[EmPathWalker]

Bought an X3 on Aliexpress & it arrived on Monday, surprisingly dual boot works on my unit. S/N 01500815252

It worked on mine for a couple of months too, then it stopped.

 

[Sig Master]

My serialnumber is newer, and can't dual boot, so maybe it was old stock?

 

[Sig Master]

Nobody of you with the same problem tried the X3 flashing tool with a Win 7 pc?

This week I tried the flashing tool with windows 10, with different kind of computers, but the soft doesn't see/recognise the X3.
I hope next week to try it on a windows 7 machine and wil report back.

 

[Gabbbbbbbbbbbb]

My serialnumber is newer, and can't dual boot, so maybe it was old stock?

Perhaps I lucked out. Also could be because it's the "gold" variant, being less popular and all. (it was 5$ cheaper)

 

[Gabbbbbbbbbbbb]

The "forward/skip" button acting as "play" bug is annoying as hell, otherwise everything else is basically perfect on Rockbox.

 

[Slater]

The "forward/skip" button acting as "play" bug is annoying as hell, otherwise everything else is basically perfect on Rockbox.

What version of Rockbox are you running (including the boot loader version)? It will list both when you boot up Rockbox.

I seem to remember this was a bug in a much earlier version of Rockbox of the X3...or maybe I'm thinking of the Back and Home buttons being reversed...

 

[Gabbbbbbbbbbbb]

Should be the newest version, since I downloaded it directly from Vortex's website.
Is your rockboxed X3 really free of this bug?

 

[Sig Master]

I have the same version and also the dual boot problem.

 

[bilditup1]

The "forward/skip" button acting as "play" bug is annoying as hell, otherwise everything else is basically perfect on Rockbox.

Yeah, I have the same problem. It was so intolerable I went back to my Clip Zip. I also asked around in this thread to see if others were still having this issue, but nobody responded. I'm on the same version as you, IOW, the latest one. It could be a faulty hardware revision or something I guess, but people have not responded often enough to narrow it down.

 

[Slater]

I have the same version and also the dual boot problem.

Are your forward/skip and play buttons also switched?

 

[Gabbbbbbbbbbbb]

Are your forward/skip and play buttons also switched?

There is nothing switched. Sometimes(very often) I'm navigating in folders or menus & the forward button randomly registers as enter/play.. Or I'm fastforwarding within a song and upon releasing the button it pauses playback!

 

[bilditup1]

Are your forward/skip and play buttons also switched?

I know you weren't asking me, but fwiw mine are not. But, I also appear to have an older revision, so dual boot works for me.

 

[Slater]

Is your rockboxed X3 really free of this bug?

I use the previous version. I never upgraded to the latest version, because I didn't really have a compelling reason to (I wasn't really having any problems).

If this is truly a bug with the latest version, I certainly won't be upgrading now.

 

[Slater]

There is nothing switched. Sometimes(very often) I'm navigating in folders or menus & the forward button randomly registers as enter/play.. Or I'm fastforwarding within a song and upon releasing the button it pauses playback!

Got it, my bad.

I misunderstood and thought that the "forward/skip" button acting as "play" meant that their functions were switched/swapped. There WAS a bug in a previous build where 2 buttons WERE switched. I checked though, and it was the Home and Back buttons that were switched in that early firmware.

 

[Gabbbbbbbbbbbb]

So then even with your older version the bug of randomly registered "play" button presses appears?