Stock / Modded Firmware Update Guide - RG35XX Plus / H

a lot of people including myself have been impatiently waiting for custom firmware to be released for the Amber Nick rg35 XX plus and H models I know there have been some recent improvements with the kariki betaa beta muos is quickly approaching its first stable version for these devices and development is still chugging along with garlic OS 2.0 I will be releasing videos on the different custom firmware options in the coming weeks and months as they are released however I thought I would first make a video guide on how to update the stock firmware for people who want to wait a little longer for issues to get ironed out or for those who do like the stock firmware I will also showcase a community modded version that I would recommend Over the official releases in this video I will cover where both of these versions can be downloaded why you would want to choose one over the other and how to install them okay let's get on with it welcome back to fireex tanks my name is Henry the install process is relatively the same for all versions so before I get into that I'm going to go over the differences to help you choose which version is best for your setup and show you how to download and extract them we will start by going over the official am bernick firmware releases you can get to their download page by clicking on the link in the description or just by searching am bernick firmware download you will then click the download button on the device that you own then on this page they provide two links for the firmware if you do end up choosing one of these you will have to copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar as they are not hyperlinks the first link has ROMs included with the download being around 35 gigs and this one will set up your SD card just the way it was when you first received your device but with the updated firmware a few notes about this option when you go to the download link you do have to download all of these separate zip files a quick way of getting that started is to highlight all of the files by clicking on the top one holding shift clicking on the bottom one right clicking and select standard download also when all of these files are done downloading you will need to make sure you select all of them and unzip them at the same time as they are each pieces of a single image file the second link is a trim down version without any ROMs the download is roughly 1 gig and this one is preferred by people who use a 2 SD card setup storing their ROMs on the second SD card the benefits of choosing either of these versions is that you get access to the updates as soon as they are released and don't have to wait for a modded version to be updated and you also avoid any added bugs that might be introduced by modding not to say that these versions are bug-free as they do have their issues the negatives of using the official versions are that if you plan to use a single SD card setup the SD card will be locked to the size of the firmware image you use and will not let you expand the image to fill up the storage on your card so for example if you had a 128 GB card and installed the 64 GB version with ROMs your SD card is effectively shrunk down to a 64 GB card with no way to use the other 64 G gab of free space not even with Partition expanding software believe me I tried now if you plan to use a two SD card setup this will not be as big of a deal for you as your ROMs will be stored on the second card and the only downside for you will be missing out on some of the improvements made by the modded version which I will go over now the improved version I want to quickly go over is from a Reddit user by the name of Tom dumal I will have a link to his Reddit post and the direct download page in the video description this is a modded version of the stock firware and can be used with the Plus or H model some of the added features are the ability to use FTP to access your SD card wirelessly by simply typing in FTP colon SL slash then your IP address that shows in your device settings into your file explorer window on any computer that is on the same network the username and password when prompted are both just the word game this version will also automatically update your clock when you are using Wi-Fi the game's partition on the SD card will be expanded so if you are using a single SD card setup you will be able to utilize the full space of your card and then also over theair updates for future releases and Bug fixes of the modded version there are some other features but I will let you look over the Reddit page to see those in case you're interested one of the downsides for using this version is the same for any modified version new bugs could be introduced you would also need to wait for the modded version to be updated after an official release comes out however Tom has been really good about being quick with the updates the only bug that I'm aware of for the modded version is that when the Wi-Fi connects and updates the Clock IT triggers the sleep mode timer and the screen will go black as it has gone to sleep you can simply just hit the power button again to wake it up from sleep there are a couple workarounds you could either only use Wi-Fi when you need it to limit this happening or disable the sleep mode from the settings by setting lock to never if you choose this version make sure to download the newest release from the download link as of the making of this video it is version three shown here okay that's it for going over the different versions I hope you found some of that information useful to choose which version you'd like and now we'll move on to the install so for this next step you will need to have already downloaded the version that you're going to use and make sure to extract it if you do not already have something that can extract the szip files I will post a link in the description to the szip website where you can download it for free as it is open source software now you will want to insert your SD card into your computer I recommend using a brand name SD card as the ones that come with most devices are on the cheap side and are not as reliable however if you like to live dangerously by all means go for it I just hate seeing Reddit posts about people losing their save data when the stock SD card fails if you are using a single SD card setup make sure to download your save games and States from your card to your computer also if you're someone who does not have their own collection of ROMs and bios and are going to be using a version that does not come with ROMs like the modded one you will also want to copy over the BIOS and ROMs folder to your computer you should now have the image file for the version you chose your SD card plugged in and any files you don't want lost off of the card to install the firmware onto the SD card we will need to use a program that can Flash an image file onto an SD card like Rufus or bolina eter I normally prefer Rufus as it's very simple however I will be using bolina etcher for this video as it works for Windows Mac and Linux I will have a link in the description where you can download it if you don't already have a tool that can do this once we're done installing bolina etcher and have it launched click the flash button from the file option then navigate and select the image file we just extracted here I'm going to choose the modded version then click on select Target and choose your SD card here triple check that you are selecting your SD card and not a system drive or another external drive that you may have plugged in then click flash if you are using the version with ROMs this can take a long long time once this has finished you will want to eject the SD card from your computer place it in your device and power it on if this is the modded version it will now expand your SD card partition to utilize the full space so it may take a few moments once this is complete you should be good to go for single SD card users you will need to reconnect your SD card to your computer copy over your saves if you have any or if you chose the modded version you will need to C over your ROMs and bios also all right that about wraps up everything I wanted to cover in this video if you found it helpful please give it a like subscribe for more content from fireex Tex and as always thank you for [Music] watching

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Published: Wed Feb 28 2024