MIYOO MINI PLUS Ultimate Setup Guide - OnionOS, Roms, Box Art and Tweaks

In this video, I'm going to show you how to setup your brand new Miyoo Mini Plus, which includes installing OnionOS, adding Roms, adding Box Art and Tweaking settings to get everything perfect.

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Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
01:04 - What do you need?
04:52 - OnionOS Install
07:06 - OnionOS Setup
13:52 - Adding Roms/BIOS
15:24 - Box Art
17:55 - Power Button
19:00 - Conclusion

[JoeysRetroHandhelds]

Note: current recent release is Onion V4.2.0.
Also, if you have a newer firmware than mentioned in the video, you don't need to downgrade. Safe to go ahead.
HTTP and FTP have moved to Tweaks, Network.
Lastly, you may need to format your SD card as FAT32 before doing the firmware upgrade.

[alverrette]

I'm an old man setting up his very first retro handheld. This video made a scary process into one that's very easy and the result is the machine of my dreams. Thank you very much for this. I really appreciate it.

[telomech]

Thank you so much for the guide! My dad is an old school gamer and I got this for him as an advanced Christmas gift. He was so excited when he found out that he had me set it up today. This is the most excited I've seen him in a while and I felt great seeing him smile. Needless to say Christmas came early for both of us this year.

[thundersnow]

I just wanted to come back and say thank you so much for this video. I was extremely nervous about doing this since I have almost 0 computer skills and have been putting it off for a few days. I started this morning and took me less than an hour. Thanks for all the hard work you do. Now I have the handheld of my dreams!

[nintendo-relatedchannel]

Just got mine today, extremely helpful! Wanna put in some notes though. FAT32 works the same as LARGE FAT32. If you plug in the SD card and charger (after adding the firmware file to your card) and you don't see a rocket, just the charging screen, you're good to skip the update part as you can already just put all the Onion stuff on your formatted card (or this worked for me, got mine on 7/27/23)

[themysticfocus]

Pro tip tiny best set go (if you know you know) comes with all the roms you need and artwork already scraped.

[drewcam]

Its September 2023 and this video still works perfect. I didnt see your update, so I downgraded, but I'm sure its fine. Everything works great and I love this little system! Thanks again for a great video.

[Zambobazle]

Joey this is my first handheld and i was foolish enough to buy this device without the knowledge of understanding that i would have to install onions on this device and other techy things. I have a new sd card and reader on the way and i am DETERMINED to play a game on this thing. I will be back to update my progress!

[chicobscl]

Got my boyfriend a Miyoo mini plus and this guide allowed me to set the device in 10min. Thank you Joey! Keep up with the great work.

[BloodShotChrome]

Thanks for this - something that might be worth pointing out (especially if you're using 128+ gb micro sd cards) is that you have to format the SD card FIRST before upgrading the firmware to ver. 202303262339 otherwise your Miyoo Mini will not read from the SD card when you plug it in to the charger.

[aaronlaberge]

Another small update with the more recent versions of Onion, you wont see the FTP and Web necessarily in the apps anymore, however, once its enabled Via Tweaks > Network, you can then navigate to the IP assigned to your unit (check Network again for the IP) and you'll still be able to access the browser the same way. It confused me a bit at first until I realized I toggled the option on and to just try the IP assigned. The more you know :)

[Deauclerc]

For a noob like me, thanks a lot, you make retrogaming more accessible for everyone !

[TenshiSilver]

Thanks so much, this is a great tutorial ! I have Onion 4.2.3 and apparently the whole "box art" section is not needed anymore, I already have the game thumbnails.

[PatrickSomazzi-]

Hands down the best Setup Guide out there. You made my day, thanks man.

[SargentAlebeard]

Thanks for the guide! Just ordered my Mini+ with a 256gb micro sd card and really looking forward to living my childhood dreams again. Cheers 🍻

[TheElly]

thank you for this solid guide. i personally use a retroid pocket but i got a miyoo mini + for my gf's xmas gift and i really wanted it to be ready to go for her. This guide was perfect.

[mrphinetime]

my firmware was 2023xxx so i went straight to the sd card reformat and os installion. thanks for this guide!

[nocrot]

I'll be setting up my Miyoo Mini soon and found this video. I've never done anything with emulating or ROMs and was nervous I'll screw something up. But watching your step by step guide makes me feel more confident of being able to get my retro machine running. Thank you.

[joshmufc]

Thank you for your help, I found all the other videos I’d watched on this to be a bit of a nightmare and being new with emulation/roms/bios you made it very simple and straight forward for me to follow.

[InfectiousGroovePodcast]

I have one of these arriving today, just in time for a 2 hour flight tomorrow. I will most likely leave it stock for this weekends trip but then dig into changing OS/ROMs later on so I'm bookmarking this video.