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Y2Linux 1.0 Beta 7.2

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Y2Linux 1.0 Beta 7.2: everything moves, smoothly. Linux 6.18 and the native Reborn music player for the Innioasis Y2.

Already running Y2Linux

Settings → About & Updates → Check for Updates → Update Now (Beta 7.1 and later; on Beta 7: Download Update → Restart and Install).

New: motion at 60 frames per second

  • The playing song as a wave. The progress bar waves while music plays — not a perfect sine: it breathes and wanders a little — and lies flat when you pause. The position moves on smoothly instead of once a second.
  • Gliding focus and smooth scrolling. The highlight glides to the next row and lists scroll smoothly; fast scrolling stays instant.
  • Screens slide in from the right and back out when you go back.
  • Menus rise from the bottom, messages and dialogs fade in, switches slide.
  • Now Playing: a new song fades in; the play button gives a little press when you play or pause.

Motion only runs while something moves; at rest the player draws nothing, and nothing animates with the screen off. Skins keep their own look (screens slide there too).

Everything from Beta 7.1 (one-step updates, the computer screen, automatic time zone) is included.

Install (from stock)

You need SP Flash Tool v5.2032, a USB cable, Y2Linux-1.0.0-beta.7.2-first-install.zip below and the Innioasis Y2 firmware package v3.2.0 from Innioasis (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: Y2Linux and Reborn start, music works.
  5. Connect the Y2 to the computer and copy (don't move) system.img from the Innioasis package onto the Firmware drive. The player takes the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth firmware from it and turns the radios on.

Full guide: INSTALL · How updates work: Recovery and updates

Known issues (beta)

  • The motion was built and checked on the computer; its frame rate on the player is measured with this release.
  • Now Playing redraws continuously while music plays and the screen is on (for the wave), which uses a little more battery until the screen turns off.
  • The 12- or 24-hour clock follows the time zone; there is no switch yet.
  • FM radio is planned for the next beta.
  • Battery life in sleep is not yet stock-like (about 8 mA vs stock 1.3 mA). The player cannot detect wired headphones yet.

Files

  • Y2Linux-1.0.0-beta.7.2-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 5900).
  • Y2Linux-1.0.0-beta.7.2-sources-buildroot-legal-info.tar (licences, manifests, this project's packages) and the third-party sources and Linux source linked below: corresponding sources. Our own code: Y2Linux and Y2Reborn at tag baseline-63.
  • SHA256SUMS for the attached files.

Beta software: use at your own risk. Not affiliated with Innioasis or MediaTek. Details: Beta 7.2 report.

Sources unchanged since an earlier release

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