Help! I just bought a retro handheld, now what?

I just bought mine today...so literally the thumbnail. I got the Anbernic R405V (purple).

Question....why can't I copy the stock 128GB card with a Sandisk card? Would'nt that fix the issues? My plan is to run the stock OS at least for a week. My PC stopped working a few days ago, and my plan is to buy a brand new one in two weeks. So, I'm not adding any custom anything until then. I can use my work laptop to copy and replace the stock card.

Thanks!

Your videos has helped me a lot. thanks!!

My SD card got corrupted, so now I have a useless RG405M

Any tips?

I’m having issues downloading the files from the website

Look, why are you making excuses for Anbernic? For the money paid, I expect a device that works with the software is included. If any part of the purchase is shady, then that is a red flag to send the thing back. I bought the android 406v, with 256gb card, and I expect that to work out of the box with no malware. There is zero excuse to say this hardware is great, but the company can't ship a good SD card with games on it. After all, that is what I paid for. I didn't request a class in soft modding.

can u post a video on how and where u get new game data

Joey, you absolute beauty...

I know this late but what if you bought the included sd card could i just tranfer the sd to a samsung one to eliminate the sd failure problem.

I just bought a NES console. Without joystick type. It has a sd card slot. When i copy nes file and insert it and turn on. It just load the pre loaded games only. What should i do.

Or in rhe case of my friends and family I've gifted a device to: "tell the person who gave this to you to do it for you because clearly they're the nerd in your group."

Bruh why is this so hard .WHERE SHOULD I GET MY ROMS FROM????

can't you just copy/paste OS via windows explorer to a newly bought card and that's it?

If we replace the SD card we stupidly bought, and the Anbernic software is on the other SD card which is also bad, do we download a new copy off their website onto the name brand SD card or are we able to simply copy pasta?

Thank you !

this happen to me after bought my rg35xx i get busy and leave my handheld on my drawer for few months then the time i want to use again the sd card not working already 😢😢😢

Disagree completely with throw away the sd card. First thing you should do is add any bios/rom files to your hard drive/computer so you don’t have to hunt for them later.

Why would you need 32GB for your OS card?

So just a condescending way of saying go look it up. Real helpful💯

Is 2x 128GB cards okay?

what program do you use to format the sd card for exFAT? You got me all lost half way

I remember when I got my powkiddy v90. I had to checkout the sd card that came with it. It was terrible Mario and Luigi would crash after 30 minutes into the game 😂😂😂😂

So i ordered the Anbernic RG40XX H, do you know if there is a max size micro sd card i can add to it?
I mainly play gbc and ps1 / ps2 games but all are welcome

Why don't companies sell what they offered

Hello, will these instructions be also applicable to the rg40xxv model?

I just capped off my first experience setting up a handheld. I just wanna be that guy that tells the truth and not sugarcoat things, by saying it was not an entirely easy or stress-free experience.
It was speed bump after speed bump, and this may be my own incompetence, but took me way more than an hour of setup guides to figure everything out. A lot of these videos are months old, and due to licensing and legalities some of the files/programs aren't available in the same capacity or at all.
Take Aether PS2 emulator for example. Its no longer AetherSX2, its now NetherSX2, which is just Aether with a patch. But due to licensing issues you can't find the most recent version prebuilt in a APK, you have to build it yourself. Thats not a hard task, but my PC wouldnt run the command correctly, so i had to run it through a patching app on my phone, which also wasnt hard, but this was all just time consuming. 🤣 Anyway, I'm mostly on the other end of it, but be warned Noobs with little to no experience in this realm. This isn't completely a no brainer task as some may suggest.

mine came with a partitioned drive

Are you saying not to use the ROMs thay came with the stock sd card?
Meaning download completely now ones?

This video is gonna get many views from me. Just ordered a handheld from the RG35XX line and can’t wait for it to arrive.

Can anyone help i simply only want to get cheats for pokemon and i just got a RG405V not really tech savy someone anyone please help!!

hello thank you for the video. If i set up the stuff with my sd cards like youve shown in the video, i should have a problem taking the sd cards out and putting it in a new device? Tanks

i got a simple question, if i ordered one that has ROMS can I just Put those roms on a new SD Card? and also to flash the stock OS for the RG35XX I heard that i could just put the blank SD card in and it should format everything and install the OS without needing a PC?

Hello friend, can you tell me where the Magic XU10 game saves are stored?

I want to give you 10000 likes!

Do I always have to "fat32" a new SD card?

I am so confused about setting this up. Most of these beginner-friendly videos. The instructions are way too fast. And a lot of you guys skip or don't show everything.

When you went to the Anbernic site (which I did to download the files) nothing happened. In the video you quickly copy and paste something into Google, then went into Google Drive, and then you're in Office Editing. I am so confused. 😶

In another setup video, another guy did the same. They talked about a file reader, and quickly mentioned what they were doing, but didn't show it. Or they quickly mentioned something "that is easy" (as in a couple clicks). But in reality. The person has to download 3 different things and go to 3 different sites. While having to take 10 more additional steps. This is my first retro device. This is super confusing because I am not tech-savvy. So, this is a tough start. And videos I am finding are leaving me with more questions. I kind of see why people just take it out of the package and just play or just stick to the companies' devices. 😓

I just purchased a mini GameBoy" from AliExpress (the one that's only like 1 inch size) and it only came with 3 ROMs on it. it said 100+ games but that was untrue I'm having the hardest time trying to download ROMs and transfer them to the SD card. when I do so, none of the Roms show up on the SD card. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Help please ! 🙏

Great video! I’m getting a 405M and putting in gamma os. I’m planning on getting 2 512gb microsds: One for os and roms, and one for more roms and play store games. Want to play a lot of ps2 and GameCube, so I don’t want to be limited in space. Will this work and would you recommend this? Thanks!

I will be honest, I am struggling so hard trying get the software going. Can I pay someone to do this for meeeeee 😭

Can someone let me know if a 256GB Micro SD card will work ok for a Miyoo Mini Plus please?

i bought RG35XX PLUS!! and im happy! i bought 2 MICRO SD card as well one for games and other one for CFW
but for now ill play stock OS , so do I have to install the stock OS on my new sd card? I'm very new on this please anyone can tell me
thanks !

this is so helpful, thanks so much

So if I get a 32g. I just need to move things over? I won't have to do anything with a partition or whatever? Is it only the rom SD card I need to stress over? I don't have a laptop or computer.

Why doesn't pokemon save 😢 my retro handheld is coming in the mail tomorrow, think I'm just gonna use it until the micro SD card that comes with it until it fries. I'm only getting it for pokemon, persona, & final fantasy. & If it breaks hopefully it'll be a cool display peice. 😅

what if i use 2 128 gb sd cards and use one for ROMS and the other for both ROMS and operating system ? Would that be overkill ?

thank you. will this work for mac?

Is kingstone good?

So whatever custom OS you pick, it will already have the emulators with it? And also a BIG THANK YOU on the bios help! I was starting to panic i made a mistake ordering a retro handheld lol

Thanks for the info. Was looking to get a decent firmware for my RGB 405V.
Thanks again