Cant install Rockbox on new Clip+

[Yakuza666]

Hello

I cant install Rockbox on my new Clip+.

Here is the reference :
SDMX18R-002GK-E57
80-56-09072-002G

The problem is the following : it dont detect rockboxed firmware when I unplug USB. I copy the files in the correct USB mode, I unplug... nothing happen, it refresh the library and it go to the original menu.

I have already one Clip+ (I bought it 2-3 days after the launch). Rockbox works well.

Thanks in advance for your help

[CrowdAds]

[orby]

most likely you missed to install the bootloader.

download the RockboxUtility (if you haven't already) and follow the instructions for installing the bootloader.

[Yakuza666]

I tried the following things :
- the rockbox utility
- manual install (with cmd)
- automatic install (with rockboxed version from the forum)
- upgrade / downgrade original firmware

It never detect the modified firmware... with the original its okay, with the modified no!

I believe Sansa have changed their product. The one I received is a bit different from the previous : plastic is not polished and central pad is less smooth than my previous Clip+.

I really need help, if you have any ideas, you're welcome!

[funman]

See this post on rockbox forums: http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?...9443#msg169443

[Mikerman]

No, as far as I am aware, SanDisk has not changed the Clip+ design.

What you might want to do is, wipe everything out and start again from a perfectly clean Clip+. And then use RockboxUtility or be sure to follow the manual carefully, step-by-step.

[Yakuza666]

Originally Posted by funman

See this post on rockbox forums: http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?...9443#msg169443

Thanks a lot for this. So its a known issue. I'll have to wait for a fix.

They didnt changed the design. They changed the plastic.

[funman]

Originally Posted by Yakuza666

I'll have to wait for a fix.

You can also help by testing a mkamsboot build from SVN.

I only have a 'new design' Fuzev2, not a Clip+ so I can't test myself

[Yakuza666]

All right.

How I build a mkamsboot? Would be nice if you could gimme sources or links :-)

[WalkGood]

Originally Posted by Yakuza666

... How I build a mkamsboot? Would be nice if you could gimme sources or links :-)

Here's a link to the manual installation part of the clip + manual which has all the links you need.

[funman]

The manual links to the last release of mkamsboot which is not recent enough,

How to get the source is described on http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/UsingSVN

Once you have it it's as simple as:
cd rbutil/mkamsboot; make

If you need help with this you can come on rockbox irc channel

[Yakuza666]

I get all sources from SVN.

I succeed to go to rockbox/rbutil/mkamsboot, but i dunno what to do after. Im connected to rockbox IRC chan, same nick.

[bertrik]

Yakuza666, I've been able to make rockbox work on your clip+. It turned out that it needed both a change in the way SD cards are accessed (same as some fuze v2 players) and also a change to set the display brightness properly.

Our subversion archive now contains fixes for both of these issues. For the SD card fix a new bootloader is required, but I don't know yet when we will release new bootloaders again.

[kooky]

I'm having the same issue. If I get the latest build for clip+, the 1.02.09 OF, and the bootloader, I can create the patched firmware but when I load it onto my Clip+ and disconnect, I just get the "refreshing media" screen - no firmware install.

Bertrik - are you saying there is a new bootloader that has not yet been released that I need to use to patch it?

[funman]

It was released yesterday,

Download the bootloader and mkamsboot again and it should work

Or simply download the patched firmware here