Onion OS 4.2.3 Install Guide in Under 5 Minutes - Miyoo Mini Plus
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มิ.ย. 2024
- *Do this before using Rufus on your stock SD card*
Make a backup copy the folders shown below to your computer somewhere
Roms location = SD Card/Roms
Bios location = SD Card/retroarch/.retroarch/system
The SD card that comes with the Miyoo Mini Plus can be used. However, it's known that these cards are cheap and have a high chance to fail. It's recommended to use a name brand card. If you don't own one or a SD card reader, I have links below for both.
This is a quick Onion OS 4.2.3 install guide for the Miyoo Mini Plus.
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Tools/Items used in the video:
Onion OS : github.com/OnionUI/Onion Download the latest Version 4.3
*Do this before using Rufus on your stock SD card*
Make a backup copy the folders shown below to your computer somewhere
Roms location = SD Card/Roms
Bios location = SD Card/retroarch/.retroarch/system
*WARNING*
You will lose the Roms and Bios from the Stock SD card if you don't backup the ROMs and Bios folders to your computer before running rufus
Rufus : rufus.ie/en/
*WARNING*
Recommend to NOT use the Stock SD card as it is unreliable and you will lose your Roms and Bios if you don't back them up before using Rufus. Follow backup instructions above Rufus link.
Do this before using Formatting your stock SD card
To make a backup copy the folders shown below to your computer somewhere
Roms location = SD Card/Roms
Bios location = SD Card/retroarch/.retroarch/system
if you are on a Mac, instead of using Rufus you can format your SD card with the built-in Disk Utilities:
Open Application › Utilities › Disk Utilities
From the sidebar, select the USB drive
Choose Erase from the toolbar
Set Format › MS-DOS (FAT)
Set Scheme (if it exists) › Master Boot Record
Click Erase and wait for the process to finish
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SD Cards
Max size of FAT32 is 2TB
Recommend size is 128gb or 256gb for most cases. 512gb for extreme cases.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:10 Firmware Check
00:43 Onion OS/Rufus Downloads
01:01 Format SD Card With Rufus
01:20 Installing Onion OS
02:25 Adding Roms to SD Card
03:15 Scraping Images for Roms
03:46 Extras
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Absolute best guide I’ve watched, no BS, straight to business, and stayed on track the whole time. Wasn’t too fast, perfect speed. Thank you sir!
Thank you! That means a lot.
Huge thank you!!!!! I thought I bricked my Miyoo Mini, but this guide was perfect! Had to reformat and start over, but this guide helped every step of the way.
This is the GOAT of the Miyoo Mini Plus and Onion OS installation guides, THANK YOU.
Thank you for your kind words!
AMAZING. You won the internet for today my friend. Thanks for the quick and easy guide.
Thanks that means a lot!
Thanks for the video. I had a hassle when I first set up my RetroPi, you made this Miyoo Mini Plus set up a breeze!
Glad to help! Thanks.
Quick and to the point I don’t even need this just appreciate a clean and efficient video instead of a 30 minute talk fest .
Thank you for this great tutorial. I was watching some other tutorials, but they took way more time then this one and they didn’t show wich firmware is compatible and which not. You also explained every single step very good and I had no problems following your guide. Again thank you for making this so easy ❤
Thank you! I'm glad to hear it. I hope you enjoy Onion OS it's great.
How long did it take you from start to finish? Curious. I a am newb
It takes about 10 - 15 min. Most of that is waiting for the transferring of files to the SD card or Onion OS install process. Might take longer if you have a lot of roms to move over.
Very helpful and to the point. Just installed on the mmplus. Thanks!
Great to hear!
Thank you. Watching that Joeys retro handheld was abuse. Quick and to the point. I wish "tutorial" vids followed this
Thanks! Yeah, I'm working on trying to keep my tutorials as concise as possible.
BRO TELL ME ABOUT IT LMAO
just got my miyoo mini this xmas, by far this is the best tutorial on installing onion os.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
thank you for just even letting us know whether or not we should do the upgrade because i was struggling to figure out if i needed to do so
Glad to have helped!
As someone who's never done anything like this and isn't very tech savvy, this was super easy and simple to follow and complete! Thank you so much! Now I can play all the pokemon I want hehehehe
Glad to hear it. Enjoy!!
@@PhyrexTechs Coming back to this since you're clearly pretty experienced with this stuff, I've just been made aware of something called a VNC server and that it can be used to stream my game from the miyoo onto my pc. But for the life of me I haven't been able to figure out how to get it to work. Do you have a video on this? Or would you mind providing me with some insight if not?
From what I could find about using VNC Server for this device, it would not be something you would want to use as a stream option for any type of gaming and mainly used for sharing demos or tutorials as it get 10-20 fps and costs a lot of CPU power.
