What was your first rockbox device

[fennectech]

im curious to know what device got everyone into the rockbox firmware  mine was a sansa e200v2 then was an ipod nano 1g and then ipod classic 5.5g then a fuze+ wich i currently have

[gevaerts]

ipod classic 5.5g

Wow! That's an extremely rare device! I've never seen one!

[fennectech]

i found the 5.5g in a pawn shop   not knowing what it was i bought it    finding it didnt support rockbox natively i had to use a custom bootloader   (emcore if i remember properly) unfortunately the device died to a magnet being set ontop of it   currently have a ipod classic 5g on order (if nobody outbids me on ebay lol)

[[Saint]]

I suspect you mean the iPod 6/7G.

As you can see on the main page the 5.5G is supported, and has been for a very long time.

On a side note: That must have been a very powerful magnet, like...somewhere in the order of several lbs of rare earth magnet. Contrary to popular belief its actually fairly difficult to do any meaningful damage to the device with magnetism alone, and virtually impossible to do any lasting physical damage in this fashion. If this was the case, you'll almost certainly find the hardware to be completely recoverable.


[Saint]

[fennectech]

well the end of that ipod happened probalyl 3 or 4 years ago   it was thrown in a bag with a rather strong magnet *from a hard drive* and i found the magnet stuck to the iPods back case and when i turned it on it went click click click  the ipod died from ipods HDD was click of death    it was definitly an ipod 5.5g    that
http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,26902.msg192864.html#msg192864 oh   your right   it was the 6g    little information is available here from that time xD

[ssdclickofdeath]

My first Rockbox device was an iPod Mini 2nd generation. I opened it up to replace the dead hard drive with an 8 GB CF card and put in a new battery. The headphone jack soldered onto the board broke off when I carelessly opened the iPod, so I had to buy another iPod Mini to replace the main board. It turned out that I accidentally bought a 1st generation iPod Mini as a replacement. Rockbox often crashed on that board.

About a year later, I picked up a Sansa Fuze v2 at a thrift store for $15. It is much more useful than the iPod mini I had.

[404_user_not_found]

First device - Sansa clip+, fully died after year.
Second device - Sansa clip+, UP button broke after year, had to customize rockbox in order to use VOL UP as UP button in menu.
Last device - Sansa clip+, new.
I use sansa clip+ very frequently, so they break or dies quickly. Don't know what I will do if sansa clip+ will be discontinued because I didn't find a good replacement.

[ursamajor]

Sansa Clip Zip. New user of it and of Rockbox. It really Rocks!

[Stringrazor]

My 1st Rockbox device was an Archos v1 player/recorder, upgraded with a 120GB drive. With RB, I liked it a lot and would still be using it if it hadn't died. I'm now using an iPod Video 5.5g w/80GB drive that I picked up off ebay some years back. I suppose it works ok. I don't use it much anymore.

[LambdaCalculus]

Mine was an iPod Video, 5.5G, 30GB. I currently have a Sansa Clip Zip with 4GB internal storage and a 32GB mSD card, and am eyeballing a 2nd gen iPod Mini at a nearby second-hand electronics shop that I'm itching to CF mod.

I was running the Android version of Rockbox on my Nexus 4 for a time, but had to stop using it as it doesn't work with the ART runtime in CyanogenMod 12.

[VoronoV]

My 1st Rockbox device was an Archos v1 player/recorder, upgraded with a 120GB drive. With RB, I liked it a lot and would still be using it if it hadn't died. I'm now using an iPod Video 5.5g w/80GB drive that I picked up off ebay some years back. I suppose it works ok. I don't use it much anymore.

Almost the same for me !
Archos JBR 20 ! The original HDD died, I upgraded with a 80 GB which also died.
Later (no Rockbox support) : Archos Gmini 500 with a 80 GB HDD.
More recently : Sansa Clip + 8 GB (+ 64 GB mSD), Rockboxed of course !
And since, I bought two used JBR 20. One is in pristine condition, the second has a 32 GB Compact Flash card instead of the HDD !

VoronoV.

[maxillius]

Sandisk Fuze+.  Sandisk's firmware can only be described as garbage (10 second lag between button press and action, rebuilding the database on every boot, freezing randomly every 8 to 200 tracks, etc.) and I was desperate to get it to work properly when I saw a mention of Rockbox in Amazon's customer comments for the Fuze+.  It does work better (reacts immediately to inputs, builds the database once and SAVES IT) but it still freezes constantly and predictably (don't address the issue here, the's a thread for it in the playback troubleshooting section, I think it may be a hardware problem). 

I bought a Clip+ to replace the Fuze+ and immediately Rockboxed it and joy of joys it works 99% perfectly!  No freezing (except for a recent database issue), every theme works (I LOVE the LCARS theme from Star Trek, it just looks right!).  It played over 2000 tracks over a span of a year on random with no freezes or playback defects.  Just asked for a Clip Zip for my birthday because I miss my album art and can't take the Fuze+ freezing while I'm driving.

[Frankenpod]

My 5th gen ssd-using ipod.  Which just got stolen *sob*.

(I am _so_ hoping it quickly does the sad-face corrupted disk thing that it occasionally does, as I really doubt the person who nicked it will know how to get it going again, involving as it does sata bays and master-boot-records).

[piscator]

My first was an Iriver H140.  Then came a slew of H320's and H340s.  I installed a 120g drive in one, back when that modification was tricky and rare.  The "new" Rockbox Utility is very slick and makes installation a breeze!

With my Irivers still running beautifully (including the H140) I haven't visited the forums in some time.  Last week I returned to read the manual for an Ipod 5.5 video installation.  That went very smoothly, so I also 'rockboxed' two Sansa E200's I had lying around.  Next will be a Sansa Clip I just received from Amazon.

So, once again, "HURRAH and APPLAUSE for the Rockbox team!!"   Rockbox is a brilliant application that I've enjoyed for years.  It has made my life easier and also advanced my understanding of computer technology.   For both those gifts, I am sincerely grateful! 

piscator

[dreamlayers]

My first device was an Archos Jukebox 6000. I used some very early Rockbox versions because even then they had features which made them better than the original firmware. I remember one time running out of battery power because there was still no auto shutdown. Fortunately I had a second set of batteries with me.

I had downloaded the firmware descrambler when I learned about it, and disassembled and examined the OF. However, I didn't go further than that at the time. At the time I had done some x86 reverse engineering but never SH and never on a program which I couldn't run in a debugger. I wish I had gotten involved in Rockbox back then.

My next MP3 player was an Archos Gmini 220. The original firmware there had a decent interface, though it occasionally corrupted audio and the remote kept locking up. I was aware of the attempted Rockbox port, but not very interested. I only got involved in Rockbox later, starting with the Archos V2 Recorder.