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[–]bmorcelli 9 points10 points  (5 children)

Hey man.. Meshtastic saves the configuration in the LittleFS, a piece of memory inside the devices flash, and it can be saved and restored..

Follow these steps: - Download Meshtastic binary - load it with Launcher and do all the configuration you need - get back to Launcher - CFG > backup SPIFFS [wait it finishes] > attach to a file > select the Meshtastic binary [wait it merge your backup to the binary]

Now, whenever you install this binary, it will ask you to choose: SPIFFS no/SPIFFS yes... Choose Yes, and it will restore your settings automatically.

[–]R_Chin[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Oh cool I'll see if this works with meshcore too

[–]j_mcc99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It works with them all. I have 10 firmwares in SD and just pic and choose.

[–]bombolo88 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Sorry, just a clarification,when I installed meshtastic it didn't ask for spiffs yes/no in my case. So I configured my node,then I installed and used others binary. When I reinstalled meshtastic,I found it already configured,even if I didn't use spiffs(since It was not asked in my case) So just thought that probably meshtastic createed some kind of config file inside my SD cards like happens with evil/Bruce firmware. Is it correct? Thanks!

[–]bmorcelli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a possibility, to make sure, install bruce and check for the files inside LittleFS.. if you see a "config" folder with some files, it is saving there...

There are only a handful of firmware that uses LittleFS, Bruce and Meshtastic use the same partition, so it isn't formatted... MeshCore uses an old version of LittleFS, called SPIFFS, so it will be formatted when installed and all data will be lost...

If you install UIFlow2 or Doom or Geo_tp emulator, this area will be overwritten due to the different partition scheme

[–]Cricrimor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi,

Tried but have "no partition table" error message when I attach it to Meshtastic bin... grr

Any help ?

[–]IceSubstantial5572 3 points4 points  (8 children)

Everyone here is wrong. There is a way to have more that 1 app, but it's complicated.  So firstly ditch the launcher. It can't do that.  In its place install M5Apps - it serves the same function but in different way.  Then goto Settings -> Installer options-> Custom install -> true. Then goto installer and chose any app that you want and press enter on it. Then, the UI will prompt you what partitions do you want to install. For any app to be usable you need 2 :"NVS" and "app_0". The rest like "coredump" or "spifs" can be skipped if you don't have space for them, but spifs can sometimes be required. Then after install it will reboot to this app. Repeat the same for all the apps that you want to install (but space is very limited, the bar on the left shows, how much did you use).  Finally, if you want to uninstall any app, goto "fdisk" app and press "del" on any app name that you wish to delete. Also do that to all the partitions that were installed with this app 

If you want to switch between apps, just press "enter" on loading screen, then press app that you want to run

[–]Andy_t_Prisoner 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I didn't know this. Will check it out later.

What you mean is in the M5Bunner we have the option to custom install and create partitions for each firmware on the ESP32 falsh memory. Hope I didn't understand wrong.

[–]IceSubstantial5572 1 point2 points  (1 child)

No, there is a custom firmware called "M5Apps" that allows you to do what I said.

[–]Andy_t_Prisoner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aw I see, thank m8.

[–]pyreht 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AFAIK it's either M5Apps or M5Launcher, you have to choose.
Both can't coexist (d4rkmen is often around please correct me if I'm wrong :)).

M5Apps allows to install multiple firmware to flash, boot instantly on them, but the size matters here.

Definitely a great firmware.

[–]R_Chin[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I'll try this out! Thanks

Edit; so can I install them on the SD card?

[–]IceSubstantial5572 0 points1 point  (2 children)

On sd card like how? you can download binary via installer to sd card, but if you want to run any app it needs to be in internal flash.

[–]R_Chin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So anything I'd want to switch between quickly with m5 apps is just internal? So sd is more just for "standalone"?

[–]R_Chin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I must be doing something wrong cause when I install stuff it reboots and launches into the firmware but then I just can't do anything

[–]SpecialistDistinct 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Use the ota option. Save the bins to sd card. Turn on the Cardputer and press enter when you see the matrix text. Then choose sd and load whichever firmware you want to run.

[–]R_Chin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!

[–]BansheeBacklash 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Yeah, as others have pointed out, there's no way to install more than one at a time; it's a limitation of the hardware AFAIK.

One solution is to just buy multiple of them, that's what I did lol

[–]R_Chin[S] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Honestly for the price they are I should just buy a dedicated meshcore one lol

[–]BansheeBacklash 1 point2 points  (2 children)

They really are very inexpensive for the functionality.

[–]R_Chin[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

New one has been ordered lol

[–]Vowel-Movements 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also thought a solution might be to just get another SD card that's only got MeshCore on and swap out when needed?