Firmware Hacks And Mods For S30

[pcdrivers]

Hey

Just been reading around about the lack of hacks etc for the S Series and how Microsoft have ended support for Windows Media Center For Portable Media Players. A quick search on Toshibas Site gives me this for the F Series

http://www.isd.toshiba.com.au/71/liv...xe&oid=1097916

Firmware Version 3!

I was just wondering whether anybody had tried flashing v3.0 f Series firmware to an S Series and if it worked or not?

Anyone got a spare S Series to try it on?

Kind Regards

Al

[CrowdAds]

[saratoga]

Originally Posted by pcdrivers

Just been reading around about the lack of hacks etc for the S Series

What lack of hacks?

Originally Posted by pcdrivers

I was just wondering whether anybody had tried flashing v3.0 f Series firmware to an S Series and if it worked or not?

The hardware is completely different so you can't do this.

[pcdrivers]

As in theres no more support etc and there are no firmware upgrades to add more functionality

Thanks for answering my question though

Looking at Rockbox now , although il probably wait until the support has finished properly for the S Series

[saratoga]

Originally Posted by pcdrivers

As in theres no more support etc and there are no firmware upgrades to add more functionality

A firmware update from Toshiba (which there actually is FYI) is not a hack. Its a firmware update.

Originally Posted by pcdrivers

Looking at Rockbox now , although il probably wait until the support has finished properly for the S Series

The only thing missing now is the manual and GUI install tools. If you're looking for hacks, hopefully these aren't a real problem for you . . .

[pcdrivers]

So , everythin else works in rockbox then?

i was reading that you cant charge a gigabeat S on Rockbox firmware and that you have to use original firmware for i t to charge?

[saratoga]

Originally Posted by pcdrivers

So , everythin else works in rockbox then?

Check the status link on the rockbox page.

[roebeet]

The Rockbox S series firmware replacement is very usable, right now. The issues are that there's no easy GUI install (yet), and that the FM radio is not working, yet. If you have a bit of patience and technical savy, it's well worth it imo.

[gitcheye]

Originally Posted by roebeet

The Rockbox S series firmware replacement is very usable, right now. The issues are that there's no easy GUI install (yet), and that the FM radio is not working, yet. If you have a bit of patience and technical savy, it's well worth it imo.

I thought I was tech savvy but I couldn't get it figured out from the Rockbox site. Do you have any tips?

[roebeet]

Not much has changed since January, unfortunately. The Wiki page is there (http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/vie...tSInstallation) but there is still work to be done before it's considered stable.

I eventually went back to my Gigabeat F, as the sound quality is superior as compared to the S series imo.