Ive just ordered my mini plus and this guide is the easiest ive found on here. Thank you. P.s please do a guide of adding tiny best set go 😉
Probably too short for a video and want to avoid showing people how to download roms. However If you Google it you should be able to find the archive. org link for it.
From there you just want to click the link on the right called zip.
Then depending on how large your SD card is pick the option you want to download and then drag all the files onto your SD card after you have finished the onion installation. Hope that helps. If not, feel free to ask any questions.
Thank you for this couldn’t figure it out finally a quick and easy guide to follow. I’m like a child who’s just learning when it comes to this lol
Glad it helped!
THANK YOU! I just got one for Christmas. I guess I know what I am doing when I get home from work tonight! Thank you for the awesome, easy to understand instructions!
Best video I've seen on this yet. Thank you!
Wow, thanks!
Best review I have seen so far. God bless you.
Wow, thank you!
Really great guide, thanks a lot man
This was a perfect tutorial! Thank you very much!!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!
This was very, very good and on point! Thanks for that!!!!
Thank you! Glad you liked it.
That was a super smooth guide thanks a lot!
Glad you liked it!
simple and straight to the point thankyou
Thanks, bro !
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Thanks! Glad I could be of help. Here is the link to that sticker www.etsy.com/listing/1215555181/nintendo-gameboy-label-aufkleber-sticker?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details
It looks to be sold out at the moment but the setter has a lot of cool stickers and I think other colors are available.
Excellent step by step guide. One question, after you've done the Onion OS install, how easy is it to go back to Miyoo's OS? Is it just reinstalling the old SD card? I'm assuming it's more involved than that.
If you installed Onion OS on a new SD card, You are right to go back to the Stock OS all you have to do is insert the Stock SD card.
If you installed Onion OS on the Stock card you will then have to reinstall the Stock OS from a backup.
*WARNING* Back up Roms folder and bios(/Retroarch/.retroarch/system) from stock SD card if you are going to use it for this install. If you don't do this you will lose the Roms that came with the device.
If you lost or need a copy of the Stock SD card search "Miyoo Mini Plus Stock SD card" on Internet Archive to find backups people have uploaded.
Update: Onion OS 4.2.3 recently came out and I would suggest using that one as of now. In the future download the latest version or if you already have it installed you can use the OTA update app on the device to update it. If you need help with the OTA update I have a video walking through the process.
Thank you so much, perfect tutorial I backed up my bios and roms before install onion os, I'm super happy with this OS
Awesome! Glad you are liking it. It really is a great OS.
@@PhyrexTechs At the start, did you just plug in the named sd card so it picked up the miyoo mini plus folders and they would be accessible in the folders?
@@PhyrexTechs Just asking because im a HUGE beginner (literally knows next to nothing about this)
@endermouse8094
Yeah, you will need to put the SD card into an SD card reader. If you are going to install onion OS on the stock SD card you can pull the roms and bios from the card to your computer before formatting it.
If you are going to install Onion OS on another SD card (not the stock SD card) you can pull the roms and bios from the stock card then take it out of the reader and put the other SD card in format it and add the roms to that one after installing onion OS.
I hope this answers your question. If not please let me know.
I lost everything bc I forgot to backup. I didn’t read the description:/
Anyway I found the ROMS and BIOS online and bc of this video, I’m back in business with the newest OOS. Thanks man
If this happens to you and you need to find the games again, just google Tiny Best Set and there will be guides and links to download! Godspeed
Awesome! Glad you got that figured out.
Where did you find the roms and bios I did the same thing
Where did you find the roms ? i couldn't find it
Nice guide, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
Hello friend. This is really awesome! Appreciate the work you did for this video. I get my Miyoo Mini + tomorrow and plan on using this guide. One question for a noob like me: I plan on adding the Done Set of ROMS (you can find them on the Miyoo subreddit), would you be able to make a tutorial for it? If not it's ok, Ive read the directions and they seem straightforward however the instructions say to unzip entire large folders of ROMs and other sruff straight to the root of the memory card. Will the ROMs somehow put themselves into the correct folder? That part confuses me a bit. Thanks!
Thanks! I have not tried the Done Set yet, but I have heard good things.
If it is setup anything like the Tiny best Set Go then it would be organized into folders that can be dragged and dropped into the root folder.
I also have heard good things about the auto setup for the Done Set. github.com/doakyz/done-set-auto-setup
If you try it out let me know how it goes.
I do plan on making videos for both of these sets in the future however with your device coming tomorrow that won't great help to you.
Good luck and let me know if you run into any issue and need help.
@PhyrexTechs awesome thanks man! I'm going to do my best, hopefully don't brick my device. I'm confident about the onion OS installation because of your video, we'll see how everything else goes lol I'll let you know!
What's great is that because everything installs on the SD card it's very forgiving. The chance of bricking a device is extremely low, almost impossible. If you mess something up you can format your SD card and start over.
