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Hi everyone! I wanted to share my latest cooling project for the Samsung Galaxy S25 (Snapdragon 8 Elite). We all know this chip is a beast, but the glass back is a nightmare for sustained performance. Here is how I broke the thermal barrier:

The Hardware Setup:

1. Passive VC Heat Sink:

• Model:VC plate-E pro.
• The Mod: I used a scalpel to remove the original adhesive film from the tube and replaced it with high-quality thermal paste for direct contact. This significantly improved heat transfer from the chassis.

https://preview.redd.it/pfis4dcsoltg1.jpg?width=639&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=439041c4430c5c03dbc391c5045a38c7876ff04b

2. Active Cooling Grip (Custom Peltier):

• Base:Cooling Fan Gamepad.
• Critical Modification: I removed the stock black plastic plate (held by double-sided tape) and replaced it with a 1.5mm 100% Copper Plate cut to size.
• I applied premium thermal paste between the Peltier cell and the new copper plate for maximum conductivity.

https://preview.redd.it/pkgk2lbyoltg1.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e12cfee2be64c55a0668bc4abff39d4104e7b5c3

Benchmark Results (3DMark Wild Life Stress Test):

I ran multiple tests comparing the stock device against my final mod. The stability gain is massive:

Setup	Min FPS	Max FPS	Avg Temp	Stability Improvement
Stock (Out of box)	25 FPS	113 FPS	42°C (Thermal Throttling)
Final Mod (Copper/Paste)	45 FPS	150 FPS	42°C	+80%
Active Mod (Peltier ON	75 FPS	172 FPS	37°C	+200%

Visual Evidence: Sustained Performance (Results of the 3rd Test Pass)

The following images are the results of the third consecutive stress test pass (meaning, captured after pre-heating the phone with two identical previous runs to simulate sustained gaming):

1. Stock Test (No Cooler):

https://preview.redd.it/bng6fw3hqltg1.jpg?width=462&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcbea7d8b068e29ed70963f9cc2a05ef76e324e0

2. Passive Cooler Test (Vapor Chamber):

https://preview.redd.it/zraysokiqltg1.jpg?width=462&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b849bb0de6cdd8c9299019eed7403e8c611d136e

3. Passive + Active Cooler Test (Peltier):

https://preview.redd.it/icahhqyjqltg1.jpg?width=462&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb5fa98a54bef0a4b504b28180b34329e6b710bb

Key Findings:

• Temperature Drop: I managed to bring the sustained temperature down from a constant 42°C (throttling point) to a steady 37°C under extreme load. That’s a 5°C drop that translates into much higher sustained clocks.
• The Glass Bottleneck: Even with the back freezing, the front glass near the selfie camera still traps some heat, but the rear mod pulls enough thermal energy to keep the FPS stable.
• Gaming Experience: In heavy emulation (Switch/PC), I went from unplayable stutters at 25 FPS to a rock-solid experience above 60 FPS.
• Pro Tip: I highly recommend enabling "Pause USB Power Delivery" in Game Booster settings to bypass the battery and reduce internal heat while playing.

Happy to answer any questions about the copper cutting process or the thermal paste application!

I just want to see if anyone else has encountered this issue, cause I don’t know if a recent update caused this or what. I have the AYN Thor Max model, just for clarification.

For a good while, my games were working perfectly with custom textures, widescreen, 60FPS, the whole deal. Now though, booting up several games with custom textures enabled is producing some very glitched images, and in one instance, the game crashes before I can even get to the title screen.

Games tested:

- Rayman 3 (still seems to be working)

- Mario Sunshine (glitchy intro graphics, HD textures aren’t loaded in main game)

- Zelda Twilight Princess (still seems to be working)

- Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 (glitchy intro graphics, HD textures aren’t loaded in main game)

- Zelda Twilight Princess

- Sonic Colors (crashes after accepting the controller)

- Zelda Skyward Sword (doesn’t load the pack at all, PNG instead of DDS)

Everything I tried:

- Switching graphics backends back and forth

- Toggling on/off texture prefetching

- Toggling on/off compiling shaders before game boot

- Uninstalling/reinstalling Dolphin completely

So I really want to play rdr2 and gta 5 which is big AAA game like can I run it? Like I just want to complete all the story mission and that is it like without a cooler my phone can run gta 5 at 30 or 20 fps than drop to 20 to 10 fps when it heat up sooo planning to buy a red magic cooler or something but just want to know if my phone can run rdr2 at a playable fps?

I've convinced my friend to experience Pokemon Games..We just finished Fire red in my boy and now playing Heart Gold - Soul Silver..But don't have any idea how we can battle and trade online and which emulator will be good for that

I have deleted dolphin(android) and all my saves are gone. If anyone has a save around kitchen/bedroom. Plz share it with me.

https://preview.redd.it/ou2cjqgmnktg1.png?width=1127&format=png&auto=webp&s=2bdef45b116853d82cb36bd8481e7c44c8c6b667

Graphics settings on Eden has seen lots of improvements since the Yuzu days, which had very limited options to tweak around compared to what Eden now has. Yesterday, I Played around with Eden graphics settings on a sd860 device and found out that fine tuning the settings individually for each game can have a massive impact on the performance, instead of just staying on the default settings and hoping for the best. For example Arkham Asylum, on a heavy area, was getting only 18 fps before the tweak compared to a solid 30 after. Some of the games I tried, went from downright unplayable to running flawlessly! Which made me think, if only we had a way to share the game specific .ini file (a repository or something?) generated by the option shown in the screenshot, getting the games running would be so much easier.

I’m running into an issue when playing Saturn through retroarch using the beetle core on the Odin 2 portal. The analog controls for the 3d pad only recognize up and right, not down and left. I tried a different core (yabause) and the controls worked, though I was having graphical issues so I’d rather stick with beetle. I tried googling the issue but nothing came up. Anyone else experience this or have a solution? Or know of a better place to post this? Thanks

I was trying to emulate Jojo's Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle R in Eden (v0.2.0-rc2) on a Samsung S25 Ultra and at first it worked perfectly but after a couple of hours in the middle of the game the fps dropped to 0 and now every time I start the game, sometimes it automatically sends me back to the emulator menu, or the same thing happens with the FPS dropping to 0.

Some of the settings i had are

(sorry if it is confusing, the settings are in spanish in the app)

Cpu Accuracy: Accurate

Tabletop mode: On

Vsync: FIFO (on)

ASTC recompression method: BC1

Disk shader cache: on

asynchronous shaders: On

Cpu Engine: NCE

Everything else is on default.

Help please