SHAKS S3i User manual

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S3b User Manual
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SHAKS S2/S3/S5 supporting four (4) modes, Android / Windows / iOS, and Mapping,
each mode of which is recognized as an individual device by its corresponding host
game device. For example, when SHAKS is in android mode, it will connect to your
android smartphone/tablet, it works like an “android Gamepad”. But, if you connect it to
a windows PC, it does not work correctly (for example, haptic no function), because
SHAKS says “I am in android mode”, but the PC can’t hear it, although its Bluetooth
connection is made.
First, please note that the gamepad can be paired to one device with an exactly
matched mode. It is auto re-pair to the same device once paired, but If you wish to
switch from one device to another, please delete previously log data from your device
to de-activate its automatic repairing feature, do the pairing process again.
[ Index ]
Compatible Device & Service
Button layout & Status indication by LED

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Compatible Device & Service
S3 is an Android, iOS portable mobile game controller for "on-the-go" gaming play,
but it supports also Windows PC, Notebook, Mac PC, Chromebook, Apple TV, and
Android TV box.
It is compatible with down-load gaming, Steam Epic Games, and most major cloud
game services such as Stadia, X-cloud, Geforce, Luna.
One step more, by our own SHAKS GameHub app, S3 lets you play AAA touch-
gaming by console grade controller, name a few, Garena Free Fire, CoD, PUBG,
Genshin Impact, Roblox, Slamdunk, etc.
💡
Note) Please select the exact mode matching to your device for 100%
compatibility according to each protocol. Otherwise, some feature is not
supported fully although it looks like connected!
Connect your device to the controller
Reset & Initializing to recover setup process
How to use Virtual Touch (Mapping) Feature
GameHub Application
How to find compatible game information
🩸 Note and Useful tips
FQA in troubles in the initial setup
Contact us

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Button layout & Status indication by LED
Please note the name of each button/key name and LED indication status.
LED #1,2 → connection and battery charging status, LED #3,4 → mode selected
Tips) S3 mode is initialized by booting. On power off status, the mode change is not
validated. Once you change mode, please reboot it by power off and on again.

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Connect your device to the controller
Mode change can be done by pressing the "Select+L1" button or "hotkey". Please
the LED indication in the below table. Click to Video
3 Step setup: In power-off status, press two keys simultaneously until booting.
This setup is available from xxx 13 (Dec. 21, 2020) firmware. If you have an older
version, please upgrade it via SHAKS Gamehub app. See below how to do 3 step
setup.
1. Select gamepad mode per your device in the table.
S3
Bluetooth
ID
Device/OS LED
indicated
Hot
Keys*
S3 ID
name
SHAKS
S3 xxxx
Andorid
AOSP Android AndroidTV
Chromecast Fire TV Fire stick
Rasberry PI
LED #3
#4
Power
+ L1
S3 xxxx
Android
SHAKS
S3 xxxx
Win-Mac
Chromebook Mac Windows LED #4
Power
+
Select
S3 xxxx
Win-Mac
SHAKS
S3 xxxx
iOS
AppleTV iPad iPhone LED #3 Power
+ Start
Xbox
Wireless
Controller
SHAKS
S3 xxxx
mapping
Android (Mapping)
Power
+ L1 +
Select
S3 xxxx
mapping
2. Change mode of gamepad by key or press “Hot Key* ” The default is
Android mode. S3 remember the last selected mode until you change it.
3. Press the 'Select + Start' button for more than 3 seconds and find ‘SHAKS
S3 xxxx ’ on the device & click to pair.
Tips)
- S3 is not supporting Xbox, Switch, PS4 console.