@PhyrexTechs hey man, everything worked great! I'm currently playing Pokémon Unbound. I followed your video guide then just manually extracted zip files of the Done Set to the root of my SD card and voila! All good. Thanks again for your very helpful installation guide!
That's great! Glad it all worked out and happy to help.
thanks it was in a loop, this is a lot better.
You're welcome
Getting mine in the mail soon. Looks like an amazing guide to follow! My questions would be what is a good but inexpensive SD card to buy to replace the bad quality one that comes with the device initially? And how can I find all the ROMs for the Pokemon games and other games that I want to get & play? Is there an easy way to just trasnfer all the games/ROMs that come on the initial bad quality SD when purchasing?
I have some links to SD cards in the description of the video you can check out. I would recommend what ever has the best sale or is the cheapest. I also have a video where I go over finding roms th-cam.com/video/PcPJ3h6MIhA/w-d-xo.html.
You can copy over the Roms and Bios from the Stock SD card (locations shown in video description) by just moving the folders to you computer then moving them onto the new SD card after installing Onion OS.
You have to enable the power button single press to standby, just like it was when it was stock. Long press is shut down.
You can change what the single press power button does. It is located under Apps > Tweaks > Button Shortcuts. Then the setting "Power single press" can be changed from Standby to Shutdown depending on what you want it to do. I like it set to Shutdown.
@@PhyrexTechs Thats what i was saying, but i got used to how the button is when it was stock. Then when you go onion, it is different. Thanks for this, i shared this vid to a friend.
Just getting a miyoo mini plus today. Should I replace the version in your video to the most recent version of onion os? I see version 4.2.3 just dropped probably a couple weeks after you made this video. Or should I just use the 4.2 that you recommended?
You can go ahead and use the updated version. It works great.
Hello, did you back up the Roms from the original MM+ prior to any step shown here? If yes, do I simply need to copy the original Roms folder onto my PC before making the software upgrade to Onion, or do I need to back up all the orginal folders? Sorry, I feel like every one got it but me :) Starting at 2:35 from your video you're dropping files from your PC to the MM+. What is the PC folder where you get the files from, is that a back up you made earlier? Thanks for vid! Much appreciated
Yeah, you will just need to back up the roms folder from the stock SD card if you are going to use that one.
It's recommended to use a separate SD card so I think most people are doing that.
@@PhyrexTechs Understood, thank you. I also need to retrieve a couple of saves. I will find out where they are located. Merci!
Hey! Just one question: Can I also backup the BIOS files from the original MM+ sd card?
Yeah they are located here on the SD card.
/Retroarch/.retroarch/system
@@PhyrexTechs thank you
Thank you for the guide!
No problem! Thanks for watching.
dud we have the same key caps. you have great tastes. thanks for the vid !
That's awesome! I guess we both have great tastes. Thanks for watching!
nice video! BTW what wallpaper is that one?
Thanks! The wallpaper is steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2827581846 meant to be used with Wallpaper Engine
Thanks for this!
My pleasure!
Great tutorial and got Union OS installed. Just one question, where did you find the roms? Both Folders are emty of roms.
Not sure if something got corrupted and doubt I deleted them because I never touched the folder.
If you did not back up the roms from the stock SD card. You will need to acquire them again. On Internet Archive, you can find backups of the stock SD card if you want that or find a collection like Tiny Best Set Go.
I also discuss this topic in my video called where to find roms and bios.
Beautiful. Ur the GOAT.
Very straightforward. Thanks. Can you do a video on finding mame 2003 retroarch cheats and how to install? Also does the CPS games have cheats?
Hey sorry! don't know how this comment got past me. I'm not to knowledgeable on the cheats side of things but it's something I will look into.
Thanks for the helpful video. My Miyoo Mini came with preinstalled roms and stuff. Can I transfer them over to the new firmware?
Yeah, I would recommend using a new SD card for Onion OS. If you plan on using the stock SD card make sure to get everything you want off of it before you move to Onion OS.
@@PhyrexTechs Gotcha. Thanks again my dude.
This guy is the goat!!!!
Thank you!
Does this offer any preview of the actual games ? Or any of this systems... Ive noticed that powkiddy offers a brief video of each one while scrolling the library however my Miyoo does only show the Game box which sometimes is not very helpfull since you have 3000 games and no clue of what is what.
That is a cool feature, but the Miyoo does not support it that I know of.
I tend to only have a small list of roms and add more as I need to not have that overwhelming big list.
thanks for the video
You're welcome!
if I ever want to change to a different Bigger SD card can I just copy paste the files to the new SD card or how would that work?
That would be an option as I have done it. It just might take a long time depending on the speed of the SD card and the card reader. The other option is to just install Onion OS from scratch and then move just the roms over again.
@@PhyrexTechs cool. I’ll try to do it from scratch then 👍
Sounds good. If you run into any issues just let me know. I'll help out.
Thank you
You're welcome!
