Gameboy Phone I NEED HELP???

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I NEED HELP???

The only problem i am currently facing is that if i put the gameboy in my pocket the screen goes on.
Becouse the gameboy buttons will be clicked.
Is there anyway to disable the hardware buttons while the hardware keyboard is open? With a app are something?
Its android 2.1 btw :P

Hi there,

I'm trying to build a fully functional android gameboy phone
There is a motorola flipout inside with android 2.1.
I choose this phone because its small enough to fit the gameboy and i bought for only 80 euro's (105 dollar).

small video demonstration (testing the connections)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HqNSzxpCr0



Already done:

- Make the motorola think the keyboard is opened even when its closed.
The phone uses some kind of magnetic field i just used a small piece of tape and a thin blade and placed it behind the sreen http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...215011444.jpg/ yeah wth it works.
- There is edge around the screen of the motorola i carefully scraped this edge down until it was even with the screen with a stanley knife lol XD. Because it looks silly if the screen isn't flat on the gameboy casing.
- Used the dremel on the gameboy case to make the hole 4 the screen bigger.
- Removed the qwerty keyboard
- The camera is turned 45 degrees XD because the phone thinks its open. (SOLVED)

- 02/15/2012 Solder wires to the gameboy buttons
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03/04/2012 soldered wires on the phone keyboard.
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To do list:

Phone:http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/332/69800927.jpg
Gameboy: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...214165143.jpg/
- External battery 4 longer battery life
- Much more stuff......

Problems:

- I need to disable and enable the Hardware keyboard on Android?
Becouse if i put the gameboy in my pocket the screen goes on when it hits the buttons.
- Direct the sound of the earpiece and microphone to the casing of the gameboy.
A possible solution is a app that allows to use the sound of the earpiece of the phone and the microphone of a headset.
http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/1...0202164800.jpg
Are i can use some tubing to direct the sound of a earpiece from a headset between the tight space of the phone and the casing.
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What kind of Motorola flip out is it? Could you include model number and possibly some pictures of the phone's board? Great concept btw, I've been thinking of the same thing but with a classic NES controller, using my old Motorola W490...

Sent from XDA app on my ICS powered G2 ( Andromadus a10)

Haha you gotta love Nintendo
Its a motorola MB511 Flipout Qwertz
Android 2.1

First i couldnt use the phone to call when it was closed.
Then i used the app Fullscreen Caller ID and i could use the phone to call when its closed .
With fully functional front and backspeaker but the mic is underneath the display when its closed.

Open:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...203132813.jpg/

Closed:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...203132824.jpg/

The other side can hear me but when its in a Gameboy you cant hear me anymore.
For the front and back speaker i can drill holes :P as if the motorola was made 4 it .
But i need to extend my microphone and i was thinking about plugging in a microphone in the 3,5mm jackplugg.
But doesnt that take away the function of the front and back speaker becouse it thinks its a headset.
Why not cram a headset inside it?
I dont have enough space for it Only 4 the mic.
If i lower down the display it would look ridiculous.
So is there anyway to connect a microphone and still use the front and backspeaker?
Extending the microphone on the motherboard is my last option XD.
Mobile phones are fragile as hell and there is no such thing as a repair tutorial 4 the flipout.
So opening the motorola is verry risky for me

Props to you, good sir. I honestly don't know anything about what you are attempting to do with the microphone, but I really hope someone helps you. That is a brilliant idea. May I make a suggestion, though?

In the pic you showed, it looks like you are going to have just empty space in the lower part of the Gameboy. If you weren't going to already, you may want to add some filler in there, just to balance the thing out, if only to make the Gameboy not so top-heavy.

Are you going to make a charging porthole for the Gameboy, so that you can leave it in, even when charging?

Originally Posted by lightningdude

Props to you, good sir. I honestly don't know anything about what you are attempting to do with the microphone, but I really hope someone helps you. That is a brilliant idea. May I make a suggestion, though?

In the pic you showed, it looks like you are going to have just empty space in the lower part of the Gameboy. If you weren't going to already, you may want to add some filler in there, just to balance the thing out, if only to make the Gameboy not so top-heavy.

Are you going to make a charging porthole for the Gameboy, so that you can leave it in, even when charging?

There is gonna be some extra juice in the lower part of the gameboy
So i'm not that worried about the balance thing .
And yep i'm thinking about using the original porthole 4 charging

I took the motorola flipout apart
The good news is i can solder the buttons to the phone easily
My first plan was to solder the buttons to a bleutooth keyboard
Also the phone thinks the keyboard is open even when its closed
I have to do this because i cant call without the keyboard opened.
Now my only problem with the phone is how to extend the microphone???
I cant solder the microphone loose i geuss??

I made some pictures of the inside of the motorola flipout maybe somebody can suggest something???

awesome!

Why can't you drills holes on the gameboy plastic for the mic??

Do you have an electronic board on the lower part of the gameboy, on witch buttons interacts?

Because the best solution would be to have the motorola open inside the gameboy casing. With or without the motorola casing. If you take of the motorola casing plastic you could put the electronic board (with the battery) on top of the buttons and the drills a hole for the mic...

Yes, the second pic with the arrows should be the mic. You could get, or fashion, a piece that that goes over the mic to face it away from the rest of the device. Then have a tube (air tubing?) To string it where you need it. (Remember some sort of dust screen for the mic port)

Originally Posted by bedwa

Yes, the second pic with the arrows should be the mic. You could get, or fashion, a piece that that goes over the mic to face it away from the rest of the device. Then have a tube (air tubing?) To string it where you need it. (Remember some sort of dust screen for the mic port)

+1 for a tube!!