GameMT E5, E6 & Plus

[cursive star]

is it possible to update android to the newer rom without wiping data?

thanks

[cursive star]

ill give it a whirl

how toasty is yours getting

im guesing with PS2 itll make a nice hand warmer this winter

[mint ember]

If you mean flashing system image on this console, then highly likely - no.

[cursive star]

i wonder if it would be possible to get TWRP recovery working seeing as it has root

[mint ember]

It's getting really hot in the area of right analog/edge of screen

[hollow crag]

It may be worth adding the alternative wifi driver as a magisk module so it doesn't need to be baked in

[elfin nimbus]

Let's not get their hopes up 😂. I'm going to see if I can fix the driver loading or increase my hosting so I can post copies for both revisions.

[hollow crag]

haha fair enough 🙂

[elfin nimbus]

I'm really salty I baked the driver into Android as a module vs with the kernel. It's much easier to flash a kernel.

[prime pumice]

touchscreen makes such a huge difference in android

[muted moon]

So is this the most powerful rk3566 handheld so far?

[reef cedar]

no freez with drastic

[fringe wren]

runs on chaos 20240707? the freeze points were various from 1 min to even over 10 min. i don't know why but there were no freeze at all on 20240625.

[fringe wren]

@elfin nimbus Thank you for your great work again! new ver is very stable like x55 and13emmc, i'd never experienced freeze or reboot for hours.

1. vita3k works good. but whenever I click controls>controller menu, it crashes 100%. so I couldn't change controller mapping yet. and after installing game updates, it crashes 100% but installation itself has been completed without any problem.
2. M/ST/SE button are still assigned as Telecomando Timbox, can't be used at Retroarch and some emulators maybe. (no problem with ppsspp, nethersx etc)

[reef cedar]

sorry may b i misunderstand about system XD for my E6 plus i m use original Game MT android frontend and install Drastic emulator onbandriod side

[fringe wren]

no worry. the drastic on android is way better especially because of E6P's touch 🙂

[sturdy lava]

testing android 13 without googleapps
touch screen good
controls well
wifi good
bluetooth good
led lights disabled
shortcuts disabled
daijisho pulls black screen
ppsspp works for a few minutes and crashes, restarts the system or black screen
aethersx2 works for a few minutes and throws a black screen
It is also common for the default launcher to freeze and have to restart the system, could someone help me?

[river zenith]

about the dapd we use this

[sour sundial]

looks very nice 👍 like this style of circle dpad much more, and microswitches are always welcome imo

[sonic elk]

Oh what's this ?

[prime pumice]

WANT!

[stray crater]

This looks sick! Are these both hall stick?

[stray crater]

Also give the E6 pro more love! The community are working hard and long for this device!!

[mint ember]

Reminds me aya neo pocket s:)

[fringe wren]

E6PRO is a device with RK3588?

[ember laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/capybara-let-him-cook-gif-11999534059191155013

[sonic elk]

https://tenor.com/view/come-on-people-herbert-garrison-president-garrison-caitlyn-jenner-south-park-gif-20603931

[paper cloak]

@candid ridge
Hello, yesterday I tried to run “TMNTShreddersRevenge” in PortMaster, when I started it complained that it couldn’t find the Mono runtime environment.
I checked the presence of files, updated PortMaster and Runtime but this does not help, it seems to me that the problem is somewhere here:

"TMNTShreddersRevenge.sh"
if [ -d "/opt/system/Tools/PortMaster/" ]; then
controlfolder="/opt/system/Tools/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/opt/tools/PortMaster/" ]; then
controlfolder="/opt/tools/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/roms/tools/PortMaster" ]; then
controlfolder="/roms/tools/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/roms/ports" ]; then
controlfolder="/roms/ports/PortMaster"
elif [ -d "/roms2/ports" ]; then
controlfolder="/roms2/ports/PortMaster"
else
controlfolder="/storage/roms/ports/PortMaster"
fi
...

Setup mono

monodir="$HOME/mono"
monofile="$controlfolder/libs/mono-6.12.0.122-aarch64.squashfs"
$ESUDO mkdir -p "$monodir"
$ESUDO umount "$monofile" || true
$ESUDO mount "$monofile" "$monodir"
...

I checked, there is a file along the path: /roms/ports/PortMaster/libs/mono-6.12.0.122-aarch64.squashfs but it seems there are some problems with mounting it in $HOME

[candid ridge]

Maybe is a problem with the structure of the game files you copied. Which version of cHAos are you using?

[paper cloak]

Last version from you

I don't think this is a problem with the game files. When starting, a window appears saying that it cannot find the Mono environment.
I'll take a photo now

[paper cloak]

cHAos-RK3566-BSP-X55.aarch64-20240707.tar

I tried 4 different distributions, plus installation from the PortMaster directory, and either I encounter this error or it simply does not start (black screen and crash).

I wanted to check what is on the path $Home/Mono but I don’t know what exactly is written in $Home, it’s a system variable

[sturdy lava]

Hello Valery, where can I download this version of chaos?

[paper cloak]

https://github.com/tech4bot/jelos/releases/tag/20240707

@candid ridge

[candid ridge]

I am checking now with the latest version as on the previous TMNT was working fine

[paper cloak]

Here he swears at exFAT, maybe your MicroSD is formatted to a different format?
I think the problem is that "mono-6.12.0.122-aarch64.squashfs" is not mounted

[sturdy lava]

Thank you, I wanted to ask you how Android 13 works on your console since mine always hangs or crashes.

[candid ridge]

Looks good

[paper cloak]

I wonder why it doesn't work for me then.
Do I understand correctly that the mount command above should work?
I haven’t changed anything in the system, I have no idea what else can be checked :(((

[candid ridge]

I have 07.07 version. I updated portmaster and reinstalled tmnt from portmaster and is working fine

[paper cloak]

Okay, I'll try again to do a completely clean installation. And add files from Steam.

Do you have MicroSD also exFat?

[paper cloak]

Above I described in detail my experience with android.
Read a little history, there are 2 versions of Android.

1. With extreme memory overclocking >1000Mgz instead of 800
2. (the last link to which is available) already with moderate memory overclocking.

Both versions work for me for hours without problems. In other respects, like CHAOS OS. In this case, the device works for 6-9 hours (while I configure, copy, test).

The only software with which my device froze and overloaded was the stock software. (and not only me, there are at least 3 unpackings on the network where the device freezes or overloads out of the box).

Since I installed Android 13 + Chaos OS, my device has never frozen.

[paper cloak]

I tried to do a clean installation from 0. (I deleted the files from the Ports folder and installed from PortMaster + copied the gamedata from Steam) but the error remained the same

[candid ridge]

You use ports from second sd card?

[paper cloak]

Yes Slot "EXT"

Slot INIT only 8 GB OS

[candid ridge]

After you copied the game data did you try to reinstall tmnt from portmaster?

It will not delete your game data, it will just reinstall the necessary files.

Maybe you can search on portmaster discord to see if someone encountered something similar

[paper cloak]

1. Delete files from \cHAos-E6-Plus\games-roms\ports\tmntsr
   2.Delete file \cHAos-E6-Plus\games-roms\ports\TMNTShreddersRevenge.sh

2. Go to Tools - Portmaster: Update port master, Update Lib, Install GAME

3. Copy files GameData from Steam to \cHAos-E6-Plus\games-roms\ports\tmntsr\gamedata

4. Run from ports - error

[paper cloak]

you microsd format FAT32 or exFAT?

if i try mount manual:
sudo mount "/roms/ports/PortMaster/libs/mono-6.12.0.122-aarch64.squashfs" "/tmp/mono"

Error:
FUSE exfat 1.4.0 (libfuse3)
ERROR: exFAT file system is not found.

[candid ridge]

I have tested on fat32. I will try exFAT

[paper cloak]

if you run game you can see: /mono (over ssh) Empty or not?

[candid ridge]

I have no idea, because I didn't connect over ssh. I just did a clean install of cHAos 07.07, install portmaster, put my sd with ports, and reinstall TMNT

No issues on exFAT at well. It had to download mono when I did the reinstall of tmnt, but after that all good.

I am sure you have some problems around the folder structure.

[paper cloak]

Yes, exactly as I did everything in the screenshot, plus then I checked the runtime, all checks passed...
Very strange.
I'll look into it further, thanks for the help.

[candid ridge]

start fresh. write chaos to a blank sd card, and transfer tmnt directly to it inside the roms folder(from OS SD card), without using the second SD card. then update portmaster, reinstall TMNT and it should work. if is not working, then you have a problem with game files

[sturdy lava]

Thanks again, I just installed it but it doesn't recognize the second memory card with the roms. Does it have to have a particular structure for it to recognize them?

[candid ridge]

do you still have the battery issue on cHAos?

[fringe wren]

@river zenith E5 released?

[paper cloak]

1. Removed the Portmaster directory from ROMS.
2. Switched the release channel from beta to stable (by default, if you install Portmaster for the first time, it is placed on the beta channel).
   The game started working

[paper cloak]

No, I have never noticed problems with the battery, except that in sleep mode it takes 10% per night in Linux, I haven’t really noticed it.

[candid ridge]

I have 2. In one the battery is fine, on the second one is always at 0%

[paper cloak]

My charge always shows well from 0 to 100, everything corresponds to the condition. And even the charge indicator works correctly when the device is turned off.

Now the only problem that causes inconvenience is the need to pull out the INIT microSD to boot into Android, it gets lost all the time :(.
Are there any chances that it will be possible to switch between systems without removing the microSD?

[candid ridge]

Yes. Seems that @river zenith has a solution for that. But if you restart to android it will always boot to android and from android you will have an app to switch back to linux

As soon as I see the code I will try to see if I can integrate it to uboot to make it like in anbernic

[paper cloak]

Yes this is a great option. In fact, absolutely any option that doesn’t require delivering a card every time will be great 🙂

[cursive star]

Im still wondering if there’s any way to boost the screen saturation in android does anyone know how?

[paper cloak]

@river zenith can you share information about how you did the switching of systems?

[cursive star]

My colours are not as vibrant in android as they are in Linux or is this an odd issue?

[paper cloak]

I don’t see any serious differences in color rendering between Linux and Android 13

[cursive star]

You are using default settings in Linux? I have saturation boosted in Linux but if that’s the stock it looks more vibrant than my display did stock

Blacks are really washed out if saturation is not boosted

unless theres more damage to my display than its stuck pixel.

i do have more light bleed on my LCD panel than ive seen on others by the left analog stick

Android 13 (so no LED illumination) yet the analog stick glows from the light bleed on the LCD along with the whole left side of the display

[paper cloak]

@elfin nimbus Interesting situation with Android.
On July 12, I flashed the new Android, and throughout the whole day I reconfigured it, downloaded and installed software, configured emulators and covers. Everything worked great.
During setup, I rebooted the device many times.
WiFi worked, the card was installed in the EXT slot.
But I didn't boot into Linux.
Today I booted into Linux, configured PortMaster and briefly tested the operation of HDMI + Bluetooth gamepads.

