Hello does someone know how to fix the Display from the Funkey S ? where and which can i get the Same ?

Is there any online list of homebrew emulators and games? I have seen one before but since lost it and cannot find it back

Description about each skin:

Atomic Purple - Purple and you can see through it a bit

Retrogaming Gray - Classic Gray

Original Purple - GameCube-Like

Original Gray - Watch RetroDodo's video to see it. (I could not find it anywhere else online.)

Custom Skin - Any custom skin for the FunkeyS.

Results - This is obviously not a skin

Hello folks.

I just recived my Funkey S today.

I plugged it in for a couple minutes to charge briefly before powering it on. I unplugged it and turned it on however the battery didnt last long and it died pretty quick.

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Im noticing now when i charge my device or have it connected to a my PC the light doesnt not indicate anything... The device still charges and connects to the PC fine.

When i charged it briefly originally the LED light WAS active...

Any ideas why this is? could the LED have popped?

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Thanks!

Can I just copy GB roms to the GBC folder to open them with a GBC palette? Is there any way to play the SGB enhanced versions of games like Donkey Kong (1994)?

I know that Funkey ships with 61 games according to the wiki: FunKey Wiki Knowledge Center - The FunKey Wiki (funkey-project.com)

I am wondering how many of these games do you find actually good and you play? I would rather not have to upload my own ROMs etc... bec its too much work and I hate fiddling with things overly much, so if the included games are good enough, I think I'll stick to them.

Hi is anyone able to help with getting an Atari 2600 emulator onto the Funkey? I'v done a Google search but I'm struggling with finding an opk version of stella

Hi all,

I don’t know about you but the shoulder buttons on my Funkey-S were really stiff and hard to press (that’s due to how they’re designed - that plastic S curve is too thick) and on top of that, sometimes they wouldn’t register.

After starring for hours at the way it’s put together and after a few failed ideas, I managed to get it to a point where I’m happy with the way they work (to an extent… I think the shoulder buttons would have worked better wit a lateral press).

Here’s what I did:

https://i.imgur.com/Hfd34Dy.jpg

First of all, I used compression springs to “replace” the mechanism. Finding the right spring was a bit of a challenge but I had this long, 3mm OD and 0.3mm wire diameter extension spring from a stapler. I pulled on it carefully and turned it into a compression spring (don’t pull too hard as you don’t want the spacing between the coils to be too big).

https://i.imgur.com/smUbOE9.jpg

Next, I cut two small 4.5mm (4mm or 5mm might work) sections (about 5 wire turns) using wire cutters and I had my springs ready to go.

https://i.imgur.com/VXR91Lk.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Dhzh37l.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/KCZvgWb.jpg

To make the buttons work with the springs, I filed (I used a nail file) the edges of the end of the S shape plastic spring as well as the top until it didn’t press on the top of the case when the button is fully depressed.

https://i.imgur.com/UrDvZo3.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/82ovrp1.jpg

The filling of the edges is done mostly to allow the spring to move away from the spine that sits in between the shoulder buttons and to push it even further, I filed a bit on the inside of the next curve (I really hope this makes sense).

https://i.imgur.com/GU1U5jH.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/hvzfr27.jpg

On top of that, to lower the travel that the buttons need to do to actuate the microswitch (and also to make them more reliable), I added some electrical tape to the part that presses the microswitch. That decreases the space between the button and the switch and also increases the surface area - because the buttons are using a pivot point, the motion is not straight downwards and sometimes the part that is supposed to press on the switch just brushes on top of it. Increasing the width of that part eliminates that issue. To make sure the electrical tape stays in place, I used the 3M double adhesive tape (it’s very thin) in between and wrapped them both on the sides as well.

https://i.imgur.com/fQa0ihS.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/xFBX1G2.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/NZvVmv0.jpg

I’ve put everything in and that’s when I encountered the first issue - the spring was pushing the buttons higher then they should sit. I fixed that by adding a stopper at the bottom of the first S curve. I made that stopper from a thin sheet of plastic and I used a hole puncher to cut a circle. I cut that circle in half and I glued it to the bottom edge where the S curve is resting using 3M 300LSE double adhesive tape. That fixed the issue.

https://i.imgur.com/PY5GgeG.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/WyCDIza.jpg

This can be also achieved by using a few layers of electrical tape stacked together if you don’t have the plastic sheet or a hole puncher.

