Anbernic RG34XXSP

[tame aspen]

I want my 34xx flippy god dammit

[vital minnow]

We can only hope

[warped forum]

Okay mines sitting in the mailbox for when I get home. Do we have any official custom firmware support for the device yet?

[neon wharf]

no, not yet, be patient, things take time

or just send the dev some devices, that works too

[tame aspen]

Rocknix and Knulli right now

[warped forum]

Figured as much, but wanted to ask anyways. Thank you both

Okay my first impression is far more positive than I expected. The screen on this thing is noticeably better than the 35xxsp

[whole hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/yakuza-gif-18148683

I freaking knew it, but I wanted to be wrong…

[rare raft]

Because we are decompressing a relatively large compressed file here, it will take a long time. I will add more detailed progress prompts in the next version

[narrow magnet]

So…. Did they have tons of 3.5” laminate and didn’t want to buy 3.4” for their new screens so they laminated it to the 3.4”?

[upbeat pewter]

i think the panel has a bit hanging off the long side, that if they folded would have made the display half of the flip too thick.

[snow forge]

@vital minnow @vital minnow

[vital minnow]

What

[jolly brook]

anybody already tried to install muOS or Knulli? or what is currently the best fit cfw? and what built to download as there is no official RG34XX SP support yet - RG34XX or RG35XX SP images?

[sterile sable]

Rg34xx image

[tame aspen]

Rocknix has a 34xxSP version right now

[jolly brook]

haven't heard about rocknix so far. Can you recommend it? missing the latest developments, still have the OG 35xx and the 353v with garlicOS and arkOS, respectively.

[tame aspen]

Rocknix is good and mature

It’s a continuation of old jelOS

Real similar to Knulli too

Heck my Knulli card from my 34xx worked in rocknix

[jolly brook]

Ah great. And also lid close does work with rocknix? Always was in between Arkos and jelos back then.

[sage raptor]

How does it work when you close the lid on stock?

[spare warren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FJJCwSIBC4

[oak solar]

Yooo that intro is smoooth

Are all his vids like that?

Holy shit they are

I'm subbing just for that

[muted vessel]

yeah it's cute

[plain hollow]

Figured I'd ask here since it's somewhat relevant

How difficult/impossible is it to swap a device's dome switches for conductive rubber and vice versa?

Honestly I'm mainly asking because I have plans to mod a controller lol

[plain hollow]

Pretty damn hard, apparently

[tame aspen]

Magnet

Magnet in the lid flips a switch on the body when you close it

[sage raptor]

But what does software do then?

[signal axle]

software knows to save state and then shut the device down after X amount of time

so then when you have load state on power on turned on, it'll load state whatever you just quick saved

[sage raptor]

How long is X?

[signal axle]

it's customizable. I think in increments of 30s?

[sage raptor]

Thx

[muted vessel]

I think it requires actually changing the PCB

[lime raptor]

My RG34XXSP came with a blue SD card but it's unbranded :(

[stuck garnet]

They haven't been kioxia for awhile

These blue ones do seem a bit more durable than th shitty black ones tho

[rich portal]

Weird, the 34XX still had regular blue Kioxia cards. Shame that they stopped including decent cards

[plain hollow]

Yup, this is the kicker

[stuck garnet]

just cuz its blue doesnt mean its kioxia, take it out and lok to see if it says it 😄

[spring ginkgo]

There were some people modding 35xxSP with better dome switches though

[plain hollow]

I don't think those were actually dome switches?

I thought they just put tape on the existing ones to make them quieter

[spring ginkgo]

https://www.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming/comments/1icmmwd/modding_buttons_on_the_rg35xxsp_swapping_tactile/ I think they really changed the switches 😄

"These switches require about 40% less force than the originals. They are all around 100gf. The original shoulder switches were definitely C&K PTS645VM39-2 LFS (160gf). The other switches were from the same Alps series as their replacements (SKRR and SKQG). I’m guessing they were also 160gf models."

[plain hollow]

Hmm...

I'm not sure then

Maybe a new PCB is required for changing what type of connection it uses, but say you replace conductive rubber with conductive rubber, it shouldn't be necessary?

[spring ginkgo]

there are different types of dome switches, some much lighter to press like on Miyoo Flip and some super hard like on Anbernic devices 😄

[plain hollow]

But they're still dome switches

[spring ginkgo]

these are the ones he recommends btw: https://tech.alpsalpine.com/e/products/detail/SKRRAAE010/

[plain hollow]

It's a much smaller change

[spring ginkgo]

It is smaller change than dome to conductive membrane for sure, but I wouldn't say much smaller, 40% lighter to press and quieter sounds to be quite a big change

[plain hollow]

https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamcast/comments/iu1kkf/dpad_tactile_microswitch_mod/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

I saw this

Which evidently didn't change the PCB

[neon wharf]

works without the stock membrane, the feel is like dome keyboard, silent

[plain hollow]

I actually own a Vader 3 Pro, and the face buttons are very like that

I just wish the guy in the above Reddit post actually gave a step-by-step guide in text

Because I don't understand what he did with some of the steps

[neon wharf]

no step to step ever, you either know how to micro solder or you don't

[plain hollow]

[neon wharf]

if you want it. learn to solder, you understand the pictures right away

I hear people complaint about the switches all the time, it takes less than 10 minutes to switch to something else and cost less then $1

just learn how to solder, it's a skill can serves you a life time

[rich portal]

I know, it does say Kioxia

[plain hollow]

Mine arrives today 🥳

Just in time, too

Since I have surgery tomorrow and will be out of commission for a while

[sterile sable]

Yea i think mine is coming tomorrow

Hopefully we get some black buttons on etsy and someone makes thumstick covers/caps for those sticks im never going to use

[sage raptor]

w00t, mine was estimated for Thursday but will be here tomorrow.

I think the SP only having one open position will be enough to make me pick it over the Miyoo Flip

[young rapids]

Delivered! 🎉

[sage raptor]

First impressions?

[young rapids]

Feels better in hands than miyoo flip, and hinge here is perfect! 💯

[sage raptor]

How are the buttons?

[tender igloo]

I just got my new switches today so ill update yall after i do this mod

[plain hollow]

Are you doing it in this?

[amber mural]

Everything is better than Miyoo Flip!

Even a 💩 feels better in hands than the Miyoo Flop!

[stray torrent]

creeeaaaaak

[sage raptor]

Whooooa those triggers sounds loud af

[hearty yacht]

lower the video volume

[young rapids]

Enjoy asmr

[signal axle]

I never had the v2 sp* but these sound great

Are the menu buttons using microswitches??

[hearty yacht]

i'd be very surprised if everything wasn't

using tactile switches of some kind

[signal axle]

That was my only dislike about the v1 sp

It was a dome switch but way louder and harder to press than abxy

[plain hollow]

My L2 sticks out more than the rest and is super loud :/

[signal axle]

Looks like the post may be off. If you're comfortable with opening it, it's an easy fix

[plain hollow]

What do I do after opening it?

[signal axle]

There are plastic posts that the triggers slot into

It's probably not all the way in there

If you do choose to open it, it'll likely void your chance to return it

[plain hollow]

Bruh wtf

How can they even tell

Because of the screws?

[signal axle]

Maybe they won't be able to but that's a risk you'd take lol

[plain hollow]

Well I'll try it out anyway

Thank you

[signal axle]

Make sure you unseat the battery. Maybe watch a video of the original 35xx sp if anything

[plain hollow]

Any CFW for this yet?

[signal axle]

No

All the 34xx ones will work with no stick or shut to sleep support

[plain hollow]

Think I'll probably stick with stock for now then

[young rapids]

Wrong available memory in system info

[sage raptor]

What’s the benefit over stock?

[signal axle]

This is using an old 34xx img no?

[young rapids]

portmaster support

[young rapids]

no, img uploaded just few hours ago

[signal axle]

Oh nice. I wonder if it's just a miskey lol

Is Artbook the only theme on Knulli?

[warped forum]

Oh sweet! Do you have a link? I don’t see it on the releases anywhere

[young rapids]

it's not public release, sorry

[warped forum]

Fair enough! I understand that stuff takes time to develop and test. I’m just hoping we get a full release for gladiator so we don’t have to wait for the next major update

[lime raptor]

ROCKNIX officially supports the RG34XXSP

I haven't used it myself but I assume the sticks and lid switch are fully working

[young rapids]

https://youtu.be/F4qZrP3Tid0

[plain hollow]

@signal axle Trying to mess around with it but the problem remains

[signal axle]

You can press the trigger with it opened up, what is different between that trigger and the others?

