So i got the ODE today brand new from a official reseller ("Dealers"). As far as i can tell everything works except RTC.
New EZ ODE with nearly full RTC battery (measured 3.01V).
GBA SP AGS-001 completely stock (no modifications).
Genuine (tested) 64 GB Samsung Evo microSD formatted as exFAT with SDFormatter.
Newest kernel and firmware from ezflash.cn downloaded yesterday.
All tested ROMs are verified against the no-intro database.
I set the RTC in the menu correctly and it's holding time and date as expected even on longer periods without power. No time jumping. "GAME RTC" is set to "OPEN" (blue square). The issue is if i boot any of the Pokemon games requiring RTC it sometimes displays the battery run dry message and sometimes not. It seems to be random. Same happens booted from NOR, mode B and it makes no difference if i clean boot or with addon. I will also try other RTC enabled games later.
I don't believe this is a hardware issue. It seems to me there is something wrong either with the software or the FPGA RTC implementation.
edit:
I just tried Boktai (also verified clean ROM) and sometimes the date and time resets to 1.3.2004 (DMY) 00:00 and sometimes it's the correct one i set in the menu.
New EZ ODE with nearly full RTC battery (measured 3.01V).
GBA SP AGS-001 completely stock (no modifications).
Genuine (tested) 64 GB Samsung Evo microSD formatted as exFAT with SDFormatter.
Newest kernel and firmware from ezflash.cn downloaded yesterday.
All tested ROMs are verified against the no-intro database.
I set the RTC in the menu correctly and it's holding time and date as expected even on longer periods without power. No time jumping. "GAME RTC" is set to "OPEN" (blue square). The issue is if i boot any of the Pokemon games requiring RTC it sometimes displays the battery run dry message and sometimes not. It seems to be random. Same happens booted from NOR, mode B and it makes no difference if i clean boot or with addon. I will also try other RTC enabled games later.
I don't believe this is a hardware issue. It seems to me there is something wrong either with the software or the FPGA RTC implementation.
edit:
I just tried Boktai (also verified clean ROM) and sometimes the date and time resets to 1.3.2004 (DMY) 00:00 and sometimes it's the correct one i set in the menu.
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