Fiio X1

[6sides]

I am sure that the Fiio X1 is a worthy comparison to my Sansa Fuze V1 and V2.
It is excellent that SID and SAP files are supported. It would be fantastic for this to be true for the Fiio X1.

Thank you.

[pamaury]

Hi,
We usually don't answer port requests but it appears you are lucky and we are already investigating the possibility of a port.
At the moment, only reverse engineered and documentation has been done. We can execute code on the device and some information can be found on the wiki.

[nathanbibb]

I recently purchased an X1, and I would love to see the Rockbox port come to fruition.

I am not a developer (I dabble in Python and Bash shell scripting, very little C), but I am comfortable with the Unix command line, building packages from source code, etc.  I have access to Linux, Windows, and Mac machines at home.  I am a business analyst by trade, so I have done my share of documentation and defect reporting.

Is there anything I can do to help in the X1 port, or is it too early for someone not a developer?  How would one get involved in a specific port's development?

[markkkun]

I have a X1 too. I'm a web developer so I think my skills aren't enough to help porting rockbox to the X1.

In the oficial forums someone opened a discussion to explain why Rockbox is very interesting in their devices.

Here is the post:

http://fiio.me/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=40650

Someone from the technical support called "Yellow" said "they would try their best to realize it" but actually I think that anyone is working on it.

[pamaury]

Hi,
I am working on the port although at the moment there is no code to try or execute, i will upload the wiki and the thread with information as progress is made.

[gegas132]

http://www.fiio.net/en/story/272

According to this some models have diffrent hardware. I have X1 with NB code V342b. I wonder how many different X1 models are out there

[pamaury]

Hi,
thanks for this very useful information. My disassembly shows that so far (FW 1.3) there was only one model (parts may vary but are equivalent). I'll have a look at FW 1.4, it is possible they started to use a new lcd and they mention RAM/flash but we'll see if those are really different. Does anyone have one those new X1 ?

[markkkun]

I have a M442b, so it has the new parts. In this case, the Fiio comes with 1.6 fw version from factory.

If it is necessary any test, here I am.

[pamaury]

Could you, by chance disassemble the player and take photos from the inside to see what is different ? I didn't realise they release FW 1.6 already, they roll out updates quite often !
Otherwise, I'll probably need you for the tests on the LCD when the code is ready because I won't be able to test it on your model.

[markkkun]

I've tried to disassemble the player but I've found that I don't have the necessary screwdriver. I have some precision screwdrivers but the Player needs some kind of torx with only five points (all my torx screwdrivers have 6 points) and very, very small. (A bit weird) 

Do you know where I can find one of these?

[pamaury]

Googling for 'torx screwdriver 5 point star' seems to yield some result. Indeed this is a weird type of screwdriver...

[markkkun]

Searching through the internet I've arrived to a Russian forum where they were comparing the old and the new Fiio X1 (I don't know Russian language, google translated it for me...)

you have the pictures here (I wasn't able to link the images directly):

http://4pda.ru/forum/lofiversion/index.php?t600947-2360.html

[blubbblubb]

in case anyone still needs information regarding the screws, they are Pentalobe P2 they are most commonly used in iphones

Cant provide any pictures though as i only own the first hardware revision

[pamaury]

@blubbblubb: if you can provide pictures of the first hardware revision, that would be awesome too

[markkkun]

in case anyone still needs information regarding the screws, they are Pentalobe P2 they are most commonly used in iphones

Cant provide any pictures though as i only own the first hardware revision

Thank you for the clarification. If the previous images isn't enough, I'll look for one of these