Installing Rock Box on Sansa Clip Zip with 01.01.21A won't work

[djfrodo]

O.k. so, I've tried installing this on a mac (both manual and automatic) and a pc (automatic).

Neither worked.

I turn on my clip, switch to MSC, plug it in, start rockbox utility.

Run utility with 01.01.20 as the firmware (it doesn't recognize 01.01.21).

Process finishes and says everything is fine.

Eject, then disconnect player.

"Refreshing Meida" message appears.

The original firmware loads.

What am I doing wrong? Or does rockbox not work for 01.01.21A?

Thanks in advance

[saratoga]

90% or so this means that the wrong drive was selected and the installer copied the firmware to a hard disk.

[djfrodo]

After running the installer there is a .rockbox folder and a clpza.bin file on the player.

When the player restarts both are deleted.

I think this is a permissions issue, but I'm not sure.

[saratoga]

Are you sure you have a clip zip and selected that in the installer?  If the patched firmware is on the device, and its really a clip zip it will patch on next boot.

[djfrodo]

re: Are you sure you have a clip zip and selected that in the installer?

Absolutely. I've tried Auto Detect and selecting the device manually.

re: If the patched firmware is on the device, and its really a clip zip it will patch on next boot.

That would be awesome, but unfortunately it's not happening.

I'm also selecting the correct drive, in my case /Volumes/SANSA CLIPZ (i'm on a mac).

Could it be the space in the name?

[saratoga]

I guess it couldn't hurt to check the file system for errors. Maybe its so corrupted the file isn't intact on the device.

Out of curiosity if you copy a normal firmware file does it get installed?

[djfrodo]

re: Out of curiosity if you copy a normal firmware file does it get installed?

I tried installing 01.01.20 from Sansa's site and it didn't install.

So...looks like I've got a corrupt disc...I think.

Any ideas?

[djfrodo]

I repaired the disc and tried installing again...still no rockbox.

[djfrodo]

Sorry I meant the 01.01.20 of Rockbox.

[saratoga]

Are you sure you really have a clip zip?

[djfrodo]

re: Are you sure you really have a clip zip?

Yes.

[toehser]

I would probably make sure that I can run dosfsck cleanly, then make sure I can save files and they are still there after an eject/remount.  I'm using Linux, not sure how to do an equivalent series of operations on other operating systems.

[pennastorta]

Hi everybody,
I also had problems when trying to install RockBox on my ClipZ, but after some time/tries I could finally have it run - and I'm really impressed.
It turned my cheap mp3-player into a pocket entertainment system, and with some nice themes I could apply a cool retro optic. I like ;-)

What I did was:
- Every time I had problems with an install, I immediately completely uninstalled it using the assistant.
- I UNMOUNTED THE SD BEFORE PLUGGING IN THE DEVICE !!!
- I removed (no formatting!!!) all folders previously stored on the device.
- I now copied the 01.01.20 firmeware (the whole ZIP) ONTO the device ( ... to later tell RockBox to pick it from there)
    --> I got it from here: http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/Sansa-Clip-Zip/Sansa-Clip-Zip-Firmware-01-01-20/m-p/270703/highlight/true#M2531
- Now I did the complete installation (made a check in every box)

For me it worked that way !!
Let me know if this was helpful for you.

And one question besides:
Is there a possibility to prevent the POWER button from stopping the actual playback / disabling this feature, only this one !?

Cheers.

[saratoga]

I don't think any of those steps are useful. Simply running the installer and giving it the firmware will suffice.

To change the keymap you have to edit the source code and compile your own build.

[pennastorta]

>> I don't think any of those steps are useful. Simply running the installer and giving it the firmware will suffice. <<

Yeah, that's what I thought. But it took me at least 5 tries to have it work. I just wrote down, what I did during my successful attempt.

>> To change the keymap you have to edit the source code and compile your own build. <<

Haha. I think that's a bit too much for me at the moment. But thanks for the reply.
I enjoy RockBox a lot anyways !!

Cheers.