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Yeah, title says it all. I bought it out FOMO and I kinda regret it. It’s still a neat little gadget and if I didn’t already have several others I might’ve enjoyed it better.
I have an original Miyoo Mini... and, it's AMAZING. It's been my go-to for a number of years now. So, when the V4 came out, I was excited. Now that I have one... I'm less-so.
I immediately ran into a problem where the Mini wasn't recognizing any new ROMs. It didn't take long to realize that it wasn't seeing anything that was zipped. So, the simple fix should have been simply unzipping everything and dumping them into the SD card. However, as soon as I did that and attempted to reload/refresh the lists, immediately, NOTHING was found. There would be a brief (1/4 of a second) flash of what looked like file names, which then yielded to a blank list. And not just for the game system I'd attempted to add-to... It affected EVERYTHING. Nothing showed for ROMs, APPS, etc.
Formatting the SD card, even installing a new one wouldn't fix the issue, either. It rebuilds the file tree but won't allow anything to be added to that filesystem. It's just empty file folders, essentially.
I had also ordered the Onion SD card with the Mini. That didn't do much better. The Mini would run the provided unzipped games but wouldn't run ANY of the APPS. The Mini also didn't seem to be able to even SEE a number of the other files that should have allowed me to run the (ostensibly) better Onion OS. And the file system manager wouldn't access a number of the folders/files on the SD card. So... trying out the Onion OS didn't happen.
I went down hours of Reddit and forum rabbit holes and I honestly, deeply regret to say that... none of it worked. Nothing that wasn't already in the pre-installed OS worked, and then ONLY the very first time I popped-in the original SD card provided by LitNXT. No updated themes, no access to advanced Retroarch features, none of it.
Don't get me wrong, when the Mini DID play a game, it did so very well. The screen is beautiful and the buttons feel superb, lacking the obnoxious noise that my original Mini has developed over the years.
Sadly, though... as of now, all I have is a little white brick sitting unused in a corner... and a deep sense of buyer's remorse.
I like the Miyoo mini v4 it’s like a little pocket rocket the only thing I’ve got against it is that I got chunky finger's I could do with a bit more space between the keys. I have to save up for the Miyoo mini plus I got the 256 memory card it has got a great load of games I like I love it👍👍👍
It's been sitting in New York since the 29th of May.
Cleared customs but no updates after that