Anbernic RG353¶

Important notes¶

Some RG353 devices ship with a legacy bootloader we cannot support. You WILL need to wipe Android from your device to install REG Linux (see below) Some hardware revisions introduced different display panels (v1/v2), both are supported.

Hardware¶

SoC	CPU	GPU
Rockchip RK3566	ARM Cortex-A55 (Quad-core) @ 1.8 GHz	Mali G52

Display	RAM	eMMC	Connectivity
3.5-inch 640*480	1 GB (VS/PS), 2 GB (P/M/V) LPDDR4	32GB (P/M/V)	2.4/5 GHz WiFi + BT

Software¶

Kernel	GPU drivers	Compositor	Interface
Mainline Linux	Panfrost (GL 3.1/GLES 3.1)	Sway	REG-ES

Features¶

Feature	Notes
Storage	REG Linux can be installed to the emmc on P/M/V models or run from an SD Card, and an second SD card can be used to store games
Wifi	Can be turned on in REG-ES under Main Menu > Network Settings
Bluetooth	Supports bluetooth audio and controllers
LED	Supports selecting from a set of colors or turning the power LED off (choice persists through reboots) Does not support other effects.

Install REG Linux¶

Installation¶

Download the current RK3566 REG Linux image for this device from the REG Linux download page, then follow the steps in the Installation guide.

P/M/V Users¶

You will need to wipe the Android partition to boot into REG Linux.

WARNING - This will remove Android completely from your device.¶

Install ADB on your computer if you don't already have it.
Intro about ADB (Android Debug Bridge Utility) here : How to Install and Use ADB, the Android Debug Bridge Utility
From power off and sd ejected, hold down power and volume down to get into Android recovery
Connect the device to your computer via USB using the "DC" port on the device.
Switch ADB into root mode using adb root - You may get a timeout error here, continue on anyway.
If you would like a backup of your Android partition, run adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0 android.img
Get an ADB shell with adb shell
Wipe the Android partition: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=4M This will take a few minutes and when it is done you will get an "out of space" message.
Exit the shell exit
Insert your REG Linux SD card, and run adb reboot
You should now be booting REG Linux!