Retroid support in 2025

[Nycki]

This post from February 2025 claims that RP5 and RPMini are supported: https://www.armbian.com/newsflash/armbian-v25-2/

 

however, I can't find them on the downloads page. I also don't currently own an RPMini, I am tempted to buy one but I wanted to make sure it was supported first. What's the state of support right now?

[Werner]

https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/boards/retroidpocket-rp5.csc

https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/boards/retroidpocket-rpmini.csc

You can build images on your own.

 

https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Board-Support-Rules/#community-maintained

[laibsch]

Your best bet is to compile your own image.  It's super easy: "git clone https://github.com/armbian/build.git;cd build;./compile.sh"

 

https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Building-with-Docker/

https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Build-Preparation/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQcEFsXEJEE

[hompain]

Please help me with building the image.

I'm trying to build an image for Retroid Flip 2, which is identical to Pocket 5. I tried building it from WSL and from another ARM64 single-board computer. The image builds successfully, but when booting, there's a U-Boot error that says "no such partition".

 

Build command: ./compile.sh BOARD=retroidpocket-rp5 RELEASE=trixie BUILD_DESKTOP=yes BUILD_MINIMAL=no KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no

 

I also tried RELEASE=noble and various desktop environments, but the error persists.

 

I flash the image to the SD card using Armbian Imager, and the writing process completes successfully.

 

I also tried flashing Batocera Linux, and it works fine.

 

What could be the problem?

[Darks1derCZ]

I am facing the same issue. Trying to solve it also.

I have tried to manually point to the boot image in the bootloader but no success.

 

I am wondering are we missing a patch or something for the build environment that is cauing the issue. I am no expert so only speculating

[hompain]

I managed to download an old image from a torrent archive found in a Reddit thread, where the author mentioned that Armbian was running on the Retroid Flip 2.

 

I flashed the image: Armbian_community_26.2.0-trunk.162_Retroidpocket-rp5_noble_current_6.12.63_gnome_desktop.img

However, I encountered the same error.

 

It’s possible that something has changed in the newer console revisions or in the new bootloader.