We Turned This Cheap Second Hand Phone In A Powerful Emulation & Gaming Console!

[@Jacob4duke]

was able to snag a s20 FE for $107 !! amazing performance

[@ETAPRIME]

Awesome! That’s a super deal

[@destinyhero4795]

That's a steal ! Where you buy it?

[@nargalda773]

take me 2 of these too

[@AntiGrieferGames]

Soon it will get 107$ as normal price. So its a standard price lol

[@Jacob4duke]

ebay, bad esn/imei

[@Vazaqin]

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

[@seanytcars9510]

What about the heart rate sensor?

[@saysbadman]

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!

[@cryptomancer-909]

Thanks for the tip. I'm going to check that out.

[@cryptomancer-909]

i like the screen size. 6.8 inch

[@saysbadman]

@@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.

[@ThaedDavid]

I didn't realise LG had a desktop mode. I'll have to dig out my old V50

[@dkracingfan2503]

But LG no longer makes phones anymore

[@fengjayson]

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

[@RetroKid]

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.

[@monkeybarmonkeyman]

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.

[@sdmods619]

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.

[@sdmods619]

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!

[@Caddi1985]

Ready For on Motorola phones is also pretty good.

[@pacman81]

I recently found Dex using Nreal Air glasses. I was blown away. Definitely one of the Best kept secrets put there. Haha

[@cheekyphuzz_thegod8558]

Dex is great for when you need to use a computer that can fit in your pocket

[@MrTK0629]

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!

[@raymondtrabulsy7294]

I think these "cheap gaming solutions" videos are my favorite.

[@nsos28]

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)

[@robmalcolm8042]

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!

[@robmalcolm8042]

@@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

[@Bos_Meong]

damn thats crazy how secondhand market works in US. Here it still cost like $300++

[@cheeeeezewizzz]

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.

[@cheeeeezewizzz]

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.

[@Kiyoshi_9606]

8GB / 256GB variant of S10e is great in Dex, as well as in the GameSir controller.

[@SkywardKing]

I recently bought a S10+, 8gb of ram and plenty of power. Love taking advantage of older yet powerful hardware.

[@GirlOnAQuest]

Ya forget new stuff too expensive!

[@mr.j5112]

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.

[@CatSovietski]

@@mr.j5112 S10 exynos heats up like a v12

[@dominick253]

Note 9 still working great 👍. They kinda shot themselves in the foot making these phones so good. No real reason to upgrade.

[@amira.ismail8004]

Bought a Poco X3 pro Snapdragon 860 8gb ram 256gb rom No regret and Android 12

[@FAT8893]

Snapdragon 855/855+/860 is still plenty powerful in 2023. I have no problem using console emulators on my LG V50.

[@anglo-saxonconnor817]

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.

[@piccolosan19]

Have been using s10+ daily since 2019 its a beast Even changed the battery in 2021 Maybe another 2+years left in its life

[@danh2716]

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.

[@sdmods619]

Get nreal air glasses for a portable 200" screen. Thank me later!

[@danh2716]

@sd mods VR stuff makes me nauseous, otherwise I already would have.

[@dorianchadwick805]

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.

[@robmalcolm8042]

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

[@Wilhuf1]

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.

[@ajrichards1190]

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.

[@amigang]

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.

[@MrGoneja]

I have the same setup with my s20+ works amazing.

[@LastFirst-iq2fn]

Does the dex dock support a charging rate that will keep your phone charged up?

[@XRTerra]

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.

[@amigang]

@@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).

[@rollbacked]

you should try out nintendo switch emulation using the skyline emulator for your tests as well

[@lurchgamesyt]

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.

[@manemobiili]

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!

[@sonofdevil666]

I keep thinking about doing this. Will definatelly do it in the future. Great video!

[@DPMAce]

Great video. Inspires me to use my old s10+ the same way

[@Leos74]

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.

