Flashiibo Pro User Manual

What's in the box

The following items are in the package.

• Flashiibo Pro (Rechargeable + OLED screen)

• The screen comes with a protective film (2nd Gen). If you see scratches when you receive it, it's likely on the film, not the screen itself. If you find it challenging to remove the film, try using a duck tape to help lift a corner first.

Basic controls

• PREV – Navigate left or up

  • Joystick LEFT on Joystick Model (1st gen)

  • UP button on Button Model (2nd gen)

• OKAY – Confirm the selected item, long press for 1 second – show the context menu if available. If you find yourself stuck on a screen, use this option.

  • Joystick LEFT on Joystick Model (1st gen)

  • MIDDLE button on Button Model (2nd gen)

• NEXT – Navigate right or down

  • Joystick RIGHT on Joystick Model (1st gen)

  • DOWN button on Button Model (2nd gen)

Turning on the device

You can turn on the device by simply pressing PREV, OKAY or NEXT. If your device doesn't turn on, please try the following.

• Connect it to a charger, a red light should turn on when it's charging. Charge it for 3 minutes. 

• [2nd Gen Only] Hold the OKAY (middle) button for 10 seconds. That should reset the device.

• [1st Gen Only] Take a fridge magnet (or other magnetic objects) and cover the device's screen with the magnetic side. That hard resets the device.

If it can't be turned on after all the above steps, please contact support@flashiibo.com for help.

Navigating the system

Tip: when you are at the top of a list, PREV would bring you to the end.

• NTAG215 Slots

  • Use PREV / NEXT to switch to the previous/next slot.

  • OKAY to show a menu.

    • New Tag UID: this generates a new tag UID, you will be able to use the amiibo as if it's a complete new one.

    • Auto UID, this settings has 3 possible options.

      • OFF: UIDs stay unchanged until manually regenerated. This is the default.

      • ON: A new tag UID is generated automatically every time you scan the amiibo.

      • Zelda: All TLOZ (The Legend of Zelda) amiibos will have auto-generated UIDs on scan, except for those belong to SSB (Super Smash Bros) amiibo series. The exclusion of SSB ones is to make sure SSB players don't have their amiibos accidentally overwritten with random new UIDs. If you don't play SSB or Splatoon, you can simply set this to ON instead. Please note that for this option to show up, you will need firmware version 47p or newer.

    • [Tag Details]: return to the slots.

    • [Main Menu]: return to the main menu.

• File Explorer

  • Use the ".." button at the top to return the parent folder.

  • To return to Main Menu from a deep folder hierarchy, long press OKAY to call out a context menu and select "[Main Menu]" at the bottom.

• RFID Slots (experimental, and requires firmware version 20p or newer)

  • Most users shouldn't need this, as this feature has nothing to do with amiibo emulation.

  • You can emulate RFID cards/tags of the following types, MiFare Mini, MiFare 1K, MiFare 2K, MiFare 4K.

  • You can emulate NFC cards/tags of the following types, NTAG213, NTAG215, NTAG216.

  • Two slots are turned on by default, and you can turn on more slots in the settings.

• User Manual

  • Use PREV / NEXT to show the QR code. Press OKAY to exit.

• Settings

  • Auto Turn Off: sets the idle time it takes for the device to shut down itself.

  • OLED Contract: sets the screen brightness or contract.

  • Menu Animation: turns on / off the animation; it is highly recommended to keep this option on.

  • Language: English, Spanish, Chinese

  • Storage

    • Total / Free

    • Format: this will delete all the slots / files you have, but it will leave the system firmware intact.

  • Power Off

  • Reset Settings: resets all settings to factory defaults; this doesn't delete your files.

  • Version

  • Firmware Update: find out more here.

  • [Main Menu]

Making amiibos

To use Flashiibo as amiibos, you will need a mobile app to write the amiibo data into it. You can find the data here.

Using iPhone

• Download iOS app Tagmiibo

• On Flashiibo Pro, enter "NTAG215 Slots". You can use PREV / NEXT to select 1 of the 100 slots to use.

• Follow this video tutorial of how to use Tagmiibo to make amiibos on iOS.

• NTAG215 tags were used in this tutorial. In our case, use Flashiibo instead of the NTAG215 tags.

• Make sure the back side of Flashiibo is facing the phone.

• Remove the phone case if your phone has trouble reading or writing Flashiibo.

• Other than that, the tutorial should work exactly the same way.

Using Android

• Download our official Android app – Flashiibo Companion.

• On Flashiibo Pro, enter "NTAG215 Slots". You can use PREV / NEXT to select 1 of the 100 slots to use.

• Follow the instructions in the app. Tutorial video

• Make sure the back side of Flashiibo is facing the phone.

