Installation / Removal > Rockbox Utility
Clip+: cannot install bootloader!
SysteX:
Hello,
I'm having trouble installing the Rockbox bootloader to my Sansa Clip+. After using the install utility and rebooting the player, the original firmware loads as if nothing has changed. If I reconnect the player to the computer, the modified "clppa.bin" firmware file is still in the root directory. I can and have successfully updated the firmware using the unmodified file. It's as if the modified file is not being recognized by the player.
I've also tried a manual install and the same thing happens. The modified firmware file just sits in the player's root directory and is never applied. I've tried using both the most recent original firware (V 1.02.15) as well as the older firmware (V 1.02.09) to feed to the utility. No luck.
I just upgraded to this Clip+ from a Clip v1, but as far as I'm concerned if I can't get Rockbox working on the Clip+ it's a huge downgrade!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
saratoga:
Are you able to downgrade to an unmodified 1.02.09?
SysteX:
Yes, I have no problems whatsoever with unmodified firmware files. I have successfully downgraded to unmodified 1.02.09 and back to unmodified 1.02.15.
funman:
You can try building mkamsboot from SVN to see if it makes a difference.
I see that the OF version number is present in the Clip+ files and we overwrite it, but it should not matter given that you can downgrade.
EDIT: It is likely the problem fixed in r27441.
There is a newer Clip+ hardware similar to the newer Fuzev2 hardware.
If you build mkamsboot from SVN, it should patch but then I expect the Clip+ to show "ATA Error: -2" when it boots.
The OF version string is only checked by these newer revisions Clip+/Fuzev2, even if for the Clip+ all the firmwares which were released by Sandisk are supported, so we can suppose that this hardware revision was planned from the start.
omsburiks:
I recently bought a Clip+ and had the same problem; I tried SVN mkamsboot and sure enough it updated the firmware but Rockbox gives ATA error: -2 on startup.
How much of a fix is it to get rid of the ATA error?
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
Go to full version