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jaima:
Hi !
I installed Rockbox on my iRiver H320 to enjoy more possibilities than with the official iRiver firmware, for example I can now have a french interface, it didn't work with the
normal firmware, not to speak of the mutiple settings of Rockbox.
But I am encountering one problem : If I am browsing through the music files, or to some directory, the player is sometimes shutting down - perhaps I am going too fast when browsing -, and if I try to start it again, I cannot got further than the Rockbox splash screen, I have to wait fifteen minutes to start the player correctly.
What could be the origin of this ? Bad settings ? Battery problem ? Something else ??
Thanks for helping
jaima
stripwax:
You don't say what version of rockbox you installed. Is it a recent build, an old build, an official build of rockbox or an unofficial build? (note that unofficial builds are not supported here).
Please note also of course that rockbox is updated daily (sometimes many times per day). So it's impossible to say what the problem could be in your specific case with more info.
Of the choices below I'd go for "something else" as my best guess.
theone:
I have the same problem and based on IRC chats and other similar threads, it seems it's a bad battery.
Here is an example of how it works:
1. I charge my H340 (with the unit off) with the most recent cvs build (have tried multiple cvs builds and daily builds to rule out any specific cvs commits)...until the iRiver charging screen says "Completed".
2. (Last night,) I used the unit for about an 30 minutes after charging to full capacity and it just shut off (no shutting down... screen, just a hard shutdown where the screen goes from a normal rockbox display to off). The only way I know that it was shut down and didn't freeze or is doing something is because the On/Play button is the only thing that does something...and when hitting that, the (bootloader) startup screen shows.
3. When the (bootloader) startup screen shows, it shows a very low battery level (3.40-ish Volts). Sometimes it does not make it even to the startup logo screen.
4. I wait some time before I turn it on again. About 15 minutes of waiting, it seems the battery level rises (or "restores" itself?) a little bit and I am able to use the unit (but at a duration less than what caused it to shut down the first time).
5. If I wait overnight (about 8 hours), it seems the battery level has fully "recovered" and it is at 3.96V, which equates to around 60%.
6. I have not used the stock iRiver f/w at all (only time was to upgrade to the European f/w so that I could install rockbox), so don't know if the iRiver operation is the same.
recordame:
jaima and theone, you are not alone!
I have been having the same problem with my iRiver H340. I installed rockbox about 3 months ago, using the latest daily build with my v 1.28 korean iRiver firmware. It was fine at first, then I noticed battery capacity started to decrease. I still use the original iRiver firmware quite a bit as I like to record to mp3 format, something rockbox doesn't do. i used to be able to get 4-5 hours + continuous use out of a full charge, now I can only use it about 45minutes before the unit shuts off ( a sudden, hard shutdown, as theone described). The battery indicator will show two bars remaining before it shuts off, so I know that the battery isn't drained, it's just that the player seems to think it is.
If I try to reboot to either rockbox or iriver f/w at this point, it will indicate battery is too low to boot. But I wait 15 mins, and the voltage indicator will seem to have risen a bit, and it will boot, sometimes showing 60% or more battery level remaining.
I can keep using it...but it will always shut off before the battery level drains completely to zero.
Sometimes I can go through this shutdown/wait a bit/reboot cycle several times a day. Just when I think it's completely dead, it always seems to find some juice and work for a little longer.
I have tried updating to a more recent daily build but the problem persists.
This is very frustrating as it can sometimes shut off suddenly in the middle of a recording!
Can anyone tell me why this is happening or how to fix it?!?
PS sometimes after I disconnect the charger, the unit flashes, 'Disconnect external battery pack'...could this have anything to do with it? I don't have an external battery pack! Sometimes, it doesn't show anything, it just reverts to the iRIver splash screen as usual.
LinusN:
--- Quote from: recordame on November 13, 2006, 01:17:19 AM ---jaima and theone, you are not alone!
I have been having the same problem with my iRiver H340. I installed rockbox about 3 months ago, using the latest daily build with my v 1.28 korean iRiver firmware. It was fine at first, then I noticed battery capacity started to decrease. I still use the original iRiver firmware quite a bit as I like to record to mp3 format, something rockbox doesn't do.
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You should update to a newer version of Rockbox. We added MP3 recording on August 28.
--- Quote --- i used to be able to get 4-5 hours + continuous use out of a full charge, now I can only use it about 45minutes before the unit shuts off ( a sudden, hard shutdown, as theone described).
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This is a sure sign of an aging battery. 4-5 hours is bad to begin with.
--- Quote ---Can anyone tell me why this is happening or how to fix it?!?
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Replace the battery.
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