Miyoo Mini FLIP - A smaller Miyoo Flip

[left urchin]

allium file extensions listed in that chart are a bit odd

you wont EVER see an ext listed for one system if there are other systems that use that extension

[worldly crag]

yeah .mdf is like ancient even for pcsxrearmed standards

[left urchin]

Allium first checks the ext, then picks the emu, if not found, it falls back to using the emu designated for that folder

allium is just set up differently

i been meaning to clarify the wiki but.... i been busy with spruce and sprig

[kind yacht]

no worries, i appreciate the explanation

[daring arrow]

for my OCD, the fact that the L and R don't match is what bothers me lol

if they both suck i wouldn't care as much

[kind yacht]

it is pretty odd how it broke on mine, i wonder if i'm missing that consoles.toml

i seem to have all those bios files

[left urchin]

my theory is that whoever is soldering them is left handed

🤣

[kind yacht]

i guess this will be good to keep me narrowing down to just my pbp games lol

for now anyway

[left urchin]

Chd should work

[kind yacht]

yea, im not sure why it doesn't, still haven't been able to get it to launch anything except my pbps now

[narrow pawn]

Does anyone have this

if so how good is the heat when playing gba

and how much battery do you get

[daring arrow]

Oh nice koriki on there now

[trail mountain]

my handheld arrived in my country (preorder 2d batch)

[lavish wolf]

What colour?

Ordered grey on the 21st still yet to ship

[trail mountain]

white

[austere ginkgo]

I have asked Myioo about batch 2 and the issues reported here number of times. They have answered very positively.

L1 button

Yes, the second batch of the Mini Flip includes improvements to the L1 button structure, which provides a more consistent response and durability.

Noise with WiFi

Regarding the speaker noise when Wi-Fi is on, our team has also optimized the internal layout to reduce interference, and this issue has been significantly improved in the second batch as well.

Great news !

[austere ginkgo]

And about the AliExpress store, bad news.

[narrow kite]

Thank you for the update. I figured as much. I do want one but I DEFINITELY can wait

[torpid shard]

Just make the transparent blue and I'll buy 10 of them 💙

[drowsy rain]

So batch 1 folks like myself are beta testers for Miyoo as per usual then

[plush flame]

It weird be silly for Miyoo not to use beta testers if they keep signing up

[drowsy rain]

Btw as far as the R & L shoulder buttons are concerned, they both feel horrible on my unit, although the R button was especially terrible, so I opened it up to take a look. I saw that the R button was rubbing up against something causing some marks in the plastic, and from what I could see this slot was too narrow, so I trimmed it a little and now it's on par with my L button. Still shit, but not borderline unusable like before.

Also all the shoulder buttons on my unit actuate much more precisely when they are pressed higher up on the button. Like the top 20% of the button is a 8/10, then the middle is a 4.5/10 and the bottom is a 2/10 in terms of being able to feel the button click.

[dusky wind]

Sounds like my current option is to order from GoGameGeek. Ehh.

Or I just should pull the trigger to 34XXSP. Decisions,decisions..

[tawny peak]

does anyone have a better link for the latest miyoo firmware update from their site? the download seems very unstable

[misty shore]

https://github.com/spruceUI/sprigUI/releases/tag/Official_Miyoo_Firmware

[ebon moat]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1beKda7-vTbOqc7GCHxfMqlfUQb-0Y0S2?usp=sharing

[tawny peak]

thank you

[ebon moat]

I just dumped all my miyoo mini flip stuff there, so CFW, stock os card, firmware, etc.

[fresh spade]

Miyoo said second batch will address the shoulder button issues to me in the chat as well. We shall see.

[cold burrow]

My mini flip has a tiny bubble in teh bottom left of the screen, looks like an incorrectly applieds creen protector. Emailed them, they said yes, this was a screen protector applied by them and I should try to lift up the corner to see if the bubble goes away. Interesting, since I wouldn't have expected a factory screen protector on a clamshell unit.

[torn lynx]

Has to be my cutest purchase so far. Feel like only holding onto it like a novelty item than playing it, unlike the Miyoo Mini Plus which feels playable and sturdy.

MinUI is perfect for a handheld (feel like calling it a thumbheld) this size.

[cold burrow]

It's interesting, some devices feel so polished and modern, and others feel like a toy, which normally I'd think would be a bad thing, but somehow it contributes to the joy of a retro handheld, adding to the old school feel of it, at times.

[torn lynx]

Exactly. It's a good thing to hold and admire. But gaming for more than 5 minutes is not something I will do on this.

[cold burrow]

I think it's a perfect "I need to kill a few minutes waiting in line" device, even more so than the 35xx/34xx. Beyond that, there are better options

Still fun, though.

[blazing brook]

Shiny hunting on my lunch break

[tawny peak]

pokemon silver?

[blazing brook]

Crystal Legacy, it's a romhack of Crystal that adds a lot of QoL stuff but still feels like Crystal

[tawny peak]

ah gotcha

[blazing brook]

Also re-tools gym leader fights to be better, fixes bad level-up learnsets, buffs weaker Pokemon, all sorts of cool stuff

Nothing too radical tho

[tawny peak]

might have to look into that

[blazing brook]

It gets a big vouch from me, I don't think I can play vanilla Crystal anymore

[brisk sand]

have you tried polished crystal?

[blazing brook]

No but I've heard of it, that one and Crystal Clear have been on the to-do list

[kind yacht]

speaking of this again, im not too sure why but i was able to play some dragon quest vii for a while without any issues as a pbp so for now i guess i'll just leave it til there's an update

since im mostly playing gba when im not on ps1 and that's fine

[tawny peak]

for anyone interested in some more battery testing, been playing some more gbc/gba but in onion this time, ive gotten about 2.5h of combined gameplay to half a charge. so, onion seems to use more power than minui. use that info at your own discretion, these are just numbers i am finding through my time of using the device.

[hallow crest]

that's interesting. i'm an onion fan for sure but it looks like it might be worth making the jump

[kind yacht]

interesting

i havent specifically timed my allium battery but just off of assumptions it might be a middle point? i usually have 80%~ whenever i exit out

it seems like any linux device i've had, idling on your front end drains battery FAST compared to actually playing games

[misty shore]

Kinda just depends what your priorities are. If all you wanna do is play some retro games for a small number of systems, MinUI is pretty hard to beat. It does its best to just get out your way

[misty shore]

This is def the case with MinUI and spruce, which opt for a higher minimum CPU frequency in the menu to ensure it feels snappier

[kind yacht]

ahhhh that's interesting

good to know looking behind the curtain though

better to not have it on if you're undecided on what to do, i guess

[hallow crest]

i hear that. i like to tinker though, so having easy access to retroarch menus might take it out of the running. i think i'll stick with onion to start and try allium if i'm really wanting that extra hour or two of battery

[cold burrow]

Allium has retroarch too, and the settings option on the game menu takes you directly there, so it's a nice compromise in my admittedly limited testing so far. Wonder how its battery life will be

When testing sprig while I loved the feel, i did notice a bit more latency in the UI than the other options, wonder if I imagined that or if it's something that'll improve

[misty shore]

It’s something we’ve improved for the next build which is currently in progress. Thanks for the honest feedback

[cold burrow]

Oh, that's good to hear, I'll have to test it out again! Thanks for your work on it, has a lot of potential

I used to maintain a CFW for a PDA back in the early 2000's, kickstarted my embedded linux career, but haven't done much contribution on present day ones yet. Might have to do that if I can find the time/energy to do so.

