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How do I completely remove rockbox from my Sansa Clip?
soulweeper:
Because I may be in this situation again, if I install Rockbox, and want to remove it for any reason, do I use the utility to remove it, to start with?? It clearly says the bootloader is removed manually only, so is that what removing the .rockbox folder does?
Or am I reading too much into this, and/or screwing it up by using the utility to remove anything? If Rockbox is installed, don't tell me all I have to do is simply put an unmodified copy on the device, turn if off, and turn it back on, and all traces will be gone, without ever messing with removal of anything via the utility??
saratoga:
You don't need the utility. See the first reply to the thread.
soulweeper:
--- Quote from: saratoga on March 15, 2015, 03:14:16 AM ---You don't need the utility. See the first reply to the thread.
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Well, that must have been where things went south. I saw the option to uninstall it in the utility, and so I used it.
That being said, the last time I updated the stock firmware, the Sansa updater wouldn't do it, for some weird reason. I went to their site, and got on chat with one of the support people, and they told me to update it manually. I got a copy of the new firmware, put it in the root directory, turned the player off, and back on, that's it. So it's no different if you have Rockbox, and go back to stock??
gevaerts:
--- Quote from: soulweeper on March 15, 2015, 03:32:41 AM --- I got a copy of the new firmware, put it in the root directory, turned the player off, and back on, that's it. So it's no different if you have Rockbox, and go back to stock??
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That's correct.
There have been some reports that you have to boot into the original firmware when you copy the firmware (i.e. not in rockbox' USB mode), but I don't know if that's actually true. You do have to hold "left" to boot into the original firmware when rebooting after copying though, it's the original firmware that does the flashing.
soulweeper:
--- Quote from: gevaerts on March 15, 2015, 08:29:21 AM ---
--- Quote from: soulweeper on March 15, 2015, 03:32:41 AM --- I got a copy of the new firmware, put it in the root directory, turned the player off, and back on, that's it. So it's no different if you have Rockbox, and go back to stock??
--- End quote ---
That's correct.
There have been some reports that you have to boot into the original firmware when you copy the firmware (i.e. not in rockbox' USB mode), but I don't know if that's actually true. You do have to hold "left" to boot into the original firmware when rebooting after copying though, it's the original firmware that does the flashing.
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To make absolutely sure I'm following you correctly, the way to do it is add the unmodified copy of the firmware while using it with Rockbox, then shut it off, and hold "left" to boot it into the original firmware, which at that point it would update with the unmodified copy....correct?
So you're saying that there are reports that you sometimes have to boot into the original firmware before you do the copying??
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