Spruce up the Miyoo A30 with NEW Custom Firmware | SpruceOS Emulation Review

The Miyoo A30 received some bad reviews when if first launched due to its less powerful processor compared to the Anbernic RG28xx and lackluster firmware at launch. There have been a few attempts to rectify this situation and now with SpruceOS the Miyoo A30 (assisted by devs from the OnionOS team) looks and performs exactly as it should have on day one. I have always been a fan because of the joystick which I felt was needed for higher end Retro Emulation but with the newest changes make this a great companion handheld.
Do you have a Miyoo A30 running spruce? Is this something you look forward to trying in the future?
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=Specs=
Model number: MIYOO A30
Operating System: Linux
CPU: Allwinner A33
GPU: Mali-400 MP2
Screen: 2.8 inches IPS (640x480)
Memory: 512mb
WIFI: 2.4G
Batteries: 3.7V 2600mAh
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[@gadgetuk99]

Expecting mine to arrive by midweek, from AliExpress £28 no SD card , brought a 256gb and put the spruce os on and roms ready to go when it arrives 👍😄

[@CellPhish]

Awesome you are going to love it (I assume). You should be able to setup your SD while you wait for it

[@gadgetuk99]

@@CellPhish yeah it's ready to go 👍

[@AarLui]

How did you do it? Is there a video by someone on how to add software and games?

[@gadgetuk99]

@@AarLui look on KZbin for A30 and you will see how to install spruce etc

[@loboahriman7680]

I got my own collection but it was only an extra $5 for a 128gb card so eh 🤷‍♂️ Really looking forward to it tho, this will be my travel device... and I trave a LOT.

[@michaelbenny659]

Spruce is awesome, and easier to download than the stock card from Miyoo.

[@CellPhish]

Lol so true. Every custom firmware is easier than downloading from Miyoo or Anbernic 😂

[@CornyPuddle]

Awsome! Now I have a reason to buy another one 😅

[@CellPhish]

Literally what I did

[@Pepoalbaro]

me too. Is a really good looking console

[@gadgetuk99]

Also just letting you know WiFi causes slow downs every few seconds, not sure if it's affected yours or you not noticed but this is a bug with the firmware, confirmed by spruce os programmer

[@CellPhish]

I haven't seen a problem yet. My load may be a little lighter as I removed so r things I don't need. Did it to free space but easily could help with that. Spruce isn't being nice to me with Netplay sometimes but no OS runs it that well

[@renanpereira03]

This happened with mine, but just if Wifi is turned on and none connections are up. when i'm on the road without access to my wifi, i just turn it off and it's fine.

[@Tetrastructural]

Stick is also great for arcade games, esp shmups

[@CellPhish]

Absolutely. Most arcade shmups have a stick

[@9KandA2]

So this firmware has overclock enable by default, does that mean that the console gets hot or the battery runs out faster?

[@CellPhish]

In some cases where it needs overclock it does. It doesn’t get any hotter than normal and I haven’t noticed a difference in battery life

[@leelee7334]

I just realized this has similar hardware to the Pocketgo S30.

[@CellPhish]

Strange another Miyoo handheld 😂

[@vitorharalambus6537]

How do I set Hub theme….asking for a friend….

[@CellPhish]

Themes are in the setting menu

[@vitorharalambus6537]

@@CellPhish nah, I can’t find that one, only default, Spruce and M themes

[@AndrewStottisTheIndiWerWlf]

I'm just frustrated that the online updater in retroarch doesn't work in spruce.

[@CellPhish]

Understandable. I’m not sure why that hasn’t been figured out out yet. Maybe in a future update… which won’t be done OTA 😒

[@AndrewStottisTheIndiWerWlf]

@@CellPhish I just ended up returning my A30. It wasn't worth the hassle for me.

[@neocauba]

U know when u buy the miyoo a30 do you have to buy the micro sd card (for the old OS) or can you just buy the miyoo a30 without the micro sd card and just buy a new 128gb micro sd and add all the roms/gamds

[@CellPhish]

You could buy one without a card that’s what I typically do. Normally they will come with a card without ROM w/ the current OS and that’s all

[@neocauba]

@@CellPhish does it come with an sd card from Ali express?

[@neocauba]

@@CellPhish do you think I should still setup spruce OS on a new micro sd card BEFORE I buy the miyoo a30?

[@Saitamacz34]

How do MAME games display by default of this system? Do we have to hold the console vertically or can we play them horizontally?

[@CellPhish]

You can play horizontal with vertical as an option

[@silverbeach85]

I installed he firmware, later tried to install Spruce, it showed the Spruce logo and then turned off. The Miyoo was still charging with its cable. I turned on again and Spruce was running itself BUT once is done the menu screen shows ONLY words: "favorites, games, apps, settings". I follow the steps from Github. Any idea what's going on?? My card is a Sandisk Ultra Plus 256gb. Thank you

[@CellPhish]

It sounds like you are missing the system files. Would be difficult to be the case however when you are seeing spruce boot up. Maybe a theme issue?

[@silverbeach85]

@@CellPhish Thank you for your reply. After so many tries, finally the Miyoo stopped charging and turned off by its own... I asked for a return and was accepted. Tomorrow will buy another one in person living near by but was still doubting if getting one again. Since it's for a gift I think it will be okay but I keep for myself the MM+ for sure.

[@TheEjik95]

Почему камера так далеко? Ничего же не видно 😅

[@CellPhish]

I normally run 3 cameras. Hard to use closeup footage you won’t see anything

[@sethdominickortiz]

So has anyone gotten Pokémon emerald or any GBA Rom files to work on this little guy, was hoping it could be my way to relive good times with Pokémon games but I’ve had no luck with the a30 no gba rom file out of box and I’m in need of spruce, just wondering if anybody was able to play Pokémon emerald or any game boy advance games though

[@CellPhish]

Are you having a hard time finding the ROMs?

[@sethdominickortiz]

@@CellPhish no it’s not the ROMs I just do have a GBA file in the SD card the a30 came with so I made one but it doesn’t show up, I haven’t really tried again but I will tonight or Monday if I figure out what to do ?

[@VTOX]

Ахренеть она долго загружается👎🏻!

[@eswaran6453]

Display is very dim