TrimUI Brick Pro Setup Guide

Recommended Accessories

• MicroSD Card: 128GB or 256GB (with the platforms this plays, you would be safe with either of these options)
• MicroSD Card Reader: UGREEN SD Card Reader
• Charger: UGREEN 65W Charger (use the USB-A port for charging)

Updating firmware

Note: You will want to update your firmware first, as it requires a blank FAT32 formatted SD card and if you do the firmware update first, you can avoid needing a second SD card. This is helpful for those setting up their devices for the first time, however in the future, you will need a second 8GB minimum SD card for updating firmware.

First, double check your firmware version. Head to Settings > System > Device Info > Version. Check the version number against the latest release from here: https://github.com/trimui/firmware_brickpro/releases. If your version is behind, you should update.

We need to format your SD card as FAT32. We can use a program called Rufus to do so. Download the portable version.

Connect your SD card to your PC using a branded SD card reader (recommendations above), and open Rufus. Make sure that device is your SD card, should match the same size. Change Boot selection to Non bootable. Make sure that File system is FAT32 or Large FAT32. Click START.

Head to the Brick Pro firmware Github located here: https://github.com/trimui/firmware_brickpro/releases.

Download the latest release, it’ll be named with trimui_tg4040 and then a date and version.

Extract the zip and head inside, you’ll see a file called trimui_tg4040.awimg. Copy that file to the ROOT of your SD card.

Turn on the device and hold the Volume Minus button while pressing the Power button to turn the device on. Don’t let go of the Volume Minus button.

You should see a progress bar, you can now let go of the buttons and it will automatically restart when done.

Stock Setup Guide

This setup guide assumes you want to start from scratch, with a brand new branded SD card and you will be providing your own ROMs & BIOS files. I would suggest doing the firmware update first above before following this next section.

First, we need to setup the SD card, so you want to get those files from here and you want to choose the latest trimui_brick_pro_tg4040_sd_base option.

Extract the zip using 7-Zip. If you do not use 7-Zip, extracting will fail.

Now you want to format your brand new card as FAT32. We can use a program called Rufus to do so. Download the portable version.

Connect your SD card to your PC using a branded SD card reader (recommendations above), and open Rufus. Make sure that device is your SD card, should match the same size. Change Boot selection to Non bootable. Make sure that File system is FAT32 or Large FAT32. Click START.

When it’s done, you’ll have a blank FAT32 formatted SD card.

Copy the contents of the base_package zip you extracted to the root of the SD card – so the RetroArch, Emus etc. folders.

Eject and insert the SD card into your TrimUI Brick Pro and now you can add ROMs and files.

Adding ROMs & BIOS

Connect your SD card to your PC.

Head inside the Roms folder, and you should see a bunch of folders for all of the systems that the device supports.

It should be pretty self explanatory at this point, but you want to move your ROMs for each system into the corresponding system folder.

For BIOS, head to the RetroArch folder, then .retroarch, and then system. Inside of this folder is where you would put your BIOS files.

Don’t forget, that when you add or remove ROM files, they may not always show up and you might need to refresh the ROM list. Head to the Game tab in the operating system, then push the Menu button on the device bottom left and select Refresh Roms.

Turn off Shaders/Overlays

If you’re like me and you hate the shaders and overlays that come pre-installed for most systems, let me show you how to remove them. Jump into a game with them applied and push the menu button bottom left. Head to Advanced Menu. Now, scroll down to On-Screen Overlay and uncheck Display Overlay. Head back and scroll down to Shaders, uncheck Video Shaders. Head back and go to Overrides, and now Save Core Overrides.

Tweaks

• To change the core or emulator being used for a specific game, highlight the game in the game list and push X. You’ll get a list that you can choose from.

Custom Firmware Options

Custom firmware is a replacement for the stock firmware that we setup above. If you would like to try out any custom firmware, I would recommend using a separate brand new SD card and keep your stock one just in case you want to switch back.

NextUI

You can find the full setup guide for NextUI here: NextUI Setup Guide.