Does the problem persist if you click directly on the switch versus the actual trigger

[plain hollow]

The micro switch itself seems to be louder?

wat do

Yeah it's definitely louder

[signal axle]

Hmm doesn't seem as bad as your original video. Is there plastic at all warped on the trigger? You could just put electric tape on the switch to dampen the noise

[sage raptor]

Man I all nervous for how loud these buttons are

[plain hollow]

Fuck

I'm after losing one of the screws

It's stuck inside my screwdriver kit

[young rapids]

[sage raptor]

That indigo looks so good

[young rapids]

https://youtu.be/qd9lonLOTUg

[proper hawk]

Rocknix!!!!!!

[cunning pollen]

Sticks work, lid switch has no function. Sleep / resume doesn't work well on H700 with mainline Linux so it is disabled in ROCKNIX. The SOC is designed for TV boxes that don't sleep.

[sage raptor]

Rocknix or Knulli?

[tame aspen]

Rocknix gang

[sour crypt]

Still holding out for muos

[unkempt bloom]

they're so pretty

is it possible to play Warriors Orochi 2 for psp without going blind and losing every scenario?

[jolly brook]

Doesn’t stock support lid close and sleep?

[stark heath]

Haha might be a little small text wise

[cunning pollen]

Oh sure yes ... BSP kernel hacks, not mainline Linux.

[jolly brook]

Makes sense

[oak solar]

So when does this channel migrate to #1343398958705279016 ?

[vivid slate]

just got mine

first impressions are great, button feel is improved a lot although the dpad is still a bit heavy and loud, it honestly doesn't look weird to me at all in person

i'll keep stock until knulli is supported, it's become my favorite cfw by far

[vivid slate]

gotta admit that sticks on an sp don't look weird at all in person even when i was a hater, but they're pretty unusable

[sage raptor]

Because of location?

[vivid slate]

yeah

[sage raptor]

Interesting. They’re fine IMO

[neon wharf]

for sticks at the bottom, many people use this part of the thumb instead

[sage raptor]

Mine will be here this morning. Two days earlier than estimated. 🎉

[silver tree]

i am also getting mine today

[toxic bronze]

But if you have Stubbs nubz, using this part for sticks will be stimulating the wrong part of your internal organs.

[foggy aurora]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-funny-animals-package-gif-9243644

Mine are stuck in EU customs 😅

[signal axle]

SAME

[ember cargo]

you know you've been on the internet for a while when you recognize this cat

[foggy aurora]

Haha yep 😂😂😂

[tame aspen]

https://tenor.com/view/hihihaha-gif-25204415

[vivid slate]

honestly i'm only ever gonna play gba on this, so i'm not gonna touch the sticks anyway

[sage raptor]

Oh wow. This thing makes the Miyoo Flip feel like a prototype.

Buttons and DPad actually feel amazing IMO. Triggers are too clicky though.

Is there any chance I got a refurbished or returned device? The bottom edge has two chips that look like would come from prying it apart…

[sterile sable]

What would you guys use to dampen the shoulder button noise? I tried masking tape on the 35xxsp but it didn't seem to help much

[signal axle]

Have you tried doubling the tape

[sterile sable]

Huh you know what, I don't think I did

Didn't notice much improvement with 1 layer so I didn't think more would help

[tawny dagger]

I have 0.5mm EVA foam tape on my 35's. Won't do miracles, but muffles it a bit without killing travel and stressing the switches. Heard of micropore tape before, that's probably a good replacement.

[signal axle]

You can do double masking tape, or electric tape, I also used a sort of water bandaid that was recommended by a community member here

Any of those should work

[sterile sable]

Thanks for the suggestions

[tawny dagger]

Oops, sorry, mixed up my tapes. It was the water bandaid that I heard about.

[sterile sable]

Like an actual bandaid? Lol

Or waterproof medical tape

[tawny dagger]

I believe it was actual bandaid, lemme see if I can find the message again.

[signal axle]

It's a waterproof bandaid

Nvm it's tape

[tawny dagger]

#🐈│retro-game-corps message

[signal axle]

It actually needs like breaking in too, I didn't love how it made my menu buttons feel at first but everything else was pretty much dead silent

[sterile sable]

Oh dope, might have some of this in the house already

[sage raptor]

Is this normal play at this seam?

[merry ember]

Mine is similar so, yes?

[sage raptor]

Thank you

[amber mural]

That's ANBERNIC quality!

[sage raptor]

What is the Game Rooms vs RA games?

[signal axle]

Is it everything you dreamed of

[tame aspen]

Yes

[signal axle]

[scenic adder]

34xx sp screen looks the part cant get rid of the purple tint just yet I but will have to adjust some settings. Im using ags001 and scanlines

[signal axle]

Noice

Looks insane with scanlines lol

[tame aspen]

Lcd3x my beloved

[scenic adder]

Looks a bit nicer than my SP but the tint needs work

[signal axle]

I just feel like how quickly we forget that we really didn't have good 3:2 devices until recently

[tame aspen]

True

[signal axle]

Yeah it should be same res as the hispeedido and funnyplaying screens, just brighter and bigger

[tame aspen]

34xx and sp are peak

[scenic adder]

I have a hispeedio and it has a tint that's a little too blue for my tastes I think the 34xx sp panel looks amazing though

Its my second favorite gba machine it blows everything before it out

[sage raptor]

What CFW works with the lid?

[signal axle]

Wait what's the first wtheck

[scenic adder]

Still remains my rp3, if you have one and put those settings it looks way better. Something about it looks perfect from the color to the pixels

[signal axle]

Not an answer I was expecting! Lol

[scenic adder]

But after some messing around with shaders I can say theyre about the same, I switched to LCDx3 + Scanlines + zfast LCD It looks much better honestly they look on par

[tame aspen]

that's a strange combo

[scenic adder]

It is but it looks amazing im very particular about gba I really like the sharp pixel look 😅

[scenic adder]

I am using rocknix but there's no close to sleep and that isn't great

[silver tree]

Got mine, screen is nice and bright, looks great

i just want muos on it

do not like stock

[sterile sable]

yea im just using the regular 34xx image for now lol

[scenic adder]

Honestly I can tell when this thing reaches its final level software wise its probably gonna be THE best gba im playing unbound on this thing its very nice. The sticks are a non issue too if anything theyre very helpful rather than harmful 😲

Also the screen is just good

Definitely replacing my 35xx sp for gba

[mighty ingot]

is there any cfw working on this for now?

[sterile sable]

Officially only rocknix, but there is a knulli alpha build iirc

The muos regular 34xx img works but no lid or stick functionality

Added a layer of kapton tape and used my old grey buttons from the 35xxsp. Should hold me over until I get some black buttons from sakura

[signal axle]

that looks sick

[cunning pollen]

Yep been playing mine a lot. I like GBA and it really is perfect for enjoying the games (only have GBA games on there). Sticks have not been bothering me at all, just been ignoring them. Have really been enjoying the screen! I don't use sleep on any handheld so don't miss it at all.

[stark heath]

Pancreas health matters

[signal axle]

IMO the clam to shut and save state function is game changing and can't wait for it to be introduced on here

[tawny dagger]

Did you compare the buttons? It'd be interesting to know if they're the same.

[sterile sable]

def seems like the 34xxSP has slightly wider buttons diameter wise

maybe by a millimeter, but the 35xxsp buttons still fit

[scenic adder]

If I knew you could just use those I would have got the blue 😒

Idk why they picked the worst color combos for these

[tawny dagger]

Thanks. When you switch those again, could you take some pictures for reference?

[sterile sable]

Theyre also using the 35xxsp v2 button style with the extra ring so you dont poke a hole through the membrane and dome switch

[signal axle]

alright I'm sorry this thing is awesome

Hilariously it did not have any gba preloaded on the sd card for my pic

few things to note- build quality/finish seems significantly better than my v1 silver 35xx SP. the triggers are pretty clicky but do not rattle. it is a VERY nice size

looks much better in person like everyone has mentioned

[sterile sable]

yea theyve added some felt/foam to the power and volume buttons so they dont shake as much since its tighter against the shell. Same with the bumpers and triggers, tho my triggers are still pretty loud

[stark shard]

I really like the buttons on here. They're clickier than the Flip, but not nearly as loud as my green v2 SP.

And frankly, I don't mind playing 4:3 on this screen, because it's SUPER bright and vibrant. And it feels better than the 35XXSP.

Though I would still love an actual 4:3 display version of this, just to poop on the Flip, and give people a genuinely good alternative to it.

