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Clip+ with firmware 01.02.15A
riegal:
I've searched everywhere. Where in the heck is the .bin file? I can find the Updater but don't think I want that ... but bin file not identified. Thank you.
mc2739:
--- Quote from: riegal on November 27, 2010, 10:47:30 PM ---I've searched everywhere. Where in the heck is the .bin file? I can find the Updater but don't think I want that ... but bin file not identified. Thank you.
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Do to legal issues, the firmware bin file cannot be hosted by Rockbox. You have to get the bin file from the Sandisk forum. The link is supplied by the Rockbox Utility, in the install section of the manual for your device, and on the SansaAMS wiki page.
trevor:
The ROCKbox installer currently expects a maximum of 01.02.15; the version that sansa give is the 01.02.15A version, so the installer won't install. It doesn't expect the letter a.
The sansa support page gives you 01.02.15A. I don't see any way to get the 'pre-a' version from the sansa website. :(
Since the ROCKbox installer requires an older firmware version, i decided to find the older sansa firmware and downgrade. I googled for "01.02.13" and found this link: http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/Clip-Clip/Sansa-Clip-Firmware-Update-01-02-13/td-p/147726, which had a download for the 1.02.13 release: http://mp3support.sandisk.com/firmware/clipplus/clipplus01.02.13.zip.
I unzipped the download, pointed the ROCKbox installer to the clppa.bin file (which was extracted from the zip) and then successfully installed ROCKbox.
Along the way i had manually installed the 1.02.13 firmware, actually a downgrade; this was, in retrospect, probably unnecessary.
But, my clip+ now has ROCKbox, making it a simply perfect audiobook player! I have it automatically bookmarking, and automatically resuming so it plays automatically on startup where i left off- great for audiobooks. ROCKbox took a great player and made it darn near perfect. You folks are awesome. :D
Btw, compusa currently (4/2011) has refurbished sansa clipplus 4gb for $30. (No affiliation, just happy with the price.) I'll pickup a few more and have one dedicated for music, one for the car, one for my audiobooks, etc.
bluebrother:
--- Quote from: trevor on April 10, 2011, 03:47:58 AM ---The ROCKbox installer currently expects a maximum of 01.02.15; the version that sansa give is the 01.02.15A version, so the installer won't install. It doesn't expect the letter a.
The sansa support page gives you 01.02.15A. I don't see any way to get the 'pre-a' version from the sansa website. :(
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I've checked the link that's on the SansaAMS wiki page and can download a file clipplus01.02.15.zip and Rockbox Utility accepts this file just fine.
riegal:
I installed Rockbox on my SansaClip+ and all is good. Great player. I'd have to say that I overall I prefer the interface on my iAudio 7, but the touch controls on that stopped working several months ago, and the SansaClip+ hasn't. The sound is great and very nice to carry. And the Rockbox interface really makes it a nice player to use.
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