Sansapatcher switches

[CharlesT]

I may be as thick as two short planks stuck together with stupid glue, but according to http://[color=blue]Re: Sansa E200 Reeboots into origian firmware with USB when off[/color] I need to use the "-a" switch to apply this patch. 

Where do I find information on using switches with sansapatcher?

I've searched the wiki and the forums but to no avail. 

I await a scathing reply

ct

[Chronon]

Your link didn't work.  What are you trying to do?

[CharlesT]

Thanks Chronon

I am trying to apply the bootloader discussed in tracker/task/995 to my sansa e200.

I've given up on trying to make links work.

ct

[saratoga]

Where do I find information on using switches with sansapatcher?

Run "sansapatcher --help".

[CharlesT]

Thanks Saratoga.
Ran it from the command line in Windows.
ct

[ThaCrip]

to get to the point...

"sansapatcher.exe -a PP5022.mi4" (without the ") is what you want to do to use the new bootloader.

p.s. i aint sure if it matters but i would recommend using the original sansa firmware when doing the bootloader installation. it might work from rockbox's USB but since i never tried it and dont know it's best to play it safe and do it from original sansa firmware.

[Llorean]

If it doesn't work in the Rockbox USB mode, there's a bug and you should report it. If it does work, then there's no problem. But there's no need to keep recommending people not do it - it's supposed to work.

Also "aint" is not a word.

[ThaCrip]

If it doesn't work in the Rockbox USB mode, there's a bug and you should report it. If it does work, then there's no problem. But there's no need to keep recommending people not do it - it's supposed to work.

thanks for clearing up the issue that it WILL work in Rockbox's USB.

since i was not sure i did not want to tell people to do it just to make sure they did not potentially brick there players. in the future i wont tell people to use original firmware if this question comes up again.

[thenrik]

Hi:

  I just tried to update to rockbox firmware on my Sansa c250. I followed the instructions:
sansapatcher.exe -a PP5022.mi4.
It reported success but when I turned the player on it just goes to a blank screen and will not respond to any keys and will not turn off. If I reset the battery and plug it into the computer, it shows the sansa screen briefly and then goes to a blank screen . . .

  I was confident after Llorean reported it would work but as far as I can tell, I bricked my player.

  Any suggestions?

Tom

[saratoga]

Hi:

  I just tried to update to rockbox firmware on my Sansa c250. I followed the instructions:
sansapatcher.exe -a PP5022.mi4.

PP5022.mi4 is the e200 firmware I think.  Looking online, the c200 uses firmware.mi4.

  I was confident after Llorean reported it would work but as far as I can tell, I bricked my player.

  Any suggestions?

I did something like this once by flashing the wrong firmware file to my e280.  Its fixable but rather complicated.  You'll need to follow the e200unbrick guide:

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SansaE200Unbrick#Manufacturing_Mode

You can try recovery mode, but you probably destroyed that, so you'll have to use Manufacturing Mode.  Basically this lets up load a new bootloader into DRAM, then you boot that bootloader, get into recovery mode, and then write a new bootloader to disk. 

[thenrik]

Hi:

  Many thanks Saratoga! On one hand the unbrick guide/manufacturing mode was indeed quite a complicated process but it's amazing that such a process exists and works so well. It took about a half an hour to rebuild the Sansa and reinstall Rockbox. This time I got it right with the firmware.mi4 and now have a usb charging Rockbox and didn't lose any of my music.

  I'm still fishing for v1 players on ebay for colleagues and friends--hoping that the v2 version eventually works out as well.

Thanks again!

Tom