[left urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/simpsons-homer-bart-lisa-join-us-gif-13066208

https://tenor.com/view/cant-sleep-gif-12428974246792920591

https://tenor.com/view/wolf-of-wall-street-jordan-belfort-leonardo-di-caprio-one-of-us-jonah-hill-gif-5441859

[torn lynx]

Gets warm with basic NES.

[cold burrow]

I re-tested sprig just to get more data, my main concern with it was the input latency with the UI navigation. I can rapidly hit the down arrow while scrolling in settings and it only registers some of the presses, and when it does, there's noticeable latency before the movement. Not a lot, but enough to perceive. A rapid press of down 5 times registers 4 at times, for example. In case more details helps.

That's with 1.0.0, haven't tried building it yet.

Any consensus on overlays/filters on this device? Seems like jeltron has some, the Perfect_ beta ones that weren't finalized, ozboss posted some, and allanrps posted some rather more complex setups involving cropping/crushing to get to a higher integer scale. Will have to do some testing and comparison, but figured I'd check if there was any consensus on the options, or if i missed any.

Actually, suppose I should compare the included ones in the firmware options, shouldn't I? that would make more sense than trawling for them manually

[ebon moat]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MiyooMini/comments/1lmndnf/almost_perfect_overlays_for_v4/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MiyooMini/comments/1gcp8oe/miyoo_mini_v4_overlays/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MiyooMini/comments/1g4qdms/my_own_v4_overlays/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MiyooMini/comments/1fywz9i/mmv4_overlay_pack_pixel_perfect/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MiyooMini/comments/1g4qdms/comment/lsjtyz1/
https://www.reddit.com/r/MiyooMini/comments/1g44q9m/custom_v4_overlay_for_gb_gbp_gbc_and_gba/

All of these have overlays for the v4, which is the same screen as the mini flip. So they will work perfectly.

[cold burrow]

Thanks

[ebon moat]

you're welcome

[torn pendant]

Mine came today and it's exceeding expectations so far

Not so much in performance, just in general feel, coolness from the size and flip factor give it bonus points in a very real sense

[left urchin]

You don’t need to build it, you can actually already OTA directly to our development branch by adjusting the Setting/CFW Settings/OTA Settings options

This is obviously going to be less stable long term than using the release but you can keep up with our progress basically in real time

[cold burrow]

Oh, nice, I missed that somehow. I'll try that out

Thanks

[dawn jasper]

Same experience. Glad it isn’t just me.

[dawn jasper]

Someone pin this! I am about to try it myself.

[drowsy rain]

Just be careful with the corner of the PCB, it's a little difficult to get to that bit of plastic at the correct angle.

[brazen dome]

i have a 9 hr save file for wild arms on my funkey

you can do it!

[dawn jasper]

Brothers, I literally flipped how the little rubber grommets were oriented and now my shoulder button issues are gone.

[tawny peak]

sometimes the simplest of things can make a world of difference

[dawn jasper]

I’m guessing they are directional and some aren’t getting installed correctly in the assembly line.

[tawny peak]

its not an impossible problem to have, could happen easily

glad to hear you found a solution for yourself though

[dusky wind]

Welp, just ordered my Miyoo Mini Flip from GoGameGeek.

[fierce sparrow]

How are people finding theirs and how is the hinge feeling?

Debating whether to jump on the bandwagon

[last thorn]

I’ve never had a hinge issue with my rp flip 2, v90s, or 35xxsp, so I’m not enough of a critic I think, but I find it extremely nice. It’s not too tight and the close sound is very satisfying.

[tawny peak]

The mini flip has become my favorite device to take around with me. Not for its power but its portability, quality and overall experience it provides while gaming

[visual basalt]

the hinge is great

[cold burrow]

The size+clamshell is hard to beat for an everyday carry. Really liking it. I love my 35xxsp and my flip2 but I have enough other crap in my pockets to fit those most of the time.

[stiff ether]

I have had mine since September 25, early Dev Unit. And I have been using mine about every other day. Still feels as good as day 1. I have also been abusing it to better get NDS performance tuned, Ps1 Performance better, etc. So I been running it HOT. And still, it's been Great

[tawny peak]

If miyoo made another compact device, as well built as this in horizontal form factor, like the a30 but made better (a30 always felt cheap to me) and same chipset as the mini series, that’d be likely my near perfect device.

Until then, the mini flip is as close as I’ve found to perfection in a long time

[stiff ether]

If Miyoo Made a Brick Screen Handheld, with the A30 Chip. And this Hinge from the Mini Flip. In a Clamshell. End Game device right there

[brisk flare]

surely a bit more power would be appreciated

[stiff ether]

Have you used the a30? With Spruce?

It's a 3.2" screen as well, what are you really trying to play on there

[brisk flare]

maybe I've been spoilt by Android stuff, but I genuinely like the ability to emulate some GameCube nowadays 🤣

but yeah that's fair

[stiff ether]

With which Handheld tho.

[brisk flare]

RP Classic so it's not something massive

3.2 is probably on the small side for GC ig

so fair point

[stiff ether]

4", 10:9 screen vs a 3.2", 4:3....

At some point reading that small text becomes vvveerryyyy difficult

[brisk flare]

would be really cool to boot up some midrange stuff on such a small device though

[brisk flare]

yeah for sure lol

[stiff ether]

Dreamcast is a Stretch on Brick for Text heavy games

And forget PsP FF Tactics WoL

[fresh spade]

I still think Anbernic hinge is better. 😉

I LOVE the feeling of the 34XXSP. It is perfect IMO.

So... Brick screen, Anbernic hinge, Miyoo buttons (FLIP not Mini Flip) and a RK chip?

[austere ginkgo]

Are there EU fellows that have already ordered by Gogamegeek or Linxt ? With regular shipping, is it like with other shops using 4PX and we don't pay taxes at the end ?

[mild onyx]

Yeah i've ordered from GoGameGeek loads of times and never had to pay VAT. Use RH15 for 15% off

[ebon moat]

Almost, I want the retroid pocket classic screen, miyoo buttons, and a chip that can run gc and ps2. But clamshell.

[fresh spade]

Sorry I am talking EDC. That would be too big for me.

I think a clamshells main purpose is a EDC. For at home I am very happy with my CubeXX. 🙂

[stiff ether]

For Chip, I really think the 3326 is more than Enough for that size Screen. But people want more

[fresh spade]

I agree with you. People are tired of that chip.... but it does work and we know a lot about it. I'm really happy with my Mini Flip. So... I don't really NEED anything different.

[brisk flare]

https://tenor.com/view/bullish-crypto-hype-i-want-more-lets-do-this-gif-1852269844701917269

[brisk flare]

a RP Classic Flip with sticks and a slightly better/more balanced SoC would be so nice

[stiff ether]

Maybe a G1 Gen 2, with a Stick right in the Middle. A la, MyMini style

Price, $149

[ebon moat]

stick in the middle with 6 n64 style buttons...

[brisk flare]

and two extra buttons outside of start/select for emulator configuration

[brisk flare]

wait isn't a G1 Gen 2 the Classic chip

or is it a bit better

LOL

I want a better chip tbf

[stiff ether]

Nope

3326 or g1 gen 2

[brisk flare]

it's really frustrating to see the GPU hold it back for some systems

865 would be nice

[ebon moat]

I want a "travel" clamshell to compliment my EDC clamshell.

One for everyday and the other to take on long trips where I stay at a hotel for example.

But I don't want the retroid flip 2, it's too big.

I want a 4" 4:3 machine.

[brisk flare]

yeah I'm never taking my Thor overseas

definitely want something that Chris suggested for that purpose

[visual basalt]

ill buy 6

[rain nacelle]

What did Chris suggest for that lol

[ebon moat]

A 4" 4:3 clamshell with enough power to run gc and ps2. Basically a retroid pocket classic, but in clamshell form.

Perfect for travel and trips.

Something inbetween EDC and main handheld.

[ember spindle]

I checked in with their store and the black model I ordered is definitely part of the second wave. They're doing testing on this second batch of product, so hopefully they're looking into the shoulder button issues people have been mentioning

[haughty steppe]

https://youtu.be/a8Sk1rx6LcE?si=wapUzzOLv7DV4jZD
why does he say it like "mah-yu"

[tawny peak]

Bugs me how he gives it a hard time over onion when it’s not even fully supported on the flip yet… a little research would’ve done him good there

Him saying big problems on the thumbnail is greatly exaggerated too… different software would’ve given a much different result

[haughty steppe]

yeah... I was surprised at his take as people here generally liked it

developers

[tawny peak]

Like, I agree onion is buggy but that didn’t come out for months when the og mini came out and people liked what it offered, give this one a chance to come out and breathe before you just straight out say it’s bad when every other cfw is good in its own way

[stiff ether]

It's in his name, "DoDo"

[tawny peak]

I used to like his videos but they bug me more than they should lately

[stiff ether]

I think he just perfers Cartidges at this point tbh. He loves his Mod Retro, Analog Pocket, etc.

[vagrant matrix]

Are the mini flip buttons not as good as the regular flip?

[austere ginkgo]

That would be great. But better run medium shaders. And add 2 front buttons to accomodate N64 and Saturn/Genesis/Arcade. One stick would be enougj.

[fresh spade]

ABXY are close... d-pad is better in Flip vs Mini Flip

[visual basalt]

Retro Dodo is slop tbf

[fresh spade]

I don't watch any of Retro Dodo videos anymore. I did when I first started in this hobby. But now... never.

I just skimmed this and was like 😬

[haughty steppe]

I click through them too, just to view the device - not really minding his opinion because it's whack 😛

[misty shore]

I used to like his stuff too, but I’ve found lately his opinions and priorities in reviewing rarely align with my own. Also he just comes off so jaded now. I miss the playfulness and joy of like his RG Nano review

[haughty steppe]

yeah, I can relate

[normal brook]

Hey, is this the second batch waiting room?

[tawny peak]

heres a question for you guys to pick your brains a bit, why is it when i install stock os on the og card, buttons work as expected but when i format and flash it to another card, the triggers go back to like older firmware and dont work right? same firmware and files exactly. everything shows up right but just doesnt work right

[misty shore]

Stock RA config has the shoulders reversed to counteract the original FW having the shoulders reversed 🙃

I’m guessing you might have tweaked the RA config on one but not the other?

[tawny peak]

i just copied the stock sd card after flashing the new firmware to my desktop and everything will work fine like that but when i copy it to a better quality card, it like reverses the update. so, i havent adjusted anything on either, i just go to the button mapping in settings and see it doesnt come up right

[ebon moat]

Nope, 2 of the 3 of mine showed up today.

[misty shore]

Oh, another possibility. Do you have a system.json at the root of either of those SD cards? The remapping in stock OS can live in that file

[tawny peak]

i can check

yes, its in the root

[misty shore]

There should be a field in there for the button mappings, maybe compare the two of those

[tawny peak]

interesting, good to know.. will look into that

[dawn jasper]

Sharing retro dodo vids should be a temp ban.

[tawny peak]

aftermarket card wont change themes either apparently

not sure why it hates everything but the stock card

[misty shore]

https://tenor.com/view/my-beloved-heart-politics-corruption-money-gif-4696824338828896820

[tawny peak]

iritating lol... wouldnt mind trying to run stock os but if its that broken, maybe not lol

[normal brook]

What were your order numbers around? I’m in 2100s

[ebon moat]

10xx

[wet scroll]

something is off about this guy or what? like he just doesn't 'get' it? he complains about OS problems and blames miyoo but he's using onion os, not stock os?

[brisk sand]

he's always had weird takes

[ebon moat]

So i think they sold at least 1,000 units... The question is, how many did they ship? Lol

[wet scroll]

not mine yet

[ebon moat]

I think you are in batch 2 which is supposedly going to ship in early November...

[austere ginkgo]

Batch 2 is nice because they say it solves the L/R button issues, as well as the buzz sound when the wifi is on.

[normal brook]

Ah alright that’s why I was asking if this was the second batch waiting room

[normal brook]

Who says

[wet scroll]

some miyoo customer support rep on ali

who knows if it's true or they just say it or they caught it for batch 2 or what

[ebon moat]

Miyoo said.

[ebon moat]

We are all here. Dev units, batch 1, and batch 2.

[normal brook]

Yy, I was being cheeky

My v2 is tied to my mini order so I’m just waiting for both

[cold burrow]

Nice to see the setup guide go up and mention all the major players in the firmware options. Should help new users.

[tawny peak]

He saw my comment lol. Don’t know what to tell the guy who commented though.

[misty shore]

The overlay stuff for NDS is common across all CFW on the Mini, Mini Plus, and Mini Flip. Everyone uses Steward’s DraStic port.

[tawny peak]

well, if someone wants to tell him that, feel free... i dont think ive ever tried emulating DS on anything so, i dont have much experience with it lol

[fresh spade]

Reading through the comments there are lots of people with wrong info and tips. Oh boy.

[tawny peak]

i noticed that

[misty shore]

I don’t allow myself to read YouTube comments on videos in this niche anymore lol. I just get myself angry

[tawny peak]

i agree, on some videos, some people are so clueless

or misinformed

[cold burrow]

That's my policy on all youtube videos, not just this niche 🙂

[left urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/randy-g-pep-farm-gif-18424871

[paper rose]

https://retrohandhelds.gg/miyoo-mini-flip-first-impressions/

I forgot to mention, but I put my first impressions of the Mini Flip out there

[fresh spade]

Tobu Tobu Girl! One of my favorites. 🙂

[paper rose]

Always a good bit of fun on my smaller handhelds haha.

Always need an excuse to share

[paper rose]

🔥

Balling with the Tad Boy color even

[fresh spade]

Hahaha. Always need and excuse to share. 😉 Picked it up at the Retro Game Convention.

[paper rose]

I've considered it but it's just too out of my price range haha

[fresh spade]

Fair. I was dreaming of one. And well.... maybe TMI but the RGC weekend was a bit of a "You live once" weekends. It's REALLY cool. I would say worth it for anyone who would think they would use it and cherish it.

[paper rose]

Yeah I totally can understand that mindset towards it haha.

For those that find it worth it, they'll 100% love it

[trail mountain]

Preorder order delivered to me !

That thing is smol !

L1 doesn't always register

The sdcard isn't recognized??

[daring arrow]

Yea the early batches have an issue with the l button

[trail mountain]

it was supposed to be the 2d batch. Apparently not? Is there a way to verify that?

The provided sdcard can be read by a computer. Not by the handheld it seems...

[potent tide]

Check if it’s formatted to exfat

It should be fat32

I think some peoples have been coming as exfat and not being detected by the device

[trail mountain]

this is the sdcard untouched from Miyoo

[potent tide]

Yea I know. Miyoo has been sending them out as exfat when they should be fat32

[trail mountain]

I have opened my delivery, taken the sdcard and put it in the handheld

eh

okay

it's exfat

seems like my "preorder" is a leftover 1st batch

[potent tide]

I don’t think second batch has started shipping yet

[trail mountain]

now what? I copy the sdcard, reformat it and put it's content back on a fat32 partition ?

[potent tide]

Yea, or you could just set up a new card since the stock ones are crap anyway

[trail mountain]

I'll put a MinUI on another sdcard yes

does the firmware need to be upgraded too?

[potent tide]

I believe so

This link maybe

#1372499987606405171 message

[trail mountain]

is there a howto do that?

just take a sdcard in fat32, copy the stuff on it and boot it?

[dusky wind]

Does anyone know how long is the waiting time for orders from GoGameGeek?

[fresh spade]

If Miyoo really is revising the shoulders then we are gonna be waiting some time for the second batch.

[dusky wind]

I ordered my MM Flip yesterday and I am not sure whether or not I'll get 1st or 2nd batch.

[fresh spade]

They’ll claimed to a few people that they are going to address a few things like shoulder buttons, sound, FW and SD card.

[fresh spade]

If you ordered an unpopular color maybe one on hand? Grey and black are for sure gone and going to take time.

[dusky wind]

I bought Grey/SNES one

[fresh spade]

None of us really know how many they’ve made of this “first batch”

[fresh spade]

The most popular according to Miyoo. I’d be prepared to wait at least a few weeks if not longer.

[dusky wind]

Oh well. I am in no rush. Hopefully by that time OnionOS devs will implement clamshell support.

That was a major reason why I got MM Flip. I loved OnionOS on my ex-MM+

[fresh spade]

I’m honestly surprised they have preorder up. In the past they only sold stock on hand.

[fresh spade]

Don’t get a device based on the free work of busy people with lives.

Lid support will come from them or a PR. Graphic glitch maybe a bit more work and time if ever. But there are plenty of options and lots of interest in the Mini Flip. No shortage of OS options.

[austere ginkgo]

L1 not registering… batch 1 or 2 ?

[narrow pawn]

If i turn off wifi would the battery for this device improve

[trail mountain]

I thought it was batch 2 since I placed a "preorder". Maybe it was leftovers from batch 1. I don't know how to tell

[narrow kite]

I feel like in the early days of these things becoming more mainstream, with regular releases, Retro DoDo was pretty good, keeping up on releases and stuff. Critical which is good.

Then like...2 years ago I feel like he became extremely slow to push out reviews/updates and when he does they're lukewarm

[rain nacelle]

I ordered one like two weeks ago and never got a notification saying it was shipped

I ordered a yellow one

[clever lotus]

received mine yesterday

the hinge feels like a goddamn tank

I think reviewers understated it

[runic bane]

Do yall think theyll do a mini +? I think i would like that size better

[misty shore]

[blazing brook]

It's sooooo solid

[runic bane]

?

[rain nacelle]

The dead Mario emoji is just because a Miyoo Mini Flip+ would be too similar to a regular Miyoo Flip

It's a nice idea though

MM+ continues to be popular for good reason

[runic bane]

Thats why i said that, they might follow a similar release strategy

[tawny peak]

This continues to be one of my favorite handhelds for Pokemon amongst other games, I’ve pretty well stopped using my other handhelds to solely use the mini flip

[tardy wing]

As much as I like my choice of black for it not standing out, the snes grey flip mini looks really good

[fresh spade]

My black one does show my paw prints. Unfortunately I have oily skin and I might need to go with grey for this device.

[tawny peak]

I have the same issue. I wanted black but every other time I’ve gotten a black device, it’s had that issue for me. My next thought was yellow to match my old og Miyoo Mini v4 but nostalgia of having an snes pulled me to the grey model. So grey was the best in the end, plus my first handheld was an sp so it combines 2 memories in 1

[fresh spade]

Yeah I switched to a retro CubeXX already. I guess my black handheld days are over.

[misty shore]

Who are you, and what have you done with tenlevels?!?

[tawny peak]

You take that back and go back to the flip. 😅

[fresh spade]

Oh I’ve been tinkering with it. I blame Ry! 😂

[craggy tapir]

I got black just because the snes color was the one with most hinge issues for the regular miyoo flip. That color looks really nice though

[tawny peak]

anyone know how to get wallpapers working on allium?

[cold burrow]

Hmm, sprigUI's wireless scan will show the same essid twice if you have both 2.4ghz and 5ghz with the same essid. It should just pick the better one and show that, if the essid doesn't differ.

Now I don't know which is which 🙂

(release versin, going to update to the newer builds when i get connected)

[clever lotus]

are you unaware of the existence of the non-mini Miyoo Flip?

[cold burrow]

Update: seems like the sprigUI interface latency has definitely improved. I'm still seeing occasional lost button inputs using the dpad, though, and I don't think I've seen that elsewhere, so I don't think it's hardware. Will check.

[bitter moss]

Actually, I would argue that it should not make decisions for you and [instead] show both. I have multiple bands and put things on specific parts of my network intentionally

[cold burrow]

That would work too, but only if it shows the frequency details.

Right now it's both too verbose and too concise, as it lists both, but iwthout enough info to decide between them. Either way would solve it

(for me, anyway 🙂

[bitter moss]

I can see that perspective, I have different names for mine because I live in a condo in the Chicago area so there are lots of networks kicking around.

[cold burrow]

That's the thing, I think most people that intentionally distinguish between frequency bands also use different essids for each to make it possible to choose between them in most software interfaces

Whereas most consolidate if the name is the same

[bitter moss]

I micromanage because our walls have lots of metal and I have to pick bands per room, and I also toss less critical stuff on lower speed channels

[ebon moat]

https://github.com/goweiwen/Allium/wiki/4.-Custom-Themes

[tawny peak]

i followed that but something didnt work right when i did it, not sure what i did wrong exactly

[wheat ridge]

Did you set the background color to transparent?

[tawny peak]

i dont even know if i have my file set up up correct or not. i think i do but i dont know for certain

[wet scroll]

Dear Miyoo, please ship my device soon 🙏

[wheat ridge]

Can you show me your stylesheet.json and where you put your wallpaper?

[tawny peak]

I will dm you and we will figure it out there rather than clogging the chat here

[left urchin]

Do it here lol

I’ll add it to wiki to fill that section out

[tawny peak]

ok

just finishing a pokemon battle and ill get screenshots of each

lol

i pretty much copied and pasted what the wiki said to write etc

[left urchin]

How big is that png?

Px dimensions

[tawny peak]

640x480, 256.6kb

[left urchin]

@wheat ridge what do you think?

Maybe change the foreground color to 000000 as well?

[tawny peak]

doesnt change anything other than making it impossible to see any text now lol

got it working

not sure what i did but redid everything and it now decided to work

[left urchin]

Send the file

Not a screenshot

[wheat ridge]

The wallpaper should be #00000000 (8 zeros) if #000000, it will be detected as black instead. Unfortunate formatting on my side

Glad you made it work

[left urchin]

Hahaha

So he used six 0 instead of eight 0

[tawny peak]

i wonder if i typed something wrong on the .json file as well

would be cool to have a menu on the theme section to be able to pick wallpapers potentially, if thats not too hard to implement

[wheat ridge]

I’ll add a new field in the settings to make it easier to select wallapers next release

[wheat ridge]

You read my mind

[tawny peak]

haha apparently so

i have another idea for allium too if its not hard to add on the flip

on stock and i think sprig, when the battery is low, the charging light flashes to show its low, is it possible to add that to allium as well?

from like 10% and lower maybe

handy for those of us who get wrapped up in our gaming and forget to monitor the battery life lol

[wheat ridge]

I don’t know how to manipulate the LED, will need to look at how stock does it. I assume sprig is using the stock keymon or whatever is doing the blinking

[tawny peak]

just ideas to make things better imo... idk how minui achieves such good battery life but further optimization if possible as well too wouldnt hurt 😛 (not complaining, just observations)

there is a lot on allium i do like though so, dont think im hating on it... i do like it lol

[tawny peak]

does pico8 on allium work the same way as onion on the mini plus? i just saw now it got added but havent tried it yet, currently readding my games and stuff to allium now that i got wallpapers and stuff working

[left urchin]

We have tried to figure out the LED I don’t think it’s configurable

If we could we would have turned it off immediately

Shaun too

[prisma oasis]

What os have people been using on the miyoo mini flip?

[tawny peak]

i keep flip flopping between minui, allium and sprig lol, have yet to settle on just one

[left urchin]

Allium, sprig, MinUI and Koriki have official support

Onion works mostly but isn’t officially supported on the mini flip

[prisma oasis]

Quite a few it seems

[left urchin]

Sprig is mini flip only

The other three will work on the mm, mm+ and mmf

[brisk sand]

oh yeah, can someone test that claim about only the headphone dongle that comes included working? like does a generic one work?

[wheat ridge]

I remember that the axp chip can do something with the led. I remember there being some discussions in miyoo mini dev threads from a couple years ago, maybe with eggs

[wheat ridge]

I have a generic one that works with my phone and not with the included one, and the included dongle doesn’t work with my phone either.

[brisk sand]

well, crap

i hate the idea of having to rely on the included one when you might lose it or it might be cheaply built and break

[pallid pewter]

You need a type c to 3.5 adapter with analog audio support, not with DAC chip like most modern adapters

For the difference, you could consult AI

[magic pewter]

I had another instance of the system falsely detecting the lid closing, while playing. I'm on minui, but I don't think it's the software, since I've had it happen on allium too. Two different devices as well

[fresh spade]

This happened to me on my first dev Flip (non mini) and Miyoo sent me a replacement. Sounds like maybe you have faulty hardware. And on two devices?! That’s like terrible luck. I’ve personally not heard of others reporting this (yet).

[magic pewter]

It's very infrequent, but yeah. I tried emailing them, but they kind of misunderstood and dismissed it

[grim beacon]

Any chance you are moving your flip near something with a strong magnet when it happens? Like the magnets in your phone or in a laptop?

[magic pewter]

Nope, just playing it normally

It's not really consitent, the times it happened today were twice after about 10 minutes of playing, and was maybe a minute apart, then didn't happen again

Maybe if I get some time, I'll check into how the polling of the lid is implemented

[misty shore]

It’s a hall sensor

[magic pewter]

I mean through code lol

[misty shore]

"/sys/devices/soc0/soc/soc:hall-mh248/hallvalue" reports its state

[misty shore]

lol I realized that after I sent it

I haven’t had coffee yet 😂

[magic pewter]

Lmao i know the feeling. Thanks!

Saved me the trouble looking for it

[misty shore]

In stock it’s watched by the keymon binary

[cursive pumice]

Anyone have their MMF refuse to mount the card it came with? The card is fine, Android and Windows can read it, and the device is fine, it mounted and read a different card fine. Tried checking for filesystem errors, there weren't any.... not quite sure what's up here.

[stiff ether]

Miyoo Formatted it as exFat32

It needs to be Fat32

Copy/Paste all of those files onto your PC.

Format the card as Fat32 using Rufus, WinDisk, w/e you perfer to use

Then put them all back. Should work perfectly then. Would still suggest using a better card than the one they sent you, and better roms tbh

[cursive pumice]

Ah. I usually just use the stock card for quick operational testing

I, wrongfully, it seems, assume the card will work with the device at least initially XD

[stiff ether]

We noticed after the Dev Units went out....miyoo started sending Batch 1 Units out with Wrong formated cards to people...

[cold burrow]

I'm wishing I didn't jump the gun, the speaker/wifi interference thing is seriously irritating. Glad I don't need the wifi that often.

[rain nacelle]

First I'm hearing of that problem

[stiff ether]

Speaker is the EXACT same one as the MM unit. So the Same mod works for upgrading it

[cold burrow]

Oh, nice, thanks. I'll have to check into that.

[stiff ether]

It's been happening alot, more people are coming forward. We are always trying to help people as fast as we see them with it ❤️

[cold burrow]

Guess while I have it open I'll have to look at the dpad behavior, it has a slight rattle against the case that I've noticed with mine that doesn't happen with the other buttons

[cursive pumice]

Well, at least I know everything is working

Thanks for the tip

[rain nacelle]

What's the problem with the speaker/WiFi?

Does the speaker act up when WiFi is on because they're too close together?

[stiff ether]

It's the Same Speaker as the OG MM. So it was never a Great speaker to begin with. But upgrading it with the well known and shared Phone Mods gives you such amazing results

[potent tide]

Yea I’d guess it’s some kind of interference. Pretty common on these devices tbh, every device I have from my 35xxH and 34xxsp to my zero28s have some kind of interference caused speaker noise

[stiff ether]

It's a Cheap Speaker Problem. I upgraded my RGB30 to Laptop Speakers. Completely removed the Static Noise

[rain nacelle]

That sounds great

I own an RGB20 Pro and the static on that is a huge grievance I have with it

[stiff ether]

8 ohm 1w speakers 1.25 jit connectors

These are the single most common ones, just gotta find the ones that will fit in your shell. Do make sure they come with connectors already attached for easy fitting

[magic pewter]

I did a speaker mod on the trimui brick and wow was it worth it. Maybe ill try on this one too

[cold burrow]

Anyone know the speaker size needed for the mini flip yet? Guess I'll pull it apart and check

[ebon moat]

The same as the miyoo mini and the miyoo mini plus.

[stiff ether]

https://youtu.be/XAY60H7Gy2g?si=CniWKb7DuLNiMojW

Figured just linking you to the "Source"

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1459530151/better-speaker-for-miyoo-mini-systems

And for those who don't wanna Hunt around. This mod also works

[cold burrow]

Thanks, appreciate it!

[echo seal]

Speaker upgrades:

$2 marginally better than stock (select #8) https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLQt0FL
$5 much better than stock (select #15) https://a.aliexpress.com/_msBuCMV

[cold burrow]

The miyoo mini video advises #8, does #12 fit better for the mini flip?

[echo seal]

hang on, the listing has changed, yah 8 in that listing will work, there's a better one in another listing that russ didn't test but the price has gone up

I tested a few of them a while back & 15 was the biggest upgrade, better than the 8, here's a comparison of stock vs 15 in the rg nano:
https://youtu.be/nMBiHE59n30
https://youtu.be/OSD2NKmN-Ko

[cold burrow]

Quite a difference there!

[echo seal]

yah pretty surprising

[cold burrow]

I wonder how that #15 compares to that phone one he tested. Though it clearly beats it on availability and cost.

[echo seal]

yah i didn't bother getting the sony one, couldn't imagine it being like $15 better tbh, only so much you can do with a speaker that small & i was pretty blown away by the 15 already, sounds better than it has any right to lol

[last thorn]

onion still doesn't support close to sleep right?

I just checked the github and i don't see an issue for it, neither open nor closed. https://github.com/OnionUI/Onion/issues

[misty shore]

No but I have a hypothesis… replace Onion’s custom keymon with the one from Mini Flip stock and I bet it’d work. (May break a few other things though in the process ) Should be in the miyoo/app folder

[tawny peak]

are you taunting me? 😛

[misty shore]

Just tinkering vicariously through you guys lol

[tawny peak]

i will take a few minutes to test your idea, just gotta find an sd card to test on

[dawn jasper]

I've been playing the v4 and the mini flip back and forth and I really don't know which one I like the most.

[tawny peak]

i vote flip for the bigger battery, wifi and smaller size when closed

[misty shore]

I also find mini flip more ergonomic. Better spot to rest index fingers, plus face controls are higher up the chin

[tawny peak]

so, there is no keymon file in the same area in the onion filesystem

[misty shore]

I’ll track down where they keep it

One sec

[misty shore]

Check .tmp_update/bin on Onion. You’ll have to enable showing hidden folders in your file browser if you don’t see it

[tawny peak]

ill give that a shot

[dawn jasper]

My v4 doesn't have RTC either.

I just love the clear blue color though haha

[tawny peak]

doesnt seem any different although i do notice onion sees the flip as the mini plus instead of the v4, not sure if its possible to change how it is seen by the firmware

[misty shore]

Didnt do anything for the lid sensor?

[tawny peak]

it can detect when its being closed if thats what you mean, but still seems glitchy

[misty shore]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking it would “fix”

What kinda glitchy?

[tawny peak]

Still getting the screen glitches like this

[misty shore]

That’s a separate issue entirely

[ebon moat]

Those glitches I had on my v4 as well with onion. I fixed them by resizing the images in my selected theme to match the v4 resolution.

Right now they are 640x480 in most themes... which doesn't work on the v4 or the mini flip.

[left urchin]

@paper rose can we get this channel moved out of upcoming devices?

[hard orchid]

I’m glad I bought 2 of them for my original mini! Gonna pop it in my flip now

Has anyone got a DIY solution for the clacky d pad

[left urchin]

Turn up your stereo

It bugs me too lol

[stiff ether]

That one is too new, either FAFO or learn to live with it til someone else figures it out for you

Not trying to be mean, just being honest

[hard orchid]

Yea no I get you

I’m thinking of some electrical tape where a few of the plastics meet. I’ll let you know how it goes

[stiff ether]

Best of Luck, I'm in the Live with it stage. Waiting for someone smarter or Braver than me to figure it out

[cold burrow]

Something like that will probalby do, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYGS9zlUG38&t=1050s has a bunch of different options for different handhelds, though not specifically this one, I'm hoping something like those will work here. it bugs me too, the clack/rattle sounds so loud and hollow against the case

[hard orchid]

I’ve put a tiny bit of tape to hold the rubber membrane slightly tighter and it works a bit

[tawny peak]

Discovered we had some of the “good” packaging tape at home that I learned last year resists scratches nicely so, made myself a screen protector for the flip… not 100% perfect but pretty darn close

[hard orchid]

Upgraded speaker is also working well. It has a similar issue to the stock speaker, where it never fully turns off even at minimum volume. A bit of a hiss too at very low volume, but when you actually want to listen to it it sounds way better

[cold burrow]

Nice. How's the behavior with wifi enabled vs stock, did you run into interference with either?

[hard orchid]

I did have crackling when charging with the original speaker. It seems to have fixed that

I'll turn on wifi and test stuff out

[fresh spade]

Let the tinkering begin. 😂 Made a pak/app to control the display for MinUI and Sprig!

[tawny peak]

awesome!

i just moved everything from minui to allium and now youre gonna pull me back to it

[fresh spade]

Allium is great. Just use what you like.

[tawny peak]

i like both for different reasons

[cold burrow]

At this point I have an sd card each for minui, allium, and sprig, since i can't decide, but now my saves and states are mismatched between them 🙂

[tawny peak]

minui for the battery optimization, allium for the extra customization but that adds customization i wanted to have on minui

[left urchin]

would the app work on allium?

[misty shore]

I can't imagine it would be hard to adapt

[fresh spade]

I just put it on there and no... but why!?

It crashed Allium

[misty shore]

my guess - LD_LIBRARY_PATH differences

[fresh spade]

When I go to try and select it in apps. Not even trying to launch it

[misty shore]

linking against a different version of SDL or something

[fresh spade]

Can you not just freely add apps in Allium?

[left urchin]

i thought you could?

its similar to minui .pak setup

[fresh spade]

Hmm.. OH he uses a config.json as well!? Let me try adding one

[magic pewter]

Really glad i bought these speakers years ago lmao

still got a hum at no volume, but it sounds better quality

[fresh spade]

Yeah that was it. Wants that config file

But hmm.... Allium has it's own screen settings. No need for my app

[manic saddle]

Allium has been great so far for me. it's super nice opening it, loading right back into the game, and closing to shutdown

do yall get the new speakers to be louder, or better sound quality?

[hard orchid]

Got the exact same ones and the same behaviour

The normal speaker also has a hum at 0 volume too?

[hard orchid]

Quality is the big thing

[manic saddle]

that's fair. i've never had an issue but i mostly play gba which had an even worse speaker

[magic pewter]

It's not as noticable of a difference on this, than it was on the trimui brick

but it was a 5 minute thing with no soldering, so I figured why not

[hard orchid]

You can change them on the brick??

[manic saddle]

and mostly play very quiet or sounds off cause work

[magic pewter]

Brick was a pain honestly, had to cut some of the plastic frame around the buttons

It's not a drop in replacement like this

[desert sun]

😮 what tapes are those?

[tawny peak]

I will see if i can find it online

but ive used it on a few devices like my old 28xx in the past and i took that all over and rarely found a scratch on it, almost like it self healed so, im hoping that will be the case for the mini flip as well

[tawny peak]

not seeing it online but its a more durable packing tape

[hard orchid]

Do you know if #15 has a hum at 0 volume?

[clever notch]

Got my mini flip finally. The size/ergonomics on this are great. More comfortable than mini v4.

L1/R1 suck as people have mentioned (especially L1). And the d-pad is disappointing coming from a mini v4 🙁

Games like golden axe, street fighter 2, TMNT2, etc, are definitely not as pleasant compared to a mini v4

But the form factor is undeniably great and face buttons are nice. Very little travel but they feel responsive and easy to press quickly

I guess i'll mostly stick to RPGs on it

Platformers are good too since not many diagonals

It's just harder to move left/right very quickly or do diagonals like you do in fast fighting games

[austere ginkgo]

Do you know if you have a batch 1 or batch 2 ?

[clever notch]

batch 1

i bought all 4 colors (gifts) and recieved the white and pink

Mostly testing the pink so far

Gray/black are batch 2 so still waiting

[fresh spade]

Agree. Big Flip d-pad is way better and IMO a joy to use even for SF. Rubber membrane though will always be my preference for fighting games.

[echo seal]

don't have a mini flip to test yet but you'll most likely have hum with any of them, that's usually caused by poor isolation on the board, sound quality will be better tho

[tawny peak]

Just ordered a new speaker upgrade plus better screws for the mini flip from etsy... looking forward to hearing how it will sound afterwards

[dawn jasper]

Better screws??

Are people just marketing anything and everything on Etsy now?

Better screws don’t sound hand crafted hahaha

[ebon moat]

4 screws at $5... I mean seriously?

I mean these things are so cheap the original screws will probably last longer than the device itself, lol.

[stiff ether]

I feel judged

I ordered those because they were black to fully make my whole RGB30 Black/Yellow since they were the only "Silver" Part sticking out at me....

[ebon moat]

You could have gone to a hardware store and picked them up for a much smaller fraction of the price.

But as long as your happy, that is all that matters in the end.

[tawny peak]

finding a good hareware store around me isnt exactly easy lol, i kinda live in the middle of nowhere

if i wanted to travel about an hour or so maybe but then im spending as much in gas

[cold burrow]

Hmm, off-topic, but is there really no way to get Skraper to stop re-downloading existing artwork if it's not in its short-lived cache? Maybe I should just use Skysraper or an on-device scraper instead. I'm tired of having to re-scrape my damn library for every new device i buy.

[tawny peak]

misread... but can you not save the pics to a spot on your pc and just keep copying from there

[cold burrow]

Yeah, that's what I'm wanting to do, but I have a few that are missing, and Skraper wants to re-download the entire damn thing instead, unless i copy them to a separate folder to scrape from

Was hoping it'd just get the missing ones

[tawny peak]

for the few that are missing, would it not be easier to find them online and resize/name them yourself?

then add them to the proper folders for later

[cold burrow]

I'm wanting to be thorough, and I have like 42 missing manuals, 10 covers from this one, 3 from that one, etc across the systems. So not quite as trivial as a few here or there. Might have to resort to that, or just let it rescrape over a couple day period or something. Could also use Skyscraper I suppose, but it's a lot more limited

[tawny peak]

ah gotcha, when i do it, i only do the front cover and no manuals etc, that would take a lot longer

[cold burrow]

Yeah, makes sense. if it was just for this one device in minui or something it'd be super trivial

[tawny peak]

https://thumbnails.libretro.com/ see if you can find them on here, might be helpful

wont have the manuals but should have the pics at least

[cold burrow]

That's a good idea, would at least fill in the cover/screenshot/titlescreen gaps

I was looking at exodos/exoscummvm/etc collections and they really have a nice art setup. There are folders like "Box - Back" "Clear Logo" "Fanart - Background" "Screenshot - Game Over" etc, was thinking I might structure my local archive like that, and just map that into the es-de/es/whatever format for each device

There's even "Advertisement Flyer - Front"

with numeric suffixes for more than one, i.e. -02, -03

Not sure I care enough to want to curate something like that, but it's cool

[tawny peak]

hopefully i was able to help a bit lol

only got up like 20 min ago lmao

[cold burrow]

Absolutely, thanks.

[stiff ether]

Tried lol. They don't have that size near me locally 😭

[dawn jasper]

$5 will get you over a hundred of those puppies.

[dawn jasper]

Wasn't a dig on you. I was just more dissappointed in what the platform has become. They used to actually take pride in being a market of individual creators. Now, it is just another free for all with very little curation.

[stiff ether]

Hit or Miss, some are better than others. Its just the nature of everything. Heck, you can find Fully set up Devices on there for X3 their cost marked up

[left urchin]

Will folks that have customized the colors of allium please send me your stylesheets??????

Looking into adding some default theme options for the next release and would love to include user submissions!

[misty shore]

Sundoublecrosser Sport

[left urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/kylo-ren-traitor-star-wars-gif-16767158544211392703

[stiff ether]

I use Default

I'm so damn lazy

I just wanna Play Games

[ebon moat]

I wanted something pretty while I pick my game, lol.

[magic pewter]

I've been enjoying mine, great for pickup and play of mole mania

Integer scale doesn't really matter much to me on a resolution this fine

[idle kayak]

I'm between using Sprig and Onion on my, i can't decide

[left urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/laser-eyes-laser-rays-bitcoin-bitaroo-both-gif-12624651758351797616

[idle kayak]

How so?

Hmm I might have a second sd card for it haha

[left urchin]

Just try both

Sprig is for the mini flip only btw

[idle kayak]

Okay!

I love my mini flip lol

[left urchin]

Allium MinUI and koriki are also options

[visual basalt]

i think ive settled on allium

very nice to use and quick

[tawny peak]

its about to get even better

[visual basalt]

how so

https://tenor.com/view/tell-me-more-michael-scott-the-office-steve-carell-gif-5407074

[left urchin]

#1372499987606405171 message

[visual basalt]

ooooo nice

[left urchin]

If you set up your allium card all custom like send me the style sheet if you want to contribute a potential theme option for an upcoming release

[visual basalt]

this is the one i setup on my grey flip

really only changed the highlight color and buttons tho

[empty kernel]

Have the Onion devs got their mits on this device yet? Excited to see what they do, but heard no murmurs on rg handhelds's discord yet. Would need a bit of updating to latest cores and whatnot though.

[empty kernel]

My mind went straight to the 5 guys 1 girl meme. Time to have a bit of a break from the internets.

[paper rose]

[tawny peak]

Hey @paper rose, any chance of moving this thread to the released devices now that its out?

[misty shore]

Some of them have the device, but they are also very busy with IRL stuff

[cold burrow]

Hmm, do the onion ports work on the other firmware images, or are their library path issues?

[misty shore]

I haven't tried tbh, but if there's library issues they'll be solvable if you can track down which libraries the ports are crying for

[cold burrow]

True.

Not a priority really, given the screen size a lot of them wouldn't make sense, but some of the sonic ones, zelda3, etc should run fine. probably the super metroid one, though might have to build that one from scratch.

[left urchin]

https://tenor.com/view/hold-on-to-your-butts-jurrasic-park-hold-on-switch-off-samuel-l-jackson-gif-19953750

https://github.com/spruceUI/sprigUI/releases/tag/sprigUI-v1.1.0

[misty shore]

Major Changes

• The UI now runs faster and smoother, with things like changes to volume and brightness reflecting immediately instead of after a delay.
• Replaced keymon with our own watchdog scripts for greater customization of button, lid, and battery behavior.
• Added the Game Nursery, an over-the-air downloader for free homebrew games for a variety of platforms.
• Added display settings for brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, and independent red/green/blue balance (thanks @fresh spade!).
• Improved boxart optimization algorithms that better balance size on disk and render speed.
• Implemented variable time settings to safely auto-shutdown your device after closing the lid.
• Added options to disable wifi while in game or while in pseudo-sleep, in order to save battery.
• Added options to enable or disable ADB, SSH, Samba, and Telnet access to your device.
• Added ability to exit boxart scraper early by pressing the MENU button; also various under-the-hood scraper improvements.

[manic saddle]

gotta get out another sd card to have this one on 👀

[empty kernel]

Isn't easy enough to delete the needed and replace the needed folders and maybe tweak the rom folder names when moving from one cfw to another? They're largely the same file structure.

[left urchin]

Yes

I think all the CFW for the mini flip uses a “BIOS” folder

And “Roms”

So just need to edit the individual Roms folders names

[empty kernel]

Should salvage your saves too obviously.

[manic saddle]

I just don't want to overwrite my allium sd card in case i want to go back to it

[left urchin]

Allium is small, backup the files so you can redo it later

[brazen dome]

Can you overclock this? I want to use the other PS1 core (swan) since it has better support for a feature I want but it's slower than rearmed but like 5-10%. On onion os

[runic bane]

i heard the left shoulder button is broken on some devices, is that true?

[left urchin]

Broken? No

Less than ideal? Yes

[runic bane]

oh i misremembered

[dawn jasper]

It is difficulty to actuate unless you press it near the front edge. I think it has something to do with the plastic mold or the rubber gasket. It isn't the switch itself.

[wet scroll]

Approaching the middle of November but still no shipping 🙁

[bitter moss]

Allium may be small, but it has an excellent sense of self esteem.

[fresh spade]

Not gonna ship soon if Miyoo is really revising the shoulders and sound issues.

Honestly I hope they do revise it and delay batch 2. You will all be happier. I know it will be a longer wait... but worth it IMO

So yeah we do belong in upcoming devices. 😬 🤪 🤣

[wet scroll]

You mean I narrowly avoided being a beta tester?

[bitter moss]

Hard to say, I have three mini Flips and they're all fine

[fresh spade]

Unfortunately yes. This batch one does have shoulder and sound issues.

Both of my units have the issues.

[misty shore]

That’s uh… unfortunately how Miyoo launches go 😅

[fresh spade]

Not unusable... but could be better

[fresh spade]

Every single time

[misty shore]

I mean really it almost never will pay off to be an early adopter of any of these devices, Miyoo or not

[fresh spade]

Even Anbernic with light bleed issues and... well list goes on

[bitter moss]

I agree, I always assume issues, but in this case I paid attention to the devs and, based on that, went for it and I got lucky.

suboptimal

but decent for the games I'm playing on them

[fresh spade]

If you don't use shoulders and upgrade the speaker things are OK/Better on this first batch

[bitter moss]

I mean, none of my GC games run, but that was probably something I expected in a dream

[fresh spade]

I have mine in my front pocket daily and am in love with it. Flaws and all. It's my favorite Miyoo device to date.

[brazen dome]

Allium vs onion OS?

Any reviews of this?

[tawny peak]

stability wise allium all day, feature wise onion

[fresh spade]

Allium is a complete custom ground up OS/UI. It looks like MinUI but uses RetroArch and an in-game menu like MinUI/Stock MainUI. It is very snappy and faster than Onion mainly because Onion is using and bound by stock MainUI. If you like the look of MainUI/Stock/OnionOS and the OnionOS GameSwitcher then I would recommend Onion. If you Like MinUI look/feel and in-game then I say Allium. You can customize Allium colors and add wallpaper as well vs MinUI where you can't. Think of Allium as sort of MinUI look but with RetroArch and in-game menu for save and load states. However it is not minarch like MinUI in that you need to be comfortable with RetroArch for things like overlays and other configs.

Now.... to throw a wrench in the works. There is sprig by the spruce team and mainly Ry. That has the look/fell of OnionOS/MainUI but with some additional features and is getting better daily. So I would say check that out as well. Honestly... try them all. It's worth it IMO to find the one you connect with the most to enjoy your Mini Flip.

[left urchin]

Ry and Chris 😉

[brazen dome]

man. love the devs supporting all these. so many options!

[fresh spade]

Yes yes. Sorry. I just meant Ry was sort of the one most leading the Mini Flip.

[fresh spade]

I may be throwing my hat in the mix soon.

[left urchin]

Yeah????

[fresh spade]

Yeah.... I spent all day today on a feature for MinUI that is compatible for Brick/H700/Mini series/Flip

[paper rose]

It's time y'all.
The Miyoo Mini Flip has it's own thread now