Cant uninstall from iriver h340

[si69]

Hi,can someone help me uninstall rockbox please.Ive followed the instructions on the website and in the manual but its not working.When i turn my player on it still trys to use the rockbox bootloader.Ive put a hex file in the root directory as it says and then gone into firmware upgrade on my player but when i click yes,nothing happens.It doesnt do anything.Can someone help please.

[linuxstb]

Where on your h340 did you put the .hex file, and what name does it have?  Is it definitely a h340 .hex file?

It sounds like the h340 is rejecting the hex (or not finding it), but I'm not 100% sure about that as I don't own a h340.

[si69]

Yeah its definately the right hex file and its in the right place i.e in the root folder.I have used it many times before and never had a problem until i put rockbox on which seems to be insanely buggy so i want to take it off.

[bluebrother]

I don't see why Rockbox should be "insanely buggy" at all (using it since years on my h100 and never looked back), but it's your decision. You might want to consider asking about the problems you have to figure what's going wrong instead of removing it (Rockbox behaves noticably different than the iriver firmware, and that's intentional).

Anyway, are you sure you didn't put a patched firmware file on the player? What do you mean by "used many times before"? You only need a firmware file for flashing once, and I would be quite surprised if you did flash your player frequently.

[si69]

Firstly im not saying it SHOULD be buggy,im saying it is.Id prefer it wasnt but guess i cant have everything.Ive put it on my player two weeks ago and ever since then it has crashed twice and iv had to reset the player to get it to work,when i turn the player on now there is a big list of nonsensical files under the files folder (no idea what they are) including a recycle bin file and various other letters ,numbers etc.Secondly,yes it is my decision so if i wish to remove it then i would hope i came to the right place where helpful people would give me guidance and not a response such as yours.Thirdly,NO i did not put a patched firmware on my player,it is a clean standard hex file.And finally, i have had my player for many many years and have used hex files to flash my player on several occasions when i have tried out/upgraded firmwares,so if you seem surprised by that then that is your problem not mine.I came here looking for help as i have done in the past by some very nice people,and would of hoped that i could get the help i needed and not the response the like of which you gave.Tell me what was the point in that please?It didnt help one bit and was basically just a criticism as you have some loyalty to rockbox.Im sorry if it came as a shock that i wanted to remove something that didnt work,but i will gladly leave it on my player if it works properly once i try to install it again after i remove it.

[linuxstb]

We're simply saying that Rockbox isn't "insanely buggy" for other users on the h340, so something is likely wrong with either your device, or how you installed Rockbox - and these same problems are likely to be the reason the iriver firmware isn't able to perform an upgrade.

Have you checked the filesystem on your h340 for errors?  That could be the cause of the "big list of nonsensical files".

[si69]

The player is fine and it has run since the day i bought it fine until i have recently installed rockbox.I instaleed it via the instructions with the rockbox utility but i dont know how to remove it?That is my problem.It is still trying to use the bootloader when i turn it on so i have to hold down the record button to get it to run the iriver firmware.I cant seem to get rid of rockbox,that was my original question and again any help is more than appreciated.Thank you

[bluebrother]

I came here looking for help as i have done in the past by some very nice people,and would of hoped that i could get the help i needed and not the response the like of which you gave.Tell me what was the point in that please?It didnt help one bit and was basically just a criticism as you have some loyalty to rockbox.

Would you please go back a step, take a deep breath and then think about it? I am trying to figure what's your problem. Basically, you just said "it doesn't work" in the first place (I'm exaggerating a bit here) which is the worst problem report one can get. So I'm asking about some things that I think can help me understand your issue. Unless I understand your issue I really can't help you, and for that reasons I'm asking questions that might be not what you were expecting. But you are the one looking for help, aren't you?

If I want to critizise I can come up with different stuff much easier: when writing, after each punctuation mark comes a space. Separate your thoughs in paragraphs. All those make it much easier to read, and people are much more likely to read your posts if it's easier to read. But did I come up with this? No. (well, not until now, but you kinda asked for it).

And seriously, while I do put quite some work in Rockbox I really don't care if you like it or not or if you want to keep it or not. I do like Rockbox and working on it is fun for me, and for this I'm not dependent on any user in any way. Of course it's nice to hear about people liking it, but I really don't need it. So I don't think your accusation is in place or helpful here.

[si69]

separate my thoughs? critizise? Check your spellling my friend.Maybe you should read what you write before being so cocky towards others if that's the game you wish to play.
No accusation,and from what i tried of it,i did like it and if you took time to read my post instead of trying to be clever about punctuation and spelling and grammar and then go and make mistakes yourself,you would see that i said i wish to put it on my player and see if it would work but i first need to uninstall it.That was my original problem and the reason i asked for help.Not to be berated for my grammatical skills or lack thereof by someone who whilst pointing them out,obviously doesn't take the time to practice what he preaches.
And the word kinda?Should be kind of....well you did ask for it.
Seriously i really like your programme and appreciate people who do projects such as this so others can use it.All i asked for was how to remove it and i explained the problem earlier.It was still looking for the bootloader so Had to keep the record button down to get it to boot.
And as far as not being buggy...come on,why is there pages of bugs at the side of this forum?
Its to be expected with every program that gets developed,its nothing to be taken offence to and so protective about.Thank you once again for your help.I'm sure i will get there in the end.

[linuxstb]

The player is fine and it has run since the day i bought it fine until i have recently installed rockbox

No, your player isn't fine - the iriver firmware is refusing to install a new .hex file.  This is nothing to do with Rockbox.

Have you run chkdsk or similar to check the filesystem on your device?  Does the iriver firmware still work fine, including browsing and playing music files?

Is this the same H340 that you recently posted to these forums about changing the battery in?

[Chronon]

I agree that it sounds as if the file system on your player is badly damaged.  I would not be surprised if this was the cause behind its refusal to update with the hex file you put in the player's root. 

[soap]

I unlocked the thread, removed the long post by the OP which I felt added nothing to the discussion of the original topic except to express that a hex file finally was accepted after repeated tries (but no apparent effort to follow the given suggestions re: filesystem.)

I'll lock and purge it again if it again becomes an argument.