rockbox ported to motorola e680i/a780 by blackhawk from mfc

[bacorizal]

rockbox ported to motorola e680i/a780 by blackhawk from motorola fans club.
see it in http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13257
thanks

[LambdaCalculus]

Schrödinger's Rockbox: Until we see it running on the actual phone, we will have no idea if it's real or a hoax.

[Bagder]

I would really like to see the code first.

[bacorizal]

really it works!you can see in mfc forum rockbox downloaded 1000 times!or maybe you can buy moto e680i/a780 and you can prove it

[bacorizal]

rockbox running with sdl simulator.maybe you can contact blackhawk for detail!

[bascule]

What bacorizal was saying (and confirmed by the developer's post as linked above) is that it is indeed running under sdl, i.e., it's actually the Rockbox simulator that is running on the phone.

Still quite cool, though...

[bacorizal]

maybe you can contact blackhawk as developer to know why he didn't post it in rockbox forum.thanks

[Bagder]

Yes, clearly this is a Linux-based phone. But still, comments in that thread seems to imply that they (he?) tweaked the source to make it run better and it would be interesting to get their views and feedback on this.

[LambdaCalculus]

I deleted my previous message since that was a bit out of line.

I went out to Google and checked out the phone. It is indeed a lovely phone, Bagder. I wouldn't mind having one of these.

For those interested, here's its Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_E680

And I saw what bascule was talking about: The source does indeed show it's the simulator. So I take back what I said, and I'll eat my words with some ketchup on top.

Quite a nice project indeed!

[linuxstb]

Yes, clearly this is a Linux-based phone. But still, comments in that thread seems to imply that they (he?) tweaked the source to make it run better and it would be interesting to get their views and feedback on this.

Not to mention that the GPL obligates him to share the source...

But yes, it would be nice if discussed his work with the devs with a view to possibly including his changes in the official codebase - I'm sure there are many more Linux devices where this sort of "port" would work.

[LambdaCalculus]

linuxstb: I'm ordering the next developer preview of the Neo1973 smartphone. Here's some info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo1973

I'd love to mess around with this on my shiny new toy. A free jukebox firmware on a free phone? I'm game!

If the source is shared, I'm going to tinker with it on the Neo.

[AlexP]

If the source is shared, I'm going to tinker with it on the Neo.

The source HAS to be shared if he is distributing the app - Rockbox being GPL and all.

[TheNewMinistry]

So if Rockbox starts working on mobile phones, would that necessitate the addition of code for phone functionality?

I'm assuming dual-booting of the original firmwares and Rockbox would be the easier option.

[LambdaCalculus]

Actually, it's a simulator build running with the SDL library, so in essence, it's an app, not a firmware replacement for the phone.

BigBambi: The forum thread has no sign of the source. I'm going to contact the developer when I get a chance.

[Llorean]

It'd be really nice, and I've said this before, if someone worked on taking Rockbox as an app further. Instead of simulator compiles, a full App one (some mouse interface, etc, and the ability for a different UI). For one thing it might work alright as a primary PC-based music player. And as a second, once Rockbox is better off as an app, it'll be easier for it to be ported to many SDL devices (GP32, I believe the PSP homebrew scene has an SDL setup, anything you can convince Linux to run on such as a PS3 or maybe an XBox, phones as we've seen, etc, etc).