u/SolarForY1

Currently got the application running over Solar / Android 4.4 on the Innioasis Y2 with the clean SuperSU binary it needs for its root dependencies.

Rockbox is currently looking in the sdcard0 mountpoint used by Y1 to find media in your library which means it can't play music, but I'll test a patch in a minute to add support for the Y2's sdcard1 mountpoint and give you all an update.

It's alive on the Innioasis Y2! (Not available for download at this stage, just a teaser of things to come)

Haven't played a station on video so it doesn't get copyright flagged (not sure if that's a thing on Reddit)

But if you run the mediatek fm radio apk on Y2 you can tune into stations and hear them through headphones, but the signal is weak in a normal earphone wearing situation, worked well when wrapping the cable around the Y2

To be clear, the Y2 does not have the FM radio enabled in its software

I unfortunately do not have the tools required to de-solder the RF shield to expose what DAC the Y1 is using.

Here's what's new in today's Solar custom firmware build for Innioasis Y1

• Experimental Flow feature (see Settings > About > Debug & Experiments, which is an implementation of Jonathan del Strother's famous CoverFlow (fun fact: he sold the feature to Apple in 2006)
• Home button in Quick Controls - you can hold the top button to bring the context menu and quickly go back to the home screen. (Useful if you encounter an issue or get stuck on a screen)
• Playback speed adjustment for podcasts
• Improved / Smoother Menu transition animations
• 3D artwork perspective setting - you can now enable an iPod classic / Stock firmware like "slanted" album cover display, which integrates with the animations in "Flow" - just like on the iPod classic.
• Automatic shutdown and Wi-Fi Sleep: two features to help prevent battery drain while your player isn't being used, timings can be adjusted in the menus
• Fine scrubbing for media playback - press center button while on now playing screen to pinpoint where in a track you'd like to listen
• Fixes for track sorting - you can order your tracks by track number. This wasn't in earlier releases but here now
• Automatic USB connection setting - useful for when you connect your Y1 to your car stereo by USB, allowing you to navigate and browse your library using your car's head unit.
• Reset menu: Granular reset options for resetting Rockbox config, erasing the contents of the built in MicroSD, clearing caches, resetting Solar and even an "Everything" option which leaves nothing but a fresh config.

Solar is still in early development so treat it as "for testing" than relying on it as a daily-driver, if you do decide to dip your toe in, you've still got Rockbox available from within Solar, so need to chose between the two :D

I like a lot of us took the plunge with ordering a Y2 from amazon when it came up briefly the first time around and I'm pleased to say it arrived today.

Its chonkier and heavier than Y1, has an iPod classic sized scroll wheel, it feels like the extra weight would translate to better battery, but my initial impressions are that it's basically just the Y1+

Certainly doesn't feel generational in any way, it's giving PS5 Pro.

The packaging was *chefs kiss* though. it came shrink wrapped and of significantly higher quality than the original Y1 box

Edit: I'll keep the post up to date with my opinions as I get to know the device, I'll test some of the things you've all commented if I can

Users of the latest Solar build for the Innioasis Y1 will find a new feature: LCD album artwork effect - giving your album a dithered pixellated look perfect for use with certain retro / hacker aesthetic themes like ElsieD, TVA, Fall-Out Pip Boy and CyberPunk 2077

Theme creators can enable this effect with a line in their theme's config.json (this will not effect the theme's appearance on the stock firmware)

There are also a number of performance improvements and bug fixes:

Fixes to track sorting with albums sorted correctly by track, title, artist, name

Wi-Fi sleep on device inactivity to save power

Fixes for an inability to enable USB storage mode due to system keylayout used to accommodate Solar and Rockbox-Y1

Users of the latest Solar build for Innioasis Y1 will find a new feature: LCD album artwork effect - giving your album a dithered pixellated look perfect for use with certain retro / hacker aesthetic themes like ElsieD, TVA, Fall-Out Pip Boy and CyberPunk 2077

Theme creators can enable this effect with a line in their theme's config.json (this will not effect the theme's appearance on the stock firmware)

There are also a number of performance improvements and bug fixes:

Fixes to track sorting with albums sorted correctly by track, title, artist, name

Wi-Fi sleep on device inactivity to save power

Fixes for an inability to enable USB storage mode due to system keylayout used to accommodate Solar and Rockbox-Y1

Users of the latest Solar build for the Innioasis Y1 will find a new feature: LCD album artwork effect - giving your album a dithered pixellated look perfect for use with certain retro / hacker aesthetic themes like ElsieD, TVA, Fall-Out Pip Boy and CyberPunk 2077

Theme creators can enable this effect with a line in their theme's config.json (this will not effect the theme's appearance on the stock firmware)

Theme creators can enable features like status bar colour matching, the LCD artwork effect, now playing screen colour matching and others for their Y1 themes, without affecting their appearance on the stock firmware with a solarConfig key in their config.json file.

There are also a number of performance improvements and bug fixes:

Fixes to track sorting with albums sorted correctly by track, title, artist, name

Wi-Fi sleep on device inactivity to save power

Fixes for an inability to enable USB storage mode due to system keylayout used to accommodate Solar and Rockbox-Y1

Soulseek on an mp3 player probably wasn't on your bingo cards 😉

If you've ever switched from Rockbox to the Stock firmware to play a video, you'll know how frustrating it is to wait 3 minutes for the entire Y1 to restart.

With the latest builds of the Solar custom firmware, you can rapidly switch between Rockbox-Y1 and Solar with a click of the Quick Access Menu in Solar, or by heading to System > Switch to Stock Firmware in Rockbox

So it's super easy to head over to Solar from Rockbox to grab the latest episode of your favourite podcast, watch a video, or even stream that song you forgot to download to your Y1 using Deezer.

Solar is in an early stage of development at the moment but it'd be awesome if you could try it on your Y1 and say what you like and what needs to improve

Another feature is the ability to match the status bar text colour to the rest of a theme, this helps themes like u/Neither-Classic2058's ElsieD look their absolute best.

You can get Solar, and leave feedback on any issues you may encounter from Solar's GitHub