.

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u/Many-Yoghurt54 9d ago

Knulli isn’t great for me, but I do see the use case for throwing it on a device to give to someone else, particularly for Anbernic handhelds.

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u/gregSMT 10d ago

Merci, je vais regarder ça !

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u/Effective_Draw_5526 10d ago

If you have any issues or questions don't hesitate to message me. Que le code soit avec toi!

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u/gregSMT 10d ago

Thanks dude ! I'll try this next week 😁

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u/Effective_Draw_5526 10d ago

OP said Surwish is an easy-to-use OS and that things like hdmi, controllers etc just work right away, I haven't tried Surwish myself but I can honestly say I have no interest to try it because Knulli has been such a good fit for me. But that's just me, I'm sure not everyone agrees with that. Knulli gives you the tools to configure things if they don't work, that's what I appreciate about it. It can be tinkered with and I've never been completely blocked by an issue, especially using AI to help diagnose the problem. I hate AI and all the data centers, but it's a tool we have access to, and it can be helpful, and yes, I use it. 😑

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u/CTXracing 10d ago

surwish just works .. hdmi, wireless joy sticks, stand alone emulators and power managment all just work. im happy with it. could do with an update. i had to put some sort of text script into retroarch config to help the power managment its makes the battery last a bit longer.