infinite boot loop does not go beyond the Emuelec screen

[estherliquid]

I have formatted several cards in ExFat, I copy and paste the files and it does not work, the screen remains in an infinite loop that never ends in the Emuelec title and does not start.

No need to flash any new images? because copying and pasting the SD doesn't work for me

[Takiiiiiiii]

This is strange. The .7z package should just work after being extracted to the root of an ExFat card. There are no other images.

[archanox]

Unfortunately I have the same issue described above, but I haven't been able to narrow down what's causing the issue yet.

[estherliquid]

I have found a solution that fixes the console and also improves the Emuelec system that has been blocked and it unlocks it completely to access all the options and update emulators and more things. I'll give you the link and how to install it. It has worked perfectly for me. I hope it helps you too.

Link Telegram: https://t.me/DriveSpectral/1

Link (direct download): https://www.mediafire.com/file/ld7tnd9s8ja3y7q/Spectral_Emuelec_%252B.zip/file

Installation

• Unzip the file on a card of at least 4 GB formatted in exFAT

• Add games of your choice, I recommend adding games and use Scrapper, game scrapping software, and then placing them on the device

• Good fun

PS: Without Roms it doesn't work, it's essential to put the Roms in before putting the card in the console, with games run 100%

[SimoneMalakay]

Hey all, I've tried to extract it on a new SD card and, indeed, after showing the LOADING... there's some sort of pixel flashing and it never boots. The SD card that has come with the console still works perfectly fine. I've extracted the zip into the new SD and moved a couple of ROMs just as a try.

[Zeppperoni]

same issue. Infinite loop after the loading screen. Going to play around and see if I can fix it. SD card is exfat and directly extracted to the SD card.

you must put a ROM in the folder or it will not boot. Just a PSA

[boomhaueruk]

Exact same problem as others. I've tried the original release and estherliquid's release. Both have the same issue. Device boots emuelec appears, bar goes across and it loops back round. Roms are in place as with the original SD card - which still works. Have tried two sd cards and reformatting. If I copy the original sd card to the new cards those work fine.

[h2carlos]

You must have roms in the folder, at least one. Otherwise it will be in an infinite loop

[boomhaueruk]

You must have roms in the folder, at least one. Otherwise it will be in an infinite loop

As mentioned above - roms are in place .

Looping regardless.

[nickelbee]

I had the same problem. The original SD card worked, but when I copied all the files from it to a new SD card, I got the boot loop. I also got the boot loop when trying the taki version.

I got it to work in the end and I think the solution was the fact that the card has hidden files on it that weren't being copied.(files starting with a "." e.g ".emulationstation").

[boomhaueruk]

I had the same problem. The original SD card worked, but when I copied all the files from it to a new SD card, I got the boot loop. I also got the boot loop when trying the taki version.

I got it to work in the end and I think the solution was the fact that the card has hidden files on it that weren't being copied.(files starting with a "." e.g ".emulationstation").

Had a quick check. Nope. Because I've tried this on macs and pcs and various cards, I've definitely copied the hidden files. Can see them in there on at least 2 of the cards.

[iwaita2ya]

I had same problem but solved. As @nickelbee mentioned above, my case I didn't copied hidden directories exist under BetterStockSD directory:

$ ls -ldr .?*
drwxr-xr-x  39 iwait iwait 6144  1月  1  1980 .emulationstation
drwxr-xr-x  34 iwait iwait 4096  8月 17  2023 .config

If you can run cp command from terminal, copy all files including hidden files/directories with -rT option like:

$ cp -rT ./M17-Handheld-main/BetterStockSD/ /path_to_sd/