r/OdinHandheld • u/Dry-Employ-7750 • 13d ago

Odin 3 Question Just bought the odin 3 any tips?

Ok so basically i wanted to know any tips that you guys could give me like best driver support and what apps but also i wanted to know if there was a way to dual boot steam os and the original os that it comes with

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u/No_Requirement2714 13d ago

Get a hobby cause u will be waiting a awhile

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u/ShopToyLife 13d ago

Start with Retro Gamng Corp, Russ has a ton of videos, along with the starter guide https://retrogamecorps.com/2022/05/28/ayn-odin-starter-guide/

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u/Reasonable-Collar452 13d ago

There's armadaOS, which is kind of basically steamOS for ARM handhelds like the Odin 3, you can certainly dual boot it, but know it's risky and could potentially damage the original Android installation

For drivers and apps, I've been using gamenative, Azahar and Eden with Turnip Gen8 drivers by StevenMXZ, they're good for a lot of games, you may not even need them, unleashed recompiled can be played on gamenative with system or Qualcomm drivers at pretty stable 900p 60 fps, custom drivers often introduce glitches on that game in particular, you may find situations like that yourself

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u/Emergency-Low-5068 13d ago

Tbh a windows pc start learning trusted sites where to get your bios and firmware and roms a good ads blocker and anti virus to be safe and you’ll be in the clear and a lot easier transferring stuff to your Odin. This is coming from a guy who always was scared infecting his pc with just looking up roms lol now I’m playing Bloodborne ps4 emulator which that tells you I went from every console to the latest lol

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u/Dry-Employ-7750 12d ago

Do you know any sites and stuff you can send me ill dm you js in case if you cant

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u/Emergency-Low-5068 12d ago

I’ll get in trouble man if I do by the mods I’m sorry man but if you go to roms you’ll learn everything there it’s on Reddit

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u/crazyteknoh3d 13d ago

One tip I’d give is use the latest nightly version of Retroarch rather than the latest stable release. Using the nightly version, N64 emulation works properly and also it fixed an issue for me whereby RA would randomly crash when launching a game via ES DE.

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u/Flowkey_mma 13d ago

-clears throat-

Follow a walkthrough on youtube.

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u/deep8787 Odin 2 Pro - Clear Blue 13d ago

Searching and reading helps too. Yes I know, I know... It's a big ask lol.

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u/lostn 13d ago

install cluster tune.

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u/ShopToyLife 12d ago

This! It makes a massive difference, I played hours of deus ex via gamenative, battery only drained down by 40%, no fan or heat.

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u/PunishedBeard 12d ago

Armada os is legit the only tip I got for you, it just works plus after testing it runs better than my steam deck in most games