Flashing Rocknix CFW to Powkiddy RGB10MAX3

[@86mrnelson]

Since it uses same file system for games, do saves carry over automatically of currently playing games?

[@cosmicgamingunlimited]

You will lose everything that is stored on the firmware SD card. If you have games and saves on a secondary card, you will be fine, but some people only use 1 card

[@berva]

this firmware has its bugs on the max 3. it looses connection to the mico sd card all the time, reboot required each time.

[@cosmicgamingunlimited]

Which Revision are you using? Is it an issue on all versions?

[@berva]

@@cosmicgamingunlimited using the latest revision 20240702. I have tried multiple sandisk sd cards with the same results. Ive gone back to the last JELOS version for now which does not have this issue. I'll test the next Rocknix release when it comes out.

[@cosmicgamingunlimited]

@@berva My Max3 had a screen catastrophic failure ehen I made this video (Like, I had to scrap footage I had planned to use in the video!) so I did not have time to test sleep modes, game performance, or stability. I am thinking of just hooking it up to a monitor to test it out while I wait for parts.

[@othra9963]

Is JellOS bad? What would you say are the pros and cons of switching to Rocknix?

[@cosmicgamingunlimited]

JELOS and Rocknix are very similar. Rocknix just is getting support continuous support where JELOS support has stopped. The JELOS team had decided that they weren't a full time OS creator, as it was supposed to be only a hobby for them. The decided to go back to being a hobby group and only making custom firmwares for devices they used within their own group, instead of a wide range of devices. Some people decided to continue to work on the custom firmware and renamed it Rocknix (in name of the chip line the CFW would support). Rocknix will have added features and some bug fixes that are not present in JELOS, but at the end of the day they are very similar. Just think of JELOS as an older build of Rocknix.

[@mrtravoiceburges]

mine worked but my games did not show up with jelous or rocknix... how do i make a file for games had this for 6 months working on it 8 hours a week and nothing

[@cosmicgamingunlimited]

File structures need to be done in a specific way. I think you can stick a blank SD card in and have it generate a file structure. You may be able to rename the folders to what is needed. I think the SD card also needs to be exFat

[@mrtravoiceburges]

@@cosmicgamingunlimited ok but i dont think you just put a blank card in tho.. maybe name a folder rom, roms, games, Rocknix, i dont what name does it tho if any? but i will try that thanks

[@cosmicgamingunlimited]

@@mrtravoiceburges on the SD card that contains the Rocknix Custom Firmware, the directory names will be inside of the roms folder. You can copy the entire roms folder over to your games SD card. Then place your roms into the correct folders. Hope this helps.

[@mrtravoiceburges]

@@cosmicgamingunlimited you were rite i got it thank you

[@cosmicgamingunlimited]

@@mrtravoiceburges Awesome!

[@theautomator2001]

After switching from jelos to rocknix do you keep cover art and video previews or do you scrape again?

[@cosmicgamingunlimited]

Kept them. That data was kept on the games sd card. If you only have one card, you will lose the data. I suggest backing up your card to your pc

[@theautomator2001]

@@cosmicgamingunlimited thanks dude, yeah I have a dual sd card powkiddy (x55).

[@cosmicgamingunlimited]

@@theautomator2001 Nice! It’s a good deal. It fits in the hands better than the RGB10Max3 and has an easier to remember name.

[@PkmnTrainerAbram]

I flashed the img for the rgb10 max 3 but whenever I try to update it in the device I get a black screen. What am I doing wrong?

[@PkmnTrainerAbram]

I seemed to have solved the issue. Apparently when downloading the file from the site it wasn't downloading the full file. I had to download it 4 times before I got the full installation.

[@PkmnTrainerAbram]

Now it freezes when I try to load any game.

[@cosmicgamingunlimited]

Did you download the correct version? Not the one for the Pro model?

[@PkmnTrainerAbram]

@@cosmicgamingunlimited Yes, I did. I ended up flashing the original version that came with the device back to it on a new SD card. I'll just stick with that since it seems to be the only OS that doesn't glitch on me.

[@gahlami-ad2191]

does this make you have to get all games again?

[@cosmicgamingunlimited]

if you have only one sd card, yes. if you have two cards like me then no. you can always move the games to your computer and put them back on the sd card.