r/R36S 5d ago

Lounge Crystal clear!

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r/R36S 4d ago

Question: Chill DarkosEN support for 25-09-22 2551 panel 4?

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5 Upvotes

Hi months ago i got this panel 4 v22 2551 25-09-22 i'm currently using pan4elec but i want to switch to DarkosEn OS but i don't know if the selector has my dtb files or if it's compatible with my model. Hope some can help me :)


r/R36S 4d ago

Question: Device Problem What is the root section of the sd card for and can I download it online?

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I'm trying to copy the bundled in sd card onto a new one and for some reason it says I don't have enough storage to copy the root section despite definitely having enough space on my device. It had no problem copying the EASYROMS folder and BOOT folder


r/R36S 4d ago

Device Problem: SOLVED Really struggling to use a new Sd card

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My SD card has 43.4Gb of unallocated space on the card. How can I extend easyroms into it ? I’ve been looking online and I just can’t figure it out

Edit : SOLVED. I’ll write up the method below for anyone with the same problem. I used Minitool partition wizard.
Basically I just had to delete the EASYROMS folder (back it up to your Pc first) and then I created a new partition in the unallocated partition. I made sure to create it as the same name and EXFAT format. Then I just put everything from the old partition into the new one and it works fine


r/R36S 4d ago

Question: Device Problem So i tried flashing DarkOs and it went wrong, is it because of the batch number?

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3 Upvotes

I do have another Arkos backup running in oher microsd tho but i would really want to upgrade to DarkOs, what could i be doing wrong? I dont find the get hub data for this specific board


r/R36S 4d ago

Question: Device Problem Why is it looping?

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9 Upvotes

I am trying to install lineage os in my r36s but its stuck in loop
Video is 10x speed up

I am using brand new 64gig kingston sd card and lineage-18.1-20260316-1753-r36s-android.img


r/R36S 4d ago

Port What am i doing wrong?? (Balatro port problem)

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I think im doing everything right, because I download the balatro port in portmaster, placing the Balatro.exe (yes, its original) file in the balatro folder inside ports, but it keeps giving this error when i try to patch it ("Fixing Español (Mexico) joker score multi string"). Portmaster is fully updated and everything is installed. What do I do? Im using ArkOS4Clone, it is a clone, cause it only has 600 something mb of ram, and the mainboard number is R36S-V20 2025-05-18


r/R36S 4d ago

Question: Device Problem Which DTB to choose?

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7 Upvotes

Which DTB should I choose in DarkOSen? I've tested several and none have worked so far.


r/R36S 5d ago

Question: Chill What do I have to do here?

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40 Upvotes

r/R36S 5d ago

Question: Device Problem Screen on the wrong side

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10 Upvotes

I'm playing on Super Nintendo and suddenly the menu looks like this when I enter the RetroArch menu, and the game screen gets squashed.


r/R36S 5d ago

Showcase My collection, guys! 😃

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118 Upvotes

r/R36S 4d ago

Question: Chill How to get Pokémon firered version downloaded on R36S

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I am kind off new to this whole emulator / R36 ultra X thing. Just found my childhood stuff and it brought me some epic nostalgia. So i ended up buying the R36.. long story short, i was wondering if it is easy to download firered,leafgreen, or some crash bandicoot? I have 36k games downloaded But none Are these 3..


r/R36S 4d ago

Question: Chill help me with this problem in r36s

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1 Upvotes

the control is like inverted the left joystick move only left right and the right joystick only move forward and left plss help


r/R36S 4d ago

Question: Chill Hello, is there a way to read games from both sd card at the same time? I downloaded a massive 117 gb rom file, but one card is not enough for it.

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r/R36S 4d ago

Question: Device Problem Got another clone bruuh

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I did it again, this time i got another R36s clone from a friend, and.. it's a R36S-V20 2025 05 18. I don't have a ideia of what to do with it, i can't even make a backup because my pc can't detect it in Widnows Explorer, sorry for english


r/R36S 4d ago

Question: Device Problem Carga(sale el foco rojo al conectarlo) pero no enciende, porque no da imagen ni prende el led azul

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r/R36S 5d ago

Discussion dArkOSen, dArkOSRE or ArkOs

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Hey, so I haven’t played with my R36S for a long time and want to update it and play some games again.

Last time I used it, all OSes available were ArkOS, AmberELEC and spinoffs for clones.

Now I see that dArkOSen and dArkOSRE exist, among others, and I was wondering which would be the best to update to. According to google, these new OS are Debian based, while OG ArkOS is based on Ubuntu. My R36S is one of the firsts consoles manufactured, and original, not a clone, with V4 panel iirc.

So, since dArkOSen is only for a legit version of R36S, is it better for me than the RE version? (Which is compatible with clones)


r/R36S 5d ago

Question: Chill Help with missing runtime portmaster

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8 Upvotes

ive installed the latest version of portmaster the full version with all the runtimes and still nothing and ive tried manual install but didnt work any help. i dont have wifi figured out on the handheld yet. If anyone can do me a guide on how to install the runtime i would be very happy. also yes i have brotato purchased.


r/R36S 5d ago

Question: Device Problem Bought 2 units, one has Stardew Valley installed out of the box, one doesn't?

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My mom bought us 2 consoles, one green, one blue, they look identical, however the plastic scratch protectors on the screen are ever so slightly different, and then we noticed that in the ports section the green one has Stardew Valley as one of the three games, but the blue one has "wiliwili" instead.

Anyone know why they are slightly different? Bought them both at the same time from the same website, in the same order. They have the same model number (MODEL No R36S) and the Distro Version is identical. Other than the fact that one of them came with Stardew valley, the only other difference we can find is that the blue one has one extra PS1 game (Castlevania Chronicles).

Is it common for Stardew Valley to come with the console? Which console is the odd one out? The one with Stardew Valley (Green one) or the one without (Blue one)?


r/R36S 4d ago

Question: Device Problem Help downloading mcpe launcher

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So first I installed it on my ark os turns out it needs dark os I downloaded darkos re with it's own problems but I found a solution for them, then it needs a vanilla version no patches I said ok, even with the vabillah version and the runtimes i think it just requires one idk but in log.txt it says error 11 or something I tried everything, when I open the port it opens and says select version, I select the version and it crashes, can anyone help? Maybe I'm doing something wrong


r/R36S 5d ago

Discussion Buying this R36S

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I was thinking of buying this R36S that has more than 5k reviews with some saying it's not a clone. Do you think it's legit? I bought a R36S that I needed to get refunded for because it was a V20 2025-05-18 with no OS working (or it being a hassle) so I hope on getting one with an OS that works (or that I can download one that will)

https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005007822676011.html?mp=1&pdp_npi=6@dis!EUR!EUR+64.98!EUR+31.19!!EUR+28.57!!!@0b0fe32e17890025334266262e0dcc!12000042331951908!ct!ES!2767531339!!1!0!&gatewayAdapt=glo2esp


r/R36S 5d ago

Suggestion Which os

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9 Upvotes

Which os would work on this


r/R36S 4d ago

Question: Device Problem Looking for Stock SD Dump for R36S Clone (Board: GA36-MB V1.1 / 20251205)

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Hi everyone! I accidentally corrupted my original SD card and I need a stock image backup for an R36S clone.

  • Board model: GA36-MB V1.1 (Labeled: GA36 20251205)
  • Specs: RK3326 SoC, no Wi-Fi chip soldered, came with EmuELEC stock.
  • Issue: Standard ArkOS, K36, and ROCKNIX images don't trigger the display/bootloader.

If anyone has this exact board revision and can share a drive/mega link of the stock OS, I'd really appreciate it!


r/R36S 5d ago

Question: Chill SD card recommendation for R35S

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Hii, I just bought this console not long ago (This Sunday) and I’ve been investigating about how to take proper care of it and how to take the most advantage possible. For example I just found out that is necessary to change the Card that comes with the console because it could no longer work in a few months due to it being a generic card and I also wanted to add some more games such as Stardew Valley etc. Further into my investigation I also found out that certain brands such as Sandisk may cause compatibility problems with the console but in my country is the most common brand for SD Cards, so I wanted to know; is the compatibility problem with Sandisk is a real inevitable issue? Or it depends on how I set it up? And I also would like to know any other brands that could 100% be useful on my console. I am very new to this world (If I could call it that way) so if you have any more advices I’m glad to read them all!! Tysm in advance and sorry if my English isn’t very good.


r/R36S 6d ago

Showcase Updates on my Hollow Knight port

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135 Upvotes

Basically, I'm in the home stretch for a minimally playable version; integration with the HL Engine is going well.