EmCORE Releases/r859

emCORE r859 was released on January 2nd, 2012.

Release notes / Known issues

• iPod Classic (thin models): Upgrading from emCORE builds before r836 will reformat the hard drive. Rockbox versions before r31455 are incompatible with the new format.
• iPod Classic (thick 160GB): If you're using a Rockbox version before r30908, you will need to update Rockbox by booting the fallback image (Tools => Rockbox fallback image) to make the LCD work again.
• The display doesn't work on some iPod Nano 2G devices. If this happens to you, we suggest to stick with iLoader for now.
• Reducing the CPU core voltage on the iPod Classic has been disabled. Battery life might be adversely affected.
• There are still some Rockbox USB stability issues. In most cases, replugging/rebooting the iPod helps. This might be fixed in future Rockbox releases.

Fixes / Improvements

• Includes Rockbox release 3.10 (iPod Nano 2G) / build r31516 (iPod Classic).
• Lots of internal improvements and bug fixes.
• iPod Classic: USB stability improvements. This release should work on devices which previously needed the "usbfixcandidate" build.
• "fastboot" has been integrated into the boot menu.
• The boot menu is now configurable (default boot option, timeouts, fastboot, backlight brightness, ...).
• Support for boot menu themes on the data partition has been added (winter theme included).
• iPod Classic: HDD data endianness has been fixed.
• emCORE applications can now have command line arguments.
• emCORE kernel memory size has been reduced.
• emCORE LCD driver performance has been improved
• iPod Classic: Use all 262144 colors of the LCD, not just 65536.
• iPod Nano 2G: Fix LCD not being cleared properly on shutdown in certain situations.
• Fix wrong maximum packet sizes in USB descriptors.

Files

iPod Nano 2G

installer-ipodnano2g.ipodx
installer-ipodnano2g.ubi
rockbox-ipodnano2g.zip

iPod Classic

bootstrap-ipodclassic.dfu
installer-ipodclassic.ubi
rockbox-ipodclassic.zip