Now when I boot back into Android, WiFi and Bluetooth do not turn on and the device does not see the memory card in the EXT slot (does not respond at all), but sees it normally in the INT slot.

If I preboot into Linux, then everything works as usual, WiFi and the memory card.

I tried turning it off, tried rebooting, but the result was the same, the EXT slot and WiFi stopped working in Android...

[paper cloak]

1. I did a full reset via Recovery, it didn’t help, WiFi didn’t turn on.
2. I flashed the image again. WiFi does not turn on. (I turn on the switch, but it turns off again on its own, it doesn’t see networks)
3. I flashed the v1.0 image (the very first one you posted). (Old Driver)

Then I decided to check whether WiFi works in Chaos, yes, WiFi works in Chaos, it sees networks, is connected to my network and is even accessible via SMB. All slots microsd also work.

Unfortunately, I don’t have a stock image from the manufacturer left to check it as well.

I have no ideas, no, I’ll try to get dmesg / logcat now, maybe something will be visible there.

Added logs. 03:06:00 turn on WiFi

[elfin nimbus]

So this is the issue:

[    1.464504] mmc2: error -110 whilst initialising SDIO card
[    1.487898] mmc_host mmc1: Bus speed (slot 0) = 198000000Hz (slot req 200000000Hz, actual 198000000HZ div = 0)
[    1.489726] dwmmc_rockchip fe000000.dwmmc: All phases bad!
[    1.490095] mmc1: tuning execution failed: -5
[    1.490372] mmc1: error -5 whilst initialising SD card

You tried the old build and the new build and they did the same thing?

[paper cloak]

Yes, that's right. I tried flashing the new build first, it didn't help. Then the old one, that didn’t help either. Now I'm on the old one and took the log from the old one.

I also think that magisk could have messed something up, is it being flashed into boot.img?

[elfin nimbus]

Yeah, magisk modifies the kernel.

[paper cloak]

Can I flash an unpatched magisk image?
Do you have one?

Of the non-standard software, I only used APP2SD and Magisk (APP2SD did not work, Magisk issued a warning that the SU version was not suitable for it but gave root rights)

[elfin nimbus]

If you flashed one of the original downloads it would flash over magisk and all that.

[paper cloak]

yes im flashed only original downloads (E6Plus_Android13_gapps.zip)

Maybe try uploading a stock image?

You have? I didn't figure out how to make a copy and didn't save it for myself.

[elfin nimbus]

Stock image:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m_cGVrJWVyrIxy30I4cRGOIMY7pwuSW8/view?usp=drive_link

[paper cloak]

can I use RKDevTool_Release_v3.15 from your delivery for firmware? Or should I use FactoryTool?

[paper cloak]

I flashed the stock img via RockChip_FactoryTool_v1.72.9 in Restore mode, but WiFi still does not turn on.

MicroSD also does not work in the EXT slot, only INIT

[paper cloak]

@elfin nimbus
I recorded a video with a WiFi test using stock firmware.
In the video, I first try to turn on WiFi, it doesn’t work, then I boot into Chaos and there you can see that the network is working, connected, there is Internet on the device (I show that PortMaster is downloading packages).
https://youtu.be/LptezxLPW1k

dmesg and logcat from stock firmware

Stock flash

[paper cloak]

I looked at the images (both yours and the stock image, and Kernel.img is missing everywhere) While Chaos uses its Kernel when loading from the card.
I think that at some point the driver (or magisk?) changed something in the kernel or just some kind of error in EMMC in the kernel section.

Fortunately, I probably need an image merged through RK DevTool, but for this I need to know the addresses where it is located.
Or maybe you have kernel.img? (if at all it can be filled in so easily).
(in the screenshot I noted which sections are updated when loading the stock image; as you can see, only the kernel remains unchanged.

[cursive star]

Previous Android 13 build worked great no crashes or other issues

[torn nacelle]

Very useful! Nice

[river zenith]

when we finish all work

will share you the new version

we still working to make it work best

[ebon crystal]

@river zenith

[river zenith]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIcw1DKU6Lg

[paper cloak]

@river zenith Good afternoon.
Can you send me the full stock Android firmware (img) which contains the kernel? (Or img with only Kernel)
After flashing custom Android 13, after some time my Android WiFi stopped working. I tried 3 different firmware versions, but the problem is the same everywhere. There is probably some kind of problem in the Kernel partition, which is not overwritten with these firmwares.
At the same time, WiFi works fine in Linux (Stock, Chaos).

I need to somehow restore the Kernel partition.

I tried to flash: rk3566_mt_android_5_odroidgo_240527 but there is no kernel.img there.

No kernel.img

[cursive star]

yeah for some reason its made it unuseable

[elfin nimbus]

There is no kernel.img or separate kernel with Android. It's all in the boot.img. I'm trying to recreate the issue on my side. The file that I posted was the original android and kernel.

[elfin nimbus]

I switched to a different bootloader bin and also set the ram speed in the kernel. I'll see if I can revert the bootloader change. That should be the only thing that would introduce instability. 🤔

[paper cloak]

It looks like there is some place that is not overwritten when updating the firmware. Have you watched my latest DMESG?
#1168386197605855313 message
This is DMESG from a device that is flashed with stock firmware (rk3566_mt_android_5_odroidgo_240527.img)

Please note that I flashed the stock firmware in "Restore" mode

I also draw your attention to the fact that this did not happen immediately after updating the firmware to the second version of Android13.
The first day with all the firmware everything worked great, I spent more than 4 hours setting up and using the device with your firmware. Then I moved to Chaos and used it.
The problem appeared when returning from CHAOS to Android.

Can I help you with something?
For example, provide additional logs, or give remote access to ADB on my PC.

[candid ridge]

erase eMMC and write android again

[paper cloak]

When I flashed the stock firmware via RockChip_FactoryTool_v1.72.9, among other operations, it performed the erasing flash operation

[candid ridge]

no. go to Upgrade firmware tab

[paper cloak]

?

[candid ridge]

not sure if I have the same version,. but there it should be an erase

or maybe it will apprear when you connect the device

[paper cloak]

There is another question, can you tell me what this command does? Does it read data from the flash or will it record something?

[candid ridge]

I am using 2.81 and I have eraeflash on Upgrade firmware tab

[paper cloak]

Can you share version 2.81?
And can I also upload a stock image through this software: "rk3566_mt_android_5_odroidgo_240527.img"? or only custom images "E6Plus_Android13_gapps"?

[candid ridge]

yes. I am using the same one to update also to stock

[paper cloak]

im find

[candid ridge]

yes

[paper cloak]

erase - ok, now - flashing

(MASKROM mode)

[candid ridge]

keep vol+ pressed when you do a eraseflash and it will boot back to maskrom and then write

[paper cloak]

yes

flash-0k, booting

The download of the stock software was successful, but the WiFi and EXT microSD slot do not work.

[candid ridge]

same happens also on android 13 ?

[paper cloak]

yes

[candid ridge]

and chaos ?

[paper cloak]

Chaos working good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LptezxLPW1k

dmesg (stock, now flashing, first boot)

[candid ridge]

try this android

[paper cloak]

Ok, downloading

testing (booting...)

[candid ridge]

this version works on both revisions of e6 plus with old and new wifi chip

[paper cloak]

wifi not work 😦

[candid ridge]

do you have both sd cards out of the console?

[paper cloak]

yes

[candid ridge]

I am asking because wifi is connected over sdio which should be the same bus as sd card, and if one of the card is hungry for power it should cut power for both

[paper cloak]

dmedg

[candid ridge]

or something is happening as is strange to stop working after a while

try to unplug the battery for a while and connect it back and see if is still happening

[paper cloak]

I don't have both cards inserted right now.
If I insert the card into the EXT slot, android does not see it.
If I insert the card into the INT slot, android sees it and works with it normally.

[paper cloak]

Okay, this will take a little more time 🙂

[cursive star]

dont stress it atm

[paper cloak]

how long wait?

[cursive star]

i feel like i got a dud device anyway.

so i opened a dispute on aliexpress

Someone over at GameMT is not doing QC anyway. first the stuck pixel. then the broken speaker cable out of the box. then this

[candid ridge]

20-30 sec

[paper cloak]

ok

[cursive star]

keep the android rom how it is for now (bootloader and RAM etc)

if no one else experienced it it could just be a single case

[paper cloak]

Unfortunately it didn’t help, wifi also doesn’t turn on, the EXT slot doesn’t work.

[candid ridge]

Then is a different issue. For me it works fine with both android stock and 13

[paper cloak]

https://youtu.be/L0j4Hu1A4po

[paper cloak]

So it worked fine for me with stock and Android13 v1 (4-5 days of active use) and Android13 v2 (more than 4 hours of active use and configuration).
And then at one point it stopped.
Those. I used Android13 v2 all day before and everything worked fine, I downloaded games, downloaded covers in Android and the map and Android worked fine.
Then I also loaded into CHAOS and worked there.

Then I boot into Android and WiFi doesn’t work and doesn’t see the map...

I didn't do anything specific other than using Magisk. But I used magisk all the time.
I also tried using APP2SD, it didn’t work. Perhaps this is somehow connected.

I didn’t do anything else that was not standard.

[cursive star]

flashed and now i am stuck with black screen

i can hear andoroid in the background (Charging sound etc)

[paper cloak]

try shining a flashlight on the matrix, is there an image there?
Everything worked fine for you before?
Have you disassembled the device?
Could you have damaged the backlight cables?

Is there a problem in both Android and CHAOS?

[cursive star]

if i flash 13 back onto the device (new version with gapps) i can see screen again but same issues still occur

[paper cloak]

Well, at least it’s clear that the problem is not hardware.
Do I understand correctly that the black screen on the firmware rk3566_mt_android_5_odroidgo_240527.img or rk3566_mt_android_5_odroidgo_240611.img?

[cursive star]

rk3566_mt_android_5_odroidgo_240527

[paper cloak]

I think that I know too little to give you advice 😦
Problems on Android13 may be due to the fact that it uses at least a small amount of memory overclocking.

But I can’t explain the problems with stock images.

I can only assume that there is some kind of EMMC area that is not overwritten when the firmware is changed. As a result, one firmware introduces changes that break other firmwares.

I assumed that it was Kernel, but the engineer said that it was not so. I have no other options.

[cursive star]

where can i get 240611?

[paper cloak]

I can recommend you the ADB App Control program, there is an adb console, in the console you can write: shell dmesg > out.txt and get dmesg.

