diff --git a/projects/ArchR/packages/archr/sources/scripts/wifictl b/projects/ArchR/packages/archr/sources/scripts/wifictl
index 37a25629a8..cc78c2c3f3 100755
--- a/projects/ArchR/packages/archr/sources/scripts/wifictl
+++ b/projects/ArchR/packages/archr/sources/scripts/wifictl
@@ -119,15 +119,35 @@ connect_wifi() {
     printf '[Security]\n' > "${IWD_DIR}/${IWD_NAME}.open"
   fi
 
-  # Scan and connect
-  iwctl station ${WIFI_DEV} scan 2>/dev/null
-  sleep 2
-  iwctl station ${WIFI_DEV} connect "${SSID}" 2>/dev/null
+  # Scan até o SSID aparecer na lista do iwd. O sleep fixo de 2s falhava
+  # em dongles USB lentos (o iwctl connect retorna "network not found" se
+  # a rede ainda não está nos resultados de scan) e o usuário via só um
+  # "network error" genérico no ES. Até ~12s de scan antes de desistir;
+  # tenta conectar mesmo assim (a rede pode ser oculta).
+  SSID_SEEN=0
+  for i in $(seq 1 6); do
+    iwctl station ${WIFI_DEV} scan 2>/dev/null
+    sleep 2
+    if /usr/bin/iwd_get-networks 2>/dev/null | grep -qF "${SSID}"; then
+      SSID_SEEN=1
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+
+  # Loga a saída real do iwctl connect: é a única evidência de POR QUE a
+  # associação falhou (senha errada, rede WPA1/TKIP sem suporte no iwd,
+  # timeout...). Sem isso todo erro vira "network error" indistinguível.
+  CONNECT_LOG="/var/log/wifictl.log"
+  {
+    echo "== $(date '+%F %T') connect ssid='${SSID}' dev=${WIFI_DEV} seen_in_scan=${SSID_SEEN}"
+    iwctl station ${WIFI_DEV} connect "${SSID}" 2>&1
+  } >> "${CONNECT_LOG}"
 
   # Wait for connection. O "state=connected" sozinho não basta: se a
   # estação já estava em outra rede o teste retornaria sucesso falso.
-  # Comparar também o "Connected network" com o SSID solicitado.
-  for i in $(seq 1 15); do
+  # Comparar também o "Connected network" com o SSID solicitado. 30s:
+  # dongles lentos levam mais que os 15s antigos para associar + 4-way.
+  for i in $(seq 1 30); do
     SHOW=$(iwctl station ${WIFI_DEV} show 2>/dev/null)
     STATE=$(printf '%s\n' "${SHOW}" | awk '/^[[:space:]]*State[[:space:]]/ {print $NF}')
     NET=$(printf '%s\n' "${SHOW}" | sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*Connected network[[:space:]]*//p')
@@ -135,10 +155,12 @@ connect_wifi() {
     NET="${NET#"${NET%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
     NET="${NET%"${NET##*[![:space:]]}"}"
     if [ "${STATE}" = "connected" ] && [ "${NET}" = "${SSID}" ]; then
+      echo "== $(date '+%F %T') connected to '${SSID}'" >> "${CONNECT_LOG}"
       return 0
     fi
     sleep 1
   done
+  echo "== $(date '+%F %T') FAILED to connect to '${SSID}' (state=${STATE:-?})" >> "${CONNECT_LOG}"
   return 1
 }
 
diff --git a/projects/ArchR/packages/ui/emulationstation/package.mk b/projects/ArchR/packages/ui/emulationstation/package.mk
index 338cb36273..a540a2fc62 100644
--- a/projects/ArchR/packages/ui/emulationstation/package.mk
+++ b/projects/ArchR/packages/ui/emulationstation/package.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2026 ArchR (https://github.com/archr-linux/Arch-R)
 
 PKG_NAME="emulationstation"
-PKG_VERSION="715ea4b6f659c6041370930964f459fe50f65a58"
+PKG_VERSION="8a257e1fa996c40f29c7ddfb7d0a913bfd814748"
 PKG_GIT_CLONE_BRANCH="master"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/archr-linux/emulationstation-next"