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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:

--- Quote from: Llorean on April 01, 2009, 09:45:56 AM ---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.

--- End quote ---

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:

--- Quote from: thenrik on April 04, 2009, 04:52:21 PM ---Hi:

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

--- End quote ---

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


--- Quote from: thenrik on April 04, 2009, 04:52:21 PM ---  I was confident after Llorean reported it would work but as far as I can tell, I bricked my player.

  Any suggestions?

--- End quote ---

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. 

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