I looked at my dmesg logs and to be honest I didn’t really understand anything 🙂

[paper cloak]

#1168386197605855313 message

[abstract arrow]

https://youtu.be/wIcw1DKU6Lg?si=U5DpQ6mhYPfeo9sw

[cursive star]

thanks

[cursive star]

nope still black screen

[paper cloak]

@elfin nimbus, @candid ridge
I took a closer look at dmesg and we are back to the SDIO problem.

I compared the dmesg of the CHAOS boot and the Android boot and I see that CHAOS and Android are trying to set different SDIO parameters.

There is an interesting topic (and it is actually not the only one):
https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/2830

There is some interesting information at the very end:

Most probably an issue similar to what I'm facing... SDIO speed changed from 125/3=41.66 to 200/4=50.0 MHz, and your HW doesn't support this speed.
You may get it to work adding
dtoverlay=wfx-sdio,sdio_overclock=42
to your /boot/config.txt file

Those. Perhaps I also have a “hardware” problem, but Linux initiates SDIO at a lower speed when booting?

I don’t fully understand the output of dmesg, it goes there first
"375000Hz (slot req 400000Hz, actual 375000HZ div = 0)" then
mmc_host mmc3: Bus speed (slot 0) = 148500000Hz (slot req 150000000Hz, actual 148500000HZ div = 0)

If you look at dmesg Android, then everything is a little different:
[ 0.982678] mmc_host mmc2: Bus speed (slot 0) = 375000Hz (slot req 400000Hz, actual 375000HZ div = 0)
[ 1.001466] dwmmc_rockchip fe2c0000.dwmmc: card claims to support voltages below defined range
[ 1.012877] mmc_host mmc2: Bus speed (slot 0) = 50000000Hz (slot req 50000000Hz, actual 50000000HZ div = 0)
[ 1.013649] mmc2: error -110 while initializing SDIO card

It would be great to get dmesg from an Android system where everything is working fine, so that we can compare what is going wrong.

Perhaps it’s worth making an android img for an experiment with the minimum possible speed of the card?

[cursive star]

i do not see the erase flash option

how can i find it?

[paper cloak]

https://dl.radxa.com/tools/windows/RKDevTool_Release_v2.81.zip

[muted moon]

Question for all the beans. Can it handle the android port of bg:dark alliance.

[river zenith]

this is the E6PLUS ORIGINAL android SYSTEM and TOOL what we using
android 64 bit

https://filebin.net/4pjbdu3r7adq115b

[cursive star]

I will try this version. Do you know why I get black screen installing stock Android OS?

[river zenith]

make sure your step is correct

[cursive star]

All steps are correct. I hear android OS but screen displays black only

Android 13 custom rom is working but has other issues

Did I just receive a faulty device?

Or could it be a revision problem?

[paper cloak]

I tried the new version. There are a lot fewer SDIO errors in DMESG, but one error still remains:
[ 0.867396] mmc_host mmc1: Bus speed (slot 0) = 50000000Hz (slot req 50000000Hz, actual 50000000HZ div = 0)

I flashed "rk3566_mt_android_5_gp_240628.img" via "FactoryTool_v1.81" in "Restore" mode, the firmware was successfully installed.
[ 1.254098] rknand fe330000.nandc: rknand_probe clk rate = 148500000
[ 1.337836] mmc_host mmc1: Bus speed (slot 0) = 375000Hz (slot req 375000Hz, actual 375000HZ div = 0)
[ 1.356793] dwmmc_rockchip fe2c0000.dwmmc: card claims to support voltages below defined range
[ 1.368318] mmc_host mmc1: Bus speed (slot 0) = 50000000Hz (slot req 50000000Hz, actual 50000000HZ div = 0)
[ 1.368400] mmc1: error -110 whilst initialising SDIO card
[ 1.587794] mmc_host mmc1: Bus speed (slot 0) = 375000Hz (slot req 375000Hz, actual 375000HZ div = 0)
[ 1.606777] dwmmc_rockchip fe2c0000.dwmmc: card claims to support voltages below defined range
[ 1.618101] mmc_host mmc1: Bus speed (slot 0) = 50000000Hz (slot req 50000000Hz, actual 50000000HZ div = 0)
[ 1.618181] mmc1: error -110 whilst initialising SDIO card
The full DMESG is attached.

Can you make an image with an SDIO frequency of 37.5 Mhz instead of 50?

In Linux, the EXT2 slot and WiFi work fine, I have attached a screenshot of dmesg from Linux

[cursive star]

i have old revision. wifi is not working on this

after reflash it is working

[cursive star]

Does nethersx2 classic have better performance than non classic?

I want to eek some more performance out

[mint ember]

You need to find out how to adjust AetherSX2 settings to get some more performance, next it's better to use mod NetherSX2, there is only two versions of mod, you can try both, as your mileage may vary

[wheat wagon]

Silver when

[paper cloak]

@river zenith
Can you help with my problem?
I repeat:
Doesn't work on any Android:

1. MicroCD (EXT)
2. WiFi

First week, everything worked, but after a reboot it stopped. I tried flashing the following firmware:
Yours:
rk3566_mt_android_5_odroidgo_240611
rk3566_mt_android_5_odroidgo_240527
rk3566_mt_android_5_gp_240628

Third party:
E6Plus_Android13_gapps (V1 & V2)

However, in Linux (CHAOS) everything works correctly.
I attached Dmesg CHAOS and rk3566_mt_android_5_gp_240628 to the message.

[cursive star]

i have nether

but im wondering if classic has better support

can someone share all links to firmware files avalible at the moment?

i would like to create a index of them all

[pulsar stream]

My E6+ is exactly same as yours.. reflashed all those firmwares you have mentioned and wifi do not work.

wifi works in linux mode but not android

[cursive star]

do you have a separate 2.4 and 5ghz wifi network at home?

to try and identify if you have RTL8733 (5Ghz) or RTL8723DS (2.4Ghz)

Given the Wi-Fi works for me on my RTL8723DS model on the ROM's above maybe you need a rom built for the RTL8733 @pulsar stream @paper cloak

maybe @river zenith could help with providing that for you

[paper cloak]

Thanks for trying to help, but:

1. I tried all ROMs for all versions, it doesn't help.
2. WiFi + EXT SD Slot just stopped working, but with the same firmware it was working. Those. I worked in the evening, in the morning I rebooted the device from Linux to Android, I did not change the firmware.
3. In DMESG it is clearly visible that there is a problem with the start of the SDIO interface 4. I have a 100% 2.4 GHz chip since the device is the first version and the first versions of Linux/Android worked without 5GHz support.

[paper cloak]

Yes, this is the last hope.

[cursive star]

If anyone is willing to share settings for nethersx for best performance for SHAR please do 🙏

Also I found the saturation settings in NetherSX and have it set too max and I actually don’t have a full display at least in the emulator

[mint ember]

Most important settings:)) and don't forget to switch rendering to Vulkan!

Those settings not affecting gfx quality and not skipping any of ps2 effects.

[cursive star]

yes and also mipmapping off

i seem to get better performance with open gl?

[mint ember]

Isually it's same or worse with opengl, but not better than vulkan😅

[cursive star]

strange, it just seems to stutter less on open GL

also do you get much better performance android 13 vs stock 12 or no difference?

[mint ember]

Have only one e6plus console, so not tried yet to reflash a11 to a13, as happy with it and to avoid any issues after reflashing, like failing to connect wifi or something like that

[cursive star]

that is understandable given the softwares tempromental state at the moment haha

[paper cloak]

what android 11 image are you using? (image name):
rk3566_mt_android_5_gp_240628
rk3566_mt_android_5_odroidgo_240527
rk3566_mt_android_5_odroidgo_240611
?
Or some other one?

[mint ember]

The first one from your list

[paper cloak]

Do you have a notification in your notification bar in this firmware that says “device performance may be slower because debugging is enabled”?

[mint ember]

No, it was only on stock 32bit android, just out of the box

[paper cloak]

I have it on hhhc.20240628.100341 (rk3566_mt_android_5_gp_240628.img)

@river zenith, @elfin nimbus, @candid ridge
Why is it possible that we have the same firmware, but I have a message about the Serial console and the @mint ember does not?

[cursive star]

i also have the serial message too

[mint ember]

No any notifications

[paper cloak]

This is very strange, because this setting is set by the kernel configuration, which must be flashed along with the firmware. (SDIO settings are also stored there).

But at the same time, two devices with the same firmware have different values ​​for this setting. From which I am forced to return to the assumption that when flashing the device something goes wrong, and the part that is responsible for storing the settings is not overwritten.

[mint ember]

Why it shows to you "usb debugging connected"? Maybe you can disable it in developers options or to make that message switch off from there?

[paper cloak]

This is a clean firmware image that I uploaded 10 minutes ago, I didn’t touch anything in it except the language.
I always had this notification on all Android 11 firmwares.
The presence of the USB-Debugging setting does not affect this in any way. This is a debugging mode that cannot be turned on or off from the device; it is set in the kernel parameters when building the bootloader.

[sour sundial]

this message can be ignored, you can turn it off here: Settings -> Apps&notifications -> Notifications -> Select "Android System" -> disable "Developer messages".

[paper cloak]

Of course, the message can be removed, but this will not disable the serial console and will therefore affect the performance of the device.

But this is not even the main question, the main question is that there are 2 devices with the same firmware, but on one device the serial console is enabled and on the other it is not.

I don't know if you followed my problem above?
In short, at one point WiFi stopped turning on in my Android and the EXT slot did not stop working.
In Chaos OS everything works correctly. The first few days in Android it also works correctly.
Resetting settings and flashing the firmware (with EMMC formatting) do not help.

[mint ember]

So, if I'm using same firmware, but don't have that message, is that means serial console enabled for me anyway and affecting performance of my console?

[vocal crag]

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807149378743.html

E5 up for order

[paper cloak]

You can chek over adb

[sour sundial]

just because it says it affects performance it likely does not. edit your build prop and see if "ro.debuggable=1" is present, if so remove that line.

yes those issues are unrelated to this serial console message.

[paper cloak]

Yes, not directly related. Just an observation related to the fact that when changing the firmware, some settings remain.
After all, if we have the same firmware, but different kernel settings, would you agree that this is strange?

[sour sundial]

Few things could be happening:

1. not actually the same firmware or a setting may have been changed that was not noted
2. its not getting flashed properly, leaving remnants of the old system

[paper cloak]

Good idea, it should be checked.

[mint ember]

https://youtu.be/DyDzz26hDl8

On 1:50 they said that console supports linux and android dual switching. Is it a joke?

[paper cloak]

I don’t understand how this is possible, but yes, this is the main version for me. But I’m not an expert, rather an advanced user, and I don’t have enough knowledge to examine this issue further.
I flashed 4 different Androids and erased the flash before flashing the firmware. But I noticed that the EMMC erasing tools require that the img file be specified, they assume that they erase the flash according to parameters.txt, i.e. not all. But again, this is all guesswork.