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- In the same device, S3 is automatically pairing again whenever you
use it again without the pairing process again (Auto-Pairing)
- S3 can be paired to one device per an exactly matched mode. If you wish
to switch from one device to another,
please delete previously log data from your device to de-activate its
automatic repairing feature. And make a new pairing process.
- Mode can be initialized by booting. During power-on status, the mode
change is not validated. Once you change mode,
please reboot it by power off and on again.
How to use mode change in a sequential way: Press "Select+L1" button key
together until LED on. Then, automatically its power becomes off. Power on again,
press "Select+L1" button again for booting. And check the mode. If not it is not in
the right model, repeat this process until you see the right LED position to match the
mode you want to match. The mode will change sequentially from
Android→Windows, Mac→ iOS→ Android Mapping.
How to connect per each mode in detail process
Connecting with an Android Device
1. Mode Set-Up: When the power is off, press [ Power + L1] button
simultaneously for booting.
2. Check Mode: Check if LED signals #1, #2 are off, #3, #4 are on. If yes, it is
connecting to an Android device. if no, please repeat the step above.
3. Bluetooth Pairing: Press [Select + Start] button simultaneously for 3
seconds. On your device, select “SHAKS S3 xxxx Android”. Once paired,
the gamepad will remember and will reconnect automatically.
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Note) If you want to play mapping mode at the same Android
device, please delete “SHAKS S3 xxxx Android” from your
device BT setting, then newly connect it in Mapping Mode (for
Android only)”. It is same vice versa.

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Connecting with a Windows, Mac OS, Chromebook
If your PC does not support Bluetooth, please use “Wired Mode” or install
Bluetooth dongle (any standard BT 4.1 or higher) additionally.
1. Mode Set-Up: When the power is off, press [ Power + Select] button
simultaneously for booting.
2. Check Mode: Check if LED signals #1, #2, #3 are off, only #4 is on. If yes, it
is connecting to an Windows/Mac device. if no, please repeat the step
above.
3. Bluetooth Pairing: Press [Select + Start] button simultaneously for 3
seconds. On your device, select “SHAKS S3 xxxx Win-MAC”. Once paired,
the gamepad will remember and will reconnect automatically.
Tips)
- In case of Windows 10 or later, do not install any driver, already W10 has
it. In case of Windows 7, please install “Xbox 360 driver” driver first on your PC
downloadable from our website.
- While it is not required, we highly recommend downloading utility application
on our website ( Windows Shaks Application Manual ).
You can use our advanced features such as turbo, sniper (for shooting
gaming) including FW update.
- S3 support Mac OS Big Sur or later of Mac OS
- S3 cant be used in two OS devices by turn. It can be paired automatically to
one device if the other device is not available (power off, out of distance or BT
disabled). But if two OS is on at the same time, it can automatically paired to
only one device. Once it is paired into one device, S3 can't pair another.
Connecting iOS device
1. Mode Set-Up: When the power is off, press [ Power + Start] button
simultaneously for booting.
2. Check Mode: Check if LED signals #1, #2, #4 are off, only #3 is on. If yes, it
is connecting to an iOS device. if no, please repeat the step above.
3. Bluetooth Pairing: Press [Select + Start] button simultaneously for 3
seconds. On your device, select “SHAKS S3 xxxx iOS”. Once paired,

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gamepad will remember and will reconnect automatically.
Playing on Mapping Mode (for Android only)
1. Mode Setting: When the power is off, press [ Power+ L1 + Select] button
simultaneously for booting.
2. Check Mode: Check if all LED signals are off. If not, please repeat step
above.
3. Bluetooth Pairing: Press [Select + Start] button simultaneously for 3
seconds. On your device select “SHAKS S3 xxxx Mapping”. Once paired,
gamepad will remember and will reconnect automatically.
4. Now you are ready to play games with mapped keys on your device! Only
when you are in the mapping mode you can use touch keys as gamepad
controllers that you set up.
💡
Note) If you want to play mapping mode at the same Android
device, please delete “SHAKS S3 xxxx Android” from your
device BT setting, then newly connect it in Mapping Mode (for
Android only)”. It is same vice versa.
Wired connecting with a USB Cable for Windows, Android device
1. Mode Set-Up: When the power is off, press the 'Start' button and connect to
the host device using a USB cable (Sequence Important - 1st pressing and
then power connect). The host device will detect the gamepad automatically.
2. Check Mode: Check if all signals are off while the 'Power' button is on.
Tips)
- Recommended to use Windows 10 or later. If you are using Windows 7, please
install “Xbox 360 driver” driver first on your PC that you can find on our website.
- With USB C to USB C cable, you can use “wired mode” with a smartphone,
connecting as "Xbox compatible gamepad". It follows X-input protocol.

