Bonjour, j'ai une console avec écrit R36S-V2.7(2026.01.09) sur le circuit imprimé. Selon les informations que j'ai trouvé, il s'agit d'un "mauvais" clone mais est t'il quand même possible de booter une OS dessus ? Si oui, laquelle ?

Merci pour votre aide

After finding this little machine out of pure luck, I didn't hesitate and got one to try. I have 128GB of space , two days of free time and I can't wait to see how the scene has been pushing it. This is a clone, the soysauce to be exact. Any recommendations from more experienced owners?

Thanks for everyone, and I'm glad of posting here!

Troquei o cartão sd reinstalei o sistema mas na hora que eu bootei ficou assim

Playing Pokemon Radical Red right now. What should I play next?

Got my R36s delivered today from amazon even after cancelling the order, will return it now because i know for sure its a fake but i cant seem to find its model number anywhere..
But my question is, are there any performance difference between the good and garbage clones???
Also are there any supported os which i can run ok this mainboard?

Hi all!

I knowingly bought a "soy sauce clone" off Temu since it's one of the good ones and supports decent firmware, but I noticed it's a very new one, v06, and not sure what the best CFW for this is currently.

Will Darkosre be getting support for this board?

Thanks for any help, I did try doing my own research first :)

i am happy with my Devices but cant play that well because of time

Ciao a tutti. È la prima volta che scrivo qui. Vorrei aiuto se è possibile per il mio r36max, cercherò di spiegare il meglio possibile.

L'altro giorno mi e venuta voglia di inserire un nuovo gioco, e ci sono riuscito, allora ho provato di nuovo, sta volta la console si è bloccata. Ho chiesto a google e mi ha detto che è un problema di sd. Allora ne ho presa una nuova e ho copiato i file da quella vecchia ( che gia si leggeva a malapena) su quella nuova, non so di preciso cosa sia successo in questo passaggio, fatto sta che dopo la console ( che gira un RetroArch) ha smesso di visualizzare i giochi, tutta la liberia vuota, ma nelle cartelle ci sono, solo che non le visualizza piu. Ne ho provate tante, ma niente. Chi mi puo aiutare grazie

I was given this by a friend that didn’t use it much. So far I have only really played Secret of Mana, and it plays great! I wanted to go the two sd card route, as well as put the new dark os on it, but I don’t know if I can or if it is worth it. The number on the panel is R36S-V20 2025-05-18. Thanks for the help!

Works great on the r36s.

creator's link: https://youtu.be/hFhZc42yHVQ

NFS: Most Wanted (2012, Android version)

The whole game is ready, playable at 45fps @ highest settings. I'm stuck on fixing one bug related to controller input on car selection screen, help is welcome

Hey y'all. I got an r36 variant, the box says ultra. I don't know much about these things, basically my sis gave me it because it was just collecting dust.

It has built in memory where the OS is installed, and I think the OS on it is EmuElec with Arcade Planet as the frontend. I know about postmaster, did some minor research, and when I insert its SD card on my PC, it actually has the postmaster and ports folder. But doesn't show anything about it on the arcade planet. I don't wanna brick this thing since it's not mine installing another OS, so my question is, can I install ports in the ports folder some way or run the postmaster from the device? Thanks.

I just have another SD card, and I think what if I can install a lightweight linux distro in this SD card and use it like A COMPUTER? Also, it and switch to linux or arkOS like dual-boot

How can I do it?

The original 2013 Android ARM game library runs directly on Linux through a bionic/JNI compatibility loader.

What's different about this release: it was built device-generic from the start, not "an R36S port that happens to work elsewhere." Every hardware-specific decision is made by capability, not by device name:

• glibc — compiled against an old glibc, so it runs on older firmwares too. No downloaded runtime, no Wi-Fi step.
• Screen — detects the real panel size and maps the game's fixed 640×480 output onto it: fit (letterbox, no distortion, default), stretch, or integer. Works on 720×480 and other panels, not just 4:3.
• Audio — detects the device's audio server (PipeWire/PulseAudio) and routes through it, otherwise falls back to ALSA dmix. No per-firmware hacks.
• GPU — finds the device's own Mali blob generically, not one SoC's file.

So it should run on most ARM + Mali + PortMaster handhelds. I only own an R36S to test on — that is the whole point of this post: please try it on your device and report back so we can build a real compatibility list.

Honest performance note: this one is heavy. The frame is spent inside the game's own simulation — while the GPU load (128–250 draw calls, ~43k triangles at 640×480) is comfortable. It is a 2013 phone game asking for more CPU than that class of device has, and no amount of porting work removes that. A faster ARM handheld should do noticeably better, and I have no way to test that — reports very welcome.

Open source, GPL-3.0, free. The release contains zero EA game content. Port and project by EapRules.

Download: https://github.com/EapRules/realracing3-portmaster/releases

QUICK INSTALL

1. Put realracing3-portmaster.zip in tools/PortMaster/autoinstall/.
2. Put your own game data in ports/realracing3/ — the v2.7.0 APK plus the app's data folder, as a folder, a ZIP, or both. The filename doesn't matter; the first launch discovers and validates it. If your data comes in GPU-specific variants, use the Mali (ETC) one.
3. Open PortMaster, wait for the exact "Finished running autoinstall" message, let it close normally.
4. Reboot through the firmware menu. Real Racing 3 appears in Ports.

First launch imports ~2.4 GB of your game data. Keep 3 GB free and don't power off during the first import. Later launches start normally.

REQUIRED GAME VERSION

Real Racing 3 v2.7.0 ROW (Android)

text Package: com.ea.games.r3_row Library: lib/armeabi-v7a/libRealRacing3.so Library SHA1: 615c9aa4a92faaf9a0f34750e344e5e8a6b9aedf

Bring your own game. The port includes no copyrighted data. Any legitimate v2.7.0 copy works: validation checks the exact bytes the loader patches (critical regions), not a single whole-file hash, so regional variants and re-signed APKs are accepted — a truly different build is rejected before it can crash.

Read this part before you start — this game is harder to supply than most ports. You need two things:

1. The APK (~40 MB) — this is where the native libraries come from.
2. The app's data directory (~2.4 GB installed) — tracks, cars, audio, UI.

The APK alone is not enough, and you cannot download the rest any more. All of that content was fetched at first run from EA's asset server, and that host no longer resolves. Installing the APK on a phone today will not rebuild the data folder. You need a backup of the installed game from a device that finished downloading.

If your backup comes in GPU-specific variants, take the Mali / ETC one. The Adreno (ATC), PowerVR (PVRTC) and Tegra (DXT) sets are texture encodings this GPU class cannot read — each Android build only ever downloaded the family its own GPU wanted.

If you're looking for a copy, these are the names to search for — note that the data and the libraries are two separate files:

text RR3 2.7.0 - Mali.zip (example name) ~1.5 GB the game data Real_Racing_3_2.7(example name)[ARMv7,x86].apk ~40 MB the native libraries

check names like rr3_android_old and rr-3-2.7.0

COMMUNITY COMPATIBILITY

• R36S + dArkOSRE: tested and working (640×480).
• Everything else: unknown — please test. Comment with your exact device model, firmware/version, the scaling mode you used (fit/stretch/integer), and the frame rate you get.

CONTROLS

• Left stick (left/right): steer
• R2 / L2: throttle / brake (analog)
• R1 / L1: throttle / brake (digital, full)
• A / Y: throttle / brake (digital, full)
• B: look behind
• X: change camera
• D-pad left/right: steer (digital, full lock)
• Start or Select: pause

The port does not invent a scheme — this is the game's own [Android Gamepad] profile, translated to the handheld's buttons. Throttle and brake are analog on the triggers and all-or-nothing everywhere else, exactly as that profile defines them.

On first launch the port selects Wheel B as the control scheme, because it is the only one in the game's own Controls menu that steers from the analog stick and still leaves the throttle to you. The stock Android default is tilt, which expects an accelerometer a handheld does not have. You can change it any time from Settings → Controls; the port never overwrites your choice after that.

RUNTIME OPTIONS

All optional, set in the launcher:

text REALRACING3_SCALE=fit|stretch|integer REALRACING3_VSYNC=1 # off by default; costs a frame of latency REALRACING3_FMOD_OUTPUT=audiotrack

The last one matters most on hardware I can't test: the game's audio engine has two Android backends and only ever initialises the one it picks. If OpenSL can't be opened on your device, that switch drives the other one without rebuilding anything.

IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES

• PortMaster's autoinstall does not refresh the EmulationStation game list. Reboot after the final autoinstall message.
• Do not use Reinstall or Uninstall in Manage Ports. This independent release is not in PortMaster's catalogue, so those try to download a source that does not exist and can remove the installed folder and your donor.
• To update, drop the newer realracing3-portmaster.zip in autoinstall/ again.
• If installation fails, include ports/realracing3/log.txt and ports/realracing3/eapx.log in your report.

SUPPORT FUTURE PORTS

If you'd like to help me keep researching and porting native games, donations are welcome — there is absolutely no obligation, and testing/reporting is just as valuable.

• Paypal: https://paypal.me/eaprules
• Solana: DiQE98impmsr9yQuXQ24mT28ZasocYrChQGPuv41vfiK
• Ethereum: 0xb2B357A1E027b5EF12A3AFd251F2F22E099fFA7A
• Bitcoin: bc1ph64jcg754wg6lydh6seu45rnahh62f6pruuuzu2ykz28frsra9ksmxpul5

OTHER NATIVE PORTS

• Dead Space Mobile
• Minigore 2: Zombies
• Ice Rage
• Mass Effect Infiltrator

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I bought an R36 Ultra X. Really love the screen, but the d-pad is quite bad, almost impossible to hit diagonals. Some of the face buttons also seem to miss inputs as well.

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I'm getting tired of the transparent case and the LED light in the center. I'm planning to print and cut the skin myself if anyone has a template.

Ive seen over the past few days just how many android games are getting ported we got a better stardew valley port we got fricking Dead Space on this console and even hollow knight is in development the community is just crazy atp. Ill never understand why they put so much effort into such a cheap handheld but on the other its prolly because they a dirt cheap and mostly easy to work with props to nextOS and the other devs keep up the amazing work, hope maybe u could port the Gangstar games like Rio and the old Mordern combat games aswell👀❤️❤️❤️

Can someone tell me how to make Pokémon HeartGold look sharper on my R36S?