[sour sundial]

thats a real wide boy, the fast charging is neat if it works

[paper cloak]

@mint ember Can you give me your img file?

[sour sundial]

yeah not 100% sure what may be occuring, but if the kernel is told to flash to the wrong location for example, it wont be flashed, not sure if the tool would throw and error or just flash it to the wrong location, leaving the previous intact

[mint ember]

Original image download link is gone, but can share it of course, later

[paper cloak]

What SoC?

gamet5 chip?

[mint ember]

No idea, but there is another video with gameplay, at least it plays ps1 🙂

https://youtu.be/4zgvOugeMtg

[mint ember]

You can share checksum of your image file as well, will compare it later with my image file.

[pulsar stream]

MD5 hash of rk3566_mt_android_5_gp_240628.img:
b7c4b9d57590ab707e6e636ce7800aa4
CertUtil: -hashfile command completed successfully.

MD5 hash of \E6Plus_Android13_gapps\update.img:
9cbd1c3816f87823fd93bd2200cd749c
CertUtil: -hashfile command completed successfully.

same as Valery.. I flashed these 2 img files.. Android Wifi does not turn on. works fine in CHAOS tho.

[novel dust]

oops, that's where I got mine!

hope mine's not a lemon

[finite harbor]

I want one just for the charrger and the rest is just bonus, but PS1 is great for me, along with the tv out, just need to see if you can use a controller iwith it.

[paper cloak]

rk3566_mt_android_5_gp_240628 - MD5 b7c4b9d57590ab707e6e636ce7800aa4

[candid ridge]

Normal E5 does not have any known CPU to support CFW. E5 plus will be with rockchip.

[cursive star]

does anyone know why the e6's don't have a proper channel lol

[muted moon]

normies are afraid of the brand and actively snub any info about it.

welcome to the trench. beside you are the M17, M18, odroids, and other handhelds

[paper cloak]

I still have time to return, I opened a dispute on Aliexpress, I will look for a solution for a couple more days, if the problem cannot be solved, I will be forced to send it back to the manufacturer.

In principle, I am not satisfied with the quality of its sticks and in general everything connected with the controls, I was going to sell it anyway, but I couldn’t sell it in the form in which GameMT sold it to me, it would harm my reputation, and I would also ashamed.
I just wanted to set it up (install Android from Google Play), install a few games and then sell it. But I didn’t have time 😦

But unfortunately, now with Android WiFi not working, it will be difficult to sell it. I used all my knowledge in an attempt to solve the problem, and my more experienced comrades also ran out of ideas.

[river zenith]

It worked fine, and you did a lot of settings on it. Not sure what went wrong that made it unable to connect to wifi on Android, but it worked on wifi on CHAOS. You even opened the machine to check inside, and now you have time, so you file a return. I saw your dispute, and I appreciate your testing and return.

I'm glad I bought insurance for your order, otherwise I would have lost more, thank you very much.

I don't even dare to talk too much in this group for fear of pissing you off again. I am watching quietly now, and will only comment when our game consoles are updated.

[paper cloak]

I don't have any negativity or bad attitude towards you.
I understand that I play the role of a tester and consciously go for it.

You understand that there is a problem, and I won’t be the only one with such a problem. Believe me, I didn’t do anything special with the device that could lead to such a problem.

I really appreciate your presence and help, I also put a lot of effort into solving this problem.
If you have any more ideas on how to solve the problem, I am ready to continue working with you on this case within 2 days.

The main question is why flashing the device with memory formatting does not help. I would like to point out that I am not the only one with this problem, there is also @pulsar stream in the thread with the same problem. There are also no guarantees that other users will not appear in the future; it would be nice to find a solution to the problem.

[steel falcon]

Just bought mine yesterday, it finally went under $50 combining coupons 😬

[finite harbor]

GameMT should have it's own channel at least under the normal other devices by now. I've not bought one yet but I'm planning on getting the E5, I like the idea of it it's super inexpensive for what it maybe and that reverse charging is very tempting. I've gotten all 4 of the SJGAM devices and love them all. really only avoid the m7 but the m17 - m19 are okay with the firmware they have.

I couldn't tell you why anyone would be afaid of this device though. i almost feel as if it's not a Anbernic, ayn neo, or powkiddy it get's much shade from the powers that be and the same goes for the dev's as well.

[acoustic gulch]

until YouTubers discover it.

[mint ember]

sha1

[paper cloak]

also
6ae5a0d05fe9c816b7c3a47d2739d43ac9af38a5 *rk3566_mt_android_5_gp_240628.img

you chek?

[mint ember]

So there is no reason to share my image, if it's with same checksum.

[mint ember]

Not yet, sorry

[cursive star]

So on my unit I still cant flash any of the other stock roms i just get a black screen

the recent 64bit version that was shared works, the previous android 13 build works, but the latest android 13 build has graphical issues and crashes. my main concern is why the stock firmwares show a black screen only

[muted moon]

I am tempted to get one of these just to mess around with the stock android rom

[paper cloak]

Are you good at this?

[acoustic gulch]

does gamma have one of these yet?

👀

im still amazed y'all got ps2 to run on this thing

considering my experience with the 3566 on other handhelds i didn't think that was possible

[paper cloak]

It's all about a tricky setting, I didn't know about it either, but @mint ember told me about EE Cycles underclock and it really works in many games.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EmulationOnAndroid/comments/xv6bf0/help_can_anyone_tell_me_about_the_ee_cycle_rate/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyV4YLI4XP4

[muted moon]

it's a very old setting that's been in pcsx2(what aethersx2 is a port of) for years. the first EE setting lowers cpu requirements. the second lowers gpu requirements

the ideal way to tell if a game can run is to turn off the frame limiter and turn on emulation speed display. Then, mess with the EE settings until it passes 100%, then turn the framelimiter back on.

If a game does not pass 100% even at -3/3, it's unplayable.

[novel dust]

So is CHAOS the recommended cfw for this?

[muted moon]

chaos doesn't support vulkan

android does, and that opens up the rest of the psp, dreamcast, and n64 catelogue

[muted moon]

i mod stuff yeah. i have at least common sense.

My thoughts going in is to bring an Exfat microsd with installs of ppsspp, retroarch(plus the zip file of cores), drastic, and some android stuff like Death Road to Canada, GTA 3/vc/sa, hyperlight drifter and whatnot. basically, there's no playstore, i take it

hmmmm.... it has hdmi out. sold. there are things i can do with this.

[novel dust]

ah, so Android 13 is the preferred OS here

[river jungle]

Any info on this device ?

[candid ridge]

Vulkan does not exist in linux on any rockchip CPUs

Vulkan is good to emulate things like psp n64 ps2. Everything else works good without it. I use android only for those and linux for the rest as I don’t need to install and configure anything. Is just copy roms and play

[mint ember]

And it's good for dreamcast as well🤓

[finite harbor]

@candid ridge did you see the work that's being done on Panthor, looks like they are moving on to vulkan now but obviously no release date.

Though I mostly blame ARM for not giving us working vulkan on Linux

[candid ridge]

I saw some articles that they will bring vulkan on mainline but for rk3588 so until I don’t see it I don’t trust it

[finite harbor]

That's fair enough it does look like it will be limited to the RK3588 series

[candid ridge]

IDK who is to blame.

I just know we don’t have vulkan 😁

[candid lynx]

maybe its on rockchip ? As amlogic have vulkan enabled on some cpus with g52

[paper cloak]

Agree.
Based on my experience with the E6 plus, I can say that I don’t see much point in Linux. There are more emulators for Android, heavy ones work better, simpler ones work just as well, plus there are many Android games adapted for mobility.

CHAOS is certainly an excellent solution for those who are accustomed to Linux, but it does not have any real advantages over Android.

I'm currently setting up ES-DE on my phone, and I don't see any drawbacks to it. All the same retroarch kernels (at least the main systems work normally, perhaps there are peculiarities in rare systems), the same (very similar) interface. + huge library of games for Android.

So far, the only serious drawback is that a fully configured and working CHAOS can be obtained by pressing one button (flash img). I haven’t seen such options for Android yet, but there is no reason that they won’t appear in the future.

The second drawback is the lack of PortMaster and games for Linux.

[cyan hull]

no Portmaster, but you have a ton of android games to compensate

[wheat wagon]

I agree it's very hard to find info now since people are posting text walls in here now unlike before xD

[elfin nimbus]

Arm released the Vulkan drivers for Amlogic. Rockchip would need to license it from Arm. But it probably doesn't make sense on Linux for them. Most of their chips are used in Android devices.

[cursive star]

To be honest you'd be surprised id bet there's a lot of POS equipment that run Rockchip SOC's with Linux

and by POS I don't mean Piece of 💩

although theres probably a fair few of those too

[left pelican]

Hey @barren thistle @faint crag is there a way I can email GameMT? I want to give them a full assessment of the E6 Plus.

Do You know their official website?

[barren thistle]

@river zenith <--- This is GameMT 🫡

[left pelican]

Oh okay, thank you! I'm going to bust out the Shore A and Shore D test and as well as open up the E6 Plus.

[barren thistle]

This is the best place currently, we only chat on discord, not sure of a website just the ali shop

but he'll read what you write in here

[left pelican]

Is there a way to talk to Powkiddy on Discord too? 😅

@barren thistle

[barren thistle]

PowKiddy is the opposite, you want to contact through their official Ali shop

In the chat

I don't think they're on our discord but you never know

[left pelican]

That's cool. I'm about to look at Powkiddy's current line of Handhelds too.

Yeah I just wanted to know.

[candid lynx]

yeah, but this or something like rockchip router with linux probably doesnt really need vulkan 😄

[wheat wagon]

So are we getting the E6 64Bit Android OS anytime soon? hehe I bet the ppsspp on stock runs vulkan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7o8Ug5GU5s

[candid ridge]

Next week I am planning to test the 64bit I got. Not sure if it has vulkan support

[wheat wagon]

I hope it does with a screen this size it's really the perfect psp device

[candid ridge]

We are talking about normal E6

[wheat wagon]

lol

[mint ember]

Yes, it will be interesting to try and to see, how vulkan works there on 64bit android on normal E6, and how it may affect psp performance 🤓
What version of android it is?

[tropic halo]

I have installed android 13, is there any way to get the LED switch/Joystick calibration apps on this new version?

[steel falcon]

@river zenith E6S Plus still on plan to be developed?

[muted moon]

Mine was passed off to linehaul today.

I should probably get a 256gb microsd and set it up. Aurora store would be great to have.

[river zenith]

about our DPAD in e6 & e6plus

we plan to make this cover

make it work more better

It's a stick-on accessory.

