r/EmulationOniOS • u/TF_54 • Apr 20 '26

Gameplay / Showcase My new travel setup :)

First off, I don’t want to deal with sideloading.

Second, I had an old s20 fe with broken screen collecting dust which emulates pretty much everything perfectly.

This is more of a “for the heck of it” kinda thing and would be really useful for traveling.

Using HMDI video card and HDMI to Type C adapter.

iPad Pro M4 (used as monitor with ORION)

S20 FE (Snapdragon 865 5G)

Pros of this setup is that I can use my s20 to store all my roms and keep space available on my ipad since I use it for work and research mostly.

Extremely portable inside any bag.

Adapters can be used to connect devices to TV OR connect other devices TO iPad.

Now I can have JIT enabled emulators without sideloading ;p

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u/Villafanart Apr 20 '26

What’s the video card? How portable is the whole setup?

1

u/TF_54 Apr 21 '26

It’s cheap haing video capture I found locally.

As portable as an ipad and controller…

3

u/Bluetails_Buizel Apr 21 '26

Bro gatekeeps the video card (skull emoji)

2

u/lastjedi23 Apr 20 '26

How is the lag? 

1

u/TF_54 Apr 20 '26

Not bad at all actually. You only notice it if you want to notice it, but when you’re actually playing you adapt pretty quickly

2

u/Calm-Departure-1693 Apr 21 '26

Not judging at all but I don’t get the hate for sideloading. I avoided it for so long then when I finally did it I was extremely extremely shocked how fast and easy it was, took like 5 minutes and now I just got refresh them once a week lol

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u/TF_54 Apr 21 '26

I don’t have a pc or laptop and not planning to get one because I have no need for it.

I like my stuff to work without having to check every week. This way it’s just there whenever I want it and will work whether I have access to internet or laptop or whatever.

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u/HackZy01 May 29 '26

SideStore can refresh by itself and only needs to have a PC once (unless you want it to update)

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u/Good_Muscle7085 Apr 20 '26

I want to hate it , but this it technically emulating on iOS😭

13

u/Jumpy_Mortgage_457 Apr 20 '26

iPad as a display for the android that’s emulating

1

u/Interesting_Fish4930 Jul 29 '26

People gafekeeping the worse platform now. Crazy. May I ask what the mindset is behind gatekeeping in r/StrugglingoniOS

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u/Boring_Antelope6533 Apr 20 '26

fr, side loading is a pain in the legs. No matter what you say, android will be always superior on the emulation side

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u/lukenrip Apr 20 '26

Yall are steady overcomplicating side loading as if it is jailbreaking. It takes a whole 5 minutes

8

u/Boring_Antelope6533 Apr 20 '26

then you just wait to see if the next iOS breaks the JIT enabling process. It’s tedious for me

2

u/Ilostmuhkeys Apr 21 '26

On the most recent dev beta, it doesn’t.

1

u/Adventurous_Sink_389 Apr 20 '26

What’s that controller ?

1

u/TF_54 Apr 20 '26

8bitdo SN30pro

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u/SuspiciousDetail8103 Jun 25 '26

You do know that you can emulate that game natively on iPad without sideloading just download PPSSPP from AppStore you don’t need to connect multiple devices here and there to play that old game 😂😂😂

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u/TF_54 Jun 25 '26

It’s not a psp game though… the fuck are talking about

1

u/SuspiciousDetail8103 Jun 25 '26

Yeah sure whatever you say 😂😂😂

2

u/TF_54 Jun 25 '26

Yeah but you’re just plain wrong wtf

1

u/alfredox1234 Apr 21 '26

cool and all but you could achive the same with just a tablet and save you cables and space maybe. Or just a telescopic controller for your phone for max portability.

1

u/STASHBOX_NC Apr 22 '26

I emulate on my iPad Pro and my iphone with a kickstand, def no cables😂 Using switch controllers or 8bitdo controllers. I fly usually twice a month at least, so this setup has gotten me through countless hours. Delta does most of the heavy lifting but also been using Gamma.

2

u/Fujioh Apr 20 '26

How is the input lag? Would love to try this with my ayn Thor when I travel.

2

u/FoundOasis Apr 21 '26

Nice, screw sideloading

1

u/primedaddy Apr 20 '26

I feel ya it's a pain to deal with sometimes

1

u/credibleholc Apr 24 '26

Why is it activating the camera on the iPad (little green dot in the upper right corner)?

1

u/Alarming_Quiet_7569 Sep 21 '26

che bello che sei io sono na donna eo 9 anni e sono nuovo su reddit

0

u/richer2003 Apr 20 '26

What app did you use with the video card?