AIGO EROS Q / AIGO EROS K / IRULU Surfans F20 / AGPTek H3 / HIFI WALKER H2

[Falco98]

Settings / General Settings / System / USB Mode ->  "Charge Only"  (instead of "Mass Storage")

Thanks for that info.  Should I assume that with that option enabled, copying files onto the player would henceforth be only done via taking the SD card out and using an external reader (etc)?

[speachy]

Holding down the play/select button when plugging in the cable will invert the setting.

[Dromedary]

The batteries of my Rockbox MP3 players tend to lose capacity in about two years.
Here I am again in the market for a new player.

Which one would you recommend:
 - AIGO EROS Q   -  aliexpress
 - Surfans F20          -  amazon.com
 - HIFI WALKER H2   -  amazon.com

Wonder if there may be some difference in the quality of the lithium battery.
Some amazon reviews complain about  poor battery life and even about bloating batteries on Surfans F20 / HIFI Walker.
There are no reviews I can find on the AIGO EROS.

Thank you.

P.S.
I do not care if the line out works or not.

[phifetip]

Hey guys,

I am an absolute layman when it comes to computers, software etc.
But I have used Rockbox for many years on my several Sansa Clip+-players. I still have 4 Clip+ with Rockbox. I adore this firmware

Now I have gotten a Surfans H20 as a christmas present. I was happy to see, that Rockbox is available for this player too.

So, I have copied the pre-patched images from https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/AIGOErosQK and have unzipped the daily build for AIGO EROS in the root directory of the F20.

When I select now Rockbox in the booting process, I get the message "Cannot boot Rockbox".

Is there maybe an easy answer to this problem, for me as an absolute layman?

Many thanks in advance!

(Sorry for the bad english)

Regards,
Christoph

[Trzyzet]

You need to download a rockbox release from the main website and unpack the .rockbox folder to the root of your micro SD card.

Also, I saw the latest build is broken, you should try with an older one, for example from two weeks ago. Remember to completely delete .rockbox folder before unpacking the new one because the downgrade.

[phifetip]

Thanks Trzyzet, now it works! Fantastic.

Now I downloaded the build from 9th December.
And I think maybe my mistake was also to unzip rockbox straight to the root directory - without any rockbox-folder.

Now the f20 feels like home

[mrsubway]

Question.  I just flashed the bootloader on my HiFi Walker H2, using the file on the wiki. 

To be honest, I haven't had a Rockbox compatible player in years, and I'm not sure what the difference between "hosted" and "native" are.

I got an error trying to use the Rockbox utility to install the bootloader, but I downloaded the patched 1.5 bootloader and installed Rockbox itself via the utility.  It's working beautifully.

Is there a way to change the ten second countdown on the bootloader?

If not, no big deal.

Also, the player, oddly, won't charge on a Samsung 25w fast charger.  It's fine on a generic charger.

Happy New Year.  I've missed Rockbox!

[ge2655]

Mr Subway you're luckier than I am.  I received my H2 yesterday and spent the day trying to get Rockbox to install.  Finally gave up and waited until this morning to try again but no dice.

I've installed and used Rockbox on multiple Sansa players for years but this HiFi Walker has me stumped.  During the last few hours I've extracted more than a crazed dentist and unzipped more than a hooker on a Friday night but just can't get Rockbox running.

Player indicates firmware 1.5 but the included sd card that came with the player has a .txt file indicating 1.5.01 beta.

Attached are images from the brand new 128gb card.

I know I'm doing something simple incorrectly but can't get my head around it.  Frustratingly, HiFi Walker is morphing into Johnny Walker.

-Gary

[speachy]

Player indicates firmware 1.5 but the included sd card that came with the player has a .txt file indicating 1.5.01 beta.

Was there any upt file on the SD card that came with the player?

[dconrad]

Also, the player, oddly, won't charge on a Samsung 25w fast charger.  It's fine on a generic charger.

You may want to go into Settings -> General -> System -> Battery -> Charge During USB Connection and set it to Force, if I remember correctly. I think I ran into the same issue with a wall charger.

[ge2655]

Was there any upt file on the SD card that came with the player?

Speachy,

Thanks for the reply.  Only other files on included card were manuals in a few different languages.

As an aside, my current Rockboxed Sansa Clip Zip w/ Koss KSC 75 phones blows the stock HiFi Walker away.  The stock Walker sounds okay but lacks the "sparkle" the Rockboxed Clip/Koss combo presents.  The inability to use a "crossfade" option while shuffling files on the Walker makes it a deal breaker.

My advanced age makes the Sansa hard to read and arthritis makes the depressing the buttons difficult, hence the decision to try the Walker but without Rockbox it's sound  is inferior.

-Gary

[mrsubway]

Also, the player, oddly, won't charge on a Samsung 25w fast charger.  It's fine on a generic charger.

You may want to go into Settings -> General -> System -> Battery -> Charge During USB Connection and set it to Force, if I remember correctly. I think I ran into the same issue with a wall charger.

Thanks, but I don't see a battery setting. 

[dconrad]

Also, the player, oddly, won't charge on a Samsung 25w fast charger.  It's fine on a generic charger.

You may want to go into Settings -> General -> System -> Battery -> Charge During USB Connection and set it to Force, if I remember correctly. I think I ran into the same issue with a wall charger.

Thanks, but I don't see a battery setting.

Oh, sorry. I guess that might not be present on the hosted version. My bad!

[mrsubway]

No problem man.  It's working fine and I have 50 old chargers.  You know, it's funny.  A phone will blow up within two years, but charging blocks will work until the Sun burns the Earth to a crisp.  😂😂

[mrsubway]

Mr Subway you're luckier than I am.  I received my H2 yesterday and spent the day trying to get Rockbox to install.  Finally gave up and waited until this morning to try again but no dice.

I've installed and used Rockbox on multiple Sansa players for years but this HiFi Walker has me stumped.  During the last few hours I've extracted more than a crazed dentist and unzipped more than a hooker on a Friday night but just can't get Rockbox running.

Player indicates firmware 1.5 but the included sd card that came with the player has a .txt file indicating 1.5.01 beta.

Attached are images from the brand new 128gb card.

I know I'm doing something simple incorrectly but can't get my head around it.  Frustratingly, HiFi Walker is morphing into Johnny Walker.

-Gary

Download this.  https://download.rockbox.org/bootloader/hifiwalker/H2-v15-patched.upt

Rename it to update.upt.  Put it on the root of the SD card.

Boot the player.  Go to SYSTEM SETTINGS and select FIRMWARE UPGRADE.

If it works, you'll now be able to boot into Rockbox or the original firmware.  Grab a nightly of Rockbox and have it in the .rockbox folder, which it seems you've done.

I believe the SD card must be formatted with FAT32 to flash the firmware.  I'm not totally sure.  Here's a tool to format SD cards as FAT32 as Windows won't do it.  This will ERASE the card.  Make SURE you select the right drive letter. 
http://ridgecrop.co.uk/guiformat.exe

Also, before you do any of this, backup any upt files that were on the original SD card the player came with.