[sterile sable]

40sp with that 960x720 screen

[stark shard]

I mean, I love playing on the Flip, but now that I have this in my hands, it just makes me want a 4:3 version of this instead. The Flip's build quality is pretty cheap feeling compared to this, tbh

[stray torrent]

I was pretty hyped for a 40xxsp at first but I realized it's at that awkward size where it's big enough to be not all that pocketable but not big enough for me to be entirely satisfied when at home

[stark shard]

I would say the 34XXSP is no clickier than the TrimUI Brick/SP.

If anyone wants that as a reference.

[stray torrent]

35xxsp pro with 2 sticks, 2gb ram, and 3.5" 960x720 screen 🙏

[stark shard]

That would be the dream.

This design with a 3.5" 720p screen, and the world would be its oyster.

[stray torrent]

do miyoo and anbernic realize that's actually what we want

or are they going to keep pumping out almost good but still not perfect devices to keep us buying the latest thing

[vital minnow]

Honestly I just need retroid to make a classic sp

[stray torrent]

I just want a good cheap all rounder that is also pocketable

Which for me means it fits in my pocket without looking like I stuffed an xbox 360 in it

[stuck garnet]

i want the 556 screen in h700

[neon wharf]

the question is can the H700 run well in higher resolution?

[sage raptor]

I really think I still prefer the Flip overall. But it just feels so darn cheap in the hands compared to this.

[sterile sable]

retroids made two clamshells with 16:9 screens and people still seem to like it

It prob wouldn't be the most pocketable device though

[neon wharf]

again, western audience is tiny compares to china and global south

retroid stuff is beyond niche and nowhere near the number anbernic wishes to sell

[stray torrent]

I would be in the market for retroid devices if I could afford any of them realistically all I can afford is some $80 a527 device which will hold me over until gc/ps2 capable chips get a lot cheaper

I should have snapped up an RP2S while it was still available

[sterile sable]

Well are there any 3.5 inch screens that arent 480p? There's that trimui brick screen but thats 3.2 inches

[neon wharf]

you can easily check by going to alibaba and search

if it's not there, it's not viable

the cost of engineering a new screen is just too much, most of these small companies are not willing to bear the gamble

off the shelf is preferred

[stark shard]

Luckily, MuOS already works on the SP, even if the sticks and lid functionaltiy doesn't.

I'm just using the 34XX flash, and it plays what I want it to play.

Having the sticks would be great, but for now, I'm good with this 👍

[sage raptor]

I’m a newb, is this how the screen should look on the SP?

[signal axle]

The way that it is

Miyoo has a 4:3 screen, SP has a 3:2 screen- so the SP is wider

Meaning 8:7/4:3 content will have pillarboxing as shown in your image

[sage raptor]

Is there harm in stretching the screen? Assuming o can?

Didn’t realize what everyone was saying about the Miyoo being washed out until I put them beside each other. Sheesh.

[stark shard]

Yeah, I just sat the 35 SP, 34 SP and Flip all together, and my god, the 34 SP's screen is soooo bright and colorful.

Like, I know it's not OLED, but it's saturated enough that at a glance, you could be fooled.

I mean, putting the 35 SP and Flip next to each other, they're both around the same. I'd say the Flip's screen has a bit better color balancing, and maybe a tiny bit worse saturation. But they're very similar. The 34's screen spanks them both.

[signal axle]

no harm

just don't tell anyone

stretching the screen with systems that are closer to your device's aspect ratio will look a lot better. for example, stretched PSP on the SP would look better than it does on the Flip

some people are picky about how their games look and would not stretch. hence why companies are making devices in different aspect ratios

[lime raptor]

I made an unofficial RG34XX-SP muOS image that supports the lid switch and analog sticks (with improved cardinal snapping), as well as the full 2GB of RAM.
https://gofile.io/d/WR4wrA
Added muOS 2502.0 PATCH 2 update package (11:23 AEST 30.05.2025)
Updated muOS 2502.0 PATCH 2 update package with PlayStation control map fix (15:16 AEST 30.05.2025)
-# This unofficial image is provided as-is with no guarantees. By using this image, you acknowledge that I am not responsible for any data loss or damage to your device.
-# Proceed at your own risk.

[vivid slate]

works awesome, thanks

just wish muos had wake on lid open like stock and knulli

[lime raptor]

I think it comes at the cost of less efficient sleep

imo it's a good tradeoff

[plain hollow]

I tried putting on tape but that just stops me from pressing it altogether when the device is closed lol

Tried again, now it clicks but feels like ass

[plain hollow]

With the tape mod, the button just has a level of stickiness to it that I absolutely hate

Maybe it gets better after the adhesive wears off

[vivid slate]

huh, then fair i suppose

[scenic adder]

Had this thing in my pocket all day can confidently say making it gba sized was the right move this thing is just nice 😁

Its basically all the good of the gba with a better screen and sticks

I like it way more than the 35xx sp personally glad I just decided to go for it

[tame aspen]

This is definitely my take to work handheld

[sage raptor]

Does this thing ever shut off if I just close the lid?

[vivid slate]

on muos, you can set a timer so it shuts down safely, i have mine on one hour sleep and then shut down

on stock, i think it just sleeps forever, but you can choose to make it shut down instead

[languid sluice]

I don't really care one way or the other about the sticks, but it being a tiny bit smaller in all dimensions is nice, the 3:2 display is obviously perfect for gba and the feel of the plastic also seems nicer to me

[vivid slate]

i used to hate how it looked on pics but it's really neat in person

and i like the little details like how the leds are dimmer now, looks more professionally made

if only start, select, menu and bumpers were soft clicky

[signal axle]

Might need to either break them in or use different tape

Did you use masking or electric tape?

[plain hollow]

Electric tape

[sage raptor]

LEDs are too dim IMO

[plain hollow]

It seems to work better now but whenever I pick up the device, the first few presses are a bit dodgy

[languid sluice]

Only things that could make it better for me would have been all-grey controls (on the indigo model), slightly quieter controls and the higher end 3:2 display from the ayaneo (and eventually magicx), but overall it is a very nice device

[vivid slate]

yep

[sage raptor]

never used muOS. here goes nothin

[signal axle]

Might want to give masking tape a try if you have the energy to still do all that

[plain hollow]

I don't think there's any masking tape in the house

[scenic adder]

Its quiet compared to dpad so its nice having the option

[scenic adder]

How about closing the lid

[vivid slate]

it does work just likeon the 35xxsp

[scenic adder]

Guess I'm switching off rocknix when I get home 😁

[vivid slate]

yeah, for me the lid really makes the sp models, kinda sucks to not have it

can't confirm the sticks work though, cause honestly i just forget this thing has sticks

[languid sluice]

left stick seems to do the diagonals okay in the tester, but the right stick was registering as button presses, not tried them in a game yet

[sage raptor]

muOS is nice

[sage raptor]

Is this a rhyme or reason to deciding what core to use?

[neon wharf]

just go with the star (default)

if you don't have specific needs

[tame aspen]

Accuracy

Come games like pokemon stadium need high accuracy to work properly

[sage raptor]

if a game is struggling, would just choosing a different core maybe help it?

[tame aspen]

Choosing a faster core yeah

Iirc Gliden64 is the most accurate thus hardest to run

[ornate raptor]

yeah if a game is struggling, just try a different core

some games might struggle with every core tho, I never had much luck getting pokemon snap to run well on this chipset

[sage raptor]

Is it not worth it to adjust the individual video or audio settings?

[ornate raptor]

you can try with a different video plugin, it might help

[sage raptor]

should the screen come back on when I open the device?

right now, I close the lid. LED turns off. I open the lid and have to push power to wake up

[signal axle]

No

Unless it's just on suspend

[sage raptor]

using muOS. I have it set to sleep 15min then shut down

[signal axle]

Then it should turn on. Keep in mind things are prob buggy

Within those 15 min

[sage raptor]

yeah it's not. Closing the lid seems to sleep it. Then opening the lid does nothing.

[signal axle]

I would just consider it a bug for now

Stock will be the best experience until official releases

I couldn't get Knulli alpha sleep and shut to work properly either

Might be user error tho

[sage raptor]

I just want MinUI so I don’t have shit to mess with

[signal axle]

Is someone confirmed already going to work on that?

[sage raptor]

I don’t think yet. It works on all the other XX tho

[signal axle]

That's cus of our glorious king Shaun

[sage raptor]

Where is this Shaun and how can we beg for an ETA

[signal axle]

More than likely Shaun or anyone else involved does not have this in hand yet. But also, if not Shaun, idk if anyone else is currently interested in making it work on here

[sage raptor]

What does the Idle Input Display Timeout and Sleep Timeout mean?

[languid sluice]

think the sleep timeout is how long you can leave it and still have it wake on flip?

[sage raptor]

Oooh that would make sense

[lime raptor]

That's intentional

The muOS devs sacrificed that functionality for more efficient sleep

Some part of the system would need to be awake to check the lid sensor which uses power

[sage raptor]

Thank you for the explanation.

Honestly not a huge problem since it boots pretty quick.

[gaunt coral]

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B001W1BSM0?smid=A2U7BYCM1HXLY3&th=1

Will this SD card be fine to run the OS, or should i pay a bit more for a faster card?

[sage raptor]

How do I resume from save state when I launch a game?

[sage raptor]

Does the Idle Input Sleep Timeout actually do anything then?

[lime raptor]

dunno

never used it

It's possible the stick dead zones are too low which could cause noise to be registered as a microscopic input

Which would stop it from being idle

[sage raptor]

Oh wait I figured it out.

Display time out dims the screen.

Sleep time out actually puts it to sleep.

Then that bottom sleep setting decides if there’s a timer between sleep and power off.

[lime raptor]

Launch RetroArch under apps then go to Settings -> Saving and turn on Auto Save State and Auto Load State

[sage raptor]

So here screen dims after 30 seconds.

Then it will go to sleep after 2 min.

It will then sleep for 15min before shutdown.

[sour crypt]

These settings matter more for the h700 devices without a lid tbh

[sage raptor]

Well yeah. But still relevant

[sour crypt]

If you’re regularly closing the sp anyways when done playing, it won’t really do much

[mighty ingot]

what cfw is this? Muos?

[sage raptor]

Yes

[mighty ingot]

have they released a test version for the sp? Or are you using the regular 34xx image?

[lime raptor]

@mighty ingot

[mighty ingot]

aaaah okay. And I had just set up my card lol. i'll flash the system card then. This should be able to use the settings on my ext2 card, right?

[lime raptor]

I'm not sure if the second card slot is working unfortunately

It seems to have issues for me

I might see if I can fix it later by tweaking the device tree

[lime raptor]

@mighty ingot just tried again and it's working fine. Maybe the second slot is unstable? I'm going to assume it's okay for now unless someone else says it's not working.

I don't normally use 2 cards so I won't be testing it thoroughly myself

[barren roost]

I know on the official muOS image, even though the card should mount correctly if the kernel supports it, everything assumes the fs to be exFAT on SD1 ROMS partition and SD2

[young rapids]

#1342191309959463027 message

[sage raptor]

Fancy

[young rapids]

[spring ginkgo]

Framerate is honestly impressive

(For h700)

[umbral gate]

yea its quite central

i like it

https://tenor.com/view/sealyx-thanos-avengers-endgame-gif-710112898283581777

[tame aspen]

Personally think the 5head hate is overblown

Really not that bad

[umbral gate]

yea i was one of the ones that was super mad it

but now seeing the pics it really isnt terrible

[signal axle]

Even the sticks don't look bad

[umbral gate]

i now stuck between buying a cubeXX (to replace my rgb30) or this

[signal axle]

The size brings it all together imo

If it wasn't as small as it is, it would look a lot worse

But it's got charm

[umbral gate]

i probably go with the CubeXX...........i quite like the 1:1 screen

[umbral gate]

the 30 is really pissing me off with the charging quirks

[sage raptor]

It looks way worse in the promo images. IRL is fine.

[signal axle]

Has anyone tried 34xx minui on here yet?

[young rapids]

https://youtu.be/NGR9bhSAFYM

[tame aspen]

[serene oar]

GameCube game on H700

[young rapids]

Gamecube game on gamecube flip console

[serene oar]

Real GameCube flip

[scenic adder]

Is the stock sd card just trash

The wannabe kioxia one

[sage raptor]

If you have to ask, just get a new one.

[scenic adder]

Its not about that I was wondering if I could use it as a bios

[sage raptor]

Use it til it fails 🤷‍♀️

[scenic adder]

Forget it

[sage raptor]

Pretty sure they say it’s “good enough”

[scenic adder]

I tossed it already 😔

[sage raptor]

Lmao

[silver tree]

this is with the dolphin core built into muos?

[young rapids]

No, it's not built it, it needs to be installed with archive manager.

[silver tree]

OK, where would I find that

[scenic adder]

On other news I switched to muos, had a lot better luck with the shaders can confidently say its my new favorite looking gba device... as always looks better in person using ags001 (x6) and lcd x3 (default) I test gba on most devices I own but the panel they put in here is really good, surprisingly id pick this one over my oleds for gba 😁

[young rapids]

#1317934557600944198 message

[sage raptor]

I wish I knew wtf a shader is

[scenic adder]

Its just visual effects

I use them specifically to get a look that looks like actual hardware or what I think it should look like

[barren roost]

https://retrogamecorps.com/2024/09/01/guide-shaders-and-overlays-on-retro-handhelds/

On devices where the pixels don't align, a shader can make it look cleaner or more accurate; other shaders can add things like crt effects

[sage raptor]

Hey thanks fam

[sage raptor]

Does Anbernic have a stock card download somewhere?

I didn't back up the card and want to revert to stock fw

[tame aspen]

https://win.anbernic.com/download/

[sage raptor]

🐐

[tame aspen]

Currently running rocknix till muOS

[signal axle]

did you see the img someone made earlier lol

its pretty close

[tame aspen]

I did see that

Just too lazy to reflash my card rn lol

[signal axle]

I'm using knulli but am a fan of muOS more as well

[tame aspen]

What exactly are the differences between rocknix and Knulli lol

[signal axle]

good question

rocknix doesn't have to the lid function working no?

[tame aspen]

Not rn

[sage raptor]

I was gonna try to load the regular 35sp minui on the 34sp but now I have to wait to get access to the stock firmware download

[tame aspen]

That probably won’t work, best bet is 34xx minUI

[sage raptor]

y?

[tame aspen]

Different displays

[sage raptor]

F

[sage raptor]

if I want to remap or change controls, I should typically use the Input menu from QUICK MENU?

[main ledge]

ugh sucks cant get the stock image - i also requested access from the offical anbernic download site

wtf

if there is a mirror we should definitely pin it here

[main ledge]

Can confirm this works just have to be patient! at first it did not work on the 32 gb Lexar SD card I tried, worked fine on a 64 gb one... This is especially great since I cannot seem to find a good download for plain stock, and this is that with many improvements. thanks for your work

anyone looking for stock, just use this:
https://github.com/cbepx-me/Anbernic-H700-RG-xx-StockOS-Modification
not sure why mine didnt work at first with a 32 gb sd card, 64 gb worked

[neon wharf]

rocknix is Linux for handheld focused on retro gaming emulation, knulli is based on batocera, general purpose gaming, they look quite similar as they both use ES but that's it

don't delete your comment, now my respond just looks stupid

[tawny dagger]

Can't recommend the upgrade to CubeXX enough.

[umbral gate]

Not sure if it is given the 3566 seems stronger on paper

[tawny dagger]

I was bummed about that too, true, but even if it weren't much better at just about everything but start and select placement, the battery not needing periodical yanking alone is a selling point. Ergos, nice stacked mushy shoulder buttons, solid build with no rattle, it's great.

[neon wharf]

the problem is the support for the chip, not the chip itself. it feels better if you can imagine some amazing dev could start a new emulator for the chip any moment now, or they have been in development for years and about to be revealed

i don't count on it but it could make you feel better right?

[silent spear]

If this was the rg34xxsp I would have bought it immediately

they could have literally made this thing the same size as the miyoo mini

think about it

[neon wharf]

then no one else would buy it, I don't think your sale alone can support the company

[silent spear]

are you one of the stick supporters?

[neon wharf]

I don't care actually, stick or not. What i'm talking about is business. proven market or hopeful market, hmm, hard to choose /s

[silent spear]

why do you think the original design is better? I think what I came up with is objectively better

[tawny dagger]

I can't picture a world where an exact copy of the Miyoo Flip screen aside sells more than a Miyoo Flip alternative without sticks.

[silent spear]

or are you arguing noone would buy my design cause it's "not as nostalgic"?

[neon wharf]

people bought miyoo flip, despite of the flaw, this is a proven market

[silent spear]

why do you think an rg35xxsp but with smaller bezels in not a proven market?

[neon wharf]

if you were a business man, would you go with 100% proven vs 80% "pretty sure"?

this is just an easy win for anbernic

[spring ginkgo]

I also think it would be nice without sticks and not without large bezels but in your edit there's not enough space to hold it comfortably

[silent spear]

If anbernic really wanted to play safe they would have used the standard 3.5 inch 640x480 screen everybody is used to

[spring ginkgo]

But I like the idea

🙂

[silent spear]

and I hate when companies play it safe in this hobby

[spring ginkgo]

You will love MagicX

[neon wharf]

then it would be too familiar to the miyoo, people have no reason to buy

sometimes they just want an easy win

[silent spear]

no because the miyoo flip has hinge issues and anbernic would market the hinge being sturdy

[neon wharf]

in asian culture, you don't sell your product by talk trash your competitor, just not good manner. you make your product better

[silent spear]

well they did make an objectively worse product than the miyoo flip

it's a gba specialist device trying to also do more than it was meant to

[silent spear]

well we could go all the way around and give this thing all the screen size the original shell can hold, but comfort is definitely hitting a compromise with this size, this is around miyoo mini type size range so people who enjoy those smaller devices would find this to be quite valuable

[neon wharf]

I think it sells pretty well though

also western sales is tiny compares to china and global south, so I don't think your objection can do much

[silent spear]

so what you're saying is that no matter how shitty anbernic's devices are they will sell well

[neon wharf]

not what I'm saying at all

[silent spear]

@spring ginkgo Would you prefer this design more? You can fit a 4 inch 10:9 screen in this shell.

[neon wharf]

what I'm trying to say is western idea of a good buy is quite different from anbernic's core customers

for example, this community like silent and soft switches, while in asia and south america, they like clicky

also lower income countries, people tend to buy things that multipurpose, not multiple single-purpose things

the sticks are just logical

[silent spear]

Well in that case why the fuck did they make the rg34xx or the rg34xxsp? I think you're pulling stuff from your ass.

Clearly gba specialist devices

[neon wharf]

I live in asia and I sell these devices for 2 years, take that as you will

[silent spear]

There are many specialist devices in this hobby

people don't just crave multi purpose devices

[spring ginkgo]

This is just to awesome device to exist, love it but Anbernic will never make probably 😦

[silent spear]

I'm just trying to optimize devices to be the best they possibly could be

I've noticed that people mostly prefer when a device's screen size is extended rather than the bezels shrunken

[barren roost]

The only problems with that form factor would be nowhere to rest the bottom case when folded and it would either be a lower quality display or it would drive the cost up

[slow charm]

Max Zhou definitely didn't get that memo

[neon wharf]

the person is not the company, maxzhou trash talks all the time and can be very petty but not the company

[slow charm]

I'm just kidding honestly

[barren roost]

Every time I hear that guys name in a sentence it is not in a positive light

[spring ginkgo]

it's about his sworn enemy and nemesis - Lao Zhang

[neon wharf]

also maxzhou can speak can write english, from his older games and projects, some are documented in english, but we never see him comment on english contents

[silent spear]

I'm just kinda flabberghasted that lynnfield claims that making a worse product is actually considered good marketing cause I've been holding off buying anbernic devices for a while now thanks to issues with mostly bezel sizes and screen resolution

[spring ginkgo]

Maybe he is one of us here xD

[silent spear]

honestly if they made the rg40xxv with the golden ratio 960x720 screen we would have the perfect anbernic device right there

[neon wharf]

it's logical that businesses cater to their core customers first, otherwise they're not gonna be in the business for long. have you considered you're not their core customer?

[barren roost]

The 406v has those specs

[frail dagger]

Optimized is having less control options? You have to realize, not everyone has multiple handhelds, people may want to get one that will mainly play gba but can also play other consoles and ports. Plus 3:2 screens arent only "gba specialized", they are arguably the perfect middle ground playing everything from 1:1 to 16:9 with minimal compromises

[slow charm]

I mean, I like to shit on xx devices for being redundant, but I realise the AliExpress crowd will eat all of them up

[neon wharf]

also remember, anbernic devices are not only sold on aliexpress

aliexpress is for western customers

[silent spear]

so their audience is people who want a single anbernic device that is cheap and plays retro games?

[neon wharf]

from my sales, kinda yes. R36S is the most sold device

like 10x the anbernic

cheap and multipurpose

[slow charm]

Well that makes sense

[silent spear]

h700 having sticks is a bad idea in the 1st place since h700 barely plays 3d games

so in this case having no sticks makes sense

[frail dagger]

Na, the h700 can probably play at least 50% of the psp, dreamcast, and n64 libraries at full speed. That alone is enough to justify sticks, but now think of all the portmaster ports that benefit from or require the use of sticks

[slow charm]

I could be wrong, but I assume that a lot of asian gamers grew up on arcade cabinets rather than home consoles, so sticks just might feel more natural to them than a dpad

[frail dagger]

But I don't fully understand being mad at more control options lol, like you don't want to use the sticks, then don't

[slow charm]

So it's not necessarily that "sticks = 3D games" for them

[neon wharf]

this is the correct assumption. consoles were way too expensive for people to own

[silent spear]

I'm not mad about them but I feel like you wouldn't be loosing much in case it turns out you cannot fit the sticks in the shell

I think the trimui brick is a well selling device

it is basically the best small sized handheld as of now

[spring ginkgo]

I don't think sticks are super important on the handheld like this, but I have to say that playing GTA ports, Serious Sams or Quakes on such a small flip handheld sounds awesome

[neon wharf]

most of my customers make about $400/month. they're not likely to ever owned a gba, snes or MD, they don't care about your "gba correctness". the first question normally can it play knight of valor, captain commando and pokemon, and they want to able to play as many games as possible

btw, the R36S is $18, extra $4 for the sd card. the cheapest H700 is $27 rg35xx 2024

the sp is cool but for $40(1/10 monthly income) and not having sticks is just not logical for most people

the number of R36S sold a month exceeds the number of total members of this discord

[languid sluice]

Issue with that design is while nice and compact, it just wouldn't be very comfortable, whereas the height of the controller area on the 34xxSP is about the same as on the 40xxV and more usable for longer because of that

[silent spear]

so you would rather want 4 inch 10:9 screen in there right?

I feel like you're the same people who would hate the miyoo flip 2.8 inch edition for the same reason you don't like my 1st mockup

[languid sluice]

that 4" model would be an interesting option and tbh while I wouldn't hate the 2.8" flip I wouldn't buy one as it would only suit quick bursts of play and I already have a 28xx and a mm to fill that infrequent niche already without risking the miyoo hinge lottery.

[sage raptor]

No reason to exist with the current vertical market

[silent spear]

clamshells and verticals are a different market

[sage raptor]

Ok, but how does that provide anything compared to what already exists?

[tiny sierra]

Yeah magicx has some WILD stuff

[tiny sierra]

Tbh Id only want it having the same size but without the sticks I dont need it to be small like dat

[sage raptor]

Tbh I want the Miyoo flip in some Anbernic plastic.

[cunning pollen]

I think the size is fine as is, wouldn't want it smaller or it'd start to get uncomfortable to use. If it didn't have the sticks I'd be ok with like 5mm shorter height, but no more.

Totally fine as is to me.

Have been testing some ROCKNIX lid switch changes. The hinge is sure getting a workout and that thing is totally rock solid.

[sage raptor]

Why don’t these sticks work for PS1

[grave tulip]

ty sleepy

im installing it now

can you store roms on both cards

like if i did 512s

[grave tulip]

@young rapids sorry to bother but the rom folder is empty on sd two and i cant find what to name the folders

[young rapids]

You can make any of names to folders and assign cores to roms in muos😉

[neon wharf]

muos only cares they your roms in a subfolder in ROMS folder

you can put SNES roms in Genesis folder, it wouldn't mind

infact you can put all your games in 1 folder, doesn't matter

[sage raptor]

It’s cool in that it doesn’t matter. Sort them however you want; by console, by franchise, etc.

[barren roost]

that's a main reason I like muOS, the folders are drag and drop, handle the core assignment later when you need to

[neon wharf]

anarchy but in a good way

[barren roost]

there are names that are automatically recognized, but it's more so the OS has a label to stick on the system rather than the folders being rigid

[sage raptor]

does this support box art?

[neon wharf]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1300523833337581568/1351225946870517810/muOS_20250317_2301_0.png?ex=68392f7a&is=6837ddfa&hm=dc94cd4e5517ef470281cd1b742aa881c3314d8bd5bafaf12c24ad23a4b4ef08&format=webp&quality=lossless&

[sage raptor]

sad. mine is not working

[grave tulip]

So folder name dont matter?

[sage raptor]

it doesn't matter at all

it's only for your benefit.

[grave tulip]

Ok if I stick a firefly 512 rom 2nd card it will work? I hate to lose it all

[neon wharf]

are the roms in subfolders of ROMS folder? is the card fat32 or exfat

if both yes, then yes

[sage raptor]

oh, the file names have a syntax apparently

[foggy aurora]

3 times the fun has just landed in UK 😅

That SNES US 🫠 my clear fav

[signal axle]

It looks great in person

[sage raptor]

Aw you almost have the whole set.

[dim cairn]

Gonna skip this one. Weird hidden screen like the rp mini

[plain hollow]

Oh god not this again

[winter lintel]

There's nothing weird about the screen

[compact tiger]

Did you completely miss the updated videos about the fact it is a 3:2 display?
It's not a weird hidden screen, it's just an RG34headXSP

[vital minnow]

They're actually hiding a 1440p 4:3 oled screen in here

[signal axle]

https://tenor.com/view/how-it-feels-when-you-meme-nanami-jjk-gif-10683277372535996893

[plain hollow]

https://tenor.com/view/nanami-nanami-kento-jjk-black-flash-nanami-daddy-gif-24416545

[sage raptor]

Oof. Checked out before the news cycle actually finished.

[foggy aurora]

Never been a fan of yellow handhelds 😅

[sage raptor]

Yellow ftw

[dim cairn]

Ok so Russ posted a video about it.... He was wrong? Sorry not intentially spreading wrong info

I wasn't aware of an update on this...

[compact tiger]

You're all good
Phawx posted an update video about the situation
Russ pinned a clarification comment
And Max Zhou fully tore down the handheld to show us

[dim cairn]

I see; my bad then. I'm misinformed. Good that it's a genuine 3:2

[compact tiger]

Yeah it's just got a big ole forehead

[winter lintel]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-big-forehed-funny-dog-meme-mistacroissant-gif-8415399460962366392

[foggy aurora]

It looks worse in pics, but now I have one in hand it isn’t so bad in reality. I will get used to it

[compact tiger]

I mean I've had one for a while
Its usable but big

[winter lintel]

yea, you don't notice it as much in person especially when gaming

[foggy aurora]

That SNES US though 😅 it’s beautiful. 😍 part of me wants another one

[serene oar]

I already have 34XX but still want 34XX SP 🥹

[proper hawk]

No big forehead on this tho lol

[frail dagger]

I'd take a slightly bigger forehead over broken hinges any day of the week lol

[proper hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/why-not-both-why-not-take-both-gif-11478682

[night current]

I have never once been like, omg this forehead

lol, i just play and enjoy the device

[sage raptor]

You play games on these?

[scenic adder]

I made some bold claims about the screen looking better than rp3 so I checked just to be sure and it turns out the rp3 still looks better sorry bout that... it still looks very good but comparing the two its no contest 😅

I do think the SP looks closer to an actual gba with all the settings however screenwise

[sage raptor]

Share those shader settings

[scenic adder]

I would like to try more settings but anything else and performance takes a hit.. I also use accurate LCD ghosting to make it look right

[signal axle]

How has FuOS been treating ya

[scenic adder]

10 times better than rocknix for this device specifically

[signal axle]

Gonna give it a try cus I think I've just never liked emulation station based cfw's lol

[scenic adder]

Nice gba theme/bootup, easy portmaster setup, and shaders work better

[fallow basin]

dibs

[scenic adder]

Also lid function, though there currently is no wake up on opening the device I imagine that will get fixed with the official version

[lime raptor]

#1332421146074939443 message

[sage raptor]

Supposedly no wake on lid is intended. It saves more power that way.

It should be an option tbh.

[scenic adder]

Im ok with it since we have a button anyways close lid to sleep is more important honestly I wouldnt MIND the option though considering I have it power off after a while anyways

[sage raptor]

I just wish there was a way to tell if it was in sleep or off. But that’s nitpicky.

[young rapids]

@stiff sparrow

[night current]

https://youtu.be/Xa3lYJdkTPA

[young rapids]

muOS/Gamecube/Dolphin/Gotcha Force

[stiff sparrow]

Honestly this game Pikmin 1&2 and Wario World will play better on the Trimui Smart Pro and RK3566 devices. 😁

[cunning pollen]

Built one of my Odroid Go Advance BE kits over my lunch break. Boy the screen in the RG34XXSP has come a long way.

[steel vale]

Sorry to bother you, but how do I flash this image to a micro sd card? When I tried using Rufus it gave me an error. However I did only try to use the 2gb file, I'm not entirely sure what the other 2 files are for.

[lime raptor]

I suggest using the raspberry pi imager although newer versions of Rufus should work

The process of flashing should be the same as every other CFW

The file ending with sha256 can be used to verify that the image isn't corrupt

The muxupd file is an update that can be installed after the image has been flashed

[steel vale]

Thank you for your response.

I'll have to search for the raspberry pi imager.

[serene oar]

You are really pushing GC emulation on this lol

15 fps, playable

[sage raptor]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g1sjR6IX9Eo&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD

[stray torrent]

Hey maybe someday dolphin will be optimized enough to play mario sunshine at full speed on the h700

[serene oar]

Anbernic is betting on that clearly

[viscid thistle]

do any of the CFWs work on this device or are we stuck on ofw at the moment?

[barren roost]

unofficially 34H images for Knulli and muOS work

without sticks or hinge support

[sage raptor]

#1332421146074939443 message

Rocknix had a support release I thought

[sage raptor]

I've been running and it's great

[barren roost]

oh yeah, forgot about that

[viscid thistle]

ok mr 32gb micro sd that was in my 353v. did you actually have files on you since the stock fw on the 34xxsp is saying there's nothing there.

and I have the answer.. I need to move the files into the directory tree that the device made...

[sage raptor]

https://tenor.com/view/sarcastic-clap-gif-8766590078260538864

[sterile sable]

Theres also an unofficial muos build, check the pins

[gaunt coral]

How long does it take to fully charge the RG34xx sp?

[young rapids]

Maybe, if someone will make cluster of 6x anbernics for it

[dire siren]

@rare raft hey bro, im running stock mod, is there a way to change the screen brightness in game

[jagged owl]

Any devs here got a unit yet? Still waiting on one. No one on the Knulli team has received one yet. Wondering how long it’ll be lol

[amber mural]

https://tenor.com/view/winterz-soon-gif-19096204

[sage raptor]

Hold menu + vol buttons?

[dire siren]

It doesn't work in game it just activates the RA menu & changes the volume, it only works in the anbernic menus

[sage raptor]

Setup that hot key?

[dire siren]

What do you mean

When playing in retro arch it doesn't control the backlight, just the volume

[cunning pollen]

A couple went out to ROCKNIX devs.

[plain hollow]

I used the piss tape and it worked much better than before

I don't remember the name of what tape type

But it's the transparent yellow tape you see in all the tape mods

[signal axle]

Nice!

[sterile sable]

Kapton tape

[plain hollow]

There was none of that tape in the house, so I had to order some in from Amazon

[dire siren]

Kaptan

[plain hollow]

Aye aye kaptan

[sterile sable]

Miyoo uses it on the flip, its why the buttons are quiet on that device

[dire siren]

https://tenor.com/view/i-cant-hear-you-spongebob-spongebob-squarepants-nickelodeon-gif-14769448

[plain hollow]

Figured I'd ask

I wrapped the kaptan the full way around the micro switch

Is that okay?

[tawny dagger]

Yeah.

[plain hollow]

Alrighty then

[plain hollow]

I'm ashamed to admit that this is my first time actually turning the device on

Why are they using a smoothening overlay!?

Absolutely disgusting

Maybe I'm crazy but the audio seems to be better than on the 35SP

[gaunt coral]

I saw someone post the purple paint chipping on their 34xx sp, anyone else have that issue?

[sage raptor]

Flip somehow feels better in hand. The SP feels more sturdy though.

I like the opened position of the Flip. But actually opening the SP is way better.

[calm kindle]

I have a purple unit, I can scratch it heavily with my fingernail and nothing happens to the shell

this guy must have dropped it

[gaunt coral]

Thats good to know!

[whole hawk]

I feel like that’s the secret answer to a lot of issues that look severe but somehow legit look to be pretty much a one-off.

[stark heath]

Here's our Setup guide to get the most out of your SP

https://retrohandhelds.gg/anbernic-rg34xxsp-setup-guide/

[sage raptor]

We talking muOS or Knulli here bruh? 😉

[neon wharf]

special dual boot process exclusive to RH readers

[sage raptor]

Waaaat

Is there an official muOS for the SP now?

[neon wharf]

no, not yet

next release

muos doesn't do hotfix for new devices

[steel vale]

There's an unofficial one and I just tried it for about 20 mins. Works really well so far.

Played sonic adventure one first level.

[sage raptor]

Yeah I’m running that.

[covert locust]

Mine

[gaunt coral]

How did it happen? Just started chipping? What colourway?

[stuck garnet]

Well there's only one purple one...

[calm kindle]

in the same place as that post?

[hidden wharf]

The screen of the 34 looks oled :0 the other looks washed

[languid sluice]

Interesting, the slight texture to the 34xxSP makes it probably my favourite feeling small device, albeit not tried a miyoo flip

[sage raptor]

I’m not sure if the curves are different. But the flip is a bit lighter. I’m not sure exactly what it is but when I pick them up I just think the Flip feels better to hold for some reason.

[floral steeple]

Its over saturated. Obviously that pic above isn't the best example to use, but compare the gradient on spikes hair between the two. Over saturating colors in software crushes a lot of darker colors to black

[scenic adder]

I dont think the 34 sp looks oled, its a good panel for sure but the flip and even the 35 sp do not look that bad by comparison camera does not do it justice at all

Then again I also think handhelds with muted colors have a place too my 405m and 405v are amazing but the panels are not so much

[jagged owl]

We’ve got an alpha build supporters are helping with. Most things users have reported are working, but we’re limited because none of us have yet to get a handheld. What we have done is from user supplied files and testing

[sage raptor]

Muted Flip panel matches the muted yellow.

I took that picture to just compare the screen / bezels.

The colors of the SP look nicer overall, but I think actual image is conveyed better on the Flip.
(You can see more details of Spike on the Flip. SP kinda looks like a mess of colors.)

Flip looks like a little dude. SP looks like “please kill me”

[scenic adder]

I dont often take my handhelds with me anywhere but this one is definitely my exception it goes with me everywhere like since I've had it its been in my pocket daily shrinking it down from the 35xx sp was genius what a smart idea

[young dragon]

should we move this away from "upcoming"?

[spring ginkgo]

That's interesting, I might try it, TBH I thought Miyoo buttons are lighter and quieter because they used different switches. Anbernic likes use harder ones, not like on original SP but similar to the hardware clones, like Exeq Gamebox

[sterile sable]

yea this is from a teardown video, Adin Walls also mentions it in the 34xxsp video somewhere

[spring ginkgo]

that's very interesting and probably a good way to improve the anbernic SP devices, but I imagine it will only help with the loudness of the buttons not so much with how soft they feel

[jagged hill]

Sorry about this. I've updated the guide to provide clarification.

[whole hawk]

So, is this on Anbernic Stock and they’re pulling nonsense similar to the RG405/505 over sharpening? Or is it also an issue on custom firmware like MuOS (the 34XX image boots and should run properly to test out the screen, it just doesn’t work with the sticks or sensor)?

[sage raptor]

No idea. I’m running the unofficial muOS that supports sticks and lid.

I assume it’s just the stock screen settings. Can be adjusted I assume but idk how

[whole hawk]

Yeah, the reason for the Flip’s buttons feeling softer might also just be due to them using different tactile buttons than Anbernic.

[whole hawk]

…that actually sounds different from what the 34XX screen is like, is that blur present on 16-bit games?

[sage raptor]

No idea

[young rapids]

https://youtu.be/QUnoYqYQFy0

[whole hawk]

Also wait what? Did someone make an unofficial update that adds those?

[sage raptor]

#1332421146074939443 message

[whole hawk]

Huh, I'm trying it out now, but for some reason it keeps getting stuck on the boot screen.

[lime raptor]

try pressing the reset button

if that doesn't help there's some discussion about the issue on the muOS discord

[whole hawk]

Just boots to the MuOS logo, vibrates once, and then nothing else.

[lime raptor]

there might be something helpful there

#1319613884356624424 message

#1319613884356624424 message

[whole hawk]

First suggestion didn’t work, second one I don’t have a Linux computer beyond the Steam Deck, so I can’t really mess with the boot stuff.

Eh, I can just use my 34XX’s sd card for now and save this current one for an official build later.

…Actually wait, could it be possible to just make a version of the SP build that’s instead just an update for the public 34XX build?

[lime raptor]

I could

[whole hawk]

Like, we just grab the update from MuOS.dev, install it, and then we could install an update that just unlocks usage of the sticks and adds the lid sensor function?

[lime raptor]

it might cause the same problem though

[lime raptor]

yeah

It would need to reflash the kernel, boot package and SPL though

it's likely to cause the same problem

[whole hawk]

Anyways, here’s an extra bit of evidence on why people should never buy any shit from GoGameGeek.

Yes, you are seeing the bits on the bottom left top right corners correctly, that’s 3 dead pixels, one of which being even more noticeable than the other 2.

[neon wharf]

any product can have defect, the main point is did you request refund and did they accept?

[whole hawk]

No shit, I already requested it. This is just the rotten cherry on top of them already delaying the shipment and also point blank lying to me when I asked them a question on where it would be shipping from before I even ordered it.

[warped forum]

I'm trying to install the custom build of MuOS by following the link in the pinned comment, but could someone please explain what I should do to apply the update? This is my first time installing MuOS so I'm not sure how I apply that patch for PlayStation controls

[sage raptor]

YouTube: how to install muOS. Follow it but just use that unofficial build

[warped forum]

I was following a guide, but it didn't mention patching. I have the image flashed an all that, but I'll look up other guides and see what I can find. Thanks

[sage raptor]

No idea about patching. I just use the pinned file for a fresh install

[lime raptor]

Once muOS finishes installing copy the update file to the ARCHIVE directory on your sd card

Then in muOS go to Apps -> Archive Manager and then select the update file and it will install

[warped forum]

Thank you so much!

[lime raptor]

Once you've done that you should also do the same with this https://community.muos.dev/uploads/short-url/9uBrBwnuQEVrgiIQMYowj7EVTU9.muxzip

[stark shard]

Hmm. Whenver I tried to flash the unofficial SP thing pinned up top, it just flashes only the icon lol

I've redownloaded it like three times, and getting the same weird result. Meh, I'll just use the official 34XX; no sticks, but it still gets the point across.

[stark shard]

omfg, the battery was dead, no wonder it wasn't working LOL

Okay, it's time for bed. Good night y'all

[shell aspen]

Any rumors of different colors coming out? Or transparent colors like the 35sp?

[warped forum]

This all worked perfectly. Thank you for your help

Honestly I’m really liking MuOS on the 34XXSP. Coming from Knulli, the quick resume feels a lot better and the quick boot time is just 🤌

If it had bluetooth support, a built in screen scraper, and maybe something like ES-DE or artbook next so it looked nicer when plugged into a tv, it would be the perfect OS for me

[barren roost]

Scrappy and Bluetooth App you can grab through the Applications section in the forum (community.muos.dev)

bluetooth isn't refined but it works

art book next has only been ported to the 640x480 res unfortunately, there's a couple other theme choices though for the 34XX's resolution

I like the minUI theme, Harry made a version for all resolutions before the migration to the forum

[ember cargo]

no

[sage raptor]

There’s a minUI theme for muOS?

[barren roost]

took a bit to find, it was archived deep in the readonly section of the muOS discord: #1297337185640513638 message

[sage raptor]

Sweet. Any idea if it’s easy to rename “Content” to “Games” ?

[jagged owl]

ES as a front end is like 99% of the reason Knulli boots slightly slower than muOS. Cant have it all 🤷‍♂️

I just fixed the quickresume apparently not working when shutting down with the lid on the 34xx-sp, but again it’s an alpha and can only do so much without devices. We’re trying though

About 21 seconds is about as fast as I’ve ever got on a cold boot on a h700 device. That’s unlikely to change as I think we’ve hit the ceiling on boot speeds unless someone makes some kind of breakthrough but it’s unlikely at this point. As a reminder ext4 is a bit faster booting/parsing than exfat, but most people will take the convenience of exfat as a trade off if using windows

[spice sandal]

Hmm I wonder if disk IO is a factor... Maybe ext4 with shared blocks/read only could make it a slight bit faster. But maybe thats diminishing returns, probably breaks OTAs too

[jagged owl]

Possibly. It’s not a night and day difference but it is noticeable. Especially with the es gameslist parsing

The h700’s have 💩 card reader speeds though

[spice sandal]

Oh? I didn't know

[jagged owl]

It hard caps at around 20MB/sec but even that’s under synthetic benchmarks

[spice sandal]

[jagged owl]

I’ve spent time benchmarking various i/o schedulers, etc and at best it’s all margin of error stuff

[spice sandal]

Reminds me of a time when I made Android ROMs for the HTC HD2, I ended up putting the rootfs in RAM and loading from there, SD Card IO was pretty bad

Oh man, someone even made a video about it, haha, so long ago
https://youtu.be/o0Sbc6m2Mhw?feature=shared

[jagged owl]

Maybe if they start making more h700’s with 2GB ram we could play around with stuff like that lol

I’m working between batocera/Knulli trying to make game launching faster though

[warped forum]

😮 Thank you so much for responding to me! As a long time Knulli fan, by no means did I mean to trash talk Knulli. I was more trying to convey that I thought that MuOS was pleasingly nice alternative.

As a former iOS dev, I understand how debilitating it must be to not have the device. Do you have any idea on when you all should expect your dev units?

[jagged owl]

So far I’ve found some decent improvements. I have some ideas to make some noticeable increases.

[spice sandal]

Wait you guys don't have units?

[jagged owl]

No Knulli dev has received a unit yet

[spice sandal]

WHAT

[jagged owl]

We’re flying blind lol

[spice sandal]

well let me know if you want mine, I'll ship it from the UK

Not like I'm bringing GammaOS to the H700 on a 20MB/s card

[jagged owl]

It’s mostly myself, acme, and chrizzo that are the main Knulli devs. I’m in the US. But it is getting to the point that I think we got forgotten about lol

[jagged owl]

I don’t know, our contact is slow to respond and all I received weeks ago is that units were going out once US devices started shipping. Nothing yet. And yes I understand I just wanted to convey that with ES being a heavier front end there are inherent trade offs

muOS is a great project! I have nothing against it. We’re a very small team, and honestly if we weren’t riding on the coat tails of a mature OS like batocera it would be 10x harder to work on stuff for Knulli. That’s probably one of the main reasons we have gotten where we are with just a few people primarily working on it

[jagged owl]

@spice sandal if you don’t mind reaching out in our developer channel, and want to donate yours if you don’t need. We do have a dev in Europe that would be happy to take it

[sage raptor]

MuOS has about a 15 second boot in my extremely unscientific test.

[jagged owl]

Yeah that sounds about right. It’s about the same in Knulli if you stripped out ES.

There’s only so much you can do when half the boot time is from the anbernic kernel itself

[spice sandal]

Yeah interestingly I want the yellow one lol, I have a black one at the moment

[jagged owl]

Color I don’t think matters to any of us lol

I primarily want one so I can work on re-enabling the 1.5ghz frequency and also do some undervolting tests

[spice sandal]

Cool, I'll ship it tomorrow, unfortunately my kid seemed to of have misplaced the case for it :/

just reach out to me in the channel, I can't seem to find an appropiate one

[plain hollow]

3 times I've opened my 34SP up to apply a tape mod

And it just hasn't quite worked

The big thing is that the button is way louder when the system is open compared to when it's closed

[neon wharf]

if it bothers you that much, sell it and get a conventional device

or spend that time and energy to learn how to solder and you can solve your problem in 10 minutes

that aside, felt is much better at absorbing sound than any tape

[scenic adder]

I never thought it was loud enough to bother 😅

[neon wharf]

some people are more sensitive

most people in the other hand like clicky things

ask any custom keyboard enthusiast

cherry red and blue are bought way more than brown, that's just fact

[scenic adder]

Fair enough I have browns too 😅 I like the smooth glide in reds more for typing but blue for gaming

[plain hollow]

Yeah bro just learn how to solder

Just learn it

So easy bro

I'll see what can be done with felt

[neon wharf]

it's not easy, but not hard neither, it's an elective in secondary school so it's certainly not hard to learn

much easier than olden days though with all the tools so cheap now

[cunning pollen]

Huh, so RG34XXSP has a 120 Hz mode. I tried RA with BFI, but some flickering.

[old arrow]

anyone test portmaster on theirs yet? Any noticeable benefits of that extra gig of ram?

it should be able to handle half life 2 better than the rg35xxh with that extra ram

[covert basalt]

So that purple 34XX SP. is it all purple plastic or some of it painted purple? I saw a post about paint chipping.

[gaunt coral]

Will this chat be moved, or has a new one been created thats not upcoming? With everything hidden, its hard to find

[neon wharf]

it will not be moved, as other devices, this will be removed, and a new one will be created in devices section along with affiliate links as top post

[serene oar]

Saw a video where the SNES color buttons are swapped out for normal black buttons. I think it looks nicer. https://youtu.be/cIv8U0cSTJU?si=EQL7iJRntQlpjLIu

What do you all think?

[tawny dagger]

Looks way better, but I'm biased as I've done exactly that to my grey 35.

Are the 35 buttons taller? Look at the smudges on the screen.

[oak solar]

Looks kinda bland tbh. Looking at this I can kinda understand why Anbernic went with colored buttons on all shell colors

[scenic adder]

I would've went with blue if they didn't put the rainbow colors I think it looks awful personally

I didn't really want the snes colorway that bad but I didnt like any of the other color options

[oak solar]

Oh yeah absolutely agree, that thing needed gamecube colored buttons

But I can see why they decided against monochrome buttons

[tawny dagger]

Here's a teardown measuring the buttons, but I don't speak... mandarin? 8:30.
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV127JizLEgA?t=508.6
Seems to be taller.

[serene oar]

Button thickness: 4.1mm (34XX SP) vs 4.8mm (35XX SP)

[serene oar]

So I think you are right about this and it’s probably not a good idea to use 35XXSP buttons on 34XXSP

[scenic adder]

I wouldnt the 34sp dpad already smudges the screen protector

[languid sluice]

citation needed there

[neon wharf]

go to any online shopping website and look at the sale number, or aliexpress and look at switch sales from a same store

[calm kindle]

China Red

🇨🇳

[languid sluice]

If you looked at switch sales on most stores, you'd think that almost nobody used cherry red, blue or brown, it's the same reality distortion where the 9070XT seems to be selling well, but then the steam hardware survey has them nowhere

[neon wharf]

i don't understand your logic , that aside, steam survey means absolutely nothing.first, 9 out of 10 most populous countries do not us steam. second, gpu has other uses other than gaming, gaming is like the tiny bit of gpu sales

[muted vessel]

I would be all over the 34xxSP if they’d one one that was red with yellow/gold buttons instead of the other way around

[calm kindle]

we need more solid red handhelds

I think the gkd bubble also came in red

[cunning pollen]

Oof I don't know about red with yellow buttons. Really like the purple / indigo in the flesh though. I've been adding a bunch of lid behaviour to ROCKNIX. Might be worth testing tomorrow's nightly release if anyone's feeling brave.

[languid sluice]

The indigo one is noticeably darker in person than in pictures and looks so much nicer for it

[neon wharf]

cadmium red is nice

[sterile sable]

I havent had issues so far. Feels pretty good

I did slightly sand the button on the bottom so it wouldn't stab through the membrane, and I also have a layer of kapton tape

[covert basalt]

That’s a fake cube.

[spring ginkgo]

Nah, looks real to me

[spring ginkgo]

Nah, looks real to me

[indigo swallow]

I love the way you slow zoomed like the handheld was about to jump scare you.

[gaunt coral]

It doesn't look like a cube! It looks like a rectangular prism.

https://tenor.com/view/revenge-of-the-nerds-nerd-gif-26733054

[old arrow]

I also saw someone swap out the colored buttons on the black model with black buttons. I can't seem to find it anywhere but loved the all black look

[jolly brook]

anyone with really good bezels for the 3:2 screen for 4:3 consoles (almost all besides GBA)?

[clear hatch]

my solution to skittles

[narrow magnet]

hand PAIN ted?

[clear hatch]

Etsy

SamusPrimeDesigns was the seller

[sage raptor]

Any shaders on that?

[indigo swallow]

Random person - "Nintendo style or Xbox style?"

You - "No"

[signal axle]

Left + Pokeball + right + Pokeball + Pokeball, Pokeball + Select + Left Trigger, Pokeball to activate infinite health

[clear hatch]

@sage raptor no shaders or filters atm

[sterile sable]

Is the game fr/lg?

[sage raptor]

I think it’s emerald