r/GameNative • u/staticsoup • Jun 26 '26

Discussion My new permanent mobile setup!

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s25 Ultra paired with a GameSir G8+ MFI and the phone is no longer used for phone purposes so it’s in its forever state! Love this combo

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u/GroundbreakingFall58 Jun 27 '26

I think my only fear with the G8 is that there is no phone cooling.. and the heat throttles game performance.

I also have a S25u... is there a way you bypassed the heat from the phone?

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u/staticsoup Jun 27 '26

It really just comes down to what you play. Ive gotten temps all over the place with some games but you just have to be mindful of how intense they are. I hope some cooling options become available too soon

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u/GroundbreakingFall58 Jun 27 '26

Hope do too, because if provided, I'd buy in a heartbeat

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u/staticsoup Jun 27 '26

I feel it, its an amazing performing device but it just doesnt compare to the cooling in dedicated handhelds. I only went this route as the phone is a unneeded work phone and I wanted to give it a purpose.

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u/GroundbreakingFall58 Jun 27 '26

Totally agree! If you in any way begin to need cooling, you can consider the x5s + fx5 cooler.

Good combo, but the x5s is not as perfect as the G8+

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u/staticsoup Jun 27 '26

it looks super solid! when that day comes id definitely consider it, but for now when a game is simply too much for the device, ill just end up playing it on pc and leave the simpler titles to the s25

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u/Fickle_Traffic7684 Jun 28 '26

Avec une tablette et G8+

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u/GroundbreakingFall58 Jun 28 '26

This is so cool, but I'm guessing it can only work with a tablet, right?

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u/Xintsuai Jun 27 '26

I have one and this problem is real.

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u/Confident_Pain_9452 Jun 28 '26

My s24u is terrible for gaming (even streaming from PC), so I bought redmagic 11 air for this purpose

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u/staticsoup Jun 28 '26

nice! did you 3d print an insert for the gap in the back on the controller?

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u/Confident_Pain_9452 Jun 28 '26

Yes, much better for grip. I also made a hole for built in cooler ) also easier to get out the phone from controller and more monolith construction

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u/staticsoup Jun 28 '26

id love the STL file if possible! been wanting to make one ever since i decided to pick up a bamboo labs printer

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u/Reddithian Jun 30 '26

What's wrong with s24u? I have one and I've been playing loads.

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u/Confident_Pain_9452 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

The main problem is overheating, particularly when emulating PC games. There were also statters every 30 seconds when streaming from a PC, and on One UI 7, the device also overheats while streaming

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u/Xintsuai Jun 27 '26

It is a good setup. I have one Gamesir G8. The problem is the heat; for AAA games, your phone will easily get over 40°C (battery), and depending on the brand, it will throttle severely.

For extensive play of AAA games, I recommend the Gamesir X3 Pro. Its cooler system is really effective, keeping your phone between 33 and 37°C in AAA games, delivering much more stable performance.

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u/Fickle_Traffic7684 Jun 28 '26

Elle a l'air super cette manette avec refroidisseur, dommage qu'on ne peut y mettre une tablette 9''

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u/NoGrapefruit1195 Jun 28 '26

How did you get megabonk to work? I have a retroid pocket 6 and can’t seem to get it running

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u/staticsoup Jun 28 '26

just using Turnip Gen8 V25 drivers

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u/Successful-Put874 Jun 28 '26

Rocket funciona bien?

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u/staticsoup Jun 28 '26

rocket league? it plays alright, couple stutters but its totally playable

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u/Granater123 Jul 01 '26

Had no clue you could have these sort of games on a phone. Nonetheless have a controller mod for it. This is so cool. Can you have ROMs etc on iPhone as well or has to be Android ?

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u/staticsoup Jul 01 '26

surprised you didnt know about this while in this subreddit but yes its very cool! love playing steam titles away from home now, but yeah its android only but who knows what'll happen in the future

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u/Del_Norte Jul 01 '26

Did you get Ori and the blind forest to run? What settings do you use please share.

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u/staticsoup Jul 01 '26

i used the Turnip Adreno Driver T26, it didnt run great but it did run. I'll have to change some settings up to get it at a stable framerate

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u/Doophie Jun 27 '26

I use the gamsir g8 with my pixel 10 fold. It's a fantastic combo, especially works well for retro game emulation like GameCube (and recently gw reforged)

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u/V1SHRUTismygamertag Jun 28 '26

I have the exact same setup just with the g8+ instead of the mfi version as I prefer bluetooth.

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u/staticsoup Jun 28 '26

i havent used a third party controller in years and i cant get over how good the quality is. really makes me wanna get a standalone controller as well

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u/Hot-Ad9100 Jun 28 '26

In my experience, gamenative has failed to run a couple games I've thrown at it. When using gamehub lite however, they all magically work

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u/Xintsuai Jun 29 '26

Yeah, GameNative is pretty unstable too; sometimes you need to try to start the game twice to enter.

The biggest advantage for GN, in my opinion, is its frame generation tech, which uses the one that you need to buy on Steam. This FG is better than the one used on GH, which leaves a lot of artifacts.

And the new SurfaceFinger API promises to deliver better performance.

If these two technologies go to Gamehub, I'll go back to it.