• Remove the phone case if your phone has trouble writing Flashiibo.

Using PC / Mac

• On Flashiibo Pro, select "User Manual", a blue light will start flashing. That means it's ready for Bluetooth connection. Please note that the devices does NOT communicate with your PC / Mac over USB.

• On your PC or Mac (with Bluetooth capability), install and open Google Chrome.

  • Using Chrome, go to https://protools.flashiibo.com/

  • Make sure Flashiibo Pro is still on the "User Manual" page.

  • Click on "Connect", and select "Flashiibo Pro".

  • Click on "Refresh" if no files or drives show up in the list below.

  • Click on "E:/ [External Flash]".

  • You can now upload, download and manage the files on the device.

    • To upload amiibo bin files you own, click on the "Upload" button.

      • You can either select or drop-and-drop files.

      • Please note that upload by folders are NOT supported.

      • If you don't see any upload progress, exit and re-enter "User Manual" on Flashiibo Pro and try again.

      • Please keep the folder names and file names concise. The total path length cannot exceed 64 letters.

    • To download a file on the device, click on the file name.

    • To delete a file or multiple files, select one or more of them and click on the "Delete" button.

  • After you finish uploading the files, they will appear under "File Explorer" on the device. Select a file to emulate it.

  • Please do NOT put more than 100 files in a single folder, or else the device will crash.

Import All-in-One Files

• First, make sure you are on firmware version 48p or later.

• The process takes very long time, so please keep the Flashiibo Pro charged. Please also change auto sleep timer to 30 minutes in Settings, you can change it back after the import completes.

• Follow the "Using PC / Mac" section above to upload the all-in-one file, typically named something like "ally-all-in-###.bin"

• On Flashiibo Pro, go to File Explorer. Delete a folder named "_all" if it's already there by long pressing OKAY and choose Delete. It will take a few seconds.

• Find the recently uploaded all-in-one file, and press OKAY on it. Don't press more than once.

• The import process starts, it takes between 8 to 10 minutes. Please do NOT press any buttons during the time. The screen will appear to be frozen and the device doesn't respond to button presses, but that's expected. The blue light will start to blink once every second. Each blink indicates one file import.

• During the time the blue light might become constantly on and no longer blinks. That's usually because the device becomes fully charged. You can remove the charger to see the blinks again.

• In about 10 minutes, a screen will show up telling you how many files have been imported (typically 300+). All files will appear under a folder named "_all". They are organized by amiibo series. That means the The Legend of Zelda amiibos in the Super Smash Bros series will not appear under the Legend of Zelda folder, look for them in the Super Smash Bros folder instead.

• Please note that For animal Crossing, ONLY figures and series 5 cards are imported. There is no good way to organize 500+ of them on the device otherwise. For the rest, we recommend finding and uploading only the ones you like individually.

Scanning on the Switch

Activate the amiibo feature in the game of interest, place the back of the device on the Joy-Con's right analog stick, or the center of the Pro Controller. The NFC signal strength is significantly weaker on the screen side.

Special instructions for BotW and TotK

Games like Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom limit one scan per amiibo. Fortunately there is a way around that.

By default, each NTAG215 slot has a stable UID, but you can replace its tag UID. To do that, select one of the NTAG215 slots, then press OKAY once, and then select "New Tag UID", a new tag UID will be generated and you can use it again on the same day in BotW and TotK.

What's even better, you may also turn on the option "Auto Tag UID" to put the tags in Auto mode. That way every time you try to scan, a new UID is automatically generated, allowing to claim rewards repeatedly without interacting with the device. Remember do turn this option off, when you need to use it with games like Splatoon and Super Smash Bros. Those games require a stable UID.

Increasing number of slots

There are a total of 100 amiibo/NTAG215 slots out of the box. However you can have more than 100 tags by following either or both of the options below.

Option 1 - New batch of slots

You can create a new batch of slots.

1. On Flashiibo Pro, go into "File Explorer".

2. Rename the folder named "flashiibo" to something else. That's it, you now have a complete new batch of 100 NTAG215 slots.

3. Your old slots are still accessible through file explorer. Simply navigate to the folder you rename to and select a file.

Option 2 - Create files directly

You can create a new files directly from the file explorer.

1. On Flashiibo Pro, go into "File Explorer".

2. Long press OKAY, a menu will show up.

3. You can create a tag or a batch of new tags from this menu; you can also create your own folders for organizing purposes.

4. Once the new files are created, you can select them to emulate as NTAG215.

Firmware update

You can find out more about firmware here.

Need more help?

• Check out the FAQ

• Reach out to the community on Discord for help

• Email us at support@flashiibo.com

Credits

The hardware and firmware of Flashiibo Pro are inspired by solosky's pixljs. We'd like to thank all contributors for this wonderful project.