Ok, figured it out. Next to the 2nd Red pillar, there is a large rock with a rotating switch similar to the one on top of the 3rd pillar. It's well hidden in the sandstorm.
If you can't teleport, some weird flag is set. Best advise is to use the moonjump code and try to get all the lightroots you can. One of them will have a stone alter/building thing, and you can ascend up it.
To remove the teleport flag bug; try entering a shrine, then exiting.
I'm guessing it's your SD card or your CFW setup.
I wish I could be of more help but honestly; just backup your SD Card's data and start from scratch but with the save data.
If it starts working it was something with your CFW.
If it still doesn't work, try moving your SD backup to a new...
I mean yeah sure but the specs are the same as a $50 model, it's just those pesky "quality of life" things driving up the price, like an actually working speaker, or buttons that don't melt, and stuff like that.
I think all in my Pi 4 was well north of 200 bucks 150ish for the Pi 4 the case the fancy cooler, then like 70 for the 500GB MicroSD then like 70 for the Xbox controller. But honestly it's a nice set up I really enjoy and to me was worth every penny. (even bought more controllers for 2 or 4 player games.) hmmm have never played any 2 player games yet
Yeah that's what I hate about the RPi, it's supposedly $30 or something but it takes an additional $200 of accessories to actually turn it into a working something.
Yeah a lot of it I consider a hobby, using Batocera I am constantly adjusting the collection adding and removing stuff, scraping the artwork. Haven't even started on some music for the theme... Also way down the road I am considering attempting to do a WiiFlow knock off lol