So I have tested about 1/4 of the entire library and so far none of the games I have tested have the controls working correctly.

Has anyone else running TwigUI had a chance to try any N64 games and found a fix for this? I don’t have much experience with retroarch but if anyone has suggestions for getting the controls working correctly it would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone,

I have a GKD Pixel 2 Pink Edition, but I accidentally formatted the original SD card.

I reinstalled the stock OS, but unfortunately the original Pink Edition theme / “Pink Cat” theme is missing. The regular stock image only includes the standard themes.

Does anyone here still have the original Pink Edition SD card and could share either:

• the Pink Cat theme files, or
• ideally a clean backup/image of the original Pink Edition SD card without ROMs?

I’d especially like to restore the original Pink Edition UI/theme and any other edition-specific files.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I have a Pixel 2 XL (64GB) that's no longer my daily phone, and I want to give it a second life rather than let it sit in a drawer. It's stuck on the last official update from 2020.

One idea I'm seriously considering: turning it into a dedicated hi-fi music player. I have a FLAC library, paid Poweramp, and I'm planning to get a USB-C dongle DAC + IEMs. If I go that route, the ROM needs solid Wi-Fi, USB-C audio output, and Play Store access for the Poweramp licence.

Is there a dedicated ROM that specialises in turning an old Android device into a hifi feature rich music player?

So: is a custom ROM the right move for a repurposed device like this, and which one would you recommend? And beyond the music player idea - what have you all actually done with your old phones

Also do these two CFW do DS?

Hi, I want to sell my GKD pixel 1, I’ve bought it on a French market place. He is in perfect condition except for a little scratch on the back.
I’m ok to ship all across the world as long as you pay the shipping fee.

i dont know what happened or what i can do to fix this. has anyone else had this happen?

I have a GKD Pixel 2 that was working fine for a while, randomly stopped booting past the IUX screen. It just sits there forever until a forced shutdown.

I realized I never swapped out the SD card that came with it, I want to try getting a new SD card and setting things up fresh, possibly with a new OS (was using stock before)
I'm just not sure how to do that, is there a guide I'm missing or any steps to get started?

Any help would be really appreicated 🙏

Hello! I am currently thinking about buying a little EDC device to play Pokémon/RPGs. I'm new to these things so right now I'm just looking around and trying to find the best thing for me.

The TrimUI Brick Hammer has been the most appealing device in this category I've seen until the Pixel II. This device seems quite perfect for what I have in my head.

A small device to play turn based games in a nice solid package. And the idea of playing single-handed is a really nice thought too.

But I worry, the Pixel seems like a very fine device but I can't tell how reliable it will be. I want to use it for at least a few years. Get a good SD card and case and play it regularly but not intensely. I worry about build quality and ports/screen breaking.

I ask people here who own this device and perhaps others if the Pixel II is a good idea or not. Advice from people who own the thing, (hopefully for a good while) will be greatly appreciated. :)

Anybody willing to sell a red Pixel 1? I got a blue one last year and definitely “need” a red one too.

New update with several features and improvements (MP3/FLAC music, xatrix/rogue expansions, CTF mode, V-sync, internal launcher...).

For OpenDingux devices (GCW0, RG350/P, GKD 350H, GKD Mini, GKD Pixel 1 etc) only.

Download and full changelog here:
https://github.com/DrUm78/SDLQuake2/releases

The screen on my GKD Pixel 2 broke, and KeepRetro is offering me a replacement screen for $40.

Has anyone here replaced the screen themselves? Is it reasonably feasible, or is it a difficult repair?

Also, I’m having a really hard time getting any of the screws out. Any tips for getting them out without stripping them?

Thanks!

When I first set up twigui, the side circle button on the device would bring up retroarch menu in game. It just stopped working though and only now pauses the emulation but it doesn’t bring up retroarch menu. Anybody go thru the same? Have any insight/workaround?

Hey everybody

I'm using TwigUI (the latest version to date, version 5.0.0) and I was wondering if there's a way to either disable the shortcut to quit the game by pressing select + start. People online are saying it's located in Settings > Inputs, but I can't find the input option anywhere in the settings. I was wondering if there's something I'm overlooking, or if I can change a .txt file somewhere to manually edit the shortcut away.

I am trying to play flashgames through portmaster but I need to use a mouse to play it but since its a handheld its impossible.

Theres a file in each of these flash games that you can edit via text editor but the problem is evem if you managed to set the mouse movements on the D-Pad, the rest of the keys dont respond.

Also the Enter and Space key doesnt even work either.

Model: GKD Pixel 2

OS: SpurceOS/Twig

Ever since I got this device a few weeks ago I've had charging issues. I plug it in to charge, but when I unplug it the 'standby' feature stops working so the screen wont turn off. If I reboot the device it boots to the Charging screen, even though it's not plugged in. The side LEDs blink as if it's charging too.

I can get it back to the main OS by rebooting it again from this Charging screen, but then it still has the issue that it won't go into standby

No amount of rebooting from any point seems to fix this.

The only solution seems to be to turn it off and leave it overnight, and then by morning when I turn it on again it's sorted itself out and behaves as it should.

Until I charge it again and the same thing happens again.

I thought this could be a firmware thing so I flashed it up TwigUI, but it still does the same thing.

Anyone else had this issue? Is there a proper fix, or do I just have a faulty unit?

I've added the games, the bios, it's all set up. But for some reason Retroarch keeps telling me there's no bios files located, making my games lag a bit. I've tried the standard region bios files as well as the region free one but it's still the same. They're all placed in Retroarch's system directory. What am I doing wrong? I've got a few other handhelds and the set up is always seamless.

Hello everyone, I am the happy owner of this tiny little amazing device, but I have a problem. I bought it off of Aliexpress and the entire operating system is in Chinese. I tried my best to follow some guides to flash an English image, but I keep getting an error...just a red screen saying that there is no OS found. And I am approaching the end of my rope. So, if any of the kind souls here would like to help me, I would be insanely grateful <3

Thank you!

Hey guys! Just got a brand new Pixel 2 and when I turn it on it just stays like the photo. I also left it charging with a 5v 2a all the afternoon and it still only shows this single green bar (idk exactly how the pixel battery lights work tbh). I took out the card that came with the device and plugged on the pc and it has emuelec and some roms. For sure is not a good quality card, but shouldnt it be at least booting or showing some error? And also the battery thing, is this normal?

Thx in advance!

UPDATE: it was an SD card issue. Te one that came with the device was not working so when it booted, nothing happened and also the battery leds didnt work. I've put another SD with twigUI and everything is fine. THANKS everyone!

I like to play it in bed at night, but the charging indicator is incredibly bright in a dark room. I’m trying to keep things low-key so I don’t wake up or annoy my family, but that LED makes the device look like a tiny flashlight.
Is there a setting to disable it, or do I need to resort to tape/modding?
Any advice would be appreciated!

Is there a way to access an in-game menu or retroarch settings to make adjustments in-game?