Am I not supposed to be unplugging my Pi from my outlet without shutting down first?

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    Replugged my pi setup back in and I can't access Hyperion. Game picture sync is very delayed, LEDs are stuck.


    What's the easiest way to fix this and what am I supposed to be doing next time?

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    I think I'll mark this as resolved because unplugging and replugging fixed the issue. No problems since. My main Hyperion system has always worked near-flawlessly without any need for an update, just periodic restarts.

    But I am still curious about whether unplugging the Pi without shutting it off is bad or not.

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    But I am still curious about whether unplugging the Pi without shutting it off is bad or not.

    yes, it can be bad for the SD card and corrupt it.


    you can use GPIO3 for it to put the raspi (to sleep) then you can switch power off.


    i have this also, its called _shutdown command at GPIO3, for this to work you need;

    1_ to put extra line in config.txt .


    2_ switch the GPIO3 with GND (with relais or other) so goes to shutdown sequence



    look at raspi docs how to make it work 🤝

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    I've unplugged so many times already 😅 how fucked am I? should I update or reinstall?

    I can stop being lazy and start using Putty/Terminus commands again, this time from my phone. I didn't know there was a phone app for this until today.

    So it sounds like the push button is a physical button? I can take a look.

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    yes, its hardware based solution.

    the switch can be a relais or pushbutton.


    i use a Tuya relais-device on Home Assistant.


    it will prevent dataloss corruption on your SD card.

    be honest >> you dont switch off Windows pc like this are you? so why do it on a Raspberry?

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