[sonic elk]

Looks like an improvement, a lot of handheld makers overlook just how important a good dpad is to a device.
It can literally make or break a handheld.

[candid lynx]

I like how they stick with their (somewhat flawed) product and try to make the best out of it

[cursive star]

i see that one in the background too @river zenith 👀

[steel falcon]

It looks more like SEGA, i like it

[cursive star]

reminds me of the Xbox Duke D Pad

[cursive star]

so i installed Chaos onto SD and just get stuck on the chaos logo

after a forced reboot i just get black screen

after chaos logo

if i move the sticks the LED's light up (just like stock linux) but no display at all

[cursive star]

what is the folder structure for this

for port master like how can i put my files for ports on the sd from my TSP

[wheat wagon]

for chaos? it’s basically jelos

[cursive star]

I did it right then. No luck just closes the port and goes back to the frontend

[cursive star]

has anyone else had the full version of celeste working on their e6 plus?

[prime pumice]

i can try it later

[cursive star]

Have it running on stock Linux

[wheat wagon]

has anyone actually purchased the white one? I don’t think I’ve seen an actual photo of that one yet

[river zenith]

https://filebin.net/z0g1d29ua82rliho

new image for e6plus (solve the earphone problem )

you can also download this apk in andorid system

it can support one key switch from andorid and linux without unplus the sdcard

[wheat wagon]

the image is for linux?

[prime pumice]

yeah doesn't work for me either on chaos 20240625

[river zenith]

yes

[wheat wagon]

do you have actual photo for the white?

[knotty sundial]

nice!

[wheat wagon]

Ok that's sexy

[muted moon]

that's the one i ordered

[candid ridge]

If I get a list of bugs or feature requests I will try to see what I can do about it.

For E6 and E6 plus

[prime pumice]

I'll try to investigate more on the celeste thing

[cursive star]

After playing Celeste on my E6 plus I will say it is great other than the better sleep/wake performance on my trimui smart pro. The main issue with sleep wake is the slowdown and stutter after waking but I’d assume it is somewhat normal

[muted moon]

just got mine. love the sound quality, like how fast tekken 6 and wrc runs. hate that you preapplied superEagle2x to every 8-bit and 16-bit game, but i can just remove that and save the core preset

[muted moon]

small things i would expect are switching frameskip from full frames to percentile, turning off buffer effects on games like Wipeout Pulse, doing clockspeed hacks on GTA:VCS/LCS... still, a decent linux experience. gonna get a switch lite carrying case, microHDMI, and a 256gb microsd for it.

Can we get the linux distro for chaosOS stickied @barren thistle ?
https://github.com/tech4bot/jelos/releases/tag/20240707

will make it easier for newcomers to this thing

[candid ridge]

It does not fit in a switch case.

[muted moon]

I literally am carrying mine right now in the switch lite case my rg505 was using. It fits well

Will post pictures later

[candid ridge]

Maybe for switch lite is bigger because I tried on my switch case and is making pressure on analog sticks

[muted moon]

https://www.amazon.com/ButterFox-Carrying-Nintendo-Accessories-Turquoise/dp/B07V7KB78R/ref=sr_1_7_sspa?

this is the case I use.

[muted moon]

it's usually too tight if you hear clicking when pressing on the outside. this one fits fine. i ordered the red version to match my buttons

[muted moon]

glad that GTA:VCS & LCS run well, even the PS2 asset versions. as soon as i get my microHDMI cable, i'll record some raw gameplay footage

[finite harbor]

Can you tell us what chip the E5 Jerrymini is using?

[wheat wagon]

what game is that

[river zenith]

It is A7

made by Taiwan chip company

Better then RK3036.

[finite harbor]

Okay so up to gen 3 consoles with a little gen 4 thrown in but likely not 3D games in gen 4?

Bascially between RPI B+ and PRI 2 dual core?

[serene bloom]

hey guys, can e6 (not plus) can play tmnt shredder's revenge port normally now with new cfw?

[wheat wagon]

Of course

[muted moon]

i have the 0% battery bug after a full charge. fun

turns on, says it has no battery, shuts down

[muted moon]

unplugged battery, held power for 10sec, replugged, spark+smoke, booted.
showing 100% 👍

mario kart ds. three races into a team vs. match. freeze. 😕

[wheat wagon]

spark + smoke

[serene bloom]

thanks, does e6 support wifi via usb otg after install chaos?

[candid ridge]

Yes

[river zenith]

Our cable maybe cannot support fast charging

you can use the fast charger cable to test

[reef cedar]

Pd-19 watt pass

[muted moon]

I didn't get anymore freezes out of drastic. But yeah, I think replugging the full battery melted the tip of one of the leads or something

I hope I don't have to do that again

[torn nacelle]

This one ?

[muted moon]

A7 is the type of CPU core. Like a53 or a75. Its not an soc name

[ember laurel]

Yea, don't expect a lot out of it

[finite harbor]

@torn nacelle is that from the R5 you ordered?

[torn nacelle]

No came from Wikipedia about a7

[muted moon]

this screen does 1x integer-scale psp some nice justice.

[muted moon]

yeah, thinking back, it was harmless, but still spooky. happened each time i replaced my oga or ogu's batteries.

[serene bloom]

Hey guys i think i will buy a e6 (not plus) to play TMNT port via chaos (amberelec). I saw this problem in youtube, Is it fixed ?

[muted moon]

so the best way to charge this is to just put linux in sleep mode and let it go.

that way the os never forgets where the battery is. literally charged mine from 17% to 98%, shut it down, booted it back up and it was fine.

[wheat wagon]

That's also how I charge my non plus e6 xD

[keen swift]

Is it possible to change the aspect ratio on the E5? I noticed in your new videos the game display is 4:3, in OGTechNick's review it's stretched to 16:9. I didn't see any options to change it in his review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Iu6dQMFUo

[finite harbor]

If it's using retroarch you can change that manually in the retroarch.cfg file. Change this option value, aspect_ratio_index = , to 22 for core provided

[keen swift]

it isn't, it's a custom thing

[steel falcon]

It's looks more like a locked firmware like SF2000

[keen swift]

same devs as it happens

[finite harbor]

Can you share the OS minus roms?

[keen swift]

I don't have one (yet), was just asking

[finite harbor]

Okay, I'll have to wait then until I get mine next month

[keen swift]

Tbh it might be worth creating a separate thread for it since it's totally different to the E6 line

[muted moon]

SO... ps1 on the linux stock firmware is broken.

psx rearmed only runs in 1x mode. if you try the upres hack+speedhack it runs -super slow-. like, my r36s can do 2x-res ps1 games full speed. this is like sub-15fps

probably runs better on the android or chaos cfw though. i'll find out tomorrow

[wheat wagon]

maybe even use it for the R35Plus?

[keen swift]

yeah even if the firmware isn't compatible directly (different screen probably means it isn't), the emu cores might be compatible, it at least seems like it doesn't have the GBA performance issues of the R35

[candid lynx]

is e5 also vt569?

[keen swift]

"probably". not confirmed but all the signs point to it

[wheat wagon]

most probably because this exist
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lpc78QOPB7Q

[candid lynx]

strangely the UI I have seen on other videes about D-R35 looked quite differently

[wheat wagon]

Yea that's the preview vid but it shipped with a different cfw

Idk exactly what happened on why they changed

[keen swift]

The shipped one looked almost exactly like the D007 stock UI. I guess they were trying to match that

[river zenith]

We will update the software next week, then we can adjust the 4:3 ratio

[keen swift]

oh great, i'm glad you're improving it 👍

[keen swift]

it would be better if it could use the native aspect ratio for each emulator though. for example GBA should be 3:2

[muted moon]

got all my E6 Plus gear in the mail. 😄

[muted moon]

https://youtu.be/tKzizaLV_28?t=34
https://youtu.be/vTGPvZwnO4U?t=66
https://youtu.be/gxhKObMLrTY?t=161

[ebon crystal]

Rumble motor mod)))

But i have a problem. If I turn on the rumble motor ( vibrator ) in the menu, it runs constantly... what should i do to make the rumble motor work properly? OS stock Android 11 64bit

[muted moon]

Fixed psx-rearmed. You just need to run the 32-bit version to get 2x ps1 graphics

[muted moon]

yeah, android is definitely the better os performance-wise, especially for things like Nintendo DS, but linux itself is good too

[candid ridge]

Rumble motor is not implemented in linux yet, as I don’t have that revision. But I can add it to dtb and someone can test it.

[ebon crystal]

@candid ridge it would be great. Many thanks in advance 🙂

[urban flare]

Has anyone found a carrying case on aliexpress for the E6 Plus?

[ebon crystal]

https://sl.aliexpress.ru/p?key=IzUvsRH

[muted moon]

posted this one the other day. has plenty of pockets for sd cards to experiment with too

https://www.amazon.com/ButterFox-Carrying-Nintendo-Accessories-Turquoise/dp/B07V7KB78R/ref=sr_1_7_sspa

[wheat wagon]

wait is the m17 as long as the e6 plus?

[cursive star]

no far from it

Those m17 cases are oversized for sure

[ebon crystal]

Just Ali naming)))

[wheat wagon]

Should I get stock android or notime's android 13

[mint ember]

If your stock is 64bit, imho try first stock android - it's more stable.

[wheat wagon]

yeah i just flashed android 13

how is it that on the rg556 the light on the analogs are a non issue but on here almost all reviews i've seen mentions it lol

[muted moon]

the android with mine was 64-bit and english

[wheat wagon]

so how do i turn the lights on using the lineage build?

[wheat wagon]

I'm getting loading firmware failed from this image

[cursive star]

To be honest I’d love to have plays store in stock but unfortunately it doesn’t have it

Well on the only build I can flash for some reason

Otherwise I end up getting a black screen

[wheat wagon]

I extracted these from stock and installing lineage again xD

[wheat wagon]

ah ofcourse it doesn't work

no don't pin that it doesn't work

[mint ember]

So, it means it's better to use 64bit stock at the moment 🤓

[wheat wagon]

are we able to get back the gamemt launcher?

[wheat wagon]

do you guys have any mirrors for these?

#1168386197605855313 message this is where i took the apks that don't work

[ebon crystal]

Very useful programs. Especially Joystick calibration

[wheat wagon]

doesn't work on lineage xD

anyone have stock android with the launcher

[wheat wagon]

Req Feature: Turn off the LED's when the device goes on standby

@candid ridge do you have a mirror of the latest stock os?

android

[wheat wagon]

anyone know how to disable the stupid notification sound the stock os makes when you accidentally start google play

[candid ridge]

I don’t have one. I have it on my build server, but I no longer have access to it for next 2weeks.

