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Subject: Re: RockBox On The Iriver H320?

Re: RockBox On The Iriver H320?

From: ian douglas <id_at_w98.us>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:01:08 -0800

On the H320, the reset button is a tiny pinhole just underneath the
external mic on the left edge of the player.
-- 
Ian Douglas
blogs & photos: http://www.w98.us/
John Lawrence wrote:
> thanks. i guess that saved me, but whats the reset button? anyway, do 
> you think i should try installing rockbox again or just wait?
> 
> On 12/14/05, *Manuel Dejonghe* <manuel_at_dejonghe.de 
> <mailto:manuel_at_dejonghe.de>> wrote:
> 
>     strange thing, tho.
> 
>     On 12/15/05, Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se
>     <mailto:linus_at_haxx.se>> wrote:
>      > Manuel Dejonghe wrote:
>      > > I know it works like that with the Record-Button.
>      >
>      > No, you don't double-click the Record button to start the
>     original, you
>      > just hold it.
> 
>     Mhmm. Just coincidence then it worked out once when I tried prior to
>     writing that mail...
> 
>      > > And I did'nt manage to get it working like that with the reset
>     button.
>      > > And I don't know how the code had to be written to intercept a
>     click
>      > > on the REAL reset-button :-S
>      >
>      > The thing is that the bootloader stores a cookie in the internal RAM
>      > when it starts, and clears it when it starts the real firmware.
>      >
>      > However, if it detects that the cookie is already there when it
>     boots,
>      > it assumes that the bootloader has rebooted from a crash, and
>     starts the
>      > original firmware.
>      >
>      > If you press RESET in the middle of the boot process, the player
>      > restarts without resetting the cookie. You must of course hold ON
>     when
>      > you do this, otherwise the player will turn off.
> 
>     Sounds way cool, man.
>     But whenever I press the reset button, my unit goes off instead of
>     rebooting. No matter which buttons I keep pressed.
> 
>     Whatever. Don't mind, it's just one strange box, and the rest of it is
>     perfectly working.
>     Thanks for the cookie-advise.
> 
>     lImbus
> 
> 
Received on 2005-12-15

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