Hey bro I just bought the miyoo mini plus advertised with something like 27k games.. I've never owned an after market handheld before so I never tweaked around with custom os. I'm planning on just using the out of the box os that comes installed with the mm+. If I decide to switch to onion os, will I lose all access to the roms that came pre installed on the mm+? Or can I salvage them from there to the new ssd with the onion os installed
What is really cool about how the MM+ is setup is that the OS's are just installed on the SD cards themselves. So, I would recommend getting a new SD card, installing Onion OS on it and keeping the stock card unchanged. That way you can always just swap back to the stock card and go back to the stock experience.
You can copy over all or just some of the roms from the stock card to the new one with Onion OS and it will not affect the stock card.
The quality of some of the roms on the stock SD card are somewhat questionable. A lot of people get community packs like Tiny Best Set: Go! that are made specifically for the MM+.
Or you if you run into any issues with one you might just have to find a replacement as most of them seem ok.
@@PhyrexTechs alright thanks so much for that. Is the quality of the stock ROMS questionable due to the stock OS perhaps? Or is it solely the result of playing the stock ROMS on Onion OS? I've now seen some videos where you can copy over the roms from the original SD card that comes with the device, together with certain bios files and save states / images.
I'm still new, it's one of those learn as you go along, but as long as I can just copy over all the roms over to the new SD with onion os, I'll work my way from there!
@@Amirichi They are only questionable because we can't know how or where the roms were sourced from. I would say most of the roms on the stock SD card should work fine but you might run into some duds.
@@Amirichi Yeah that should work fine. If you run into any issue or need help with anything just let me know.
May have already covered this but I’m using the default SD that came supplied with my miyoo mini plus
Will I be okay providing I back everything up onto pc?
Yeah the 2 main folders you want to back up are :
Roms location = SD Card/Roms
Bios location = SD Card/retroarch/.retroarch/system
You can also back up the whole thing if you want to be able to go back to the stock OS.
Just a fair warning that the stock SD cards are not great quality and might fail at some point.
Hello thanks for your video. I just ordered my miyoo and the rom titles and games are all in Chinese. Im planning to install onion os and replace all the games. Do i need to copy the Bios to the new SD card?
Yeah, you will want to get a brand-name SD card if possible. Then you can install Onion OS on that. If you don't have your own bios, using the ones from the stock SD card should be fine.
Once you install Onion OS is there anyway to go back to stock firmware that came with the device?
If you still have the stock SD card you can just put that back in.
If you installed Onion OS on the stock card then the only way to get back, that I know of, is to download a copy of the stock. You can find a copy by searching Miyoo Mini Plus stock SD card of Internet Archive
wait i am confused, did u format with the stock SD card or another SD card with rufus? i’m planning to use a new branded SD card, but i plugged the stock SD to my card reader first (since i assumed that’s what u did in the video). ik u said to accept the warning message but i didn’t do it cause the word ‘destroyed’ scared me 😂 i don’t want to somehow accidentally delete anything that came with the stock SD, that’s why i wanted to make sure if this was meant for the stock or not. sorry i’m a complete noob, this just flew over my head. i’m quite embarrassed asking this haha
Hey no problem! Sorry I was not more clear. You will want to do this with your new branded SD card and not the Stock SD card.
Do I have to do this a second time for another sd card or will the same onion download work?
Because onion OS is installed on the SD card. You have to do this for any SD card that you want to use OnionOS on.
If I just got my miyo mini plus and it’s got the stock firmware do I need to do anything else before I do this? Or I can just go ahead and this right away without having to do anything beforehand? Thank you
You will probably want to back up the files on your SD card that show in the description.
hey, thank you for tutorial! I have got one question, what's the reason that we cannot use SD over 128gb?
After more research and testing, that was a misunderstanding on my part. I think the max for FAT32 is 2TB however that would be overkill. So 128, 256gb would be my recommendation. 512 for the extreme library of PS1 games (300+). The only downside would be the time it takes loading the game list may increase with that many games. Thanks for asking I forgot I still had that in the description.
@PhyrexTechs thank you so much, I have empty samsung SD with 256gb, so I was wondering if there is still a need to get a new one with lower space. Can I ask one more question? I am very new in consol games, and I was wondering, which consols would you not recommend adding to miyoo Mini?
Any time! I would add any console that you are curious about, that it supports. It won't support N64 and above so you can cross those out. But everything else runs pretty well on it and is enjoyable. It's still my favorite PS1, GB, and GBC handheld at the moment.
Can you explain the ps1 bios part please? Once you put the sd card back in the computer the second time, where do you go to find the bios to copy in the ps1 folder?
If you have not formatted the stock SD card you will find them here on the SD card Bios location = retroarch/.retroarch/system
If you have formatted the card you can either check Internet Archive for a backup file of the Miyoo Mini plus stock SD card or check out another video where I go more in-depth about Bios and Roms th-cam.com/video/PcPJ3h6MIhA/w-d-xo.html
@@PhyrexTechs I haven't formatted the stock SD, I even copy and pasted it in a backup folder, is there where I can find the bios? Sorry to bother, I'm just really bad at this :(
@@AndreRulzOk Hey, It's no problem.
If you look on the SD card or on backup copy you made. You will want to go into the RetroArch then the .retroarch folder. Then inside the system folder. Here all of these files and folders are bios for different systems.
You will want to copy or drag and drop them from this folder to the BIOS folder on your Onion OS SD card.
I didn't know this 😅 my miyoo is on firmware 20230326... and I installed 4.2.3 no problem 😅😅😅
Nice, glad it is working!
@@PhyrexTechs yeah working perfect
Hi mate, if I want to use the default SD card that came with my miyoo, can i follow this tutorial without reformatting the SD card? or do I need to reformat the card using rufus in order to install onion?
You will need to format the card in order to install OnionOS. If you choose to do this make sure you get everything you don't want to lose off the SD card first. Like Roms and Bios files. Roms are in the Roms folder and bios are located here(/Retroarch/.retroarch/system)
Thanks foe the quick reply mate. What do Bios files do? Just so I know whether I need to keep them@@PhyrexTechs
Some systems like PlayStation require a bios file to run games. So it's best to back them up and if you ever need them you will have them.
If where I buy it from it doesn't include any SD card, I just format a new branded one and add the Onion OS then roms of my own collection to it and put it in the device right?
Yup that is it! Honestly that is the best way to do it.
Can I just format the card through disk utility on Mac or do I need rufus. I’m sure disk utility on Mac has fat32 what other changes would I need
Yeah if you are on Mac you can just use disk utilities.
Set Format › MS-DOS (FAT)
Set Scheme (if it exists) › Master Boot Record
and you should be good.
Best video ever !!!!!
Thanks!!
Does Onion OS improve performance of the device or just add some new features?
If there are any performance improvements they are negligible.
The best feature hands down is the game switcher. It utilizes auto save and load states that allow you to switch back and forth between any game quickly almost like alt tabbing between games.
Another great thing is when you turn the device off it will save the state and load state when powered back on.
@@PhyrexTechswhat if you didn't want it to save and just wanted to turn off device?
@@suhtangwong So by default when powered off or closing a game it makes a save state incrementally this is what allows the game switcher to work and should not interfere with your manual save states. If you don't like this feature, you can disable it by going to:
Apps > RetroArch Settings > Settings > Saving > Turn off "auto save state" and "load state automatically."
Back out to the "Settings" menu of Retroarch, then go down to Configuration File > Save Current Configuration.
And if you want the MM+ to start at the main menu on every boot:
Then go to Apps > Tweaks > System > Startup... and turn off Auto-resume last game.
I have a question, if you used a new micro sd card could you put the old one back in and still save your progress?
If you use a new SD card. You can switch back to the stock one if you want to go back to the stock OS. If you want, you can move the save games from either card to the other one whenever you like. Save states are another story cause they are only compatible with the same emulator/core.
Thank you!!
Also where can I find the BIOS files for PS1? Thanks!
You're welcome!
How long does it take for a newb who is not very tech savy?
And then to download quality rooms and set them up nicely, how long does that take ?
That will be hard for me to answer. If you feel comfortable with all the steps in the video, it should take about 15 min. If you are a little unsure about things It might take 30 min. Maybe someone else might be able to give you a better answer on how long it took them.
Please, I need help on the part where you add Roms to the SD card; I thought I followed each step closely-
I see you're adding Roms, but I don't know which folder you pulled up? Is it the unzipped Onion v4.3.0?? Because I opened that folder and I couldn't find where the games were that are showing on your screen. Help appreciated, thanks.
The ROMs will come from either the stock SD card or your own collection. If you don't have your own or already wiped the stock SD card you can search for "tiny best set go" or download a back up of the stock card by searching "Miyoo Mini Plus stock SD card on Internet Archive
@@PhyrexTechs so I have 2 SD cards; both 128 GBs. One came inside the miyoo mini with a couple of games and the second one came with the bundle I purchased and that's where I found your video and recalibrated it so it doesn't have any Roms installed yet and I'm trying to add them there.
Nice video thank you. Where do we find games to download?
I discuss this topic in my latest video.
Do I have to back up the BIOS and ROM before formatting the SD card and after that put the BIOS and ROM back on the SD card?
Yes, that is what you want to do.
When you copy your Roms from your old SD card Do you create a new folder onto your onion OS SD card or do you install it into the bios file????
Drag the roms folder you got from the stock SD card into the Onion OS SD card root folder and it should put all the files into the correct system folders.
The bios files will need to be placed into the Bios folder on the SD card.
This may be a dumb question but where are/when did we get the BIOS and the roms?
The locations of the Bios and Rom files on the stock SD card are listed in the video description.
