Neo Geo Mini
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I am scheduled to get mine tomorrow. So i guess ill step up to the challenge and see what interesting things can be done with this. here goes nothing.
ok so i can confirm. this thing is password locked.serial communication requires a username and password in order to access it the linux distro in it. since we dont know what it is.... unless the company tells us (lol i doubt it) i doubt this will become the entry point. only other way, is if someone desolders the nand and does a whole dump of it and reverse engineers it i guess. however that is not something i have tools or something i would like to delve into. a shame really.
Yep, I can issue control transfers and bulk transfers. I disassembled some of the firmware writing tools for similar chips to figure out what's sent over bulk transfer, tried some of the commands, but only one it responds successfully to.
Is there any reason why you guys can’t discuss it in the open? The more information that’s shared means more people can see what’s been done and potentially build upon it and some progress is made.
Keeping it to PMs means less visibility and less progress.
Keeping it to PMs means less visibility and less progress.
Since, there is no hack on the horizon I decided to pass the time making it a proper portable. I know you can just plug in a usb power bank but that's not 1337 way to do things. Yes, I'm old and still call things leet :/
Anyway, I used an Adafruit Powerboost 1000C and a 3.7V Lipo. The console has tons of room inside under the pcb for pretty huge batteries if you wanted.
I also stuck a Qi wireless receiver inside so I don't have to mess with cables anymore.
The only actual modding I did was a tiny hole on the bottom for the master power switch.
So, there's a video on Youtube where someone has done this and put everything under the bottom lid. The problem with that is there is not really enough room and if you look at his video closely you will see that the lid doesn't fit flush anymore. I decided to put my Qi receiver inside the back of the console instead. Here it is happily charging away on my Samsung pad..
Anyway, I used an Adafruit Powerboost 1000C and a 3.7V Lipo. The console has tons of room inside under the pcb for pretty huge batteries if you wanted.
I also stuck a Qi wireless receiver inside so I don't have to mess with cables anymore.
The only actual modding I did was a tiny hole on the bottom for the master power switch.
So, there's a video on Youtube where someone has done this and put everything under the bottom lid. The problem with that is there is not really enough room and if you look at his video closely you will see that the lid doesn't fit flush anymore. I decided to put my Qi receiver inside the back of the console instead. Here it is happily charging away on my Samsung pad..
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Back with another mod. I decided it would be a good idea to have an easily visible indication when the battery was getting low.
Voila, a red LED in a prominent location that doesn't spoil the aesthetics too much..
It works!
Voila, a red LED in a prominent location that doesn't spoil the aesthetics too much..
It works!
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How would you go about modifying the image? I can't seem to get into it.
I really only dreamed of NeoGeo and CPS games on this, so I'm cracking up at all these Disney Gameboy game and the like thrown on here
EDIT: Never mind, I ended up figuring out how to edit the image (it appears to just be a copy of the structure for a portable emulation machine called the Dingoo), but now when I open the app to flash again, it immediately closes before I can even select the vendor file.
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How would you go about modifying the image? I can't seem to get into it.
I really only dreamed of NeoGeo and CPS games on this, so I'm cracking up at all these Disney Gameboy game and the like thrown on here
EDIT: Never mind, I ended up figuring out how to edit the image (it appears to just be a copy of the structure for a portable emulation machine called the Dingoo), but now when I open the app to flash again, it immediately closes before I can even select the vendor file.
I haven't tried flashing my device yet, but I've seen the tool saves some files in C:\ProgramData. You can search for files there and try to delete them.
I want to backup my device before flashing this update, but I couldn't find how to do that yet ("Actions Pad" tools doesn't have options for backup and serial UART asks for username/password).
I'm still wondering from where these files came from. I couldn't find the .fw file anywhere in the Internet, it seems the menu was hacked - it can potentially load files from a USB device in the controller 2 port -, and emulators are from Dingoo - but with different versions from what I've found.
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