[@lummatravel]

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

[@GamerPlaypen]

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

[@nalvareza]

Old games are not getting more demanding

[@davidhickey7863]

Yeah. The only thing really getting better is refresh rates, and cameras

[@imnotahippie22]

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 😁

[@EdgyOllie]

Do more of these bro, love the android emulation videos

[@eagleal]

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?

[@chuckrichardson83]

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

[@tranquility6789]

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

[@razortotal]

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.

[@mattdavis9601]

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.

[@owomushi_vr]

Blacklisted is a great option i got a s21 5g for$60 snapdragon 888 and Adriano 660

[@danwichgames]

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.

[@nahnotnathan]

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

[@cheeeeezewizzz]

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.

[@danwichgames]

@@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.

[@danwichgames]

@@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

[@nahnotnathan]

@@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

[@chromerims]

8:15 --- fly 43, fly.

[@dominicsevilla1189]

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!

[@MakeRandomVideosToShare]

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.

[@yuvrajsingh099]

I saw a KZbin channel , that guy overclocked 865 is beat easily beats 8 gen1. Broken phone with good motherboard , it will be a fun project.

[@samuraistrike1]

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

[@tekiro]

I just scored an s10e for $75 including tax and shipping off of eBay. I plan to use it with iPega 9083 for Ultimate portable gaming.

[@loluser]

Sadly in europe the Samsung S10 doesn't have Snapdragon but has exynos and I heard it's bad and all I'm trying to find is a good priced phone for emulation and over usb type c to screen

[@goad316]

Hey ETA Prime. Always love the live wallpapers you use on your phone videos. Where do you get them from?

[@destinyhero4795]

Wallop prime

[@NovaIsTheBot]

@@destinyhero4795 or even wallpaper engine. It lets u use videos.

[@mjdf122]

Awesome to see this be done amazing power thanks ETA Prime

[@killstarpopper]

Wow, I never know about that Hot Lap League game! Thanks for showing it!

[@jamesh0224]

This is essentially what I just got my Galaxy Fold3 for 🙌🏻

[@inkysteve]

I did the same thing a couple of years ago using one with a broken screen, unfortunately in my country we get the xynos version and it's emulation performance is terrible.

[@thevoid5117]

same here.

[@federicogori9888]

855 and 865 are insane!!! And Aethersx2 is a must

[@robmalcolm8042]

Aethersx2 is amazing snap 855 is pretty dam old and it still works. Thanks to the jerks who made tahlreth quit at the moment

[@madjack420]

The s10e has nasty slowdowns running twilight princess with base dolphin and mmjr2 even with the hyrule field hack. Id be cautious before dropping any cash on it.

[@JeanAbreux1]

Pretty cool. I have a similar set up. I bought the s10e and I use the Razer kishi. Love your videos!! Pretty cool!

[@kdubspencer3390]

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 .

[@TruthDoesNotExist]

that looks like a solid daily driving device, I dont know why I'd need hardware any more powerfull as a phone

[@SketchModsThings]

I still have this phone! Thanks for the video!

[@bandito241]

That wallpaper is sick.

[@OscarDaOtter1317]

Got the s10e and it plays every single emulator ps2 psp gamecube etc at 100% with no lagg 8ts great

[@shinobimaster4013]

Samsung dex is limiting accessibility so basically app that using accessibility like key maping (mantis,dll) can't not be used on samsung dex (the only features i hope samsung dex update to allow some accessibility stuff in dex mode

[@nahnotnathan]

This is the most slept on option for emulation. Samsung flagships with Snapdragons & Dex + Backbone + USB-C Hub = an extremely portable emulation powerhouse for less than $400

[@ota024]

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 KZbin 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).

[@salgonzalez908]

Thank you for doing videos like this, very awesome. Being on a budget you tend to have more devices vs. buying expensive ones.

[@cody181818]

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

[@nfriedly]

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.

[@collectibles4u]

I have 2 S10+ still like new already set up one as a console.

[@tylikesaxolotls7866]

I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy s10e for $110, it is definitely worth it.

[@michaelwilson7734]

Can you test a oneplus device next?