If you formatted the Stock SD card you can download a back up of it or a collection like Tiny Best Set Go! from Internet Archive.
If you are wanting to get your own Bios/Roms I suggest checking out my Bios and Roms video.
Is it necessary to format the SD card even though it's brand new?
Yeah, it needs to be formatted with the correct file system. In this case FAT32.
I goofed up real bad by accidentally deleting the stockSD's files, so had to find the tiny best set. Hoping those downloads work out...
But yea I followed all the instructions for rufus and Onion OS but it just goes to the regular Miyoo start up screen? My firmware was one of the checked/acceptable options and I did the rufus and Onion OS installment twice, but no luck, so idk what to do 😕
Make sure you are seeing and dragging over the .temp_update folder. If you can't see this you will have to turn on hidden files.
Open File Explorer
Select View > Show > Hidden items.
@@PhyrexTechs .tmp_update was originally included. Still doesn’t work :/
@@mochistar3 Is this using the stock SD card? Either way do you have another SD card you can try? Also just to make sure when formatting with Rufus you are choosing FAT32?
@@PhyrexTechs I’m installing onion on the brand SD card and reformatted with Large Fat32.
Yeah it sounds like you are doing everything right. I could only suggest trying a different SD card or trying a different Onion OS version then the one you had tried.
im so confused. i got a brand new empty SD card and put the onion file on there but when i plug it into my miyoo it turns on like normal without downloading the onion. Ive been trying to figure it out all day now
Make sure you formatted the SD card as Fat32.
Double check the folders you added to the SD card and make sure that the .tmp_update folder is showing. If you are missing the .tmp_update folder you will have to enable "show hidden folders" in your computer OS to see it
which emulators would you say need installing from package manager or would you say all of them? Thanks.
You will want to install any of them that you plan on using. You can always go back to it from the apps section so you don't have to worry if you miss any.
Hey I am really new to this, do I have to use the card in the miyoo mini plus? I am not super good at this and do not want to risk the things on the og SD card. So could I put onion on a different one and just insert that?
Its best to do this on another SD card and keep the Stock SD card as a backup.
@PhyrexTechs ok thank you 😁 I have an extra one I just didn't know if I could use it or not.
No problem!
After doing this will we able to finally do in game save for pokemon?
Not sure if Onion OS will fix this exact issue.
From my understanding, this is an issue with either the Stock SD card or the Stock Roms that come with the device.
You will either want to replace the Stock SD card with a name brand one.Replace the stock Pokemon Roms with your own Roms. Or both for good measure.
You could still give it a try to see if it works just make sure to back up any roms and bios files on the stock SD if you are going to use that one.
Can you share a link to the decal on the front? That’s a cool little touch
I got them from this seller on Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/lukparts?ref=nla_listing_details
I think he is currently out of the one in blue but all the stickers/decals are great.
Question, if I install onion on a new SD card, done all these steps, can I just drag those roms that’s was pre installed on the original SD card that comes with the console into the onion SD card?
You can. However, some are known to be faulty and not great quality. Many people use "Tiny Best Set Go" or "Done Set" which can be found on Internet Archive.
@@PhyrexTechs thank you, I’ll take a look at both, do you have any suggestion of which I should go with?
@@Youkai_graphics They are both good, you can't really go wrong with either. Tiny focuses on popular consoles with the best-known games for those systems. Done kinda has more variety with the systems and games.
@@PhyrexTechs thanks! I’m going with done set, since I have some favourite game that wasn’t as popular
Awesome Enjoy!
I’m using a Samsung SD 128gb.
It starts downloading onion to the MM+ but once it hits 11% the stock miyoo logo takes over screen and im back at the stock menu with no onion love!? Please help me
A couple things you can try are:
1. Reformat card and download an older version of Onion OS like 4.2.2 or 4.2.1 and try again you can update it over wifi if it works github.com/OnionUI/Onion/releases
2. Try another SD card if you have one to make sure there is not something wrong with that one.
3. Try another computer to format and unzip Onion OS into the SD card
But the miyoo mini plus comes with games pre-installed, so if i add onion os will they disappear? Some miyoo minis comes with an SD card with games
Yes, If you use the stock SD card, which is not recommended. If you choose to use the stock SD card anyways you will want to backup/copy over your ROMs and Bios from the SD card to your PC so you do not lose those games.
is there any rufus alternatives for a mac user?
On Mac, you can format your SD card with the built-in Disk Utilities:
Open Application › Utilities › Disk Utilities
From the sidebar, select the USB drive
Choose Erase from the toolbar
Set Format › MS-DOS (FAT)
Set Scheme (if it exists) › Master Boot Record
Click Erase and wait for the process to finish
Im looking into mods for the Miyoo mini. What is in the usb c port under the speaker?
That is connector for a charging dock. I go over it a little here in this video: th-cam.com/video/FK2MVn0oqc0/w-d-xo.html
Im not that good with theses kind on tech stuff, im having problems with the roms part. I got onion installed on the mm+, but the consoles show no games... it just says empty. How do I add the games?
Did you put them in the roms folders after the onion OS install? If you did that hit the select button and refresh roms when at the console screen.
If not you will need to put the SD card back into the PC and move over your roms. If you installed Onion on a new SD card you can pull them off of the stock SD card.
If you installed Onion on the stock SD card without taking any roms off of it. I highly recommend getting a rom set. You can Google "Tiny Best Set Go" and follow the setup on the Internet archive page.
Okay so I just bought a MM+, should be coming in a couple weeks. I got the one with 128gb with preinstalled games. If I want Onion will I need to do this set up? I guess I can just copy everything onto my computer from the pre-installed card for safekeeping.
Yes you would need to follow the setup for Onion OS. Backing up everything work or you could get another 128 SD card for around 10$ and use it for Onion and be able to switch back and forth if you wanted. Both options will work.
@@PhyrexTechscool, thank you. Do you know how the operating system on the MM+ when you first get is decent or would you recommend to change to onion?
@@surajshergill7777 I would say the stock OS is usable. However, OnionOS is by far the best option.
@@PhyrexTechsthanks, will definitely install Onion then!
Why the SNEA simulator defaults to 9x 2005? I will never know but about half the games I play with it have sound card issues and it doesn't let you switch unless you're an expert mode and it does not ship with it enabled.
When I'm getting at is this guide is invaluable for me being able to actually get the emulators I want on here as default and be able to switch as needed instead of constantly plugging in the SD card to change files up
Thanks! Glad it could help.
@@PhyrexTechs Im glad you could read that, I apparently was super tired and could barely string a sentence. TL;DR Snes9x 2005 plus is the default and certain games have inconsistent issues with the sound. Once i got expert going and could test it a bit my issues resolved. I'm sticking with blaming the old emulator that is only default as it doesn't use many resources in comparison to the others available.
But of course further testing is needed lol.
I think for me the default SNES core is Beetle Supafaust. I normally stick with default but when I have issues, I just go to the game list menu and it Y on that game and choose a different core. If you have a lot of games having issue I could see the expert mode being easier.
@@PhyrexTechs Yep, that is what it was for me, personally im a snes9x lady but im gonna give the default a go. all i know is the default for stock out of the box was the worst possible version.
new fun thing is installing apparently corrupted something and a few games that worked before are now saying they are missing :/. But that is an easy fix of just readding it to the card (i hope!)
The "Refresh all roms" option by hitting select when on the Games screen where you choose your system sometime that can fix that issue also.
Im new to all this I thought I followed all the directions to the T but when I turned my mini plus back on I had no games in it. What did I do wrong?
If you used the stock SD card and didn't copy your games off of it, you will need to replace them. I recommend searching for Tiny Best Set Go for a complete collection pack. Or you can find people have made back ups of the stock SD card on Internet archive.
I downloaded and unpacked the Onion-4.2.3 and it's showing different files than in your video. Is the process still the same or am I doing something wrong?
It will be the same process. There should be no difference in the folders between these version.
It should still be these folders
.tmp_update/ *Might be hidden
BIOS/
Media/
miyoo/
miyoo354/
RetroArch/
Themes/
If you see something different make sure you did not download the source code zip by accident.
@@PhyrexTechs I did download the source code by accident. Got the right files now, thanks!
Anytime. Enjoy!
Hello. I am confused about adding the roms and bios. Where are these files coming from to go onto my sd card?
These roms and bios are either going to be from the Stock SD card or from your own collection.
I'm alittle lost. Got onion installed with no problem on a new sd. But having a hard time getting the games on the new sd card. ThT emulator file is from where? The old sd card? You have to both sd cards installed to move games over to new sd? Im a noob when it comes to this
You can move files from the stock SD card to your computer then disconnect it and connect your new SD card and move the files onto it. I have the location of the bios and ROMs files for the stock SD card in the description.
my x,y,b,a buttons do not work while playing a game in my regular miyoo mini plus. if I install the onionOS, will that resolve the button defect?
If it's a software issue it will fix the issue. However it this is a hardware issue it will not. If you have another SD card you can give it a try then always go back to the stock SD card if you need to.
literally just want to play heart gold soul silver for ds games and everything else does it do that ?
The Miyoo Mini Plus is not powerful enough to run DS games. It can only really go up to PS1 games.
For something like that I would recommend an Ambernic RG405 or even better if you can find a good deal on a used 2ds or 3ds.
There is a way to mod the 3ds/2ds to run regular DS games and it's great because of the dual screen and you can play all the 3ds games too. Also the HShop on a modded 3ds allows you to download them all for free.
Did some more research and it seems that I was wrong that the MM+ cannot play DS games. However, it needs to be installed differently than the native emulators. Here is a guide on how to set it up. I have not done it before so if you run into issues you may want to reach out on the reddit for help. miyooguide.fireblend.com/docs/FAQ.html#nintendo-ds-emulation-with-drastic
Where did you get the gameboy decal and usb-c port cap?
www.etsy.com/listing/1215555181/nintendo-gameboy-label-aufkleber-sticker?ref=share_v4_lx
The sticker is sold out at the moment however he restocks it regularly.
The USB c plug is for a charging dock I got from Keepretro www.keepretro.com/products/miyoo-mini-plus-charging-base-magnet-stand
I show and talk about the dock in my Miyoo Mini Accessories video if you are curious.
I watched this but I need a tutorial or advice bc I am trying to download it currently but it won’t show Rufus and I’m thinking that is because it says download 4.2.3
4.2.3 should work fine. You will need to download Rufus separately.
I don't have a windows pc, but i have a linux.
So long story short, i can do this installation without windows? Is that correct?
Yeah, you can use Linux. The main difference in the process would be the formatting of the card. You can use one of these options if your unfamiliar with it.
www.golinuxcloud.com/steps-to-format-sd-card-in-linux/
@PhyrexTechs thanks, i have successfully installed onion os on sandisk 128gb. I can't believe it's just that easy.
Got one question, how many free size do you recommend that is free on the sd card?
My 64gb is almost full with only 200mb left.
It should be fine running pretty full. You will want to have some space so it can write files for saves, states, and boxart. 100mb should be plenty for all that with some buffer.
I would like to ask on time stamp 2:25. where can I get the one you add for BIOS?
Because bios files are copyrighted I am unable to share them. However, there are many places you can get them. Internet archive and also the Rom reddit has some good information on where you can get them.
Man I’m having the same issue, went all through the video and then we can’t install the games.. wth
Dragging your roms to the correct folder for each system should install the games. Where are you having an issue with getting the games to work?
@@PhyrexTechshaving the same issue. If it’s the same as me there are no actual roms to drag into the SD
I have no idea how to do the backup, I don't even know what the bios and roms are, and my Rufus doesn't allow me to change the formatting part, I'm so lost
If you have a windows computer this is something you could try. github.com/schmurtzm/Onion-Desktop-Tools/blob/main/README.md
It should be a lot easier as it is just an application that should walk you through the process.
If I’m cool with how everything is running out of box is there much to gain from setting up Onion OS?
Well, if you are happy with how things are now they I would say enjoy it and you can always switch over later if you want. The major thing that made me change over was the GameSwitcher and the ability to have it save my game when I power it off and load back to where I was when I power it on.
@@PhyrexTechsNice, good to know.
I think I’ll give it a shot tonight. Thanks for theee videos
Hi saw vid recently is onion os better than the retro arch cause the save states on there is so bad they randomly delete or is onion the best one for these things
Onion OS uses Retroarch for most of the emulation on the device. Retroarch should not be randomly deleting save states.
I think by default there is a maximum number of save states per game before it starts clearing old ones. And I have heard some people who make 20+ save states have issues with that when the game also saves and loads the state on power off/on.
That setting can be increased but most people won't need that unless you are someone who uses lots of save states per game.
@@PhyrexTechs so best bet is to confirm before saving that im overwriting a prior save tbh i also dont believe im on current version as i just got device so that may help haha
made stupid mistake, didnt back up my SD properly before installing onion from default, and lost all my games/roms. I am not super savvy with downloading files/computer etc. am I screwed? I cant find anywhere where I can redownload games, just trying to get pokemon emerald on my miyoo.
The best options you have are to go to the Internet Archive and search for a Miyoo Mini Stock SD card backup or the Tiny Best Set Go collection. The other option would be to check out my Roms and Bios video.
@@PhyrexTechs word! Thanks for the reply. Hopefully i can figure it out. Thanks my dude! Great vid
do you dont have music in games after installing 4.2 too? sound is only at the menu - any help/fix?
I have not had that issue before. A couple things I would check.
Is this the Miyoo Mini v2 or the Miyoo Mini plus?
If you go to Settings then About device. What firmware version do you have?
The last thing to check is retroarch audio settings. You can get there by pressing the small menu button in the center of the device + select while running a game. Hit B once go to Settings > Audio make sure mute is toggled off. Under output make sure audio is toggle on.
If there is anything else I can think of I'll post later.
@@PhyrexTechs Hey, thx for answer. Got latest firmware, miyoo mini+, in retroarch i have everything like you said :( Do you think I should try clean install one more time?
@NoOneRazer yeah I would format the SD card again and try a fresh install.
Is there a reason for installing a new os? What’s wrong with the one it comes with?
There is nothing necessarily wrong with it. If it works for you and enjoy it that is fine. However, Onion OS adds a lot of features that are amazing.
Things like game switcher or adding ports. A full list can be found here: onionui.github.io/