Looking for >2GB SansaV2

Hello,

Due to (not so much wanted) a high amount of free time here, I'd like
to get back on track with SansaV2 development.

I have some problems however : sporadic access to internet, and worse:
I fried my 3rd and last Clip while doing some electronic work on a CD
player (not even rockbox hacking!).

My finances are a bit restricted now so I'm looking for funding: any
SansaV2 would do (Clip is the cheapest and the one i'm used to) and if
it's 4GB at least I can use it to continue the researchs on SD access
(limited to 1GB on 4GB and more models).

Last time I was on IRC I think LambdaCalculus told me he had ordered a
bunch of Clips.

If you have some spare Clips mail me to discuss if you can ship me one
of them (promise, I shall put no more than 5V in it !)

See you

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RE: Looking for >2GB SansaV2

Re: 5.5G iPod shutdown confusing the boot code?

asettico wrote:
> *In data 27/02/2009 22:45, Boris Gjenero ha scritto*:
>> I used to think it had something to do with low temperatures or low 
>> states of charge, but it also happens at room temperature with a full 
>> battery.  Sometimes I've thought it had to do with turning on very 
>> soon after the iPod was turned off, but I've also seen it after long 
>> off times.
>>
>> Even plugging in a FireWire charger doesn't wake the iPod.  I don't 
>> understand how the iPod is able to get into this state.  I wonder if 
>> the iPod wakes up after the charger has been plugged in for a while.
>>
>> I don't think I've ever seen this with OF, even when waking from 
>> hibernate.  However, I've used Rockbox a lot more.
> 
> Knowing this behaviour, sometimes I look at the display when switch the 
> iPod on or plug the USB cable in: for a fraction of a second I can see 
> the message "low battery" (or something like that) with an icon that 
> remember the graphic style of the emergency disk mode.
> 
> I can't tell about the behaviour with the OF, bacause I never used it 
> since when I bought the DAP.

	I'm also wondering if this is related to the iPod being formatted 
FAT32. My iPod never gave me this kind of trouble until I had 
reformatted on Windows iTunes to load Rockbox...

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Re: 5.5G iPod shutdown confusing the boot code?

Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>     I'm also wondering if this is related to the iPod being formatted
> FAT32. My iPod never gave me this kind of trouble until I had
> reformatted on Windows iTunes to load Rockbox...
> 
Two things pop to mind:
1 - The low battery symbol pops up w/o a disk spinup.
2 - This happened to me when using the original firmware.

I think the assumption that this is not uncommon behavior even with the
original firmware is well founded, as there:
A - are reports of this happening to people who have never used Rockbox.
B - is sound logic to the statement "bootloader problems are more likely
to be seen the more often you use the bootloader"  Active Rockbox users
engage the bootloader possibly multiple times per day.  Active Apple OS
users rarely _if ever_ engage the bootloader.

The only question, in my mind, is "does Rockbox increase the likelihood
this bug is triggered?"
This would be a time-consuming question to answer.

--soap

Re: Looking for >2GB SansaV2

Rafaël Carré wrote:
> Last time I was on IRC I think LambdaCalculus told me he had ordered a
> bunch of Clips.
> 

Hey Rafaël,

Actually, what I had said was that if Woot sells Clips again, that I
would buy three (the max they allow you to get at once), and I would
ship you a couple of them so you can get back to work.

I had been trying to look through some local stores to see if there are
any cheap Clips for sale, but so far, I haven't seen any cheap enough.

I'll keep searching, though.

--Rob
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FS#9873 - Utilise buttons for playlisting

I was hoping to get some input on this patch. It adds two, imo very 
useful, key combos.

At the moment it only applies to the e200. I was hoping that any target 
that has free buttons can make use of it, but I didn't receive 
suggestions about this so far.

And generally, is this even wanted? I'd really want this. It makes 
adding tracks and viewing & manipulating the playlist easier and quicker.

Re: 5.5G iPod shutdown confusing the boot code?

David Hall wrote:
> Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>>     I'm also wondering if this is related to the iPod being formatted
>> FAT32. My iPod never gave me this kind of trouble until I had
>> reformatted on Windows iTunes to load Rockbox...
>>
> Two things pop to mind:
> 1 - The low battery symbol pops up w/o a disk spinup.

	When it happened to me, I didn't catch any low battery symbol. I'm not 
saying it didn't happen, I just didn't see it on my screen when it 
finally did power up. Of course, I did have it plugged in to a charger 
at those times. Next time I won't have it on a charger, to see...

> 2 - This happened to me when using the original firmware.

	The only times I remember it happening is when I had Rockbox on the 
iPod, in addition to the Apple firmware that gets loaded when I did the 
Restore in iTunes v8 on Windows Vista Enterprise.
	Rockbox was then dropped on using a Windows XP Pro Sp2 machine. Rockbox 
Stable v3.1 & current r20102-090225.

> I think the assumption that this is not uncommon behavior even with the
> original firmware is well founded, as there:
> A - are reports of this happening to people who have never used Rockbox.
> B - is sound logic to the statement "bootloader problems are more likely
> to be seen the more often you use the bootloader"  Active Rockbox users
> engage the bootloader possibly multiple times per day.  Active Apple OS
> users rarely _if ever_ engage the bootloader.

	Agreed.

> The only question, in my mind, is "does Rockbox increase the likelihood
> this bug is triggered?"
> This would be a time-consuming question to answer.

	In my case, I would say yes, because of point B above. Before Rockbox, 
I rarely kicked it over.

	But another possibility, (I'm not a programmer but...) I presume the 
firmware files are different for FAT32 and HFS, so I'm curious which way 
the iPods are formatted when users experience this issue...
	Again, time consuming question...

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Re: 5.5G iPod shutdown confusing the boot code?

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Dave Woyciesjes
<woyciesjes <at> sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> David Hall wrote:
>>
>> Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>> The only question, in my mind, is "does Rockbox increase the likelihood
>> this bug is triggered?"
>> This would be a time-consuming question to answer.
>
>        In my case, I would say yes, because of point B above. Before
> Rockbox, I rarely kicked it over.
>

Semantics.
Point B is not increasing the /odds/ that the bug is triggered - it is
increasing the /opportunities/ for the bug to be triggered.

--soap

Re: Looking for >2GB SansaV2

2009/3/1 Mike Giacomelli <giac2000 <at> hotmail.com>:
>
>
> I've got both a clip (2GB) and a fuzev1 (8GB).  The fuze is smashed almost
> to pieces (its built from several broken fuzes), but works fine internally.
>  You're welcome to it if no one offers you a Clip.
> Mike

Fuze is interesting since it's 8GB, do you have an idea of the price
for shipping to France ?

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Re: 5.5G iPod shutdown confusing the boot code?

David Hall wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Dave Woyciesjes
> <woyciesjes <at> sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>   
>> David Hall wrote:
>>     
>>> Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>>> The only question, in my mind, is "does Rockbox increase the likelihood
>>> this bug is triggered?"
>>> This would be a time-consuming question to answer.
>>>       
>>        In my case, I would say yes, because of point B above. Before
>> Rockbox, I rarely kicked it over.
>>
>>     
>
> Semantics.
> Point B is not increasing the /odds/ that the bug is triggered - it is
> increasing the /opportunities/ for the bug to be triggered.
>
> --soap
>   
Again arguing semantics, from an end user perspective, point B increases 
the odds that any given "shutdown" will trigger this issue.

And for what it's worth, it's not just the 5.5g.  My 2nd gen Mini does 
the same thing from time to time, which leads me to believe that at a 
bare minimum it's a PP502x iPod issue.