[finite harbor]

I ggenerally have to uninstall it

[ebon crystal]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MxhO78TlZDuiwMnPsZvG0Eus2ZqoebFH/view?usp=drive_link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZGBqjQrdlYi_ecN89CLguIN56LMqrNp1/view?usp=drive_link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P2ZhWoXH9yBoKozQE6tFRBW-dL7K4U3z/view?usp=drive_link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wq-ua9dW0JuAxPkFe3EUjSrJn_CIx2s8/view?usp=sharing

[ebon crystal]

Please see above

[wheat wagon]

https://tenor.com/view/smiling-smiling-cat-cat-cute-kitty-gif-12097880735853048722

[candid lynx]

uhm, I would say wrong channel 🙂

[abstract arrow]

Deleted. Now I’m going to search for the K36 chat. I just saw your notification and closed it. Discord is new for me

[candid lynx]

No problemo, there is too many channels sometimes 😄

[keen swift]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pJbu7k2mW3k

[candid lynx]

that looks crampy AF

[muted moon]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PowKiddy/comments/17br79w/x55_does_anyone_else_continuously_run_into_the/?

FFS

it's a bug in the jelos firmware that makes it drain the battery until its dead if you accidently leave the cable connected even for a second while its in an off state. So its official. Only charge it while its on or in sleep. Remove cable -before- turning it off

[muted moon]

ChaosOS is 👍

[wheat wagon]

What's the specs for this guy?

android huh

[candid lynx]

Yep it is, CellPhish took apart his E5

[finite harbor]

Why, just why and they want ~$40 USD for this now, yeah it has a big battery but this belongs in the sub $25 usd catagory with eh x series devices

Now I know why oktechnick didn't test out PS1

[keen swift]

i remember when it was supposed to be cheaper than the D-R35 plus it's turned out about the same price

at least it seems like the GBA performance is better

[finite harbor]

true enough but seems like better options with this chip as it has the same control issues as the other game mt devices

[river zenith]

Aliexpress charges us about 10% commission. The weight of this game console is about 450g. The shipping cost to different countries is different. Generally, it is 10 USD to the United States.

If we build a website and sell it at its actual cost, excluding shipping costs, and let you choose the shipping method and you are responsible for paying the shipping company. Will you accept this form? If you accept it, then you will get a very low quote (only for the product itself). This is our next plan, we will make our own website and sell our branded products.

[wheat wagon]

Like powkiddy official

and anbernic

[finite harbor]

Sure would wctually

Though my issue is more with the doc than the overall cost itself

[river zenith]

Let me show you some numbers. The actual profit for the 69.99 sale price is only $60, not including the $10 shipping fee we paid. And we purchased insurance for the order which cost about $3, so the actual profit is only about $47.

Our manufacturing cost is about $45, and our profit margin is really low.

But because we are a new brand, we cannot create our own website so quickly, so we can only rely on sales platforms with traffic such as ALIEXPRESS or EBAY Amazon to sell our products.

[finite harbor]

@river zenith oh I'm talking about the E5 the E6/ + both are priced right imo

[wheat wagon]

Do you have specs for the E5 Plus?

[river zenith]

yes i know you

I'm just trying to explain why the price is so high.

[finite harbor]

Ah okay

[river zenith]

what you need

[wheat wagon]

Specs for e5 plus? hehe and latest e6 plus android image

#1168386197605855313 message this one not working

[river zenith]

RK3566CHIP 5INCH SCREEN 1280*720

[wheat wagon]

oh so same specs and screen as the e6 plus

[knotty sundial]

sweet! any guidancec on how to install everything?
Ah not too hard. (Guidance for others 🙂 )

• Install driver
• Open factory tool and select the image
• Remove both SD cards and boot using Power and Vol+ buttons at the same time
• It will show up in Factorytool as device type "loader"
• Flash and wait until it finished

[knotty sundial]

wifi is broken with this one :/

[ebon crystal]

This is last official Android 11 64bit. I just re-upload it to Google Drive

And on my console this version works fine with WiFi

[knotty sundial]

okay. I received my device today and flashed this image. I'll try a bit more troubleshooting 🙂
Is there a way to get the play store installed on it too?

[knotty sundial]

a reboot into linux and back to android fixed it

[wheat wagon]

nah it closed lmao

[muted moon]

so my big question about Chaos and stock linux:
where are nintendo DS save files dropped?

it's not .config/drastic/config/backup or */scripts/backup, which are the usual spots.

i may have to force-save a few games until it generates a file or folder

[feral tangle]

I live in Brazil and the taxes are too high for me. I was really thinking on buying it... But I'll wait for a sale!

[knotty sundial]

are you only selling as "Game MT Direct Store" on aliexpress or from other stores too?

[steel falcon]

like the dictate says: give your jumps

[neat linden]

got my device today. anyway to load playstore?

[steel falcon]

Use alternative stores like Aptoide or Apk pure

[neat linden]

@steel falcon thanks!

[knotty sundial]

aurora store works great too!

and rocket league sideswipe 😎

[neat linden]

@knotty sundial awesome! Do you know if the android 13 image is better than the stock?

[knotty sundial]

i couldn't find the android 13 image yet. i used the latest stock build. Like you i received mine yesterday 😁

[wheat wagon]

Super Meatboy - Switch 🤣

[mint ember]

We have android version of it as well 😉

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thunderful.smbf

[wheat wagon]

Yea I saw that so maybe I’ll try the android version later 🤣

[steel falcon]

anyone with cHAos not detecting games card?

[wheat wagon]

This apk corrupts chaos xD

[wheat wagon]

which version has this?

@ebon crystal do you have a backup for https://filebin.net/z0g1d29ua82rliho

[ebon crystal]

Yes, i do. I will publish the link in the evening.

[wheat wagon]

thank you man

[frank minnow]

I think you can use it by installing play store and MicroG to fix the google play service error . I think It is better than using aurora store

I think you need to install the following files :play store apk , google play service and framework apk, microG apk, microG service apk and chrome apk

If i can, i will try to send the files that I used on my E6 (not plus), but I'm not sure that they are all compatible with E6 plus

[wheat wagon]

nvm they reuploaded it, it’s chinese though and didn’t solve my issue

Still corrupts my linux install

[fast scarab]

What all upgrades does this have

Over the regular

[wheat wagon]

rk3566

[keen swift]

and a higher res touch screen and wifi

[barren thistle]

Zu plays with the E5 (also is it time to make a GameMT dedicated channel?)

https://youtu.be/5m6WUBLG4bk?si=7RNWY35nHZhzpMcs

[ember laurel]

sure make a GameMT channel

since we've got an E5 Plus coming

lol

[barren thistle]

Despite him not loving it, that color pops and the powerbank can be pretty useful, maybe the most unique 3326, I kind of want it

[wheat wagon]

are we getting a channel? 😄

[keen swift]

it's not a 3326 it's a VT569 lol

[wheat wagon]

This thing doesn't even boot to linux when you change to stock android I'm wasting too much time setting this device up

[barren thistle]

WHAT. Ok thanks, I'll add to pinned comment 😂

@safe pasture how dare you, and separately, what gives you the right?

[safe pasture]

I didn't say it was a 3326

https://tenor.com/view/mike-gundy-thats-not-true-gif-25597011

[ebon crystal]

Just in case))) Stock Linux 20 July 2024 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iwZgUqu5KfqTvnsH36e3Y184LGcvenFE/view?usp=drive_link

[wheat wagon]

Yea this one's in chinese. Even if you change the locale to english most options are still on chinese

[ebon crystal]

I used Google Translate and changed interface to English

[wheat wagon]

check the options menu that's still on chinese

Tools*

[ebon crystal]

Yes, you are right

[wheat wagon]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-michael-scott-steve-carell-told-you-wink-gif-139477105926016648

That's probably a modified gamelist.xml

but since jelos/rocknix doesn't allow editing system files it likely needs to be recompiled

[ebon crystal]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n1om8moLz2GR_mcBCJqPT-ZT04Oosz-w/view?usp=sharing Another version 02 July 2024 ))) I did not try it )))

[wheat wagon]

hmmm it's significantly smaller

oh it's a different date

It somehow loads the linux os when you do a software restart or plug in the device for charging before booting

So I'll just use a third-party restart app

I'm using this instead of the provided reboot2linux apk

for stock os users (with the gamemt launcher) you could probably use this one that hackaround shared with me

[candid lynx]

no, you said 3326 equivalent, which is wildly off 😄 this more close to that old allwinner crap you can find in stuff like v90 etc 😄

[safe pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/who-are-you-huh-offended-what-disgusted-gif-3477332

[ebon crystal]

E6PLUS and Everlasting Summer. Russian Visual Novel.

[woven ridge]

Is it possible to replace the speakers (at least somewhat easily) for the E6 (non-Plus)?

[wheat wagon]

Thank god for daijisho it’s now somewhat usable

[lunar atlas]

Has anyone managed to "fix" the dpad?

Make it so that I don't keep getting false rights?

[torn nacelle]

What is this

Says it ships with software called gamemax system

[ember laurel]

looks like a reseller to me and probably at way above the actual price

[muted moon]

the e6 plus is quite a nice device. more so than the dev probably planned

i've nicknamed mine 'princess' because of its burgundy buttons and pink case

[keen swift]

that's the original E6 version that was abandoned by GameMT, it has an RK3128. apparently they sold a few hundred completed units back to the manufacturer and they pop up for sale sometimes

i'm 90% sure the software and hardware in that version (except the screen) is the same as the gamemax A390

so it's mostly worse than the final E6 but it's kind of a rarity

[muted moon]

somewhere in the last week, my unit began to think 100% = 60% like my odroid go super.

tempted to leave it that way, because it's working fine. 10%=~16% which is a good time to charge it

[fringe wren]

any update on aspect ratio yet? The screen of E5 is totally awesome but it looks quite blurry on playing games because of the forced stretch. it would be nice if we could set aspect ratio(core provided) and integer scaling on as well.

[elder steppe]

I wonder if we could design a better dpad and 3d print it

[muted moon]

After a few hours of fighting, puzzle, driving, and arpgs, I don't know if the pad is that big of an issue.

Like, if youre used to a cross, it is awkward; you have to use muscle memory to tell you where the directions are. Its not a deal breaker though

[wheat wagon]

Game Max A500

#1168386197605855313 message

[wheat wagon]

it presses weird sometimes though. But i'm more of an analog guy anyway so I appreciate the hall sticks on the left

[wheat wagon]

It is

[river zenith]

this is RK3128

[torn nacelle]

Yah man good job passing on that. Maybe in 2020 that would have worked but anything less than rk3326 is silly now

[ebon crystal]

Are you seriously? 2014?

4 cores/1200MHz

[candid ridge]

I don’t think is produced by GameMT

[wheat wagon]

#1168386197605855313 message

[finite harbor]

I don't the M17 is very useful.

[barren thistle]

I MISHEARD AND I AM THE SORRY

*my

"3326 equivelant"

[ember laurel]

lol seems worse than a 3326 to me

Impressive I know

[barren thistle]

I have not had the pleasure of trying it yet 😄

[muted moon]

i'm surprised both silent hill games for psp run well on the E6 Plus

[torn nacelle]

Well I stand corrected then I didn't realize that had the same CPU

[finite harbor]

Technically it is one step lower as it's the RK3126C on the m17 but gotten a lot of systems to run on that without any real custom firmware.

[mint ember]

Not only on e6 plus, but on 3326 e6 as well, please watch from 04:00

https://youtu.be/XAM4LBGucVc

[muted moon]

What black magic did you do to the rk3326???

[wheat wagon]

Yeah they run terrible on rk3326 while gow runs ok-ish but gow on this device is better-ish but silent hill runs well. Dante’s inferno runs good too on vulkan

[wheat wagon]

what I remember it sucking the first time I tried 🤣

[wheat wagon]

ah so you used cheats

[wheat wagon]

pokemmo on the e6plus is glorious btw

[river zenith]

it is our first version , but with so many BUG , they cannot solve the problem ,so we give up this one

[ebon crystal]

Will this be affordable?

[wheat wagon]

e5 plus or e5?

[torn nacelle]

Oh man I want that green one what a great look

[neat linden]

how can i get those Dpad replacements?

[topaz shoal]

I just ordered the e6 plus today. Will it come with the dpad replacement or should I cancel and wait? Or can I order the dpad swap after

[river zenith]

We haven’t make it yet.

Just show you it can be use

[fringe wren]

looks good. can you provide the update?

[neat linden]

@river zenith do you have the STL files? for those who ordered already so they can 3dprint themselves?

[sick cypress]

Please help me! I updated my GameMT E6 (not Plus) via wifi on the console, now it doesn't work, the screen is black, but I hear that there is a ringtone sound, but it doesn't respond to anything else, the update seems to be from 20240801, what should I do, I need to install back the firmware from 20240509?

[candid ridge]

You need to reinstall. You can replace the dtb to make it display but the controls will not work. I will remove amberelec OTA on the next release to avoid this issues.

[topaz shoal]

Installing daijisho, retroarch, PPSSPP, m64 fz, redream, duckstation, dolphin, citra, by default in Android would help it immensely

Or beacon or es-de

[muted moon]

i'm going to stream some Wipeout Pulse - FX350 Edition out of chaosCFW in a sec

[muted moon]

hmmm... attempting wipeout over dongle results in the device attempting to render 1080p video which slows -everything- down

stock android charges fine in sleep. the version of chaos i have also charges fine in sleep.

[wheat wagon]

• all lights remain on even on sleep xD

[sick cypress]

Thanks! One more question, what is the most current firmware version for GameMT E6 at the moment?

[candid ridge]

20240509

[cursive star]

does anyone have a link to the latest android rom?

for e6 plus with play store

or is Jul 12 the latest?

[wheat wagon]

Latest is rk3566_mt_android_5_gp_240628

#1168386197605855313 message

ahh you need with playstore so you're talking about android 13. Yeah that's the latest

[neat linden]

Latest is rk3566_mt_android_5_gp_240628 is android 13 with playstore?

[wheat wagon]

no that one is android 12.

android 13 is pinned just like android 12

[neat linden]

I dont see the android 13 pin, only the pinned message from maxxkur?

[cursive star]

im going to attempt reflashing th latest android 13 but i had issues last time hopefully i dont this time

nope i get bootloops

id love to know why, when it does actually manage to boot i get display artificing.

[cursive star]

#developer-news message

[neat linden]

Thanks!

[cursive star]

so, my e6 Plus is refusing to power off correctly

the right side of the screen remains hot (i only have the android 13 rom installed nothing else no games emus or other apps)

and it still remains hot when the device is powered off for a long time

[elfin nimbus]

You didn't have any of those issues on the stock ROM?

[cursive star]

nope

well

not on the stock image it came with

after i updated to the newer version it wouldnt even boot

(i cant remember what build it was)

then i updated to the official 64 bit version and that was fine also

stock rk3566_mt_android_5_odroidgo_240527 is a black screen

i think this device is screwed tbh

my particular one i mean and i presume it is a RAM issue

[muted moon]

Chaos randomly drained the battery to zero again. I think I'm just going to leave it in Android from now on unless I really need the Linux fix. Never has that issue when set to powersave before powering down

[neat linden]

Just finished flashing Android 13. everything seems to be working ok

[muted moon]

hmmm... the niagara launcher ought to fix how basic android looks

already love it on my phone and tablet, so it should be fine here

[muted moon]

https://youtu.be/NfVZ2zHBk5Y?t=161
https://youtu.be/q65mMaVTQuI?t=27

[feral tangle]

PSP is running great. I already have a Trimui Smart Pro but the E6 Plus is on my radar! 😉

[muted moon]

playing like a newb because of lag over the cable and into OBS Recorder hehe

looking forward to the rk3588 handheld @river zenith designed

[wheat wagon]

prettier than atv/daijisho?

[muted moon]

try it. it's fairly clean

[wheat wagon]

do you have a screenshot of what yours looks like?

[cursive star]

I still have crashing issues on the android 13 rom same artefacts too

Same as this.

[neat linden]

that does look like ram/vram issue

[prisma moon]

Do you have the latest firmware for Android 13

[cursive star]

@elfin nimbus is there any chance you can make a version without the memory tweaks?

to see if that resolves the issue

@prisma moon here is latest android 13

#developer-news message

[elfin nimbus]

There aren't any memory tweaks. The ram was settings were just changed from ddr4 to ddr3 that's in the E6+.

[knotty sundial]

thanks! i'm having issues connecting to my regular wifi though. it works if i set the authentication to WPA2 only. The android 11 worked with mixed WPA2/WPA3 PSK
Otherwise my first impressions are that the overall performance is very good. Gapps work like a charm!

[hushed mantle]

Hi, Chaos supports hdmi?

Android 11 works fine the hdmi

I tried on linux and the hdmi doesn’t work

[candid ridge]

You need to connect it before you power it on

[hushed mantle]

Thanks

[cursive star]

I apologise it was the bootloader and a RAM speed in the kernel.

[muted moon]

its a very smooth, alphabetized menu that's easy to navigate, with a favorites menu that sits at the top(star icon)

[muted moon]

i've come to learn that Midnight Club 3 (Dub and LA editions) just are too much for the cpu

[cursive star]

Yup with tweaks you can get it to run a little better but you won’t get it running great even after tweaks. I’ve not tried the cheats yet mind you but it depends if there’s any available

[serene bloom]

Can someone help me testing Dynasty warriors 4 (ps2) on e6 plus?

[muted moon]

that might be a bit too much for the little rk3566.

[hushed mantle]

Hi, i need the updated linux version for e6 plus, please.

[muted moon]

https://github.com/tech4bot/jelos/releases/tag/20240707

[hushed mantle]

Thank you so much

[muted moon]

yeah, flash it to a 32gb card or something, launch once, let it expand the filesystem, then use as you would stock

[cursive star]

i have had to revert to the previous android 13 image (without app switcher)

[muted moon]

there are some -quirks- with the linux firmware though that i forgot to mention to Jose. like... your device can and will drain itself to death if you don't set the cpu governor to powersave before shutting it down.

and even then, it might just accidentally forget the battery has a charge when off and report 0%, at which point, the only thing you can do is charge it in sleep until it stops, then play it down to like 5-10%, then recharge it on a slow phone charger till it reaches 100%

[topaz shoal]

So my e6 plus is coming in a couple days. I want to run android on it for n64. Should I leave it on the Android version it ships with, or is there over the air updates, or should I install some other Android version

Also, has anyone taken it apart and tried to replace the dpad?

[topaz shoal]

So just to summarize the links for e6 plus
Linux builds
Jelos
https://github.com/tech4bot/jelos/releases/tag/20240707

Chaos
https://github.com/tech4bot/AmberELEC/releases/tag/20240509

Android 11 64bit (some consoles ship with it. Better emulation performance as of 8/10 than Android 13)

#1168386197605855313 message

Android 13 64 bit
Notime2d8
#developer-news message

@elfin nimbus @river zenith am I missing any others?

@candid ridge which one should we use? Chaos or jelos?

@muted moon or @cursive star I primarily want the best android performance. Any suggestions for the E6plus?

If we get a fix for the dpad, and an out of the box easier setup or a guide for Android, and keep around the $60 price point, this this will kill everything else. There isn’t a touchscreen 5 inch Android device that will play n64, Dreamcast, nds, or psp as well in this price point. Just need to fix the dpad I think

And release the red one. Let’s partner @river zenith I’m a believer

Let me partner with you. Focus on the red one only, let’s swap the dpad, and I’ll help you with the Android build

[mint ember]

Yes, you missed stock 64bit android 11, it's in last pin

[mint ember]

From users feedback this is most stable android, compared with a13, performance of it tested on ps2 games and it can be recommended to install. If your console comes with 64bit version of a11, you can keep it👍

[topaz shoal]

For the life of me I can’t find the pins on mobile. Got a link @mint ember

[mint ember]

Just press on thread name, and:

[topaz shoal]

Thanks. The 5 in the name threw me off. #1168386197605855313 message

[mint ember]

This is original file name from manufacturer:)

[topaz shoal]

@river zenith you should try and put one of the launchers on the default android build

emulation station https://es-de.org

Daijisho https://github.com/TapiocaFox/Daijishou/releases/tag/v1.4.67

Or beacon launcher
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.radikal.gamelauncher

[muted moon]

stock Android 11 64-bit is -okay-

no battery issues whatsoever, sleeps fine, plays a decent-sized catelogue of everything, but the controls don't work with some playstore games. Death Road to Canada for instance won't see most of the buttons. so yeah, just use it for emulation and touchscreen stuff and you'll be fine

[topaz shoal]

U tried Android 13 yet?

[muted moon]

i don't plan on it. too many people complaining about crashing and burning

[topaz shoal]

lol

[muted moon]

linux is nice until the os thinks the power is 0% for like the 3rd or 4th time and shuts itself off.

[topaz shoal]

Ya I got it for n64

M64 fz pro on android with the “fast” profile will play it all. Can’t find another handheld with that kind of compatibility for $60

Is what I paid for it on sale

Redream for Dreamcast and PPSSPP for psp with some tweaks

Android has always ran these systems better than Linux on the rk3566 but there hasn’t been a touch screen Android rk3566 for this price ever to my knowledge

Just got to take it apart and see about a new dpad

[muted moon]

ask @river zenith to send you the disc cover

either that or get one on amazon

i haven't even tried n64 yet on here. let me load up 64-bit retroarch and play Smash Bros Remix

[topaz shoal]

Try this app. It’s free instead of retroarch https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mupen64plusae.v3.fzurita&hl=en_US

I liked it so much I paid for it

The pro version

Remember to change the profile to fast

Does the android 11 64 bit include the playstore or is it the weird version you have to register with. If so, wouldn’t aurora be better to add? https://gitlab.com/-/project/6922885/uploads/5c86bd92efcac17d35943e04e5b9ea24/AuroraStore-4.5.1.apk

[muted moon]

I got the Mupen64Plus-Next(vulkan version) GLES3 core working properly

set to Glide, turn off the cpu-intensive pixel shader, turn on quantization shading and its fine

i'll most likely install that android app too though since it has good compatibility

[topaz shoal]

This guide is probably what I will follow https://retrogamecorps.com/2022/03/13/android-emulation-starter-guide/

[muted moon]

dangit was going to record some footage, and i corrupted the core config

okay deleted the opt file. just gotta not turn on MSAA ever again lol

[topaz shoal]

I hate retroarch sometimes

[wheat wagon]

#1168386197605855313 message 😄

[muted moon]

did Smash Remix 1.4 up through team mario. it runs faster on the e6plus than through the hdmi wire, because the device is being forced to spit out 1080p video, so there's that. still pretty nice compared to linux

https://youtu.be/J05FEpXHnZI%t=7
settings in the vs. link section

i brought this and my win600 to work today, and ended up playing this more because there's less hurdles to hop just to get into DS or psp emulation

[wheat wagon]

E5 Plus?

[torn nacelle]

Running same os as e6plus ???

[river zenith]

sorry network problem so sent it three times

yes it is E5PLUS

[topaz shoal]

@river zenith thanks for posting. You should chat more here

[mint ember]

Looks like it's same hardware as e6plus, but only in another form factor, can see few android games gameplay:)

[crisp blade]

guys

for chaos firmware, external sd card, which format should I use

exfat or fat32?

@river zenith

can you accept my friend request in discord

I want to wholesale gamemt

[muted moon]

fat32

[crisp blade]

i can't get the games card to work

fat32 , used rufus

then inserted it to the unit, booted it up, then shutdown

after that, inserted it back to the pc, no folders are generated

[muted moon]

you just need the folder structure huh

[frank minnow]

Try with balena etcher or raspberry pi imager

[mint ember]

Thanks for sharing, any approx eta/release date and price? Supposed to be cheaper than e6plus isn't it?

[river zenith]

cheaper than E6PLUS

[elder steppe]

I like the clear shells

[cursive star]

Has anyone else noticed the sticks on their e6 Plus are different on each side?

[mint ember]

Yes, left stick is with hall sensor

[frank minnow]

@river zenith what is this game

[mint ember]

@river zenith Is touch screen support confirmed?

[candid ridge]

There is no touchscreen. I got mine last week

[cursive star]

perfect candidate for GammaOS then

seeing as it is android without touch

[topaz shoal]

@river zenith you should chat here more

[muted moon]

wow. that's why it's going to be cheap.

we need a ROcknix build, so linux won't have the cursed battery driver issue

[woven ridge]

I'm looking to put cHAos on my E6, but I'm not quite sure how to know if I have a "new display" E6. Is there any indicator of that I could check?

[pulsar stream]

if you have an extra SD card, just flash CHAOS onto it and see if it boots up.

[mint ember]

Just flash image to sdcard and see if it boots:)

[woven ridge]

I'll give it a shot!

[topaz shoal]

@river zenith when is the red one getting released?

[muted moon]

i'm simply happy that widescreen 1x n64 runs so well

[river zenith]

no E5PLUS cannot support touch screen

[mint ember]

Thanks to confirm

[steel falcon]

Which emulator? Since start button is not working on Mupen64plus standalone 😬

[topaz shoal]

You can go remap buttons in the app. I don’t have mine yet so I can’t test

Since android performs better with Linux, I think this app is a must. Emulation station desktop edition for Android. Russ just showed it off in another review today, but applies to all Android handhelds. Start at 15:55 https://youtu.be/owCb8IWEOB8?si=mxwgGLtPovOJvzY3

[muted moon]

Mupen64-next gles3 core in retroarch-aarch64

[woven ridge]

I installed cHAos on my E6 and the analog stick LEDs reacting to input seems kinda glitchy. When moving around in a circle, it flickers a lot. Is there any way to turn that off?

I'm on prerelease-20240509_0006

[candid ridge]

From tools

[woven ridge]

Gotcha! I'll have a look. I appreciate it!

[woven ridge]

I keep having an issue with my E6 where it says the filesystem is corrupt, but I'm still able to access the SD card just fine in my PC. Reflashing the SD fixes it, but it happens again after a couple of hours.

I'm using a TeamGroup microSD, not the stock one

[candid ridge]

I used only Kingston one and I never had any issues

[woven ridge]

I've used the same type of card on other handhelds and haven't had any issues, so I'm not sure what's going on

[muted moon]

i build all my filesystems in ubuntu for these devices

[woven ridge]

Unfortunately, I don't think I have another handheld I can try this in, but it does read/write on my PC perfectly fine

[muted moon]

normally for something like that, i would just nuke the whole parition table, give it an msdos or guid table, and then make the empty space be fat32.

it's probably detecting some bad sectors and freaking out because they aren't masked or something

[woven ridge]

Hmm, I'll give that a shot

I'm actually not sure how to give it an msdos table

I formatted to fat32 and I'm running a bad sector verification in DiskGenius

[muted moon]

basically, if you're in debian/ubuntu, you open up gparted, and go to [Device > Create new partition table] in the dropdown

[woven ridge]

Ah, I'm on Windows, so I'll see if I can do that another way

[woven ridge]

Yeah, I can't seem to find anything on how to do that in windows

[sturdy lava]

,M ,M

[wheat wagon]

@candid ridge E6 64bit Android plx

[candid ridge]

I still don’t have access to my computer. But maybe @mint ember can share the image

[wheat wagon]

Is he using the same image you have?

[light peak]

sorry for ping, is there a taobao store link for E6plus? I am Hong Kong user 🙂
also what speed is the WIFI? I would like to use moonlight to stream from PC
thank you!

[steel falcon]

Is E6S Plus with RK3588 still on plans to be released?

[river zenith]

Yes

[woven ridge]

Has anyone tried to mod the buttons or d-pad for the E6?

[wheat wagon]

The manufacturer themselves 🤣 they made an attachment for it

[woven ridge]

That’s interesting lmao

Do you happen to know where I can see that?

[wheat wagon]

#1168386197605855313 message

[woven ridge]

So they made them, but we can’t get them 😭

[river zenith]

We still haven’t make it yet.

This is for PS4 controller.

We bought it from others

And we plan to make one from us. But haven’t finish it yet.

[steel falcon]

good to know! there is any prevision when it would be ready?

[woven ridge]

Ah, I see. Sounds good! Are face button swaps something you'd consider?

[cursive star]

E6S Plus? i hope it has RGB lighting

[woven ridge]

I just want solid buttons/controls. The ergonomics of the E6 are crazy good

[topaz shoal]

I wonder if any dpads from AliExpress could be swapped

[cursive star]

What is like to see is a handheld with this style Dpad

Surely there’s a way to make one but smaller and lower profile

As much as some people hated them I like them.

Actually it would be awesome to see a handheld with this too

The magnetic dpad from the Xbox elite controller

Something that those magnetically attach to.

People have done it to legion go

[candid ridge]

Elite controller cost 2x E6 plus. Best bet is some STL files for the dpad to do it our own.

[cursive star]

You can buy the dpad’s themselves cheap on aliexpress tbh

[neat linden]

@cursive star you mean the dpads he showed earlier? if so can you link?

[random ledge]

hi there ,any one has a link to download copy of sd card of gamemt e6 plus ? i bought the handled console from ali express but there is no sd card within .... thanks

hi there ,any one has a link to download copy of sd card of gamemt e6 plus ? i bought the handled console from ali express but there is no sd card within .... thanks

[river zenith]

You only get a 8gb right ?

[random ledge]

no i have no sd card with the consol , so i need downloading a copy of sd card

[random ledge]

hi , no sir , it came without sd card in the ports , but it boots on a emulators menu ,with no games there , so i think that i need ato download a copy on sd card and copy it on one of my sd cards and put it in the consol

[river zenith]

Where you bought it.

[random ledge]

from aliexpress

[candid ridge]

Write this image to an sd card to get linux

[random ledge]

ok ... then ?

[frank minnow]

Can someone upload the android 64 bit img of the standard e6 (not plus) pls

[random ledge]

thank you , i will , but what i must do after ?

[candid ridge]

System will get installed and you will get all the emulators. If you are asking for a copy of SD with roms, then you are on the wrong place to ask.

[random ledge]

so i burn the image on the sd card with winiso and put it in the second slot sd card of the consol ... ok ... thank you a lot

[candid ridge]

Try with balena etcher or raspberry pi imager and you put it on main TF, not ext TF

[random ledge]

ok thanks ,another question please ,it seems that e6 plus has an internal storage because i have the emulators menu , how can i copy roms on sd card to be read by these emulators ? put the directly on the root or in a specific folder ?

[candid ridge]

On linux when you put the ext SD card, it will create the folder structure at boot

[random ledge]

yes i understand , but if i do not install this linux , can i run roms on sd card with the current systeme ?

[candid ridge]

Yes, you can. On android side you can install any emulator and specify the rom path

[random ledge]

ok ,i will try that ... thanks

[wheat wagon]

That hasn’t been released yet though

[candid ridge]

As soon as I test it I will upload it

[frank minnow]

Okay thanks, i will wait the release

[wheat wagon]

anyone know how to fix this? I succesfully flashed the firmware of 3 units before but I get this from the other two

[cursive star]

Try a usb hub I have to flash mine through one

Otherwise there’s a different factory tool in one of the other firmware packages

I believe it has a erase option

[wheat wagon]

I ended up doing a reinstall of the drivers

idk what happened to it but that solved it

[topaz shoal]

Does anyone know if the red one ever got released?

[wheat wagon]

nope not even if they promised to release some 😒

[cursive star]

Where can I purchase the 5Ghz WiFi one?

@river zenith maybe you can help with that?

[wheat wagon]

There is a 5ghz version?

[cursive star]

yeah a 5ghz wifi version

also

mine has stopped booting into loader and android alltogether

[topaz shoal]

@river zenith got a link to a red one with the dpad fix I can buy?

[cursive star]

tbh im probably gonna wait for E6S Plus

[topaz shoal]

I want a small cheap android with touchscreen that has decent performance. There aren’t really any. Retroid Rp2s is $100 but the screen is too small. I can’t think of any others

They should just put this on with links to fdroid, aurora stora, and all the other apks. https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium