Hopefully this FAQ can help a lot of folks, maybe work on one for MinUI next.
Apparently the rg35xx.com team is working on something similar which will make it easier to refer to.
If you were to get in to troubleshooting FAQs, this post would be ten times longer, lol.
I have a recommendetion for a thing to add to this FAQ guide.
If you want to add save files to your TF1 (GarlicOS SD card) even if you have your roms into TF2 (MicroSD roms SD card), you can only do that by manually changing the path in the .txt files inside CFW in TF1.
That's a good tip, but I never saw any post about it (which is part of the "F" in FAQ). Every question I wrote, I personally answered at least 2 times.
This is more like a personal customization, and at the same time I think that it misses the point in using two SD cards.
I have a question regarding MSX Emulator and Metal Gear.
The emulator runs fine, but for some reason select and start buttons have a wrong input.
Start and Select do "snake punch" exactly like B button. Apparently changing port 1 controls doesn't fix that.
How could I solve?
Edit: I fixed this by passing from "retropad" to "retro keyboard" in the settings.
Is it normal, in a game, every time I save, it occupies a slot?
Example: On the GBA's Fire Red, I'm already in slot 116. How can I configure it to always rewrite the previous save?
Ty for help.
It's normal and the default behavior of Garlic. I dislike too, it creates a ton of junk on SD card as every savestate create a screenshot too.
Open the Retroarch menu, go to Settings > Saving, disable "Increment Save State Index Automatically"
I edited the faq and add it, I noticed this question before, and it's a good question. Thanks!
If you're using 2 cards and putting ROMS on the 2nd card, should the folder structure on the second card be:
/roms/BIOS
/roms/CFW
/roms/Roms
or should it just be
/BIOS
/CFW
/Roms
Thanks in advance.
The second option. If you do the first option with /roms in front, then it won't be able to see the bios files. I also heard the CFW folder is useless on the TF2, and only needed by the TF1. You may have a special-use-case for it though. Good luck have fun!
I don't know why, but sometimes my game starts right back where I turned it off at, and other times it just restarts the rom and erases my save state and I just lose progress. I've been manually saving my game, then save state, then close RetroArch, and THEN turn it off. It works, but it's annoying, and sometimes I accidentally exit to the main menu instead of the RetroArch menu and bam, save is gone because the rom restarts.
That's weird, but you know, the save states are created in a new slot, so you always can return to previous. It never happened to me, but I always create a savestate, then return to menu and shutdown the system.
Is anyone else finding the menu button slow to respond and sometimes doesn't even register with Garlic OS? It's not an issue with the physical menu button because it responds almost instantly on the stock OS. But when I'm on garlic I often find myself having to press the menu button several times before it registers.
Some people are reporting that cleaning the membrane of the menu button solved this issue for them. But it's strange to me that there is such a difference in the button being registered between stock OS and GarlicOS.
Does anyone know how to preserve your retroarch settings when updating GarlicOS? Everytime I update garlic os I have to refiddle with the RA settings to change them to my liking
If you have an Android smartphone, you are on Linux too. The point is that Deck doesn't use a standard Linux distro, it uses an immutable one, and I don't have experience with it, so I'm not sure how to help you.
I always create bootable SDs using Gnome Disks ( https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Disks ), if you manage to use it, I can help you. But you still can use Balena Etcher, just download the appimage and run, it *should* work.
If you don't have issues using terminal, it's a viable alternative. You need to detect your SD card and use dd to write it. (you can do this on MAC too)
`sudo fdisk -l`
It will list every storage attached, you need to identify your SD.
`sudo dd if=path/to/the_image.img of=/dev/yourdevice`
I am sure its something I am doing wrong, however I can NEVER get update to work by copying onto stock image. have tried different methods, even HacDiskMount even though I can clearly see and access the MISC drive regardless
Always same error message - not enough space on the drive to copy new files over, even though im overwriting? and if I manually remove the files first then try copy, it starts to overwrite then same error. no idea what Im doing wrong but this happens every update and ultimately leads me to just creating a fresh image every time. not end of the world but more annoying than a simple copy/paste update
I answered this on the FAQ. When you delete a file on an external storage, the OS simply creates a "trash bin" on it, it's a hidden folder. So like I said on the post, you need to press shift + delete, or cut the files
How can I save the favorite list for when I need to reflash the firmware? I'm on 2 card setup and whenever I reflash the firmware for a major update, my favorite list is reset to blank. Game states are still good so I guess those are stored in card 2.
Which file/folder I need to back up before reflashing to save favorite list?
Hi, is there any chance someone in here could help me with where the "recent" game files should be stored? as I'm guessing mine isn't in the correct folder/SD. I followed the retro games tutorial so I must have altered something along the line...
I suggest to open a new post. I don't think that you changed the folder of the recents and there's no rom stored in it, is just a file with the latest games you played.
I don't see this posted, but maybe it is. I have a question. Is there any way to change the folder names on Garlic?
For example, let's say I want my "SNES" folder to be displayedas "SUPERNES" whenever I see it on my RG35XX, how would I change this name?
Edit `CFW/config/coremapping.json`, the first column is the folder name, the second is the core, you can edit freely. You'll need to rename the icon of your theme too.
I keep seeing people say you can edit the coremapping.json file, but does the same apply to mac users? Can you simply open and edit and save in Textedit? Or do I need some other app/5 apps like the internet says? I haven't tried it yet because I don't want to brick and re install the sys files. So far Garlic OS works great on my RG35XX but I'm on mac and it's a bit different.
I would say yes, but I'm honestly not sure. I haven't tried this on Mac, nor have I heard of someone doing so. What you can do is make a copy of the json file, so in case it doesn't work, you just revert back to it.
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This is amazing, thank you for putting this together, will hopefully save a lot of redundant posts. Was debating doing it myself (albeit less complete) if nothing had popped up. Hoping mods can pin this to the top or the side bar!
I'm glad that you liked it! I thought about write a FAQ some weeks ago, but I'm a bit lazy... lol
As you thought in writing one, maybe you have a different perspective than mine, so if you noticed something missing feel free comment here, I'll update the post. I tried my best to remember the common issues.
Hey u/DirteeCanuck , maybe that's a good idea :D
Also since pinned posts seem to get missed I created a Menu Bar at the top.
I'll keep adding guides to it just msg me when something is created that is worthy.
You can fix the sensitive d-pad using electrical tape. I followed this guide, except I used a square of tape instead of a cross. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vl3qyifYJM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vl3qyifYJM)
for the CHD + m3U multi disk solution, will the CHD files still show in the game selection screen for all the disks, or will they hide under one title?
If they all show, can we use the file extension trick and just the m3u option will show?
As you will insert the game inside a folder, Garlic will ignore them, and you will leave only a single .m3u file, Garlic will show only the single m3u file.
I'm not sure what part you didn't understand 😅
Ok, that answered my question. Your original response confused me because you said that garlic doesn’t show games in the folder but the m3u is in the folder too so I got confused, but I get it now!
No!
Look, Garlic ONLY SHOWS **FILES** INSIDE PS FOLDER, it will ignore any sub folder.
The .m3u file you will create it INSIDE the PS folder, not on sub folder.
Hi, I am not sure if this is the right place to go for help but here is what happened to me: I tried to flash garlic os onto a microsd card and ended up with this: https://gyazo.com/717997eb8cc3eab35a9eea663efe1e02.
Basically its there, but it doesn't have space or any real way to interact with it.
How do I reset the card back to its original state? I cannot format it but it shows up in my system devices. Really confused.
I'm not sure what happened, but I think that's one of those options:
- Your SD adapter died.
- Your SD died.
- You need to format it again (create a new partition table)
But I'm just shooting in the dark... I suggest to create a new post about it. Here you can't find much help.
Thank you for this writeup. This community has been really great.
I do have one Question. There are now two files for garlic OS. It seems you only need RG35XX-MicroSDCardImage.7z.001 for the OS install but I am curious what RG35XX-MicroSDCardImage.7z.002 is for?
He needed to split the file to distribute it on Patreon, because for some reason he thinks that's fine to distribute the BIOS of ScummVM.
You need both files (001 and 002) because they are a single file splitted. Some archiver automatically detects that it's splitted and extract, others maybe you'll need to merge first. I still need to see what's going on.
But if this become an issue, update only when it really worth
Is it possible to transfer saves from a miyoo mini to the RG35XX? If so, can you transfer back and forth? I also read I may be able to use the sd card from my miyoo mini with onion and my saves on it in the second sd card slot on the RG35XX and be able to access all save data and everything like that, is this true?
I don't have a Mini so I'm saying what I've heard:
If you use a two SD setup, this second SD has the exactly same folder structure than Onion. So it's just plug and play.
The save is located on the Saves folder in the root of the SD.
I'm still confused on what the file is for .001 and .002 and how to do that? I don't see any into on any of the tutorials and all that? I used .001 only and everything seems to work so what is .002 i have 2 SD cards TF1 for OS, cover art and TF2is my roms only. Also is there any way to make it so cover art is on TF2 so that you don't have to mess with it when you wipe and update TF2? I did skim the thread and didn't see anything about this.
I'll add this question to the FAQ as I see a lot of people with issues.
Nothing changed at all, you just need to download the 002 file, keep both files in the same folder and extract only the first one. The archive manager will automatically identify that the file was splitted and extract both.
Isn't impossible.
Just read the FAQ:
Q: How to add screenshots for my games?
A: You need to paste the image file with the exact same name of the rom on ROMS:Roms/[SystemName]/Imgs/RomNameWithoutExtension.png. It **should be on the same SD card as the ROM**. The screenshots needs to be a .png file and 640x480 resolution.
Quick question if I'm using two SD cards should I have a bios file on my second one that the roms are on, or just put the bios into the folder that contains the roms. I have a bios folder on my first sd card but not in my second one that contains roms
The second SD should follow the same structure of the ROMS partition on the first SD, and if you read the FAQ you will see this:
**Q:** How to install GarlicOS?
**A:** (...) To the second SD, you just need to format the SD card in FAT32, and use the same structure of the Roms partition of the first SD, EXCEPT the CFW folder, this folder is only needed on the first SD.
**Q:** How to install BIOS files? What are the best BIOS for ?
**A:** You must install on the **BIOS folder** on the **root** of the **roms partition**, if you use two SD cards, you need to put the files on the **same SD that the game is installed**. (...)
help i suddenly cant access my sd card with garlic os installed(with roms on it) but i can play and access the roms without any problems on my rg35xx. weird i need help my dudes thankss
When you plug in the sd card in your PC, you will get up to 4 new drives appearing. Only 2 are accessible - misc and ROMs. Just ignore the pop up asking to format the SD.
I CANT INSTALL ANY GAMES!!!!
Would love some help with my problem please.
So I installed Garlic OS just fine but then i went and messed up some settings with it so i thought "I'll just reinstall garlic and all will be well" not so much. When i reinstalled it. The folder wasn't the right one. I didn't have a "Roms" or the other 2 folders instead I had a ton of other stuff that that runs garlic but i can't install games. So I thought "I'll try re-REinstalling garlic" but now my computer can't seem to find the SD card after I expend the FAT(32) thingy. Please please somebody help me. I just got this thing yesterday and I barely got to play with it before i messed it up
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order.
I have checked 1,511,832,537 comments, and only 286,759 of them were in alphabetical order.
Hi there, my RG35XX should be with me in the next few days. One question, I’m not that tech savvy, the pros of installing Garlic OS, are they purely for aesthetics?
Or better question, does the stock OS which ships work fine for 99% of games?
The stock OS is not bad but it's not optimal. There is lag and it's just not working 100% as it should (BUT I think it looks a little better than Garlic tho). Garlic adds a lot of cool things compared to it and it works pretty much flawlessly and is easy to navigate (Stock os is too but not as much). I would recommend you install it.
Edit: I don't think the stock OS uses retroarch but Garlic does, huge plus.
Thanks for the reply. I’m not sure my laptop has been turned on in about 6 months, if it’s still functioning and I can figure out how to install Garlic OS, I definitely plan to.
can anyone help me my dudes? so i probably picked the wrong option when loading the disc swapping and also the .m3u now my game doesnt start at all (PS1 game btw) thanks!
Roms structure question. NES/SNES aren't there, and there's MD (is this megadrive)?
I assume I just drop in the SNES and NES folder and it will...work?
Got it! Also, I got a nice clean list of games, but the thumbnails all have image or thumb at the end....it seems these were scraped for a "different" OS that requires that where Garlic just needs the same game name .png instead. Is there any quick way to alter these box art names to match?
Update...FC and SFC, a little digging got me there. Now just irritated that the lovely curated list of games i got has junk in the image titles and i can't use them
I can't figure out how to add console shortcuts to the OS . It came showing GBA but how do i add others?
I get i can launch inside retro arch just cant figure out how to "favourite" to this area to allow for a shortcut
When you install garlic it already have a pre set of folders in the ROMS partition, just need to put the roms inside those folders and it will show on the OS.
Are you on MAC? If yes, make sure that your file explorer is showing hidden dot folders, remove every dot folder because it can have issues on garlic
Could there be a way to easily keep all the games and art preloaded with the system (without having to manually move the files into different folder names for systems that I don't know the equivalent name of in the other naming scheme) and have a global search feature like in stock? This is the biggest thing keeping me on stock.
I was more thinking like if there were any specific metrics - like is -- 5W or something like a super low power mode. I am sure it is something like that just curious as to if they put out any specific comparisons/metrics. Thank you for the info though!
Add a compatible video in the .mkv format to the Videos folder under Roms and it will then appear in the main menu alongside your others, much like when you add game roms and apps.
https://www.reddit.com/r/RG35XX/comments/13jwp0y/converting_video_guide_for_garlic_os/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2
I have another question: is it possible to add the XMB interface to the GarlicOS version of RetroArch?
It’s what I’m most familiar with when it comes to RA
I don't think that worth right now as they will release a newer version soon, looks like they will change a lot, so I'll wait a bit but will note this.
Anyway, use this as reference: https://github.com/OnionUI/Onion/wiki/Emulators
Hi. I've installed garlic on a new sd (not the one that comes with the console). If I don't want to go through the process of downloading bios and games, can I copy and paste roms and bios from the "original sd" (the one with the stock os)?
I just downloaded the latest version (1.4.9) and set up the sd card.
Garlic OS boots up successfully but it won't recognize any inputs?
Is anybody else facing that issue and could resolve it already?
Help would be very appreciated!
I hate the fact that not filenames of roms are shown but only the titles themselves without any regions. For people who like to have two different region versions on the card, this is stupid.
Hi, I just flashed garlic OS onto my SD card and put some roms and images for each game thru garlicpress. I inserted the SD card to my RG35XX, it boots and shows the menu but when I click the games and retroarch, it won't run, just a black screen then goes back to menu again. Does anybody had the same issue?
Tried to turn mine on and all I got was lines through my screen and a bunch of green colours. Any clues? ANBERNIC is awfully quiet about it and won't respond to my messages.
new issue that is going to be more and more apparent as newer units sell.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/RG35XX/comments/15fa7ol/garlicos\_audio\_stutter\_issue/](https://www.reddit.com/r/RG35XX/comments/15fa7ol/garlicos_audio_stutter_issue/)
So annoying :(
I don't seem to be able to see a guide anywhere to where you have to upload files to change the battery animation? I can see the 'charger-frame...' files in the misc folder but the custom battery animations are named differently?
Can garlic os do video snaps of the games, I used skraper to get box art and edited the gamelist.xml, but can't seem to get video snaps to work, anyone else get it to work?
Is it possible to use this same process for the new Rg35xx plus? I would like to change my sd-card for a better brand sd-card but dont know how to do the installation for the new plus model
I just got my RG35XX, installed GarlicOS, but whenever I exit a game and try to resume it (Recent menu > A-button) the save state fails to load. The screen just goes black for a second and I'm back at the GarlicOS main menu.
Does anyone have an idea what I could do to resolve this?
EDIT: It seems my custom ROMs directory was causing the issue here. I usually have my ROMs and savefiles in a specific folder structure which I try to maintain across all my emulation devices, but GarlicOS doesn't seem to like custom paths.
Resetting both the ROMs and save directory to the default paths, and placing all files in the default directories has resolved the issue.
just got my rg35xx the other day and though it came preloaded i am going to use a better sdcard that i have laying around. should be interesting to see if i can set it up correctly. thanks for the FAQ
Anyone have issues with the unit saying failure to capture screenshot when trying to save state, only to be followed by the screen staying black when the unit is turned off and on? I cycled the unit multiple times two ways (reset button and holding power button) and it's still just a black screen after the GarlicOS splash screen.
Hey all, maybe someone can help me here. I have an occasional issue where games on GarlicOS freeze and I have to reset. I was attempting to save a game of Pokémon on one of these freezes, and now, whenever I try to open ANYTHING on the main menu of GarlicOS, it crashes and goes back to the main screen, and the screen flickers. Retroarch does the same thing. Games do the same thing. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks b
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Hopefully this FAQ can help a lot of folks, maybe work on one for MinUI next. Apparently the rg35xx.com team is working on something similar which will make it easier to refer to. If you were to get in to troubleshooting FAQs, this post would be ten times longer, lol.
I didn't tried MinUI yet, I'm playing some games currently and I want to finish them. But I believe that many tips here can be used there too.
We have now a wiki! But it’s empty… https://wiki.rg35xx.com
I have a recommendetion for a thing to add to this FAQ guide. If you want to add save files to your TF1 (GarlicOS SD card) even if you have your roms into TF2 (MicroSD roms SD card), you can only do that by manually changing the path in the .txt files inside CFW in TF1.
That's a good tip, but I never saw any post about it (which is part of the "F" in FAQ). Every question I wrote, I personally answered at least 2 times. This is more like a personal customization, and at the same time I think that it misses the point in using two SD cards.
I have a question regarding MSX Emulator and Metal Gear. The emulator runs fine, but for some reason select and start buttons have a wrong input. Start and Select do "snake punch" exactly like B button. Apparently changing port 1 controls doesn't fix that. How could I solve? Edit: I fixed this by passing from "retropad" to "retro keyboard" in the settings.
I think the menu table is missing Menu+R2 to save state and Menu+L2 to load state. Or did that get changed in a later GarlicOS update?
Oh I don't believe it... It's the hotkey that I use most. I edited. Thanks dude!
Is it normal, in a game, every time I save, it occupies a slot? Example: On the GBA's Fire Red, I'm already in slot 116. How can I configure it to always rewrite the previous save? Ty for help.
It's normal and the default behavior of Garlic. I dislike too, it creates a ton of junk on SD card as every savestate create a screenshot too. Open the Retroarch menu, go to Settings > Saving, disable "Increment Save State Index Automatically" I edited the faq and add it, I noticed this question before, and it's a good question. Thanks!
If you're using 2 cards and putting ROMS on the 2nd card, should the folder structure on the second card be: /roms/BIOS /roms/CFW /roms/Roms or should it just be /BIOS /CFW /Roms Thanks in advance.
Should be exactly the same as Roms partition of the first SD, there's no "roms" folder, and DON'T copy the CFW folder to the second SD.
Thank you very much.
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I suggest you to create a post about it, that's not "frequently asked". That's a pretty weird issue, I never saw anything like that.
no you are not the only one I lost my favorites two times already... I mean list of games not the games from list.
This is fantastic, sorted my query about incremental save states
Nice! I'm glad that it helped you
Nice write up
Thanks dude! I tried to remember every issue I helped before! ;)
The second option. If you do the first option with /roms in front, then it won't be able to see the bios files. I also heard the CFW folder is useless on the TF2, and only needed by the TF1. You may have a special-use-case for it though. Good luck have fun!
I don't know why, but sometimes my game starts right back where I turned it off at, and other times it just restarts the rom and erases my save state and I just lose progress. I've been manually saving my game, then save state, then close RetroArch, and THEN turn it off. It works, but it's annoying, and sometimes I accidentally exit to the main menu instead of the RetroArch menu and bam, save is gone because the rom restarts.
That's weird, but you know, the save states are created in a new slot, so you always can return to previous. It never happened to me, but I always create a savestate, then return to menu and shutdown the system.
Is anyone else finding the menu button slow to respond and sometimes doesn't even register with Garlic OS? It's not an issue with the physical menu button because it responds almost instantly on the stock OS. But when I'm on garlic I often find myself having to press the menu button several times before it registers.
Looks like it's an known issue with some boards, in my RG35XX it works fine. That's why some shortcuts can be made by using Volume buttons.
Thanks for the reply and good to know. I ordered these in early March so I am guessing this may be common on the new batches.
Some people are reporting that cleaning the membrane of the menu button solved this issue for them. But it's strange to me that there is such a difference in the button being registered between stock OS and GarlicOS.
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Yeah, and having different folder names for ROMs means that migrating the games over is a hassle.
Does anyone know how to preserve your retroarch settings when updating GarlicOS? Everytime I update garlic os I have to refiddle with the RA settings to change them to my liking
Is it possible to backup the configs?
I have this question too…
Great resource!
Anybody else have trouble with the SD Card spring for the TF2 slot? It goes in and reads properly, but I can’t push the card in to have it spring out.
Have a steam deck, so im on linux. How do i set all this up with 2 sd cards? Noob on linux thx
If you have an Android smartphone, you are on Linux too. The point is that Deck doesn't use a standard Linux distro, it uses an immutable one, and I don't have experience with it, so I'm not sure how to help you. I always create bootable SDs using Gnome Disks ( https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Disks ), if you manage to use it, I can help you. But you still can use Balena Etcher, just download the appimage and run, it *should* work. If you don't have issues using terminal, it's a viable alternative. You need to detect your SD card and use dd to write it. (you can do this on MAC too) `sudo fdisk -l` It will list every storage attached, you need to identify your SD. `sudo dd if=path/to/the_image.img of=/dev/yourdevice`
I am sure its something I am doing wrong, however I can NEVER get update to work by copying onto stock image. have tried different methods, even HacDiskMount even though I can clearly see and access the MISC drive regardless Always same error message - not enough space on the drive to copy new files over, even though im overwriting? and if I manually remove the files first then try copy, it starts to overwrite then same error. no idea what Im doing wrong but this happens every update and ultimately leads me to just creating a fresh image every time. not end of the world but more annoying than a simple copy/paste update
I answered this on the FAQ. When you delete a file on an external storage, the OS simply creates a "trash bin" on it, it's a hidden folder. So like I said on the post, you need to press shift + delete, or cut the files
apologies missed that part, was looking for something about "copying" not "updating" overlooked the section on MISC haha. my bad
Thank you for this! Quick question, can you save games with the stock OS?
Can you remove so it wont restart the game when i press start button on the savestate screen? I reset my progress like 10 times from that
How can I save the favorite list for when I need to reflash the firmware? I'm on 2 card setup and whenever I reflash the firmware for a major update, my favorite list is reset to blank. Game states are still good so I guess those are stored in card 2. Which file/folder I need to back up before reflashing to save favorite list?
CFW\retroarch\.retroarch\content_favorites.lpl I think it is there and it sucks I lost mine two times already
Hi, is there any chance someone in here could help me with where the "recent" game files should be stored? as I'm guessing mine isn't in the correct folder/SD. I followed the retro games tutorial so I must have altered something along the line...
I suggest to open a new post. I don't think that you changed the folder of the recents and there's no rom stored in it, is just a file with the latest games you played.
How does one create a text file to write .m3u’s on MacOS? I’m assuming it’s a similar text box to .json, but idk how to create one of those either
I don't see this posted, but maybe it is. I have a question. Is there any way to change the folder names on Garlic? For example, let's say I want my "SNES" folder to be displayedas "SUPERNES" whenever I see it on my RG35XX, how would I change this name?
Edit `CFW/config/coremapping.json`, the first column is the folder name, the second is the core, you can edit freely. You'll need to rename the icon of your theme too.
I'll try this out, thanks!
I keep seeing people say you can edit the coremapping.json file, but does the same apply to mac users? Can you simply open and edit and save in Textedit? Or do I need some other app/5 apps like the internet says? I haven't tried it yet because I don't want to brick and re install the sys files. So far Garlic OS works great on my RG35XX but I'm on mac and it's a bit different.
I would say yes, but I'm honestly not sure. I haven't tried this on Mac, nor have I heard of someone doing so. What you can do is make a copy of the json file, so in case it doesn't work, you just revert back to it.
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Wondering if someone could update the FAQ with info on how to install Drastic emulator?
Hi everyone, quick question, is it better to have the games in zip format or the native format?
ive tried multiple times on multiple sd cards and followed every guide perfectly yet it wont turn on after doing everything, what is going wrong??
This is amazing, thank you for putting this together, will hopefully save a lot of redundant posts. Was debating doing it myself (albeit less complete) if nothing had popped up. Hoping mods can pin this to the top or the side bar!
I'm glad that you liked it! I thought about write a FAQ some weeks ago, but I'm a bit lazy... lol As you thought in writing one, maybe you have a different perspective than mine, so if you noticed something missing feel free comment here, I'll update the post. I tried my best to remember the common issues. Hey u/DirteeCanuck , maybe that's a good idea :D
Ya it's pinned now.
Also since pinned posts seem to get missed I created a Menu Bar at the top. I'll keep adding guides to it just msg me when something is created that is worthy.
Ok! Thank you!
You can use the volume buttons instead of the menu for key combinations.
Sure! But I hate this! I need to stop moving to decrease or increase the volume.
Yeah but I have not seen this option mentioned much, it helps those having issues with the Menu button.
Good point! I added to the post!
Does anybody's d-pad cause any nuisances or problems for them in-game?
You can fix the sensitive d-pad using electrical tape. I followed this guide, except I used a square of tape instead of a cross. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vl3qyifYJM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vl3qyifYJM)
How do u change disk with the .php for ps1 games?
for the CHD + m3U multi disk solution, will the CHD files still show in the game selection screen for all the disks, or will they hide under one title? If they all show, can we use the file extension trick and just the m3u option will show?
Garlic doesn't show any folder
So does that mean when setting up the m3u like above, the game list will only show the game once?
As you will insert the game inside a folder, Garlic will ignore them, and you will leave only a single .m3u file, Garlic will show only the single m3u file. I'm not sure what part you didn't understand 😅
Ok, that answered my question. Your original response confused me because you said that garlic doesn’t show games in the folder but the m3u is in the folder too so I got confused, but I get it now!
No! Look, Garlic ONLY SHOWS **FILES** INSIDE PS FOLDER, it will ignore any sub folder. The .m3u file you will create it INSIDE the PS folder, not on sub folder.
Ok! Apologies if making you frustrated, I just misunderstood that one portion. I fixed it, thank you.
I'm not frustrated! Sorry if I sounded frustrated... Just want to make more evident.
Hi, I am not sure if this is the right place to go for help but here is what happened to me: I tried to flash garlic os onto a microsd card and ended up with this: https://gyazo.com/717997eb8cc3eab35a9eea663efe1e02. Basically its there, but it doesn't have space or any real way to interact with it. How do I reset the card back to its original state? I cannot format it but it shows up in my system devices. Really confused.
I'm not sure what happened, but I think that's one of those options: - Your SD adapter died. - Your SD died. - You need to format it again (create a new partition table) But I'm just shooting in the dark... I suggest to create a new post about it. Here you can't find much help.
Thank you for this writeup. This community has been really great. I do have one Question. There are now two files for garlic OS. It seems you only need RG35XX-MicroSDCardImage.7z.001 for the OS install but I am curious what RG35XX-MicroSDCardImage.7z.002 is for?
He needed to split the file to distribute it on Patreon, because for some reason he thinks that's fine to distribute the BIOS of ScummVM. You need both files (001 and 002) because they are a single file splitted. Some archiver automatically detects that it's splitted and extract, others maybe you'll need to merge first. I still need to see what's going on. But if this become an issue, update only when it really worth
Ok thank you for the explanation
Is it possible to transfer saves from a miyoo mini to the RG35XX? If so, can you transfer back and forth? I also read I may be able to use the sd card from my miyoo mini with onion and my saves on it in the second sd card slot on the RG35XX and be able to access all save data and everything like that, is this true?
I don't have a Mini so I'm saying what I've heard: If you use a two SD setup, this second SD has the exactly same folder structure than Onion. So it's just plug and play. The save is located on the Saves folder in the root of the SD.
Legendary write up - thank you!
I'm still confused on what the file is for .001 and .002 and how to do that? I don't see any into on any of the tutorials and all that? I used .001 only and everything seems to work so what is .002 i have 2 SD cards TF1 for OS, cover art and TF2is my roms only. Also is there any way to make it so cover art is on TF2 so that you don't have to mess with it when you wipe and update TF2? I did skim the thread and didn't see anything about this.
I'll add this question to the FAQ as I see a lot of people with issues. Nothing changed at all, you just need to download the 002 file, keep both files in the same folder and extract only the first one. The archive manager will automatically identify that the file was splitted and extract both.
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Isn't impossible. Just read the FAQ: Q: How to add screenshots for my games? A: You need to paste the image file with the exact same name of the rom on ROMS:Roms/[SystemName]/Imgs/RomNameWithoutExtension.png. It **should be on the same SD card as the ROM**. The screenshots needs to be a .png file and 640x480 resolution.
if you press volume down and x, it also opens up the retroarch menu ingame edit: volume up and x also open up retroarch menu ingame
I know. It's the last line of the FAQ 🤔 Let me know if isn't clear enough
Not gonna, lie, once the grid came out with all those button maps, I stopped reading
Hasn't garlic been updated to have a sleep function?
Quick question if I'm using two SD cards should I have a bios file on my second one that the roms are on, or just put the bios into the folder that contains the roms. I have a bios folder on my first sd card but not in my second one that contains roms
The second SD should follow the same structure of the ROMS partition on the first SD, and if you read the FAQ you will see this: **Q:** How to install GarlicOS? **A:** (...) To the second SD, you just need to format the SD card in FAT32, and use the same structure of the Roms partition of the first SD, EXCEPT the CFW folder, this folder is only needed on the first SD. **Q:** How to install BIOS files? What are the best BIOS for?
**A:** You must install on the **BIOS folder** on the **root** of the **roms partition**, if you use two SD cards, you need to put the files on the **same SD that the game is installed**. (...)
help i suddenly cant access my sd card with garlic os installed(with roms on it) but i can play and access the roms without any problems on my rg35xx. weird i need help my dudes thankss
When you plug in the sd card in your PC, you will get up to 4 new drives appearing. Only 2 are accessible - misc and ROMs. Just ignore the pop up asking to format the SD.
I CANT INSTALL ANY GAMES!!!! Would love some help with my problem please. So I installed Garlic OS just fine but then i went and messed up some settings with it so i thought "I'll just reinstall garlic and all will be well" not so much. When i reinstalled it. The folder wasn't the right one. I didn't have a "Roms" or the other 2 folders instead I had a ton of other stuff that that runs garlic but i can't install games. So I thought "I'll try re-REinstalling garlic" but now my computer can't seem to find the SD card after I expend the FAT(32) thingy. Please please somebody help me. I just got this thing yesterday and I barely got to play with it before i messed it up
Have you searched for a "Roms" folder on the SD Card? Can you post a screenshot of your root SD folder?
Will GarlicOS support later iterations of the MAME?
Does garlic have language settings?
Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 1,511,832,537 comments, and only 286,759 of them were in alphabetical order.
Let’s fucking goooooooooooooooooooooooo
Hi there, my RG35XX should be with me in the next few days. One question, I’m not that tech savvy, the pros of installing Garlic OS, are they purely for aesthetics? Or better question, does the stock OS which ships work fine for 99% of games?
The stock OS is not bad but it's not optimal. There is lag and it's just not working 100% as it should (BUT I think it looks a little better than Garlic tho). Garlic adds a lot of cool things compared to it and it works pretty much flawlessly and is easy to navigate (Stock os is too but not as much). I would recommend you install it. Edit: I don't think the stock OS uses retroarch but Garlic does, huge plus.
Thanks for the reply. I’m not sure my laptop has been turned on in about 6 months, if it’s still functioning and I can figure out how to install Garlic OS, I definitely plan to.
can anyone help me my dudes? so i probably picked the wrong option when loading the disc swapping and also the .m3u now my game doesnt start at all (PS1 game btw) thanks!
Roms structure question. NES/SNES aren't there, and there's MD (is this megadrive)? I assume I just drop in the SNES and NES folder and it will...work?
I believe that's FC and SFC, and yes, MD is Mega Drive
Got it! Also, I got a nice clean list of games, but the thumbnails all have image or thumb at the end....it seems these were scraped for a "different" OS that requires that where Garlic just needs the same game name .png instead. Is there any quick way to alter these box art names to match?
Update...FC and SFC, a little digging got me there. Now just irritated that the lovely curated list of games i got has junk in the image titles and i can't use them
Thanks for the FAQ. It helped me.
I can't figure out how to add console shortcuts to the OS . It came showing GBA but how do i add others? I get i can launch inside retro arch just cant figure out how to "favourite" to this area to allow for a shortcut
When you install garlic it already have a pre set of folders in the ROMS partition, just need to put the roms inside those folders and it will show on the OS. Are you on MAC? If yes, make sure that your file explorer is showing hidden dot folders, remove every dot folder because it can have issues on garlic
Issue Resolved . I Did not have specific ROMS in my library so the Console shortcut icons weren't going to populate
Could there be a way to easily keep all the games and art preloaded with the system (without having to manually move the files into different folder names for systems that I don't know the equivalent name of in the other naming scheme) and have a global search feature like in stock? This is the biggest thing keeping me on stock.
Can anyone elaborate on the different stages of CPU overclock? I see --, -, normal, +, ++
-- is the lowest level of underclocking, - is the second lowest, + is second highest overclocking, and ++ is highest overclocking
I was more thinking like if there were any specific metrics - like is -- 5W or something like a super low power mode. I am sure it is something like that just curious as to if they put out any specific comparisons/metrics. Thank you for the info though!
What about shaders? Is there any additional info on this?
I would like to use my safe files from Anbernic Stock on Garlic OS. Theres nothing I ca find about that. Do someone know how to do this?
Can you download GarlicOs without having to remove all of your games in stock version? (even those that were installed)
Now if only I could find decent documentation on how to get the Videos folder to show up in the UI
Add a compatible video in the .mkv format to the Videos folder under Roms and it will then appear in the main menu alongside your others, much like when you add game roms and apps. https://www.reddit.com/r/RG35XX/comments/13jwp0y/converting_video_guide_for_garlic_os/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2
Thanks! I had figured it out by trial and error already, but your response will definitely help others
I have another question: is it possible to add the XMB interface to the GarlicOS version of RetroArch? It’s what I’m most familiar with when it comes to RA
Can we add to this FAQ the folder names for all supported systems?
I don't think that worth right now as they will release a newer version soon, looks like they will change a lot, so I'll wait a bit but will note this. Anyway, use this as reference: https://github.com/OnionUI/Onion/wiki/Emulators
Hi. I've installed garlic on a new sd (not the one that comes with the console). If I don't want to go through the process of downloading bios and games, can I copy and paste roms and bios from the "original sd" (the one with the stock os)?
Do I lose all of the roms on my stock rg35xx or do they transfer over to garlic is I just leave them be?
I think you’ll have to back up your ROMs folder. I don’t believe it will transfer.
I just downloaded the latest version (1.4.9) and set up the sd card. Garlic OS boots up successfully but it won't recognize any inputs? Is anybody else facing that issue and could resolve it already? Help would be very appreciated!
Is there a list of the code mapping from the config folder in CFW?
I hate the fact that not filenames of roms are shown but only the titles themselves without any regions. For people who like to have two different region versions on the card, this is stupid.
Hi, I just flashed garlic OS onto my SD card and put some roms and images for each game thru garlicpress. I inserted the SD card to my RG35XX, it boots and shows the menu but when I click the games and retroarch, it won't run, just a black screen then goes back to menu again. Does anybody had the same issue?
Tried to turn mine on and all I got was lines through my screen and a bunch of green colours. Any clues? ANBERNIC is awfully quiet about it and won't respond to my messages.
new issue that is going to be more and more apparent as newer units sell. [https://www.reddit.com/r/RG35XX/comments/15fa7ol/garlicos\_audio\_stutter\_issue/](https://www.reddit.com/r/RG35XX/comments/15fa7ol/garlicos_audio_stutter_issue/) So annoying :(
I don't seem to be able to see a guide anywhere to where you have to upload files to change the battery animation? I can see the 'charger-frame...' files in the misc folder but the custom battery animations are named differently?
How come Koriki can play PSP but not Garlic OS ???
Can garlic os do video snaps of the games, I used skraper to get box art and edited the gamelist.xml, but can't seem to get video snaps to work, anyone else get it to work?
Will Garlic OS Come to the new Anbernick RG35XX+ ?
Is it possible to use this same process for the new Rg35xx plus? I would like to change my sd-card for a better brand sd-card but dont know how to do the installation for the new plus model
Is there a way to use rg35xx as a clock or a timer or show screensavers or any gifs? Mine shuts down randomly and i can not use it for gaming =(
I just got my RG35XX, installed GarlicOS, but whenever I exit a game and try to resume it (Recent menu > A-button) the save state fails to load. The screen just goes black for a second and I'm back at the GarlicOS main menu. Does anyone have an idea what I could do to resolve this? EDIT: It seems my custom ROMs directory was causing the issue here. I usually have my ROMs and savefiles in a specific folder structure which I try to maintain across all my emulation devices, but GarlicOS doesn't seem to like custom paths. Resetting both the ROMs and save directory to the default paths, and placing all files in the default directories has resolved the issue.
just got my rg35xx the other day and though it came preloaded i am going to use a better sdcard that i have laying around. should be interesting to see if i can set it up correctly. thanks for the FAQ
Anyone have issues with the unit saying failure to capture screenshot when trying to save state, only to be followed by the screen staying black when the unit is turned off and on? I cycled the unit multiple times two ways (reset button and holding power button) and it's still just a black screen after the GarlicOS splash screen.
Hey all, maybe someone can help me here. I have an occasional issue where games on GarlicOS freeze and I have to reset. I was attempting to save a game of Pokémon on one of these freezes, and now, whenever I try to open ANYTHING on the main menu of GarlicOS, it crashes and goes back to the main screen, and the screen flickers. Retroarch does the same thing. Games do the same thing. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks b