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Y2Linux 1.0 Beta 8.15: Japanese, Chinese and Korean text, a more reliable update check. Linux 6.18 and the native Reborn music player for the Innioasis Y2.

Already running Y2Linux

Settings → About & Updates → Check for Updates → Update Now.

No Update Now button, or "Connect to Wi-Fi" although Wi-Fi is on? After the player wakes up, Wi-Fi needs about 20 seconds to reconnect. Wait that long, open Software Update, press Check for Updates, and press a button now and then so the screen stays on until Update Now appears. From this version on the player waits for Wi-Fi by itself.

What's new

  • Japanese, Chinese and Korean titles, artists and albums now show properly everywhere (lists, Now Playing, Cover Flow, search) instead of "�". The player uses the Noto Sans CJK font for any character its own fonts don't have; this makes the update about 14 MB larger.
  • Check for Updates waits for Wi-Fi. Right after waking, a check used to fail at once and hide the Update Now button. It now waits for Wi-Fi, tries again if the connection hiccups, and an update it already found stays offered even if a later check can't reach the server.
  • Choosing a Bluetooth codec while headphones are still connecting is no longer lost; the player applies it once they're ready.

Everything from Beta 8.14 is included.

Install (from stock)

You need SP Flash Tool v5.2032, a USB cable, Y2Linux-1.0.0-beta.8.15-first-install.zip below and the Innioasis Y2 firmware package v3.2.0 from Innioasis (only this version works; it is also your way back to stock).

  1. Unpack both.
  2. SP Flash Tool → Download Only → load MT6582_Android_scatter.txt from the Y2Linux zip. Exactly BOOTIMG, RECOVERY, ANDROID and USRDATA are ticked.
  3. Click Download and connect the switched-off Y2; wait for the green tick.
  4. Unplug and press Power: the player sets up its Internal Storage (a few seconds), then Y2Linux and Reborn start, music works.
  5. Connect the Y2 to the computer and copy (don't move) system.img from the Innioasis package into the Firmware folder on Internal Storage. The player takes the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth firmware from it and turns the radios on.

Full guide: INSTALL · How updates work: Recovery and updates · Storage: Storage · Headphone settings: Headphone output · Error reports

Known issues (beta)

  • The highest volume is still lower than stock's, even at High; demanding headphones may want more.
  • A headphone profile still uses some extra processor time while it plays; its effect on battery life has not been measured yet.
  • The restart fix of Beta 8.4 is not yet confirmed over many restarts. If the screen ever stays dark, hold Power for 10 s and start again.
  • Battery life in sleep is not yet stock-like (about 8 mA vs stock 1.3 mA; some players draw more, #42).
  • GC9503V players keep the old screen-off behaviour until a GC9503V owner has confirmed the new sequence (#45).
  • The charging fix (#47) is not yet confirmed on an affected player; if yours still doesn't charge, please send a report (Send Report Now, or Save Report and attach it).
  • The player cannot detect wired headphones yet; the jack plays whenever no Bluetooth headphones are connected.
  • The fast copy path has not yet been tested with the cable pulled mid-copy, across sleep, or with Windows Explorer.
  • Songs with several artists ("A;B") count as one artist; there is no Album Artist view yet.
  • FM radio is in the works for a later beta.

Files

  • Y2Linux-1.0.0-beta.8.15-first-install.zip: images, scatter files and checksums for SP Flash Tool. The data image has no SSH key (developers: tools/production/first_owner.py).
  • manifest.json, manifest.sig, rootfs.ext4.gz, bootimg.img.gz, recovery.img.gz: the signed over-the-air update (Ed25519 key platform-v1-release-20261015, sequence 7900).
  • Y2Linux-1.0.0-beta.8.15-sources-buildroot-legal-info.tar (licences, manifests, this project's packages) and the third-party, toolchain and Linux sources linked below: corresponding sources. Our own code: Y2Linux and Y2Reborn at tag baseline-112. The headphone profiles are AutoEq results (MIT, Jaakko Pasanen); their licence ships with them.
  • SHA256SUMS for the attached files.

Beta software: use at your own risk. Not affiliated with Innioasis, MediaTek, Last.fm, AutoEq, Strawberry or Google. Noto Sans CJK is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Details: Beta 8.15 report.

Sources unchanged since an earlier release

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