SanDisk Sansa c200v2, m200v4, clipv1, clipv2, clip+, and fuzev2

[yelped]

Before I updated to the build that reverted the 4-bit wide bus, almost my whole .rockbox directory got deleted.

But now it looks OK.

[peppi]

installed rb r24102-091223 on my Sansa e280v2 using original firmware  03.01.16e.

first look is fine! waiting for a long time getting back to rockbox on my device (had a ipdod nano before). short I am happy!! thanks to all of you doing all this work. it is a xmas present for me.

And now the best: It learned a new feature radio FM not available before!

I hope the information I posted is somewhat helpful to you.

[pentavalle]

Hi, i just want to say that current dev build r24112 of rockbox for e200v2 is wrongly compiled for ipod. see inside http://build.rockbox.org/data/rockbox-sansae200v2.zip, it contains rockbox.ipod.

[Jason Arthur Taylor]

I got a Sansa Clip+ for Christmas.  I got 15 more days to stick whatever firmware I feel like on it and still be able to return it to Sansta.

Officially, Rockbox does not work on the Clip+.  I think the Clipplus and ClipV2 are similar chips, from what I saw so far.  This thread is 90 pages.  Could some kind sole (FlynDice?) shed some color or gut feelings on the chances I would have in getting rockbox working on this sansa clipplus 2gb unit in the next couple of months?  Seems like development is really taking off for rockbox, but fact is, seems like the smart thing to do is return this since it isn't supported.  Of course, that is the reason newer things aren't supported.  So if everyone did what I am probably going to do, rockbox would only worko n 1 machine, which would really suck.  I might be able to put up a $$ bounty to get rockbox working on the clip+ but it would not  be much since I am dirt poor.

[yapper]

Please read the sticky at the top of the New Ports section http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=21176.0

[saratoga]

Could some kind sole (FlynDice?) shed some color or gut feelings on the chances I would have in getting rockbox working on this sansa clipplus 2gb unit in the next couple of months? 

Sandisk hasn't released a firmware update yet for the Clip+, and without one we have no way to try and patch the firmware and upload a bootloader.  

[GodEater]

I might be able to put up a $$ bounty to get rockbox working on the clip+ but it would not  be much since I am dirt poor.

It is unlikely that offering a bounty of any amount would be accepted. The reasons for this have been covered before, but in brief :

Anyone taking the bounty would basically be profiting from a massive amount of work that has already been done by other Rockbox developers, which is somewhat unfair.

Edit: Since we've had this question before, and since it's starting to come up with some regularity, I've now updated the wiki page about donating to Rockbox : http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/DonatedMoney

[FlynDice]

Could some kind sole (FlynDice?)

Wow, now I'm getting called a fish outside of the poker game...

I think I can say with certainty that the clip+ will not be running a usable form of rockbox in the next 15 days.  On the other hand it seems  that most targets are not being sold at retail when rockbox becomes usable on them.  If you return the clip+ and wait for rockbox to be usable there's a pretty good chance it won't be available then, just ask all the fuze v2 & clip v2 owners.  If you want to get an idea about how long it's going to take, go back in the forum and look around Sep 08 when funman started the real heavy lifting for this thing, and follow the progression.  In the meantime the OF is not all that terribly bad from what I've heard.  Good Luck!

[florin]

Maybe sending a Clip+ to someone would help? Or in other words, is anyone interested in porting Rockbox to the Clip+ but doesn't has the player?

[GodEater]

Even if a developer has a Clip+ right now, you're still not going to see a port done in 15 days.

[Jason Arthur Taylor]

Wow, now I'm getting called a fish outside of the poker game...

hehe.  I need to learn to spel sumdai.  I had to google to know that a fish is a player who loses $$.

I think I can say with certainty that the clip+ will not be running a usable form of rockbox in the next 15 days. 

Sorry for being unclear, since GodEater repeats this error, but I never asked that.  I think I just asked what the chances were in the next couple of months.:

Could some kind sole (FlynDice?) shed some color or gut feelings on the chances I would have in getting rockbox working on this sansa clipplus 2gb unit in the next couple of months?

The 15 days is how long I had to test it on behalf of anyone who had a potential port working who was afraid to brick their plus and wanted a guinea pig (since I would have a good chance of returning it even if bricked).

[GodEater]

Even two months is extremely unlikely.

[jonstrength]

Is it worth trying the test builds on my fuze? Are they functional at all and is it easy to revert back to the original firmware?

[funman]

Yes, Yes and Yes, but if you don't develop you should better use the rockbox utility

[epithetless]

...Unless you have a v2 Fuze, in which case you shouldn't bother.