Sansa Fuze+

[Njones]

Thanks,
I was doing everything except renaming to firmware.sb. Now it shows up as v2

[silvertree]

I installed v2 last week and I have noticed the speedy boot up.  Very nice.  I really don't understand much more about the bootloader to comment that it works well but I have made 2 observations.

1.  More of a question and of the lowest priority since OF doesn't appeal to me but is it a desired function to have the OF drop to the bootloader upon USB connection?

2.  I've observed that after properly shutting down the OF the next boot, bootloader takes a considerable longer time to execute Rockbox.


Last question:  I'm new here but have been using Rockbox for 6 years on several irivers and a couple Sansas.  Would it be acceptable to post a rather long list of observations I've made over the last few months using Rockbox on my  Fuze+?

I love the project and entirely appreciate the work everyone has put into this port.  It's not that I love making more work by pointing out issues... I do it because I care.

Thanks, gang.

[pamaury]

Hi, as soon as I have a proper internet connection, i'll answer with more details (typing on phone is boring). Quickly: the OF reboots on usb connection, that cannot be changed. And yes i've noticed this but i have no clue, anyway i don't expect people to use the OF very often.

[pamaury]

Hi All,
if by chance you tried to update to the latest nightly build, you maybe have ran into a panic message. This should now be fixed, please upgrade again to fix this improper behaviour.

[BenBrown]

Oh, very nice work on the V2 bootloader.  I really like all the new status updates.  No troubles with it so far for me.

[ildarion]

Hey !

Alarm clock work for you and it's me or it's normal ?

[bthomson]

Hey guys, just bought a Fuze+ but having a little trouble getting Rockbox loaded. I can't use the rockbox utility so I am trying to follow the directions under "Alternative Method" at [1].

I downloaded [2] and extracted it to the device root (so there is now a .rockbox folder there). I downloaded [3] and added it to the root. Then I did safe eject in windows and removed the cord from the device. A screen popped up that said "Fuze+ Updating...", and then the device rebooted back into the original firmware.

I tried this again a couple times and then tried following the same procedure with [4] (making sure to rename it to firmware.sb), but the same thing happened. No rockbox, just the original firmware.

Did I miss anything? Maybe I should check the hash of the firmware.sb on the USB device before ejecting to make sure it hasn't gotten corrupted.

[1] http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SansaFuzePlusPort
[2] http://build.rockbox.org/data/rockbox-sansafuzeplus.zip
[3] https://www.dropbox.com/s/86f4v7hmjw2hjmi/firmware.sb
[4] https://www.dropbox.com/s/w9cnnr4w5m3edpd/fuzep_rb_firmware_v2.sb

[pamaury]

Hi,
I can think of two possibilities: the firmware you downloaded is corrupted and you should download it again, or you have a device with a new version of the firmware and since it prevents downgrading, it refuses to upgrade. You can check the second theory easily: go into the device parameters and find the OF version. The latest known one is current 2.36.08

[bthomson]

Thanks very much pamaury. After a redownload today, I had success!

I would also like to express my gratitude for your work on this rockbox port. So far the Fuze+ is much nicer to use with rockbox than my tiny Clip Zip. I really enjoy being able to read filenames and menus without having to scroll, and the touchscreen seems less susceptible to accidental button presses when I put the device in my pocket. Overall it is a big improvement for me.

[blackshard]

Hello guys, just a side question... I'm using from long time Rockbox on my fuze+ and I greatly appreciate the work done! I'd would ask if it is a known glitch/issue or it is just my unit that sometimes, during audio playback, some buffers get lost and you hear a sudden jump in the stream.

[pamaury]

@blackshard: don't suffer from this issue at all, which format are you playing and what is the bitrate ? Can you upload a file on which it happen ?

Hi all,
I have tagged the V2 bootloader version and uploaded it so that Rockbox Utility can install it. I will thus removed the firmware my dropbox for obvious legal reasons. Please use the Rockbox Utility to update the bootloader as of now.

[azhag]

Hi,

I tried to update the bootloader using the RU 1.3.1:

- checked the "Bootloader" to be installed,
- downloaded needed OF,
- RU did all the magic with patching and stuff,
- I rebooted to OF.

And I still have v1 of the bootloader.

Do I need to perform some additional steps to update it? Or do I have to wait some time until RU knows about v2?

[pamaury]

Did the OF display the "upgrading" message ? Sometimes the OF doesn't trigger the update from mysterious reasons and you have to manually remove the firmware.sb file at the root of the device and start over again.

[azhag]

Did the OF display the "upgrading" message ?

No.

OK, I'll try again.
Edit: still no luck.
Edit 2: scratch that. After like third boot to OF (with the same firmware.sb!) it started to update itself. No idea why it didn't work at first.

[Julian67]

The Rockbox Utility bootloader update worked first time for me.  After unexpected bootloader install failure with previous version I found it works reliably if you connect the Fuze to PC in OF USB mode: with player powered off,  hold down the hardware volume down button and connect USB cable.  Fuze+ then connects in Sansa's USB mode and it recognises any new firmware.sb file and upgrades as expected on safe remove/umount and disconnection.