Comments on: Retroid Pocket Starter Guide

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:19:23 +0000

Hey Russ. Have been enjoying your stuff and waiting for my bonus to buy an RP5. One thing that will need addressed in this guide is the recent removal of Drastic. The apk is still out there but it should get linked or see if there is another DS emulator that is going to work on the Play store as well as Drastic did

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By: earthquakegleamingae959a005b

earthquakegleamingae959a005b — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:55:45 +0000

In reply to rick.

Nope.

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By: rick

rick — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 02:35:41 +0000

In reply to Jacob.

same, did you ever figure it out?

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By: ZMarketChangers

ZMarketChangers — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:48:14 +0000

Thanks for your work.

I have bought RP5 recently, now playing with installation of emus, roms etc. One question is that some interesting Android games are huge now and I only have 40GB of space left in internal storage. I have 512GB SDXC and could use it to expand. Any known tricks how to move Android games data to SD card? Can’t find such options in settings under each App or in Files by Google… Thanks in advance!

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By: Jacob

Jacob — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 16:28:08 +0000

Russ, I am trying to download the RetroArch cores following your instructions, but I can’t find the SNK Neo Geo (FinalBurn Neo) in my list. Do you know how I can get that added?

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By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 21:41:42 +0000

Hi, great work here! I’ve been using this to set up my RP5, and it’s been super helpful. As I’m building my library of games, I was wondering—what does “lite Switch” mean exactly? I’ve never owned a Switch, so I’m curious. Thanks in advance, and I really appreciate your YouTube channel; it’s been such a great resource!

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By: Sean McCaffrey

Sean McCaffrey — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 21:53:26 +0000

Hi Russ, thanks for this great guide. I have some feedback about a minor error in it. In the “Recommended accessories” section, you recommend the Retroid Dock for the Retroid Pocket Mini. But on Retroid’s website, they say their dock is not compatable with the Retroid Pocket Mini. I would recommend something like this for the Mini: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9D2HDYN

Thanks, have a nice one!

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By: tommy

tommy — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 16:58:48 +0000

In reply to Russ.

thank you for the info. i will put my ESDE on my internal storage and my roms in microsd.

again, thank you

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By: Russ

Russ — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 21:57:47 +0000

In reply to tommy.

The RP5 reads exFAT, which means that it can handle any SD card size available on the market and then some. Bear in mind that the larger the card, the slower its read/write speeds will usually be. This can cause an issue if you have ESDE set up as your primary home launcher and your ESDE folder resides on the SD card — sometimes the app can’t read the data quickly enough and will cause errors. If you are going to use a 1.5TB SD card I would recommend putting your ESDE folder on your internal storage to prevent issues like this.

As far as whether it can read games via USB port, it will depend on the drive you connect to it — if it has a high power draw then the device won’t be able to read it. Generally lightweight USB thumb drives are fine, but USB SSDs require too much power to be effective.

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By: tommy

tommy — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:33:30 +0000

Good day/evening, what is the microsd capacity of rp5? im planning to buy 1.5tb on amazon.

Can the rp5 play/read game via usb port?

Thank you

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