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Other - Installation/Removal / Re: AGPTEK Rocker Manual Install
« Last post by wodz on March 17, 2019, 11:06:37 AM »From technical point of view we DO NOT patch bootloader (uboot). We patch firmware image to run rockbox bootloader instead of hiby player binary.
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Hardware / Re: Variety of issues with iPod 5.5 (possibly hardware?)
« Last post by Frankenpod on March 17, 2019, 10:59:04 AM »What makes the Classics better than the previous generations? And can you personally testify to their stability? Can they still be restored from iTunes no matter what, even if they're bricked, like the Video can be? Thanks.
Whether they are 'better' is a matter of personal preference. I think the housing is nicer-looking, and the CPU is more powerful, and I think it may have longer battery life [newer hardware = lower power consumption?], but it makes no difference to me which you prefer! Some people do seem to swear by that Wolfson DAC.
Can't give you a personal guarantee, all I can say is I have several flash-modded ones and they all work well enough and have done for years (barring the known issues with flash mods, which have to be worked-around - if only someone could modify that ATA driver to play nicely with flash adaptors!).
I don't believe either the classic or the video can be 'bricked', unless there is a hardware fault. But you'd be better asking an actual developer.
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Other - Installation/Removal / Re: AGPTEK Rocker Manual Install
« Last post by johnb on March 17, 2019, 10:11:34 AM »gomezz, you are wrong. Of course you need a patched bootloader to support the dualboot into RB/Original Firmware.
Quote from the mailing list:
Just read through the whole forum topic first
(http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,51653.0.html). There are
about 3 builds linked on the forum. Don't forget to install both. The
"bootloader" as well as the .rockbox folder.
Quote from the mailing list:
Just read through the whole forum topic first
(http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,51653.0.html). There are
about 3 builds linked on the forum. Don't forget to install both. The
"bootloader" as well as the .rockbox folder.
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Hardware / Re: Variety of issues with iPod 5.5 (possibly hardware?)
« Last post by fractalosi on March 17, 2019, 09:08:36 AM »What makes the Classics better than the previous generations? And can you personally testify to their stability? Can they still be restored from iTunes no matter what, even if they're bricked, like the Video can be? Thanks.
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Hardware / Re: Variety of issues with iPod 5.5 (possibly hardware?)
« Last post by Frankenpod on March 17, 2019, 07:55:37 AM »But where are they labelled as 'unusable'?
If you check the front page of this site the first 'project news' item is:
2017-05-01 Move iPod Nano 2G to stable. Move iPod Classic to unstable.
But I'm not a rockbox dev, and personally I think the terminology they use is really confusing. I believe that 'unstable' doesn't mean rockbox itself will fall over or is full of bugs, I _think_ it means that it's still in active development and the codebase may continue to change. I _think_ that's what they mean by 'unstable'.
It seems that mainly the Classic is not 'stable' because it isn't installable with the mainstream rockbox utility. Apart from that it works as well as any other rockbox player. Except for flash-modded ipods where there is some sort of incompatibility with the ATA driver. But if you only have 60gb of content you don't need a flash-mod.
If you check the front page of this site the first 'project news' item is:
2017-05-01 Move iPod Nano 2G to stable. Move iPod Classic to unstable.
But I'm not a rockbox dev, and personally I think the terminology they use is really confusing. I believe that 'unstable' doesn't mean rockbox itself will fall over or is full of bugs, I _think_ it means that it's still in active development and the codebase may continue to change. I _think_ that's what they mean by 'unstable'.
It seems that mainly the Classic is not 'stable' because it isn't installable with the mainstream rockbox utility. Apart from that it works as well as any other rockbox player. Except for flash-modded ipods where there is some sort of incompatibility with the ATA driver. But if you only have 60gb of content you don't need a flash-mod.
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Hardware / Re: Variety of issues with iPod 5.5 (possibly hardware?)
« Last post by fractalosi on March 17, 2019, 07:06:31 AM »The fact the Classics are labelled as 'Unusable', rather than even 'Unstable' puts me off more. Really, I'm just looking for a stable music player that can play my ~60GB of FLACs reliably. It looks like the iPod Photo or Video are best for that, as long as they're reliable. Other recommendations are appreciated, however. Are any of the iPod line noticeably better supported than others, for instance? Any supported player would be acceptable, I'd guess, I just focused on iPods because they're widespread and easy to find. Thanks.
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Other - Installation/Removal / Re: AGPTEK Rocker Manual Install
« Last post by gomezz on March 17, 2019, 04:56:05 AM »The native bootloader already installed is all you need. It is all I needed anyway. Changing bootloader is a bigger deal that should only ever be approached with extreme caution and in dire need whatever the device (computer, phone, PMP etc).
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Other - Installation/Removal / Re: AGPTEK Rocker Manual Install
« Last post by wdeprez11 on March 16, 2019, 02:34:48 PM »Yeah, I haven't. I know of the existence of the bootloader but I'm not sure about how I'm supposed to go about changing the bootloader. I'm guessing that's a preface to any 'drag and drop' of the .rockbox directory...
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Hardware / Re: Variety of issues with iPod 5.5 (possibly hardware?)
« Last post by Frankenpod on March 16, 2019, 02:08:07 PM »What's this "special edition" of RockboxUtility?
The one linked to in the wiki for the ipod classic. If you aren't installing on an ipod classic it's not going to be of much relevance to you.
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Other - Installation/Removal / Re: AGPTEK Rocker Manual Install
« Last post by johnb on March 16, 2019, 12:37:55 PM »Looks like you haven't installed the bootloader yet, have you?