r/snowsky

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diskOS - Update #1

now playing

home screen

screensaver

playback options #1

playback options #2

library list #1

library list #2

song list

song navigation using alphabet grid

app menu

weather app

lastfm setup screen

diskOS 1.0 updates:

  • UI is now stable, runs on device boot
  • m3u playlist import supported
  • bezel scroll supported
  • dynamic colours based on album art (adds a slight delay when switching songs, can be turned off for gapless)
  • (almost) all stock OS features ported over
  • lastfm support (still testing)
  • weather on home screen/screensaver and an app!

The build is progressing! I hope to release it sooner rather than later (still no set date unfortunately) along with all the hardware findings and everything else. Feel free to suggest anything else you'd like to see in the build and I'd be happy to cater to it the best I can!

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u/partlypoetic_ — 19 hours ago
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Better optimization coming + Inverted white & pink varient bundle

1. less squared battery icon

2. Better headphone icon

3. Song counter no longer overlaps with filters such as slow- / fast-

4. Volume icon made into a bar like so the whole status top bar will be straight line.

(fixed a mistake with the equalizer messed up by moving it up)

Waaaaay to many people have been asking for the non mini version. I keep redirecting them towards the freely available photoshop files on my git. I hoped someone will utilize it to translate the theme over for the non mini already by now. Since its taking so long it got me thinking. The two reason i am not making it is due to 2 reasons.

1. Dont have the funds.
2. Not currently able to get my hands on. We only got echo nano just couple days ago. 

IF it becomes available in the near future... i am thinking to maybe crowdfund the echo non mini from donations and in return i will make the theme. I do not plan to keep the non mini for myself id be givign it away to a family member or friends just as an fyi. (The mini has better battery anyways plus its lighter.)
u/notCHOCOL4T3 — 16 hours ago
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Echo mini - Walkman edition

Found an awesome Walkman case design on Makerworld so i had to print it!

I dont have blue PLA left, so here's a red Walkman (still look pretty good), even got a belt clip.

u/cyberpunk707 — 19 hours ago
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Just decorated my snowsky echo mini tht ive had for months

u/disched — 1 day ago

iems

What iems can i buy for my snowsky echo mini? Ive already tried 7Hz x HBB Elua, but i dont like it because they have too much high frequencies

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u/ZucchiniApart1922 — 23 hours ago
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Echo mini+ Chu 2

Собрал минималисчтичное бюджетное комбо, этот плеер ещё и как dac для компьютера работает

Snowsky echo mini

Moondrop CHU II

u/kotaton — 2 days ago
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Echo Mini + ☕ = Chill ✨

After Some Errands Some Small Claps Here and there ✨

u/ControlBest — 2 days ago
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My (semi) audiophile approved Persona 3 mp3 player setup

Combination of the Koss KSC75 + Yaxi Pads with the Snowsky Echo Nano

u/The_Big_Sad_1929 — 3 days ago
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Unknown files in my music library?

Hello y'all

I'm using the Echo Mini and it's quite difficult for me to figure out why some albums and music are labeled as "Unknown" when every tags are correctly made ?

Can somebody help me ? Is there a way to solve this ? Idk at all ! Looking for help !

Btw all the "unknown" songs are the same a cross all pages

u/TatieKaori — 3 days ago

request : clear echo mini case

quite self explanatory

since i saw the frickin clear case for the ECHO (not mini) i figured why not there be one for the echo mini? i kinda think it’d only be fair

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u/Lembino_tho — 2 days ago
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Echo Nano Back Button

Just got my second Echo Nano, and on this one the back button only works about 75% of the time, heavily depending on how you press it.

Sometimes it even triggers the button next to it, and not from pressing hard.

The thing is, I had the exact same issue with the white Echo Nano I ordered before this one. I assumed it was a defect and replaced it with the titanium one in the recording above.

So my question is: is this normal behavior, or did I just get unlucky twice?

u/wreedheid — 3 days ago
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Vertical themes for Snowsky Echo Mini

Hi everyone! Is there any vertical theme available for the Snowsky Echo Mini? Is it even technically possible to create one?

I visited the livetrack.club website, I looked through all the available themes and instructions that are provided for enthusiasts creating their own themes, but I did not find anything that met my needs.

All the themes I've seen so far have been created in a horizontal format, like in photo 1. I'd like to know if it's possible to make one vertical, like in photo 2. In my opinion, this display mode would be ideal for this player, since I use it mainly holding it vertically

I really hope I conveyed my thoughts correctly lol

u/Acrobatic_Ad8442 — 3 days ago

Help updating new echo mini

Picked up a new Snowsky Echo Mini while in China last week. Turning it on it says

Hardware: 1.1.7

Software 1.1.0

Which seems really old? AFAIK, it's on 3.6 now?

So I tried to update it - no microsd card is installed, reformatted the internal storage via the snow sky itself, dragged the latest .img file to root (since I reformatted it - there is no other folders), turned it back off, back on and it just won't update. Doing it on a windows PC

Thought maybe it can't do that big of a jump - so I tried installing 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, etc and no matter what I drag over - I can't get the mini to update.

Not 100% sure what else to try - thanks in advance

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u/KappaMarvel — 3 days ago

Snowsky please change default startup app selection on Disc

When you start up the Snowsky Disc and go to the home screen where you can see all the apps (for want of a better word) it always defaults to Browse Files, which isn't really very helpful for selecting music. Is it possible this can instead be changed to Category, where you have quick access to All songs, Artist, Album, Genre, Favorites, My playlists?

u/Maximum-Art-676 — 3 days ago
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Issue with new Snowsky Echo Mini

Hi everyone.

