Hacking Android OS on Switch Ultimate Discussion Thread

[Deleted User]

Why cant you just connect your microSD card with Android to your PC and transfer ROMS to it that way?

Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

Can't access the fat32 partition from within android.

So gotta use a fat32 usb drive with the dock, and for anything over 4 gbs in size, ftp which is slow as molasis.

 

[AkGBA]

Why cant you just connect your microSD card with Android to your PC and transfer ROMS to it that way?

Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

Because the 2 GB fat32 partition, the only one visible in your PC, isn't mounted while executing LineageOS (unless rooted, but it's not required to use Android on your switch).
And the partition containing LineageOS, the one where you should put any file your want to use in Lineage, isn't visible on your PC (ext4 filesystem).

It a limitation of this first beta. Let's see if it can be improved with the next versions.

 

[Smoker1]

For Users who are not able to to get any USB Drives working, while using the Dock.........try removing the Switch Game Card. Works perfectly, however you will need to use a App like xplore
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ni...--development/how-to-usbs-to-android-t3952656

Now just have to test and see if this will Improve the LAN . I dont know WTF was going on, but when I tested it last Night, it seemed to want to be like Dial-Up
Not to mention it seemed like when I was wanting to DL GTA-SA and GTA-VC, it was the same thing

 

[XC-3730C]

Because the 2 GB fat32 partition, the only one visible in your PC, isn't mounted while executing LineageOS (unless rooted, but it's not required to use Android on your switch).
And the partition containing LineageOS, the one where you should put any file your want to use in Lineage, isn't visible on your PC (ext4 filesystem).

It a limitation of this first beta. Let's see if it can be improved with the next versions.

You could use DiskInternals Linux Reader on a PC to access the ext4 filesystem. I use that often with Raspberry Pi 3 images.

 

[HulkWogan]

Why cant you just connect your microSD card with Android to your PC and transfer ROMS to it that way?

Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

I tried that initially but despite using an 128gb microSD you can only access 2 gb of storage after flashing the card for android.

Even then I'm not sure a file manager would be able to access them. (I could be wrong).

Somebody beat me to this answer, sorry.

 

[Deleted User]

So what are the best emulators that folks have found for this? I tried FPSe, but it didn't run too great, Dolphin, which really depends on the game, and Gameboid (gba). Gameboid is alright, but I swear it had sound issues.

Interested in emulators for

SNES
Megadrive
PSX
GB/GBC
GBA
DreamCast
NDS
PSP

 

[Smoker1]

So what are the best emulators that folks have found for this? I tried FPSe, but it didn't run too great, Dolphin, which really depends on the game, and Gameboid (gba). Gameboid is alright, but I swear it had sound issues.

Interested in emulators for

SNES
Megadrive
PSX
GB/GBC
GBA
DreamCast
NDS
PSP

Having Issues with the Joycons. Especially with MAME. So for some, you will need to use a Bluetooth Controller.

 

[gamemasteru03]

Having Issues with the Joycons. Especially with MAME. So for some, you will need to use a Bluetooth Controller.

Have you flashed the joycon fix? It fixes alot of problems with the joycons.

 

[Smoker1]

Have you flashed the joycon fix? It fixes alot of problems with the joycons.

Yes I did. But there needs to be a autoconfig or someone needs to get them Configured for RetroArch so they can work properly. I did manage to get MAME4Droid (0.139u1) working, due to it having a Configuration where you can set the Mappings.

 

[Deleted User]

Having Issues with the Joycons. Especially with MAME. So for some, you will need to use a Bluetooth Controller.

Really? After applying the joycon fix, I'm even able to use them with Kodi, which is awesome.

 

[gamemasteru03]

Yes I did. But there needs to be a autoconfig or someone needs to get them Configured for RetroArch so they can work properly. I did manage to get MAME4Droid (0.139u1) working, due to it having a Configuration where you can set the Mappings.

Hhhm weird. The joycon fix fixed all the problems I had with my joycons. Hopefully there is a fix for mame4droid soon.

 

[Smoker1]

Hhhm weird. The joycon fix fixed all the problems I had with my joycons. Hopefully there is a fix for mame4droid soon.

MAME4Droind is working with them. But the RetroArch MAME Cores have nothing Listed in the Controls Section. Have to use the Screen Mappings.

 

[Smoker1]

UPDATE - For the MAME Cores in RetroArch, you need a Keyboard to map specific Functions. One being, the Config Menu (Tab Key to show MAME Menu while In-Game). However, you will need to have the Retropad active under the On-Screen Display.

 

[Flavindapple]

i've had this issue too not able to complete the setup kept saying android setup has stopped and restarted what is pico?

Pico refers to the lightest installation of gapps. go to https://opengapps.org/ and select ARM64 - 8.1 - then pico option under Variant:

Hope this helps ya

 

[SpaceJump]

Did anyone try Yaba Sanshiro / Yabause with this? How does it run If at all?

 

[Josshy0125]

I keep getting "Nvidia games has stopped working" and stuff like that... so I can't even enter the app... how do we fix this? It's really frustrating the fuck outta me.

 

[M7L7NK7]

Anyone tried goldeneye with mupen or retroarch mupen?

 

[Basketto]

Is their a way to overclock/underclock CPU/GPU for this?

 

[ZachyCatGames]

Is their a way to overclock/underclock CPU/GPU for this?

It automatically adjusts the clock speeds depending on load. And the base speeds can be controlled by the performance profiles under battery settings

 

[Katlin]

Anyone have the OpenGL working in Dolphin and also does Viper4Android work also?