Comment on TRIMUI Brick Hammer, a weirdly named but beautiful handheld

• PerfectDark@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That’s wonderful!!!

  They really are an aesthetic dream, right?! Dont worry about mistakes, these are next to impossible to actually brick (hah, pun!) so you’re very safe

  You can always ask me for help too, if you need it! I’m so glad you’re happy and didn’t feel like I steered you wrong :P

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  • zergtoshi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I realized that running NextUI doesn’t really replace any of the files on the device itself as it runs from the SD card, although it shows “Installing…” at first start.
    I’ve had some trouble with Portmaster but most likely due to me being impatient. I installed Portmaster and Songo#5. When I started Songo#5 the first time it looked like it was frozen and eventually I powered the Brick Hammer off.
    After trying to install Songo#5 by putting the zip file to /Emus/tg5040/PORTS.pak/PortMaster/autoinstall/ (to no avail) I installed Portmaster anew, Songo#5 anew, started Songo#5 and just waited patiently.
    …and finally it started! Wonderful!
    Now I just have to find out how to comfortably enter a 63 character WiFi password (for installing Portmaster and Songo#5 I paired it with my mobile phone, which has a way less complex password), configure Syncthing (for that I want access to my local network, hence the overly complex password) and put some music there.
    I’m gonna have a lot of fun with this nice piece.
    Thank you for your review, which brought it it my attention! :)

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    • PerfectDark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I loved reading through this, and its even better knowing a genuine review of something I got to enjoy ended up accurate!

      Your findings are those I loved going through, also :)

      The only two spaces I’ve seen Riley active in to chat about Songo#5 are Discord and Reddit, if you ever want to reach out to him about anything.

      I can say there’s some amazing things coming (software-wise!) to the Brick and Brick Hammer sometime soon. So you’re in a vibrant and very supported community with it now :)

      So glad you’re having fun!

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      • zergtoshi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        The WiFi password is a nut I yet have to crack, but I’ve put the music on the SD card and enjoyed Songo#5 already.
        Unfortunately I won’t be able to get in contact with Riley easily as my Discord account requires me to receive an email, which gets sent to a mailbox I no longer have access to (maybe time to set up a new account…) and I left Reddit for good after the crap they pulled with the API access - which is why I’m here on Lemmy now.

        Your review really made my decision making process simple. I’m long beyond the phase of my life, where I researched this and that for days or weeks just to have the most perfect solution.
        Now I’m in the “good is good enough, no need for it to be perfect” phase as it saves so much time.
        Yet in this case good turned out to be (maybe) the perfect solution.
        So I wholeheartedly thank you for your review!

        Now I can either play Tetris or listen to music with a formidable music player. Streaming via Bluetooth didn’t work at first attempt, though. Pairing went well, but the sound output wasn’t on the BT speaker. I’ll have to try again with other devices.
        For the time being I can live with a cable connection to the speaker :)

        I’m looking forward to what amazing things are coming!
        Have fun!

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