Retron Labo CFW for all!
Posted: January 8th, 2021, 4:53 pm
So I figured I write a decent tut out for this since this CFW was dumped from my old firmware, i got a lot of user experience with it at the least. I would like to make a shout out to Mancloud and reminon2 on here as well, without their efforts this wouldn't have seen a public release.
So, first of all if you ever did a factory reset on the retron this should all look familiar as it is the same steps basically. The install itself if very easy, using the CFW has a small learning curve but it is easy too once you understand it.
as always with guides like this, you do this at your own risk. i am in no way responsible for bricked retron 5's, and if your power goes out while flashing the CFW that is possible, just as it would be possible with the official firmware on any device if it powers down when updating like this.
Things you need for installation:
SD card (regular one, once installed you can use an micro with an adapter but this install does not like micro SD adapters, i used a 4 GB one but you might get by with 2GB)
Win32DiskImager for writing the install to your SD card
find it here https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32d ... t/download
3. a copy of manclouds system restore image that includes what you need on your SD card you keep your roms on after installation.
must grab here https://mega.nz/file/NNdxXAxD#Q5D5kN1yZ ... Ll_Wr_tf_A
4. might as well get the get hyperkins SD erase while your at it, makes getting those pesky extra partitions off your SD card and formatting after installing easier
here ya go http://www.retron5.in/downloads/sd-erase.img
Steps
1.unzip/unpack Retronlabo.7z file to desired location
2. install Win32diskimager if you have not already done so.
3. insert SD card into PC, note the letter drive of the SD card you are using, then openWin32DiskImager.
4. select letter drive of your SD card and click the folder icon to browse, locate and select the file named boot-recovery-SD-fullreset-v0.2.2_rooted_labo.img (make sure to extract that from boot-recovery-SD-fullreset-v0.2.2_rooted_labo.img.7z btw) that was extracted from Retronlabo.7z
5. write image to SD card, this shouldn't take too long, when done, ignore and cancel formatting extra partitions that appear, they are annoying but necessary for how retrons system restore works.
6. insert SD card and power on retron 5, if using a normal SD card it should boot to the system restore screen
7. with a wired controller choose Update rkimage from external storage, this will start the install process, do not unplug or power down the console during this process or you will brick your retron.
8. once install is complete, unplug your SD card and select Reboot System Now, if the SD card is still in the console it will boot it back to the system restore page so make sure to remove it.
9. re-insert SD card to PC and open win32discimager again, this time write the SD erase file to the card, this will automatically erase the extra partitions on the SD cd, there is other ways to do this but this is the easy way, you can't format it normally from there.
this concludes the installation part of the guide, next up will be setting up the SD card and directions on getting everything running properly
So, first of all if you ever did a factory reset on the retron this should all look familiar as it is the same steps basically. The install itself if very easy, using the CFW has a small learning curve but it is easy too once you understand it.
as always with guides like this, you do this at your own risk. i am in no way responsible for bricked retron 5's, and if your power goes out while flashing the CFW that is possible, just as it would be possible with the official firmware on any device if it powers down when updating like this.
Things you need for installation:
SD card (regular one, once installed you can use an micro with an adapter but this install does not like micro SD adapters, i used a 4 GB one but you might get by with 2GB)
Win32DiskImager for writing the install to your SD card
find it here https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32d ... t/download
3. a copy of manclouds system restore image that includes what you need on your SD card you keep your roms on after installation.
must grab here https://mega.nz/file/NNdxXAxD#Q5D5kN1yZ ... Ll_Wr_tf_A
4. might as well get the get hyperkins SD erase while your at it, makes getting those pesky extra partitions off your SD card and formatting after installing easier
here ya go http://www.retron5.in/downloads/sd-erase.img
Steps
1.unzip/unpack Retronlabo.7z file to desired location
2. install Win32diskimager if you have not already done so.
3. insert SD card into PC, note the letter drive of the SD card you are using, then openWin32DiskImager.
4. select letter drive of your SD card and click the folder icon to browse, locate and select the file named boot-recovery-SD-fullreset-v0.2.2_rooted_labo.img (make sure to extract that from boot-recovery-SD-fullreset-v0.2.2_rooted_labo.img.7z btw) that was extracted from Retronlabo.7z
5. write image to SD card, this shouldn't take too long, when done, ignore and cancel formatting extra partitions that appear, they are annoying but necessary for how retrons system restore works.
6. insert SD card and power on retron 5, if using a normal SD card it should boot to the system restore screen
7. with a wired controller choose Update rkimage from external storage, this will start the install process, do not unplug or power down the console during this process or you will brick your retron.
8. once install is complete, unplug your SD card and select Reboot System Now, if the SD card is still in the console it will boot it back to the system restore page so make sure to remove it.
9. re-insert SD card to PC and open win32discimager again, this time write the SD erase file to the card, this will automatically erase the extra partitions on the SD cd, there is other ways to do this but this is the easy way, you can't format it normally from there.
this concludes the installation part of the guide, next up will be setting up the SD card and directions on getting everything running properly