Comments on: iFlash and Rockbox….

By: suicidal_orange

suicidal_orange — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:50:04 +0000

Thanks ganck - it works! I’ve just installed it, so will need to check for reboot problems but at least it booted first time and much quicker than from a hard drive.

I also noticed that I’m using todays official build not the one linked above and all good so far - no codec issues, but all my files are flac’s so not tested many.

By: ganck

ganck — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:25:15 +0000

Hi suicidal_orange,

I had the same problem as you, until I tried the bootloader, found at

http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/9369

Try it and see if it works for you.

By: Tarkan

Tarkan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:35:59 +0000

Hi Jared,

Not seen the codec failure issue, what version number you running? , interesting that you did not need to patch - the version I have posted above does not run on my 32gb Adata hence the patch…

I’ll have a look over the svn…..

By: Jared

Jared — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:48:23 +0000

Hey Tarkan,

I’ve got a strange issue here with the new build. Whenever I’m try to play any files, I’m getting “codec failure.” Also, it’s worth noting, the official build from rockbox.org now boots on my iFlash’d 30GB video, though it also has the “codec failure” problem.

Any thoughts?

Jared

By: 5.5g ipod new battery+hd - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:29:12 +0000

[...] 4gb until I remounted it to add music, then it broke. That was using the 60gb patched version from iflash (the site I got the CF adaptor from). I still have the older version if you want to try it, but the [...]

By: RockBox

RockBox — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:12:35 +0000

Tarkan,
Thanks for 3.0 update, works great. You rock :]

By: suicidal_orange

suicidal_orange — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:25:42 +0000

Hi Tarkan

Great timing on the release of the patched 3.0 - same day my 32gb Transcend 133x card arrived! I have just got round to installing both and while the default OS is fine, the rockbox bootloader errors with

ipod bootloader v2.0
ipod version 0xFFFFFFFF
ATA: -80
No partition found

And asks me to reboot into disk mode to repair. Is this an iflash problem, to do with your rockbox build or is the bootloader just too old for rockbox v3? Back to the hard drive with v2 for me for now, but hopefully someone will know where the problem lies

Thanks

By: Tarkan

Tarkan — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:51:33 +0000

Hi people,

I have updated the patched version to the latest Rockbox to fix issues with the slower CF cards.

By: RockBox

RockBox — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:17:17 +0000

Hi, thanks for the quick reply. This is the first time I’ve tried rockbox with iFlash. Here’s my card, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211259

Also, I wanted to thank you for developing this converter. It’s been running great with the stock firmware for some time. I use it on average of 6 hours a day.

By: Tarkan

Tarkan — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:17:46 +0000

Hi,

Have you had Rockbox working before? and if so was it a patched version or off the shelf version? and what card are you running.

I will try and download the latest source and compile a patched version (assuming nothing else has been broken)…..

By: RockBox

RockBox — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:46:53 +0000

Rockbox was updated to v3.0, getting an ATA error w/ my iFlash. Could someone plz patch 3.0 to work on an iFlashed Video 30GB? Thanks!

By: CV

CV — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:56:49 +0000

Tarkan

The new Sandisk Extreme didn’t work just like you’d predicted - it doesn’t load either the Apple or Rockbox firmware. Did you get a chance to try any new workarounds?

By: Tarkan

Tarkan — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:24:27 +0000

South - it could be your CF card is bad, the two partitions is correct, one partition is actually where the bootloader resides.

CV - the Extreme 3 (2008 30Mb/s) do not work full stop. I don’t think even Rockbox works with them - I will try it this weekend for you, I still have a 16Gb III card here.

By: CV

CV — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:23:08 +0000

Hmmm…thanks Tarkan for the headsup about the new Sandisk Extremes. I guess I’ll have to wait and see if they work. So I understand it right, the card won’t work at all or its just that it keeps showing up with the Restore sceen every now and then? I might be able to live with the latter if the card is fast enough when syncing but otherwise, I’ll be returning it, lets see.

By: Bigsouth

Bigsouth — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:17:34 +0000

Tarkan!
I’ve gotten used to the endless restore loop that my card is giving me, but now I’ve got the -80 No Partition error. I’ve tried numerous tools to clean the card off completely. The most succesful being the HP USB Disk Format Utility. I got the card down to one partition, and as soon as I restore it in iTunes, I get two partitions…which is where I think the bootloader is messing up.
Has anyone come across this and found a fix?
Did I just buy a bum cf card?
-south