I've bought a Snowsky Echo Mini a couple of days ago and it was working great until now. Pressing the left arrow makes the system just stuck going to the left. After this, the only button that works is the power button, that stops this behaviour, but do nothing else. As you see in the video, none of the other buttons does anything.

Things I've tried so far:

- Reseting the device - It resets, but the issue remains after it turns on again

- Firmware Upgrade - Just installed the 3.60 firmware, same thing

- Connecting with ubs to pc - It connects normally, but don't fix the issue

I'm not using a SD card with it, just to be clear. I appreciate if anyone can help me with this. Thanks.

UPDATE: After some time recharging connected to the Pc, it just fixed itself and it's now working properly. Just hope this doesn't happen again. Thanks for everyone that helped!

UPDATE2: Aaaand I've celebrated too soon... It started happening again :/

u/GuilhermeVK — 4 days ago
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Back to Basics: How I Stopped Scrolling and Started Listening to Music Again (Snowsky Echo Nano Review)

Over the past year, my relationship with music has changed quite a lot, and DAPs have played a big role in that shift!

At some point, I realised that my phone was literally killing the magic of listening to music, and it was happening subconsciously. Here’s a typical morning: I wake up, go to the kitchen to make myself a coffee, put in my earphones… and before I know it, I’m checking my missed messages or reading the news. That moment of solitude vanishes. The music turns into mundane background noise, a soundtrack to scrolling through my phone.

That was one of the reasons I decided to go back to a standalone player just like I used in the 2000s. I bought the Tempotec Variations V1 and really liked it - convenient and functional. But after a while I understood: it’s still a very modern device. It solves the phone problem, but it doesn’t fully recapture the feeling of mid-2000s MP3 players.

So I was especially curious about the Snowsky Echo Nano. Full disclosure: FiiO sent me this unit for review, but everything below is my own honest experience.

Visually and to the touch, it perfectly captures that very aesthetic of the 2000s. I’m going through a bit of a rough patch at the moment; I’m spending a lot of time at home, and it turns out that holding something like this in my hands, loading it up with my favourite music from back then – Linkin Park, Nirvana, The Rasmus – and completely switching off from the outside world to lose myself in the music is incredibly therapeutic for me

What stands out (Pros)

  • Aesthetics & build: Made with soul. Excellent design and quality materials
  • Tactile feedback: Physical buttons have a fantastic click
  • Performance and sound: A very snappy interface and impressive sound quality for such a tiny device
  • Can be used as a DAC with a PC
  • Resume playback: If you power off mid-track, the player starts in the main menu, but resumes the track from the exact same position when you start playback again

Trade-offs (Cons)

  • Quite awkward to control one-handed.
  • No gapless playback - there are noticeable pauses between tracks.
  • No Bluetooth
  • Battery life is around 5–6 hours (due to the tiny size)

The paradox of the small screen (subjective)

The interface is actually well thought out and pleasant to use, but the tiny display makes navigating a large library painful compared to the Tempotec.

Strangely enough, this “flaw” became one of its biggest strengths for me. The Echo Nano is breaking my habit of constantly skipping tracks. I just load a full album, put it in my pocket, and forget about the device while I lose myself in the music.

Mostly tested with the Snowsky Oak Nano headphones and an exFAT microSD card

Final thoughts

The Snowsky Echo Nano is not a do-everything modern player. If you want streaming, Bluetooth, a big screen and tons of features - look elsewhere.

But if you’re tired of constant information noise and want music to stop being background filler, the Echo Nano delivers a genuinely unique experience.

The most interesting thing is that the Echo Nano hasn’t replaced my Tempotec Variations V1. They simply offer different experiences. While you might want to use the Tempotec as a modern DAP, with all its features, the Echo Nano feels like a time machine - something you slip in your pocket, start your favourite album, and simply disappear into the music.

u/Zelen1y_25 — 5 days ago
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I've joined the party (Snowsky Echo Nano)

I did a lot of research before deciding to order this, but am so glad I did.

I'm old enough (unfortunately...see the last image for what my very first MP3 player was) to have been a teenager when the Creative Muvo first came out with no screen and 64mb of memory and Winamp was the media player of choice for most people. "acquiring" music and burning our own CDs was considered fun. Managing metadata was just part of what you had to do. I miss those simple times and wanted to get back to them.

The echo nano does pretty much that. Yes, my first mp3 player had 18 hours off a Single AA battery...but it didn't have a DAC, couldn't play lossless audio and only had 256mb of storage...So 7 hours of battery life is fine for me.

Getting it set-up was a breeze (I'd seen posts pointing out issues, I experienced none)...Download new firmware...install new firmware...Format SD card in my reader not the device to exFat. Put all the music on (ALAC files for those interested...put into the player and we were away. As easy as that.

For $67 Australian Dollars I could not be happier with the purchase. It sounds great on my IE400 Pros...a bit muffled and bassy on the IE4s I have lying around....I may pick up some Apple EarPods....I know...I'm committing an Audiophile crime...but I feel like they'll be more comfortable to wear and less conspicuous in an office setting...

Definitely recommend it!

u/Maddy86 — 4 days ago
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3d Printed the Walkman Case for the Snowsky Echo Mini!

Bit fiddly to put together but loving it!

u/adeptusastardes — 5 days ago