[@sirkanboy]

I watch almost all you videos but im from mexico 🇲🇽

[@thesuperknot_]

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.

[@thesuperknot_]

@@beemandev I'll try this!

[@sdmods619]

Checkout the r/nreal subreddit. Tons of iPhone converts getting affordable S10s just to be able to have Dex features for the nreal air AR glasses! Dex and nreal is a match made in heaven! Ultra portable 200" screen direct to your eyeballs!

[@nuwanda923]

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?

[@MACTEP_CHOB]

Alas, we have only Exynos here in EU and to order something like that from US it is always 30$+ for shipping. I wonder what else can be done to get similar experience. I don`t even need this to be a phone, just some device I could connect to monitor.

[@shade_angel1445]

ooooo.... I just picked up a gaems vanguard and this might be an interesting thing to test or run on it....

[@stevepogue1124]

If you have a controller with usb-c, you can run it wired from the phone or the usb hub. It completely removes latency, so you don't need to go bluetooth.

[@nl_thedutchvideoguy]

I really like this kind of vids! Good job. What keyboard are you using in this vid?

[@Spriggen1337]

Should really come with a disclaimer, the snapdragon version of this phone is US only. The global version uses an exynos processor!

[@muratsahan8697]

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?

[@mattbell1907]

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

[@RealGigaMind]

Friendly reminder - Anyone thinking of buying a phone should always get the one with a powerful processor and at least 6-8 GB RAM.

[@AshreSky]

@ETA Prime - My guy, you can run Genshin with GeForce NOW. They allow controller support or keyboard if you play that way.

[@victortartaglio3rd]

Word im second to watch these love your videos man keep it up

[@davetech356]

What's that live wallpaper your using anyone know looks mint?

[@TheArtOfJerry]

Great one. Initially I skip this video. After I watched it, it gives me the WoW 😲. COD mobile , how to play with BT controller? I find it easier to play on the phone touch screen but I wanted a big screen play experience, but I'm real bad playing with the controller 🎮. I'm using a ipega demon

[@JessicaFEREM]

Yea using your phone or a phone as a console is a great experience with dex.

[@alt666]

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

[@nathansodja]

For this reason, the razer edge will sell some pretty decent numbers

[@EmilieRochefort]

1920X14440 is crazy!

[@ILLRICARDO]

thats it!!! im getting a galaxy s10

[@Miss-Foe]

This old phone is 3 years newer than my current phone. I’ll have to save up and get one for a daily driver.

[@anthonylipke7754]

I'm just giving up on my S10E because the battery isn't keeping up. Shame is the newer phones have fewer functional features.

[@terrapinflyer273]

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.

[@HDz]

7:48 Woah 1920 x 14440 thats a crazy resolution

[@Deffsector]

Plus if you use the original dex station you can use ethernet cable for cloud gaming

[@cheekyphuzz_thegod8558]

I love your content, Estimated Time of Arrival Prime

[@Doms1145]

Can you pls do a video on how to turn a samsung Galaxy a14 5g into a gaming phone it would be really helpful for me if you could do a video about turning a14 into a gaming phone

[@ajbfwb]

I just might try it with my backup Galaxy Note 10 Lite, which has the following specs: Chipset Exynos 9810 (10 nm) CPU Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55) GPU Mali-G72 MP18 Specs are no doubt a little subpar to the S10s, but it may still do the trick.

[@peejae082004]

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?

[@srvuk]

Also makes a good TV box.

[@thefrog414]

You got an S10 for $100!? Here is South Africa it's like $500.

[@don.c.1056]

🕹🕹🕹 @ETA PRIME I recently watched turning an old S10 into a console. May I request adding a plug and play retro game pre installed external hard drive like a kinhank, ect. Let's see if it would play games that would not play well on the usual ways we would play it on. Thanks!!! 🎮🎮🎮

[@ChilliSinCarne]

Any possibility to make a video about same setup using a remote desktop like Parsec and maybe the nreal glasses? Very curious

[@이건개발-p8n]

1:57 good