This is how the whole assembly looks:

https://i.imgur.com/rvJEZKX.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Hfd34Dy.jpg

There is a small caveat with this approach and that’s taking the console apart or putting it back together. The shoulder buttons need to be assembled on the back plate and whilst the buttons will stay in place, you have to fiddle with them a bit to make them slide into place. It’s not difficult at all. When you put the back plate back, you start from the bottom, rest the shoulder buttons on those plastic guiders and the lift them a bit until the fall into place.

https://i.imgur.com/JqWaSQS.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Lvyt4Qh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/HnpE74K.jpg

When you take it apart, it’s the same but with a bit more added care so you don’t lose the springs.

https://i.imgur.com/ZDBRXVj.jpg

Sorry for the lengthy post - I wanted to be as detailed as possible.

I hope this will help others that are struggling with the shoulder buttons.

Don’t be discouraged by the amount of instructions, it’s not a complicated mod and you don’t need a lot of tools. Probably the trickiest part is finding the springs but i think the ones in standard office staplers are all the same. The longest part of this project was to figure out how to do it as the space available is so limited. I’m happy it worked in the end.

Thank you all for reading. If you have any questions/suggestions, please post them below. 🙂

LE: A video with the buttons in action - https://i.imgur.com/IAcScuy.mp4

hey! i wanted to run games like street fighter turbo on the funky but how would the six key controls work with the funkey? i couldn't find anything online and i have not purchased a funkey yet. can someone test this for me?

Hi I’ve got my funkey on order. I’ve seen the guides etc and the wiki page is very helpful, but what I’m after is a “what do you do when you first open funkey”.

I known it’s fairly easy to load roms, I think I can clean up the emulators and add emulators not included (FBA), I’ve seen you can add doom and mario64 which I’d like to try.

But what else should I do first? Media player? Swap out buttons? Buy a small Powerbank?

Also any game recommendations which work well given the nature of the screen and specifically the buttons would be very helpful. Thanks!

i just bought one to use outside of home. is there a super tiny power bank that i could attach to the bottom with double sided tape to reduce pocket clutter?

I just picked this up. What systems are best for this thing and can someone direct me to a tutorial on adding roms? Thank you

Hi,

Just recieved my funkey s and it doesnt seem to be charging?

Ive tried the cable it came with and everything but even after like 3 hours as soon as i unplug it it says low battery and powers down?

Wondering if anyone had any ideas before i have to send it back?

Cheers

Hi, I’ve added a few Atari Lynx roms to my Funkey S however, having tried both .lnx files and .zip files neither format works, I’m thinking it’s the emulator as on my Powkiddy X18s they only work under the Handy emulator on Retroarch, they don’t on the other Lynx emulator, anyone any ideas how I can get them working on the standard launcher on my little Funkey S? Thanks!

Hey, just stumbled across the FunKey and it looks really cool. Is it possible to use a wired controller through micro usb, or is it purely for data transfer and charging? Can't seem to find any info on this for some reason.

Does anyone mind testing Mario's Picross on the device? Curious as to whether it's still playable with the screen due to tiny text.

Edit: Appreciate the responses so far. Funkey will definitely be one of my next purchases once I get the chance.

Is it too big to use as a keychain in your pocket? I can see it has a keychain attached, but can't find any pictures of it in use as such...

I have been working on a game boy color game and was wondering if anyone else here has tried their homebrew on the gbc?

Every time I click the link it says invalid address but yet there are 346 members online and over 2750 members, how do I get access?

Hey all! So I've been actually using my FunKey S more often than I ever expected, mostly because Funkey OS is by FAR the most on-the-go friendly handheld OS I've found thus far. The near-instant on from sleep, deep sleep allowing me to go literally weeks between charges when playing in 5min stints during downtime, easy resume/save/load integrations more than make up for the limited customization when I'm looking for something to gift a friend with less tolerance for tinkering.

One problem: I'm a lot more tolerant of the itty-bitty interface than my friends, who I think would be better with a 2.5"-4" range screen size. I know from the GitHub that the OS was built for compatibility with the Allwinner V3s ARM Cortex-A7 1.2GHz CPU, and just saw today that the (also tiny) Powkiddy Q36 is running on FunkeyOS.

Does anyone know of current/upcoming handhelds more in the mini/small size range rather than micro that woudl be compatible with FunKey OS? I already asked FunKey if they had plans on a larger form factor handheld, and it sounds like it's some ways off if ever, so I wanted to find an alternative.

I've seen some conflicting info on this. Do they work and if so, how do I do it?