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Reset & Initializing to recover setup process
If any issue during setup, please reset the gamepad and your device as below.
1. Press ‘S5: Pairing Button, S2/S3 Select+Start’ for 6 seconds longer to delete the
stored BT profiles
2. On your device’s Bluetooth setting, delete all paired profiles regarding the gamepad
completely to disable the auto-searching trial.
3. Booting your device again to confirm all cached log deleted or waiting for a while (3
seconds, automatically deleting process)
4. And repeat normal 3 step connection. 99.9% will be a success !!
Tips)
How to find a compatible game information
How to use Virtual Touch (Mapping) Feature
Enjoy the various AAA touch-only games by SHAKS, name a few Genshin Impact,
Roblox, Battleground, League of Legends Wild Rift, Lineage M, Call of Duty, etc.
1. Firstly, from Google Play, download SHAKS GameHub App.
2. Pair your gamepad in Touch mode, refer above “Playing on Mapping mode”
3. Go to GameHub App and make sure the pad is connected properly
4. At the bottom of the SHAKS App, click Mapping Service > Add New Game > Click
the game you want to play
5. After following the guide on the screen and Mapping Service Manual or look tutorial
video
SHAKS Mapping Service Manual (V2.x)
GameHub Application
While you do not need to install the app on your mobile phone to use the gamepad, we
highly recommend it so you can benefit from the following features from the mobile app.
Android - Application Manual and download link

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Android GameHub Manual (V2.0)
Window - Application Manual and download link
Windows SHAKS Application Manual (v2.7)
Tips) Useful features in our Gamehub app
The options button (O) is set at default as a mouse. If you wish to change the
options button into another feature besides the mouse, run the app on your device.
Go under “Setting > Function Key Setting” to choose from:
- Mouse: navigate the screen or mouse-based "drag & drop" game like Angry
Bird
- Sniper: Adjust the sensibility in aiming the target in a Shooting game
- Turbo: Speed up your gamin in racing games.
- Calibration of Analog stick
- and more LED brightness, sleeping time control, camera ....
How to find compatible game information
SHAKS is actively testing, verifying the compatibility with each game in each OS,
device. Please visit our compatible game list for searching relative information. Or install
our Android GameHub app. Here is an example of tips you can find there ;
Play Call of Duty
- In iPhone/iPad, COD is playable by S2/S3/S5 without any setting change. In the
case of Android phones/tablets, two-way is possible.
: 1st, By using the “Touch-mapping” by ‘SHAKS GameHub" App. Please
download this app from Google store, and refer to our manual.

