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M3 and rockbox problems

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oluv:
i finally decided to install rockbox on one of my cowon M3 players and it runs perfectly and is quite a lot of fun, but there are some slight issues.
1) when docked the M3 is not charged at all, it gets current but the battery doesn't get charged. i have to charge it with USB but this takes quite a while to complete. i think it takes about 8-10 hours to charge the M3 with USB in contrast to 2-3 hours when docked.

another thing that i found a bit strange is that the volume-wheel that also functions as scrolling wheel in the menu reacts inverted. normally i would scroll to the right to go down in the menu, but with rockbox it is the other way round. i looked inside the settings if there was something to change but didn't find anything.

any chances to get this fixed, especially the charging problem is quite a heavy one. i could live with the inverted scroll-wheel, it is only a matter of getting used to.

thanks and best regards, o.

AlexP:

--- Quote from: oluv on July 01, 2008, 04:03:04 AM ---another thing that i found a bit strange is that the volume-wheel that also functions as scrolling wheel in the menu reacts inverted. normally i would scroll to the right to go down in the menu, but with rockbox it is the other way round. i looked inside the settings if there was something to change but didn't find anything.

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Rockbox doesn't care what the Original Firmware does - here is a short quote from the IRC log on 29/06/2008 (amiconn is the developer who ported the M3):


--- Quote ---22:46:49   amiconn   The buttons are mapped the way they should be in rockbox
22:49:58   lolmaus   "the way they should be in rockbox" -- it's always better when the way is for user's convenience, not programmer's concept
22:50:15   amiconn   It is for user's convenience...
22:52:07   amiconn   Vol+ goes up, Vol- goes down. And due to the position the rocker switch is located at it feels quite natural to have it that way. It's almost like spinning a scroll wheel
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Caveat - I haven't actually used an M3, so I have no idea what it feels like.  I'm just pointing out that "The OF does it" is no reason at all to do something.

pixelma:

--- Quote from: oluv on July 01, 2008, 04:03:04 AM ---1) when docked the M3 is not charged at all, it gets current but the battery doesn't get charged. i have to charge it with USB but this takes quite a while to complete. i think it takes about 8-10 hours to charge the M3 with USB in contrast to 2-3 hours when docked.
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Yes, unfortunately the power management work isn't finished yet. But for the time being you can use a little trick to get it charging as fast as before, it's a bit inconvenient but better than waiting ages for the battery to charge from USB, I think.

Here it is:

* Connect player to USB
* Insert charger (USB still connected)
* Then you can detach the USB cable again if you want to, the player will stay in the "Cowon loader" and charge normally.

oluv:

--- Quote from: BigBambi on July 01, 2008, 04:33:02 AM ---Caveat - I haven't actually used an M3, so I have no idea what it feels like.  I'm just pointing out that "The OF does it" is no reason at all to do something.

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yeah you are right. it is only that i have been using my M3 for years now and got used to it, so that i turn the button to the right, to scroll down. now it is the opposite.
but it is quite a fun to use rockbox and find "hidden" features :) today i discovered how to delete files. this was my biggest wish for the original firmware that never got finished though.


--- Quote from: pixelma on July 01, 2008, 04:52:45 AM ---Here it is:

* Connect player to USB
* Insert charger (USB still connected)
* Then you can detach the USB cable again if you want to, the player will stay in the "Cowon loader" and charge normally.
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yeah thanks for that, will try this out.
not that i use the M3 regularly, it was laying around for several months unused because my ipod touch has replaced it more or less. but i always like to go back to the roots and i am quite happy with the M3 running rockbox now. i still wonder how long the battery will do it.

elitenoobboy:
I just installed rockbox on my m3l, and am quite impressed. Quite a nice little piece of work. I think I might put it on my x5. Oluv already mentioned most of what I came here to say, about it not charging and the reversed volume scrolling.
But one other thing: Does anyone have any idea how to get out of doom on the thing? I brought up the menu, and then selected quit, but then something else came up that I couldn't read, and I couldn't get it to quit after that. Pressing any button just took it back to the game. I think I tried everything, even trying to power it off, which didn't work. I ended up having to get a paper clip and hit the reset hole to get it to quit. Any idea on what I was doing wrong?

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