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Advantages of Using Rockbox over iAudio X5L default firmware?

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Llorean:
It hasn't yet been done for the iAudio. Our wiki is created by users mostly, so it depends on primarily an X5 user updating that chart.

The main disadvantage of using Rockbox on the X5 to my understanding (I don't own one, but I'm fairly familiar with the problems people report concerning it) is actually that there's some question as to whether we've implemented the radio properly, as people are reporting that we get poorer reception than the original firmware.

Our battery life is less than the original firmware, but people are still reaching 20+ hours on the X5L, and I don't think anyone's done a fair comparison yet (following our guidelines for a comparison battery benchmark to make sure that settings are equivalent) on battery benchmarks, as there are many settings people like to use in Rockbox that drain more power (more CPU intensive) that will of course reduce battery life, but people use them on benchmarks anyway.

There is also no *official* way by which you can boot into the manufacturer's firmware while running Rockbox, though there's an unofficial way that, while not supported, seems reliable.

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