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2nd, or rename Shaks gamepad ID to “Xbox Wireless Controller” via
‘SHAKS GameHub" App. renaming feature.
- COD’s tutorial stage is not supported but in the main gaming, it should work
without any issue.
The Kart Rider Rush Plus
- This was originally designed to be a touch-only game, not supporting any game
controller. This is not something we can help you with.
- For Android, you can play by using our mapping service in SHAKS GameHub app
downloadable from Google Playstore.
🩸 Note and Useful tips
Charge battery by charging cable from a computer or USB power charging device.
- Low battery status: Fast blinking
- Undercharging: Slow blinking
- Fully charged: Stop blinking
- It is recommended to be charged by USB cable. But you can charge it by power
bank or general power charger(5V-1A) as well. When you use ‘higher charger and
fast speed charger’, please do it in a short time, because this might shorten the life
of the battery
iOS, iPad OS or Mac OS (Apple), Android device connected via wire, all are not
compatible with mapping service. Also, all consoles such as Xbox, PlayStation,
Nintendo Switch is not supporting mapping mode.
In Wired connection, SHAKS Gamehub app is not working. This is under
development now.
Mouse Mode works only on Android Mode. In other modes, it is not working.
iOS, iPad OS is not allowing any mapping application by their official policy.
Windows is not supporting mapping. Alternatively, you can use each game setting
- key re-assignment program. For example, in the Steam game, you can edit key
mapping in the controller setting menu. or try to use x360ce, Xpadder program.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 S-LTE like the old version OS (6.0.1 lower) can allow only
S-pen. So, not able to use the multi-touch function
FQA in troubles in the initial setup
I can't connect Gamepad to PC by USB cable
In most cases, this happens because the correct sequence is not followed. Do not
insert the cable first. Keep pressing "BT pairing button" then connect the cable
Bluetooth connection is not established, interrupts, or lost.
Quite often, BT scanning takes time and causes trouble. In most cases, rebooting
your device will solve the problem. You can reset the gamepad by pressing the "BT"
trigger button in S5 and “Select+Start” in S2/S3 for more than 6 seconds. This will
cause the gamepad to enter into pairing mode with default values (i.e deleting all
previous pairings in memory).
Please check the following troubleshooting by yourself.
1. Pair the gamepad with other 2-3 host devices to compare
2. Check the driver is installed as per the below section
3. Check any RF obstacles between device and gamepad as per the below
section
4. Reboot the computer and check steps 1-3 again.
→ After all, if gamepad still can't be seen on the Bluetooth window, it may have
a hardware defect, please contact our AS center for immediate service.
When Bluetooth is connected, the gameplay is slowed down, and the frame drop.
This may be due to the overload in CPU resources by your device. please release
cache data in the device.
or the application running in the background in your device, clear unwanted
background applications.
or it can be generated by the game itself, example is 'Assassin's Creed: Valhalla",
which shows a 20-30 fps drop with BT controller on the trial version, while
'Assassin's Creed: Odyssey" dropped only 5 fps.

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To check it if using other gamepads, there is no such issue, please contact us to
check it in deep technically.
I am not able to pair Bluetooth
In a lot of cases, RF interference with the WiFi routers can cause the problem.
Please set the WiFi RF band from 2.4GHz to 5GHz. or manually select unused
channel band among 1-13 channels in your WiFi router setting.
Delete unused BT device from your device BT setting menu, because generally
there is a limitation of max BT device connection (example, Galaxy 10, 15 BT
device can be paired)
Single Mac ID is recognized as a single BT device. If you switch gamepad mode
(for example, Mapping mode ↔ Android), please delete the previously paired log.
This is to avoid confusing one Mac ID with two-mode.
Windows connection is made correctly, but I am not able to play game
1. Check the mode is in Windows
2. Initializing the connection referring to this link
3. Go to your game setting menu, enable gamepad setting
4. Go to Shaks Windows app, do the key test
5. Check your BT dongle or power feeding
6. Go to BT setting and check BT on status: Mouse, Keyboard, Pen must be "On"
connected.

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How do I connect to Mac PC?
Support from MacOS "Catalina and Big Sur", please set the mode as Windows
Mode (Xinput). The lower version of Mac is not supporting properly due to driver
conflict issue
Can I use Mapping and Andriod at the same time?
Mapping and Android mode are two different modes. Android phones can pair
each one of two-mode. Switching between two-mode (Android ↔ Mapping),
please DELETE the previously paired log, and pair it newly once again.
Folder a phone such as Samsung Fold2 is being supported?
With its latest upgrade to Android 11 (One UI 3.0 later), it support. Please note
out and inside screen should be mapped separately
Model : Galaxy Z Fold 2, Galaxy Fold (v1), Galaxy Z Flip / Z Flip 5G
Not able to do mapping again
Delete that game from the list and add again can be solved. For example, Genshin
Impact
1. Go to the mapping service menu
2. Select Genshin Impact from the registered list
3. Select the "Delete" option - then it will be disappeared
4. Add again Genshi in the "new game list"

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5. Do again mapping edit mode
Connected to my device but was not able to play or pairing
99% case, this is due to mode miss-matching. Do reconnect by initializing your
device and Gamepad and pair again as above process.
How to change cross pad and circle pad.
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