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Sansa: Disable Database Refresh in OF

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simulant:
If you don't need to boot to original firmware and don't mind using rockbox only, try my solution.

You want to get the original firmware into it's default state where it asks you to choose a language.  You can do this by doing a sansa firmware upgrade/downgrade.

Once it's in this state,  all you need to do is NEVER choose a language.  You'll be able to connect via USB in original firmware without it doing a database refresh.

The main reason I do this is because the sansa firmware doesn't like most of my mp3s and will lock during the db refresh.

mbbda:
I don't know if its due to the firmware or specific bootloader but, on my e280, if i plug in the USB cable with the sansa turned off, then it starts without the database refresh.

slycheese:
BTW, I am using the Sansa e280 with firmware 01.02.18A.  Sorry I didn't included that in the original post.

mark


--- Quote from: slycheese on February 29, 2008, 01:31:18 AM ---I hope this post isn't inappropriate but:

I'd like to know if there's a way to stop the Sansa OF from rebuilding the database on boot up.  I asked because Rockbox does not yet support file transfer and every time I startup the original firmware to transfer files I have to first wait 5 minutes while it rebuilds the database.

Thanks,
mark

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MarcGuay:
The latest bootloader is supposed to disable the database refresh automatically.  You may need to update your original firmware first for it to work properly though... I did this a while ago and can't remember the step-by-step instructions, otherwise I'd provide them... There are a few somewhat-helpful threads in the forums already if you search...

slycheese:
Hmm, my OF is the latest version and I just installed RockBox five days ago, so I'm pretty sure I have the latest bootloader (I downloaded it via the link in the installation wiki).  Am I missing something?

Thanks to all,
mark


--- Quote from: MarcGuay on February 29, 2008, 02:49:13 PM ---The latest bootloader is supposed to disable the database refresh automatically.  You may need to update your original firmware first for it to work properly though... I did this a while ago and can't remember the step-by-step instructions, otherwise I'd provide them... There are a few somewhat-helpful threads in the forums already if you search...



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