u/Neither-Classic2058

Greetings all!

I finally managed to wrestle with the Y2's stock firmware theme engine to get something that is visually consistent and useable. There are definitely some bugs and limitations in the theme engine (perhaps more restrictive than for the Y1) but it's nice to have something clean and familiar.

I had to go with a gray background for the menus because the stock firmware's UI menu structure is more comprehensive than on the Y1 and hardcoded white text is more prevalent. So rather than keep the white menu background and render those entries unreadable (with the forced white text), I went with gray.

Free to download from my website (instructions for installing it are included):

https://willysjeepman.neocities.org/y1

The "official" tool for updating firmware on the Innioasis Y1 and Y2 using a Mac is the app found on this page: https://www.innioasis.com/a/docs/innioasis-y1/updater-mac

There are chronic issues with this app that remain unresolved. Please correct them or provide a simpler, more direct way to flash firmware to the Y1 and Y2.

Environment:

• OS: macOS Tahoe 26.5.2
• Innioasis Updater: 2.0.1
• Device: Y1

Issues:

• The installation of the Updater doesn't recognize that TKinter is installed. I have confirmed that it is installed and functional for python by running: python3 -c "import tkinter; tkinter._test()"
• The installer downloads a 1.5GB virtual environment for python. (the venv folder under Application Support/Innioasis Updater) This is unnecessary.
• The prompted steps to flash the firmware aren't accurate. Progress in the status doesn't reflect what is actually going on. When I flashed the 3.1.2 firmware, the status started changing and reporting progress even though the Y1 wasn't connected. I connected the Y1 and waited.. eventually it said 100% and then the status went back to 0% and looped through again. I allowed it to cycle yet again through 100% and detached the Y1 from the computer.
• (potential issue) Selecting inniclassic from the software pulldown installs Rockbox. I flashed inniclassic but when the Y1 booted, it displayed Rockbox. Perhaps inniclassic uses Rockbox, if so then it's not an issue, but if not, then the wrong software is getting flashed.

There are other technical issues with the updater but if these are fixed then it would go a long way in improving the user experience.

Greetings all.

I'm working on updating my Y1 themes to support the Y2 and am looking to take advantage of a few of the new theming capabilities of the Y2 (as is evident in the HoloPebble theme).

Unfortunately, the HoloPebble theme doesn't appear in the internal filesystem when attaching the Y2 to a desktop computer (not even as hidden files). I'm assuming that it is embedded in the system partition.

The stock firmware was recently uploaded to https://archive.org/details/y2_v3.1.7-20260601

thanks!

As I work through evaluating HelixNotes, I thought it would be helpful (and encouraging) to see what HelixNotes looks like with a "live" vault (rather than a sample test vault). My vault is around 3000 notes.

This has been imported from Obsidian/UpNote and tweaked to take advantage of some of HelixNote's unique features.

My vault is organized using the Johnny Decimal method and I use color-coordinated icons to visually group them. Custom icons depict the 3-levels of folders.

My "Daily Hub" page is where I start my day. I love the callout formatting and that it is done in markdown. (In UpNote, they're called collapsible sections but aren't exportable as callouts to markdown)

Please ignore the icons in the callouts. I chose the icon for the callout based on color, not the symbol. 🙂

EDIT: This is a raw import and tweak. The "Daily Hub" layout is based on what is and isn't able to be done in UpNote and/or Obsidian. The next step is to rework those Hub pages to take full advantage of what HelixNotes can do.

I'm curious to see what others have done so far with HelixNotes.

Greetings all. After being a bit frustrated by all of the rough edges on the Y2, I decided to do something a bit more satisfying... what I call a "blind" audio test of three of my modern media players.

These are the results. If you are interested in the details of the test, I've put them here:

https://getupnote.com/share/notes/UBdQ5YXcqdTVZxlYdCVN5t3qElf2/019f765d-2375-73c8-ad7b-d7bf73d179d4

It was a fun experiment and I highly recommend that those who want to spend their money wisely do something similar. Because far too many people spend far too much money on things that don't offer proportionate improvements in quality and experience.

Greetings all!

I've followed u/highwaycrisis lead and I too am no longer uploading my past or future themes to the website https://themes.innioasis.app/ 

My reasons for doing so (which are many) are not appropriate topics for discussion in this subreddit.

I have some additional themes in the pipeline and plans to rework a few of the existing ones.

My themes are all freely available on my neocities website:

https://willysjeepman.neocities.org/y1

The Y1 user community has always been one where peers eagerly pitch in to help others out and freely share what we've created. I hope that we continue to do that.

Disclaimer: I have no financial interest in the device... just a satisfied customer.

Greetings all. I recently purchased a 512GB blush Neo for my wife. She absolutely loves the Neo and is a significant upgrade from her core i7 MBA 13. I was then tasked with finding a mouse to match.

I bought this from Amazon and the color matches perfectly:

clean link : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0814ZMYMS

Amazon's photos don't accurately convey the color of the pink mouse.

