Ended up doing a fresh install with the most recent update.  Fixed the database problem and now builds database with no issues without freezing at startup.

searched for file in the root folder and in the card, file is not there.  i see there is a new rockbox update, ill try that

Turned on metadata log, attempt to build database, reboot and rockbox "committing to database" and freezes as usual. Once i turn it off and put the card in a card reader but fail to find the metadata.log.  Where is it located??

deleted all files with database_, at least now rockbox loads.  How can i view the database logs in the card so i can get an idea of what caused the problem in the first place. Ive enabled database logs within rockbox, where is the log file located?

For most of these points i imagine i have to access the rockbox settings once its done loading.  How can i do that if it freezes at start up? is there a way to stop it from updating at startup and go straight to rockbox?

1. thanks ill try that 2. i downloaded both, im 99.9% certain i used rockbox-full-900fd64-170324.zip 3. i did both, first i merged, saw that it froze on "Committing to database". then i replaced the old .rockbox with the new .rockbox 4. i have one 128gb card in slot 1 5. yes it stops...

Please assist!! The other day, i updated to the latest rockbox version, 20172403 (i believe).  Replaced the .rockbox folder with the new version of .rockbox  Inserted card into slot1 of Xduoo and during bootup, screen gets stuck on "Commiitiing to database 1/9".  After checking for errors and...