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Having fun with the ZT-180 (introduction, my story thus far, and thanks!)

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motley
Hi guys,I have be lurking on here (and a few other forums) while I awaited the arrival of my ZT-180. I finally received it Friday and have been doing some hacking to make the device better. This is my first experience with Android and it has been great fun learning the platform a bit. Still much to learn...First of all, thanks to all the guys who have provided all the awesome information on this site! I see many of you on other forums as well. I owe a few of you a beer or two already;) For all the newbs, there is a lot of info on this site if you search and read. I was able to accomplish all the below without asking a single question...the info is out there you just need to find and learn.As a quick intro about myself. I am a professional .NET developer (commercial product used by several fortune 500 companies) and have experience on many platforms over the years (Commodore VIC-20/64/Pet, Apple IIE, IBM 8080 DOS, Novell, Linux, AS/400, iPhone, iPad, and of course Windows). Hence my screen name "motley".I used the following vendor on Aliexpress.com and had a pleasant experience (no other experience or connection with this vendor or Aliexpress in general, so YMMV). Wholesale android pad Product-ZT 180 PadWhat I have done so far:
  • Installed 0804 ROM since I received 0708 (reports on 0809 seemed shaky)
  • Downloaded Android SDK and learned how to use ADB over IP.
  • Installed Superuser.apk and granted root access
  • Changed the boot animation to the popular one
  • Installed YouTube.apk v130 (easily watch yt vids from the browser like on my iPad/iPhone)
  • Installed AndAppStore v1603 (about the same as SlideMe it seems)
  • Installed misc apps using app stores, ADB, SD micro/TF, and USB 8GB thumb drive. Learned by self discover that .apk files are just zip files with a defined file structure...cool.
  • Wifi - added razor blade as heat sink, soldered in an enhanced 3 inch loop antenna, did TX hack, I set my TXPOWER = 50 after trying 20 for awhile after still experiencing dropout. It is more stable now than ever before, so we'll see how it goes.
  • Installed Autostarts v13. This is a must to keep all the crap from starting up at boot time.seems to be working but not yet convinced)
  • Installed
  • Installed Autokiller v63 (File Expert v43 and mounted Windows shares using SMB. Not sure how useful this is quite yet, but I can mount my share and view images. It won't stream video over SMB, but I can move files to the SD card and then play from there.
  • Installed the enhnaced libdvm.so with JIT. Seems to be more stable now. I used the instructions from the Pandigital forum.
So far, I am having fun with the device. For $205 shipped, it was a good buy for this hobbist. Hopefully the firmware will keep getting better and it will be more stable for the average user.My next step is to start experimenting with video and the different formats I can use. Some MP4 videos I have played in Real Player have video, but no audio. In the youtube app, I have audio from both speakers. If anyone has good tips on setting up codecs etc. for this device, please point me in the right direction!Look forward to participating in the community. Thanks again for the valuable on here so far!motley
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[quote name='HerbZMan;42291]Thanks Rock' date='I used some newer versions of th emulators, and they load the roms great now. Only 1 problem with geonoid and nesoid, the dpad, start and select buttons show on the screen, but the action buttons do not show (e.g. A, [IMG]http://www.slatedroid.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif[/IMG], any ideas.Thanks HerbZ[/QUOTE'] There's some settings you can change to were the different buttons show on the screen, take a look around the settings menu.
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Ok pull up the menu for the emulator, it should pop up at the bottom of your screen, go under settings, in there you will find options for virtual game pad and buttons, you will also find options for placement, I select bottom + bottom. All three programs have these options
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[quote name='rockwater;42352]Ok pull up the menu for the emulator' date=' it should pop up at the bottom of your screen, go under settings, in there you will find options for virtual game pad and buttons, you will also find options for placement, I select bottom + bottom. All three programs have these options[/QUOTE'] Without multi-touch, isn't this a problem? How do you run the left while jumping? (aka Mario style!)
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It is a real pain without multitouch, but there are a lot of console games that can be played, most rpgs, strategy, turn based games, ect can be played
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[quote name='rockwater;42352]Ok pull up the menu for the emulator' date=' it should pop up at the bottom of your screen, go under settings, in there you will find options for virtual game pad and buttons, you will also find options for placement, I select bottom + bottom. All three programs have these options[/QUOTE'] Ya, I know. Snesoid has the virtual game pad and buttons options, but gensoid and nesnoid only have virtual pad option. So its a version issue. What versions are you using? And could you possibly post a link.ThanksHerbZ
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Found some recent versions of Nesoid and gensoid. works now, thanks
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Hi Motley,thank you for your comment. I am trying to connect my ZT-180 to my PC (Win7 64) and it didn't work. When I connect the USB cable, I can hear a sound on the PC, but I can't find it on the explorer. How can I connect it? Thank you very much,Jacare
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[quote name='rockwater;42430]It is a real pain without multitouch' date=' but there are a lot of console games that can be played, most rpgs, strategy, turn based games, ect can be played[/QUOTE'] Is it possible to connect game controller via USB on ZT-180?
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