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Other - Installation/Removal / Re: Surfans F20 v3.4 - jztool doesn't seem to activate the screen
« Last post by jdharper on October 08, 2024, 12:13:16 PM »I just tried the jztool again with the file you linked, just in case. Same result: as soon as I run the jztool command, the little blue light turns off, I get this message, and nothing happens after.
PS C:\Users\JD\Downloads> .\jztool.exe -v erosq load bootloader.erosq
[ NOTICE] Rockbox bootloader version: b4e7c60c6d-221029
Tried the same thing with the AIGO Eros Q hardware revision 3 bootloader from https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/JztoolInstall#jztool, and got the same result but with a different version number. The last digit is off by one from what's on the website but I'm assuming there's a typo on one or the other and that it's the right bootloader.
PS C:\Users\JD\Downloads> .\jztool.exe -v erosq load bootloader.erosq
[ NOTICE] Rockbox bootloader version: a7cfee640d-240909
PS C:\Users\JD\Downloads> .\jztool.exe -v erosq load bootloader.erosq
[ NOTICE] Rockbox bootloader version: b4e7c60c6d-221029
Tried the same thing with the AIGO Eros Q hardware revision 3 bootloader from https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/JztoolInstall#jztool, and got the same result but with a different version number. The last digit is off by one from what's on the website but I'm assuming there's a typo on one or the other and that it's the right bootloader.
PS C:\Users\JD\Downloads> .\jztool.exe -v erosq load bootloader.erosq
[ NOTICE] Rockbox bootloader version: a7cfee640d-240909
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Other - Installation/Removal / Re: Surfans F20 v3.4 - jztool doesn't seem to activate the screen
« Last post by dconrad on October 08, 2024, 10:05:46 AM »Correct. I load it in USB mode, the light is blue and the screen is off. Then I try to load the bootloader, the blue light goes off, but the menu never appears.
I have to push the power button for several seconds, wait, then push the power button again for several seconds again to make it turn back on in regular mode. Between that and the lack of errors, I'm assuming that it's loading the menu but never actually displaying it.
Here's the log from the jztools.js website:
Downloading: 'files/bootloader/aigo/native/221029-b4e7c60c6d/bootloader.erosq'
File downloaded, 92160 bytes
Extracting bootloader-info.txt...
Extracting spl.erosq...
Extracting bootloader image...
Found bootloader.ucl (v1 format)
Validated bootloader package.
Bootloader version: b4e7c60c6d-221029
Saving bootloader...
Asking for device...
Opening device...
Claiming device interface...
Loading stage1 (SPL)...
Pausing for SPL to come up...
Loading stage2 (bootloader)...
Closing device...
Done!
Speachy got to it before me, but:
Ah, I see. It looks like the web jztool is automatically pulling the old bootloader from an old url which appears to not exist anymore... Although you would think it should throw an error in that case. It's also curious that the blue light goes out though, that should stay on.
BTW, thanks for noticing the version changed and being proactive about it
Edit: Just saw that you already said you had tried the command line jztool
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Other - Installation/Removal / Re: Surfans F20 v3.4 - jztool doesn't seem to activate the screen
« Last post by speachy on October 08, 2024, 09:57:44 AM »Here's the log from the jztools.js website:
Downloading: 'files/bootloader/aigo/native/221029-b4e7c60c6d/bootloader.erosq'
It appears that this jztools website is out of date.
It should be using the 20240908-a7cfee640d build, and there's also a different bootloader for different HW generations.
Strictly speaking it shouldn't be using a specific version at all; there are symlinks in place that will always point at the latest bootloader release.
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Other - Installation/Removal / Re: Surfans F20 v3.4 - jztool doesn't seem to activate the screen
« Last post by jdharper on October 08, 2024, 09:06:18 AM »Correct. I load it in USB mode, the light is blue and the screen is off. Then I try to load the bootloader, the blue light goes off, but the menu never appears.
I have to push the power button for several seconds, wait, then push the power button again for several seconds again to make it turn back on in regular mode. Between that and the lack of errors, I'm assuming that it's loading the menu but never actually displaying it.
Here's the log from the jztools.js website:
Downloading: 'files/bootloader/aigo/native/221029-b4e7c60c6d/bootloader.erosq'
File downloaded, 92160 bytes
Extracting bootloader-info.txt...
Extracting spl.erosq...
Extracting bootloader image...
Found bootloader.ucl (v1 format)
Validated bootloader package.
Bootloader version: b4e7c60c6d-221029
Saving bootloader...
Asking for device...
Opening device...
Claiming device interface...
Loading stage1 (SPL)...
Pausing for SPL to come up...
Loading stage2 (bootloader)...
Closing device...
Done!
I have to push the power button for several seconds, wait, then push the power button again for several seconds again to make it turn back on in regular mode. Between that and the lack of errors, I'm assuming that it's loading the menu but never actually displaying it.
Here's the log from the jztools.js website:
Downloading: 'files/bootloader/aigo/native/221029-b4e7c60c6d/bootloader.erosq'
File downloaded, 92160 bytes
Extracting bootloader-info.txt...
Extracting spl.erosq...
Extracting bootloader image...
Found bootloader.ucl (v1 format)
Validated bootloader package.
Bootloader version: b4e7c60c6d-221029
Saving bootloader...
Asking for device...
Opening device...
Claiming device interface...
Loading stage1 (SPL)...
Pausing for SPL to come up...
Loading stage2 (bootloader)...
Closing device...
Done!
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Other - Installation/Removal / Re: Surfans F20 v3.4 - jztool doesn't seem to activate the screen
« Last post by dconrad on October 08, 2024, 08:09:31 AM »Ok, thanks for the heads up. Once we get a 3.4 update file we can figure out what may be different. So you put it in usbboot mode (the blue led is on, screen is off), plug it in and run jztool to send the bootloader and... nothing happens?
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Rockbox General Discussion / Re: Rockbox playback trigger via USB?
« Last post by automusician on October 08, 2024, 08:09:17 AM »Thanks for the intel.
I can try the IAP-over-serial protocol -- are there any docs or wikis that can give me a headstart? If not, got any code samples or specific files to look at? I'm using an Apple iPod Video (5g), and am happy to implement some custom handling.
I can try the IAP-over-serial protocol -- are there any docs or wikis that can give me a headstart? If not, got any code samples or specific files to look at? I'm using an Apple iPod Video (5g), and am happy to implement some custom handling.
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Repairing and Upgrading Rockbox Capable Players / Re: Running my 7th Gen on an iFlash-Dual, can't access the card in slot 2
« Last post by iPodVT on October 07, 2024, 07:32:09 PM »When I connect it to my PC, all I see is my first card. Are there any settings I need to mess with?
If your iPod is the 120GB so-called 7th Gen, you can see and access only a maximum of 128GB of storage no matter how many GB you put in the iFlash - even with Rockbox - unless you properly format the storage first. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8WMcGBu8o for an example of how to do that.
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Repairing and Upgrading Rockbox Capable Players / Re: Running my 7th Gen on an iFlash-Dual, can't access the card in slot 2
« Last post by philden on October 07, 2024, 04:21:52 PM »How much storage do you see? The two cards should appear as one combined storage volume.
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Other - Installation/Removal / Surfans F20 v3.4 - jztool doesn't seem to activate the screen
« Last post by jdharper on October 07, 2024, 04:06:58 PM »Hello!
Over the weekend I tried to install Rockbox on a new Surfans F20. It shipped with firmware update 3.4, which is newer than what's available here. I've emailed Surfans support to see if they'll give me the stock 3.4 firmware, but in the meantime I tried to get into the bootloader menu with jztool and had no success. I tried this on two computers, one Windows and one Linux, and I tried it from both the chrome tool and the command line. In all cases, it would LOOK like it was working--no error messages from jztool, and the device would show up in device manager/lsusb as expected. But the screen stayed dark on the device.
I think that this version of the hardware may have a different LCD screen than previous models, maybe one that requires a different command to turn on? It looks to me like it's connecting but the screen isn't lighting up for me to actually do any commands.
I'm not sure how to fix that, but figured this is the right place to report the issue.
Over the weekend I tried to install Rockbox on a new Surfans F20. It shipped with firmware update 3.4, which is newer than what's available here. I've emailed Surfans support to see if they'll give me the stock 3.4 firmware, but in the meantime I tried to get into the bootloader menu with jztool and had no success. I tried this on two computers, one Windows and one Linux, and I tried it from both the chrome tool and the command line. In all cases, it would LOOK like it was working--no error messages from jztool, and the device would show up in device manager/lsusb as expected. But the screen stayed dark on the device.
I think that this version of the hardware may have a different LCD screen than previous models, maybe one that requires a different command to turn on? It looks to me like it's connecting but the screen isn't lighting up for me to actually do any commands.
I'm not sure how to fix that, but figured this is the right place to report the issue.
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Repairing and Upgrading Rockbox Capable Players / Running my 7th Gen on an iFlash-Dual, can't access the card in slot 2
« Last post by Psychotronics on October 07, 2024, 03:55:37 PM »When I connect it to my PC, all I see is my first card. Are there any settings I need to mess with?