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Y2Linux 1.0 Beta 7.7: Last.fm scrobbling. Linux 6.18 and the native Reborn music player for the Innioasis Y2.

Already running Y2Linux

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

New: Last.fm scrobbling

  • Settings → Last.fm → Connect with Your Phone: the player shows a QR code; scan it with your phone, allow Y2Reborn, done. The player never sees your password (a password sign-in is there as a fallback; it is used once and not stored).
  • What counts: a song longer than 30 seconds, once you have heard half of it or 4 minutes. Pauses and skipping ahead do not count as listening; internet radio is not scrobbled.
  • Works offline: plays are saved on the player the moment they count and sent when Wi-Fi is back — after sleep, a flat battery or an update too. Plays older than about two weeks are no longer accepted by Last.fm.
  • Now Playing on your Last.fm profile while a song plays (can be switched off), Send Now, Disconnect.
  • .scrobbler.log: optionally the player also writes the classic Rockbox scrobbler log to Internal Storage, for upload tools — no account needed.
  • Nothing is recorded unless you connect Last.fm or switch the log on. Disconnect or Reset Settings forgets the sign-in and the plays waiting for it.

Everything from Beta 7.6 (smooth update screens) and earlier is included.

Install (from stock)

You need SP Flash Tool v5.2032, a USB cable, Y2Linux-1.0.0-beta.7.7-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)

  • Last.fm scrobbling was built and checked on the computer and against Last.fm's sign-in service; the first scrobbles from a player follow with this update.
  • The 12- or 24-hour clock follows the time zone; there is no switch yet.
  • FM radio is in the works for a later 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.7.7-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 6150).
  • Y2Linux-1.0.0-beta.7.7-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-70.
  • SHA256SUMS for the attached files.

Beta software: use at your own risk. Not affiliated with Innioasis, MediaTek or Last.fm. Details: Beta 7.7 report.

Sources unchanged since an earlier release

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