RG35XX PLUS - goes to sleep, but don't shut down

Issues 2502 Pixie
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  • Type of device - RG35XX PLUS (the one with WiFi and BT)

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  • Any modifications - custom theme - Aesthetic

  • Description of issue:
    I have set screen idle timeout, sleep timeout and then shutdown timeout. I often just pause games, but I noticed on Pixie it no longer shouts down automatically after 5 minutes on sleep as on Big Banana. I was using Pixie also on RG40XX H and it was working fine. Then i wanted to switch-back to RX35XX PLUS as my main device - it’s more handy. Then I run onto this shutdown issue.

Tried to change those settings, but on other values it still does not shut down device from sleep.

Then on discord i heard that there will be some patch, so I waited. But even after patching (2-nd pixie patch) it’s still not working.

  • Steps to replicate the issue

Set timeouts on RG35XX PLUS as below and wait:

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  • screen dimms after 60s correctly
  • after 2 minutes device goes to sleep
  • after 5 minutes device is still in sleep mode, not shutdown. Even after hours, if battery didn’t discharge, after pressing power button screen turns on instantly instead of booting on device from start.
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Just to exclude/confirm issue:

  • Installed freshly downloaded pixie on another card, applied patch. No more changes, no backup restoring, no second card with settings/roms. On default settings - issue still exists.

  • Disabled screen timeout and idle sleep timeout, sleep function set to „instant shutdown” - device turned off properly.

  • When set „xx s/m + shutdown” - device is in forever sleep, does not auto shutdown, need to shutdown manually by pocking option from main menu.

3

This was fixed upstream however some devices may not have updated properly, please see,

To fix this issue on your PLUS devices you will need to either use SSH, ADB, or the Simple Terminal application to enter in the following:

printf "/sys/class/rtc/rtc0" >/run/muos/device/board/rtc_wake

Again, this is for PLUS devices only. Once you have done this, please restart the device using the main menu option. This will ensure the device is using the proper set wake alarm device.

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It worked - now the device is properly shutting down after given sleep time.

But that gives me a question - what went wrong that patch didn’t applied fix? Is this the only issue that did not apply correctly after installing patch number 2, or could there potentially be more issues because something went wrong during patching?

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The issue is that it is device specific. I’ve yet to look into whether or not rtc0 can work with other devices. Rolling it into the update would have caused the opposite issue. Working on the PLUS, but potentially not other devices haha! :dogheh:

I’ll mark this as solved and when I get time I’ll do a quick patch and upload it here.

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