AGPTEK Rocker

[coacharnold]

So I answered my own question ...   the folder at issue contained 5gb of music.  I split the folder in half to 2.5 gb of music each and both work perfectly.   What exactly is the folder size limit?

[shabu]

Your card is formatted as vfat? Or something else?

file -s /dev/sdX ist stating fat (32 bit) - so just like before formatting the card.

regarding the fw upgrade: this is not on a t6, but an agptek rocker - so shouldn't the upgrade process work without altering the version.txt file anyways?

what could be the cause for the dap to refuse up/downgrades of any fw?

[wodz]

It is worth clarifying the situation. https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/AgptekRocker#Recovery_procedure_overview
There are five images on internal flash - 1) uboot image - lowlevel bootloader (we don't touch this) 2) bootsplash pic 3) linux kernel image 4) recovery image used to perform system upgrade (actually linux kernel image with intramfs glued together) 5) normal rootfs system image containing hiby player, codecs, bt support and so on (that is the one we patch to allow dualboot) . NOT all official firmware update files update all above mentioned images. I suspect somewhere in time RECOVERY image got updated and expects different version string. The only copy of recovery image I have is from 1.01Beta version. If someone with player requiring version string magic could dump recovery image from mtd3 I can take a look to confirm my theory.

[Doghouse Riley]

When Rockbox is installed on the Rocker, is there any limit on sdxc card size?

[gigaMojo]

  Having a bad time trying to find an inexpensive dap with software that doesn't suck.

 
 Been using a well beaten up and nearly expired Sandisk player and need a replacement.

 Tried a Riuzu x19, and while the hardware isn't bad, the software blows,   and of course isn't rockboxable.

 So, big question,  is the Rocker holding up well for you guys with full Rockbox capabilities  and no hassles ?


 

[Pingouin]

The AGPtek Rocker works fine for me, except:
- Battery life is meh.
- Screen is meh (I had a Sansa Fuze+ before which had a much better screen).
- Need to manually select Rockbox on startup, or wait 10 seconds for the player to default to it.
- BT is still not supported, but then I don't use BT anyway, so not a problem for me

Overall, happy with it, and I sold the Fuze+ over this one because the hardware "buttons" on the Fuze+ were a PITA, even with Rockbox (with OFW they were simply unusable).
Unlike others, I found installing Rockbox straightforward, but I understand it's more problematic with the Benjie version of the hardware.

[gigaMojo]

    I read about the wait  on startup,   that seems like something that would annoy.   If they made this to be rockbox compatible, couldn't  they have done better than that ?

   I may wind up suffering with the Riuzu X19 ,  rather then spend over twice as much for the Rocker.   

   I don't need a whole lot in terms of features, but a solid bookmark system and  fast forward that accelerates as you hold it down, are bare minimum.   Something Rockbox got right long ago.

 

[Frankenpod]

Edit - nevermind - misunderstood gigamojo's comment.  It's directed at the Rocker hardware developers rather than the rockbox devs, I guess?

[Pingouin]

    I read about the wait  on startup,   that seems like something that would annoy.   If they made this to be rockbox compatible, couldn't  they have done better than that ?

It's not that bad actually, the default is Rockbox. So once it boots up to the boot choice menu, you can just press the big centre button to go straight to Rockbox (which can be done without even looking at the player), or just wait 10 seconds.

[gigaMojo]

Edit - nevermind - misunderstood gigamojo's comment.  It's directed at the Rocker hardware developers rather than the rockbox devs, I guess?

Correct, that's what I meant .

[Dromedary]

After several different struggles to get this working I finally managed to sort out the firmware by doing the above ...  iy was a struggle ... but it is complete... and now working ... WTF!! this was a major pain ...    as it's not clear what is hapening.   What I can telll if you have V1.8 beta firmware,  you need to do the downgrade above and then also follow the same procedure using the patched FW

I have the same problem with a new Rocker firmware v 1.31 beta. It would not update to any other firmware version - neither AGPTEK's  own, nor Rockbox.

It falls to update firmware. Gives me messages
 "Updater V 1.1"
 and then
 "v_v Failed"

Tried to reproduce what coacharnold posted earlier (modify the iso), but the player rejected/ignored it. Struggled for several hours.
Maybe because I am on windows or maybe I am not using the exact firmware.

Could someone post a detailed guide with links to firmware?
Thanks.

Edit: Solution exists.
Milardo posted workable rockbox update file at:
http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,51653.345.html

[Milardo]

After several different struggles to get this working I finally managed to sort out the firmware by doing the above ...  iy was a struggle ... but it is complete... and now working ... WTF!! this was a major pain ...    as it's not clear what is hapening.   What I can telll if you have V1.8 beta firmware,  you need to do the downgrade above and then also follow the same procedure using the patched FW

I have the same problem with a new Rocker firmware v 1.31 beta. It would not update to any other firmware version - neither AGPTEK's  own, nor Rockbox.

It falls to update firmware. Gives me messages
 "Updater V 1.1"
 and then
 "v_v Failed"

Tried to reproduce what coacharnold posted earlier (modify the iso), but the player rejected/ignored it. Struggled for several hours.
Maybe because I am on windows or maybe I am not using the exact firmware.

Could someone post a detailed guide with links to firmware?
Thanks.

I posted an answer on the other topic you posted in