Can't get fast forward to work on Anbernic RG DS

I have tried every possible setting combination and have tried to look it up online, but anytime i load a gameboy advance game into retroarch on my Anbernic RG DS, the fast forward does not work. I'd set the speed to 0x, 2x, 4x, nothing changes and when i toggle fast forward on, the game itself does not speed up, but the music does.

Has anyone run into this issue? I also cannot figure out how to get rid of the hotkey toggle to make it so i can just press one button to toggle fast forward.

I have retroarch on my phone and the fast forward function works great, but i cannot get it to work on the anbernic RG DS. Anyone know what the solution is? Thanks!