Greetings all! I managed to update all of the black cassette animation images with the images from the Echo (not Mini) firmware.

It was a bit tricky because the screen sizes are different between the two devices, and there is an additional main menu item on the Echo that the Mini doesn't have. There's a difference in the animation sequences as well. The Echo has 15 frames, the Mini only as 12.

The goal of this theme is to keep things stock except for the cassette animation.

I'm looking into what other elements of the Echo firmware images can be copied over to the Mini. (may port over the white theme)

But as it stands now, this firmware is usable without being distracting.

You can download it here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PTeNHcMHXlkZmmfheYBp0s2SBxVUOlsn/view?usp=drive_link

How to install:

• download the .zip file
• unzip it
• rename the image file to HIFIEC36.IMG (just remove the text in the filename before this string)
• follow the directions to flash the firmware from the Fiio site.

Just a quick-n-dirty update. I've started working on a theme that will simply use the Echo (not mini) graphics. I love what Snowsky did with the cassette visuals on the Echo and wanted to get them for my Mini.

This theme will use the Echo images wherever possible... with adjustments for any screen and field placement differences.

It would be nice if Snowsky released a firmware update for the Mini with the updated visuals, but until then, this will suffice.

My hope is to release the theme with both black and white modes.

Greetings all! I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of my Winamp theme is now available. This is based on the 3.6.0 stock firmware.

Thank you to everyone for all of the support, kind words.

This theme has minor tweaks to support the new firmware.

You can download the zipped firmware here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZijpGyUpkUMlLpKRLtnmKa9pmPVpOenO/view?usp=drive_link

This firmware contains 2 custom themes. In the black "slot" is Winamp. In the Cherry Blossom "slot" is Zune.

I'm considering porting over the stock Echo (not Mini) theme over to the Mini because I like the refinements made to the cassette visuals.

Greetings all.

Although I have a lifetime Plex Pass, I have noticed some increasing instability with my Plex setup with each update. That was enough to get me to dabble with Jellyfin.

After getting Jellyfin up and running, the next step was to get Tunarr working with it. I had to do a little bit of "un-learning" of how I had things configured with Plex... partly because the version of Tunarr I had installed was a bit old and the differences between how Plex and Jellyfin manage libraries. (I updated Tunarr to the latest when I installed Jellyfin)

When the dust settled, the result was a pleasant surprise.

Jellyfin works seamlessly with Tunarr. No hiccups and pauses as was present with Plex.

There's no resource drag when viewing Tunarr channels via Jellyfin. Attempting this with Plex resulted in (what was IMO) excessive resource usage. Time to cache a channel is less with Jellyfin.

On top of all that, I can watch Tunarr channels remotely via Jellyfin. (I use Tailscale for access) This was not possible with Plex and had to resort to port-forwarding to the system running Tunarr and use Tunarr's web UI to watch channels.

Obviously my experience may differ from others... but I'm delighted with the results.

Greetings all. I've begun to update my themes to support the 3.0.7 version of the stock firmware.

Aero, Cupertino, and ZuneY have been updated.

They are available here:

https://willysjeepman.neocities.org/y1

The more I tinker with this thing, the more I'm enjoying it.

Zune Support

I ditched the Dopamine music player and loaded up the Zune desktop app. I'm able to sync music to my brown Zune 30. With the aid of ZuneModHelper, I can also sync videos.

Since the Zune software doesn't support music on removable media, I installed a 256GB Sandisk microSD card and have it set so that Windows 10 "thinks" it's a non-removable drive.

I have a ton of DAPs, but none of them offer an all-round smooth user experience these days as the Zune. (Though I may attempt to get iTunes running so I can sync my iPod)

DOSBox-X / Win 3.11

I installed DOSBox-X and copied over my DOSBox environment from my Mac. It's a "time capsule" of the software, leisure apps, batch files, scripts, and utilities from my ThinkPads back in the 1980's and 90's.

In this environment, I have Win 3.11 and Geoworks Ensemble / NewDeal Office. Microsoft Home Edutainment CD-ROM images are in .iso format and stored on the microSD card. They run great in Win 3.11 under DOSBox. I need to do some more research into display drivers. I usually run this in a window, but for the sake of the photo, I went fullscreen and the image is stretched.

Obsidian

My initial reason for getting the 11e was to have a "netbook" for my notetaking, PKMS tasks. It runs Obsidian quite nicely... though recent updates to the Notebook Navigator plug-in are making it take longer to initially load. (I'll need to investigate) Joplin runs like champ... I might just switch over to it instead.

Windows tweaking

I've switched to a POS Embedded theme for OpenShell. I try not to use too many 3rd party customizers because they tend to drag down performance, but OpenShell is very light and can skin the start button, start menu, and taskbar.

Under-appreciated Gem

Being able to use an actual No. 2 pencil as a stylus with palm rejection is a pleasant surprise. When I'm out and about, I can grab a pencil wherever I am and draw some diagrams, mock-ups, etc. Even take handwritten notes.