[TIP] Xbox 360 Controller to Android - Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go

Hi,
I found out that as long as you have a micro usb to female usb adapter for your phone (I paid £1.99 on ebay for mine) and software upwards of Honeycomb (3.0) it is possible to use the microsoft xbox 360 controller for windows to play games on your device. (note: it wont work on GB Ive tried and failed)
it works for most games such as dead trigger and emulators etc.. even gta 3 but there is no option to configure the controller in gta 3 so you cannot define which button does what
It is as simple as plugging in the usb wireless reciever/ wired usb controller to your device and playing games of your choice.
All we need now is an app that can define the controls for games like gta 3 etc.. (unless there already is one that i havent been able to find)
Just wanted to Share this in the S forum as i had no idea that you can do it and im sure there are others who dont know yet, now you do!!
Please dont post saying you already knew this the thread is for others that dont know about it.
Happy gaming!!

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doesnt't work on my Xperia U, I get the "device using too much power" error. But I have another cheap gamepad which works and I'm using it to play emulator games (n64, nes, snes). Can you tell me what phone are you using?
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It does not work for me as well. The same error as above. Could you please share how you manage to get thing works?
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How about powered usb hub?
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Might try my wireless 360 controller with this method later.

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jperkovic said:
doesnt't work on my Xperia U, I get the "device using too much power" error. But I have another cheap gamepad which works and I'm using it to play emulator games (n64, nes, snes). Can you tell me what phone are you using?
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do other games like dead trigger, gta 3 work with your controller or not??? ??

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It works fine with the S and the wireless receiver, i havent tried it with a wired controller but everything ive read led me to believe it would work.
I did try it using the play and charge cable but that doesn't seem to work, although i may have broken it trying to charge the controller through the AC adapter for the phone lol :silly:
I never got any 'device power' errors, i just plugged everything in and it works perfectly :highfive: a powered usb hub may work but i havent tried that as i dont own one.
BTW what controller are you using that gives you the power error, wired or wireless??

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I have a wired x360 controller and can't connect it with OTG cable, it says "device is using too much power". Maybe it would work with usb hub.
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I have a wired x360 controller and can't connect it with OTG cable, it says "device is using too much power". Maybe it would work with usb hub.
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Apparently a powered usb hub fixes alot of problems with flash drives so applying the same logic to a controller may help
Let me know if it works please :fingers-crossed:

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Also does anyone know a way of defining the controls for gta 3?
Maybe with some sort of app?

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Yes it does. My 360 wired pad works only with a powered hub. I use a,Belkin 4 port hub.
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I'm using passive USB HUB and it works.
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Photo is with my old Neo V but it works the same with SXS.
I'll try explaining why it works:
The pad after connecting, announces it's name, brand etc. and power requirements. X360 wired controller announces that it can draw up to 500mA. Phone(Neo V, hadn't checked exact values at Xperia S) can give through USB to a device up to 300mA power, so controller gets disconnected.
After installing a USB HUB, even passive, Xperia gives power to it, and doesn't care what else get connected.
In that way we can connect almost everything, but there's a slight chance of burning a power module, when device that we connected will draw more power that source can give. I think that is not likely to happen because it's secure connection and when power draws about max it just disconnect.
I connected wireless mouse receiver, wired mouse and X360 wired controller in one time and it was still working.

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:good:

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I've never imagined that...
I actually like the microphone on the X360 headset, so i have a wireless receiver plugged on my pc for the controller.
It would be amaaazing to use it on my Xperia U to play some Snes or n64 games.

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It's fantastic! I buy this wire an i try on my xperia u

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PS3 controllers also work. I ended up being a creating my own OTG cable using an unused male/male USB/microUSB cable and the female USB port from an unused wall charger (and some very basic soldering). After that the wireless Afterglow controller was just a plug-and-play affair.
Though, the safer bet is to just pay the 5 bucks or so for a real OTG cable.