way too many issues even after a sd card replacement, ive been resetting this thing for over a few hours to no avail, lost my music on the mp3 (i have stored files on laptop etc) and worse part is it was normal for a week
j genuinely think i wasted my money 🥲🥲🥲
Is it now the time to replace the SD card or something? I don't know what I did
Fuck...
I could try to replace it but how much does that cost???
And is it hard??
Idk : (
When I first got it and loaded it up with my music, about 400 tracks, it would almost instantly crash when scrolling through my albums so I replaced the sd card with a high quality card I had lying around and it is noticeably better when going through albums but it still eventually crashes when getting about 3/4 of the way my albums. I am on the default OS, waiting for Rockbox support for those 3.0.7 devices.
Is there any way to avoid these crashes when in the album list? It only happens there, no other song list crashes.
Rockbox on Y1 with v3.0.7 (experimental)
Rockbox on Y1 with v3.0.7 (experimental)
Like just in case u forget your innioasis? Is there like a mp3 player app u can pull the songs to?
One of my biggest frustrations with this device (aside from the broken AVRCP) is the Artist navigation. Instead of showing a list of Albums by the selected Artist, the stock Y1 app jumps straight to a flat list of every song by that artist. Since the Y1 devs don't seem interested in changing this, and I have no desire to switch to Rockbox, I decided to fix it myself (begrudgingly with some help from Claude).
I've been having a bit of an existential crisis regarding the role of AI in the tech world. Instead of continuing to ignore it, I used this as a project to work alongside it. I used Claude as a "pair programmer" to help with the reverse engineering and Smali logic, forcing myself to use the AI in an agentic manner rather than just letting it do the work like some vibe coder clown.
The goal was to intercept the navigation path so that Home --> Music --> Artists --> [Artist] triggers the existing Albums UI (for only the selected artist) instead of the song list.
| Path | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Home → Music → Artists → [Artist] | Flat song list for that artist | Albums by that artist (same UI as Albums screen) |
| Home → Music → Artists → [Artist] → [Album] | N/A | Songs in that specific album, sorted by track number |
| Home → Music → Albums | All albums, unchanged | All albums, unchanged |
For my fellow nerds, the end result was a Python script that patches a version-agnostic Y1 app .apk file to support this feature. There are 3 patches.. Two Smali (compiled Java code, since we don't have the source for this thing) byte code patches to existing methods in the decompiled .apk (ArtistsActivity.confirm() and AlbumsActivity.initView()), and then one patch that changes the scope of Y1Repository.songDao() from a private method to a public method so that we can read from it elsewhere. I've only tested it on 3.0.2 and 3.0.7, but it theoretically works on any version. Patch the .apk, inject it into system.img with MTKClient, and reboot.
Wish this was the stock behavior, but alas. Anyway, here's what it looks like. Innioasis devs, please implement this navigation path.
I just got my Y1 in the mail yesterday, and was planning to install RockBox on it. In fact, that's what drove me over the edge to buy it in the first place over a different MP3 player.
However, the one I received has 3.0.7 installed on it, and it seems like attempting to change the firmware at all on the thing at all will brick it.
I'm really not happy with the stock OS. The build quality is also pretty plasticy, which I expected. But the screen is literally the worst quality plastic I can imagine. I have hardly used the thing, and already scratched it twice. And I really take care of my tech, especially new tech. All I did was put it in my pocket (without keys). I know they changed some things around with the model I received. Did they change the screen plastic? Because I watched a lot of reviews, and I didn't hear anyone mention the screen scratching this easily. I can only imagine what it would look like in six months.
So if I can't get RockBox, I'm honestly just going to return it and get something else.
Every time I put a theme it like is tiny in the top left corner how do I fix it. I download from the Rockbox website 240p then extract the files, open it, open .rockbox file and copy and paste wtv is inside to my innioasis but it always looks like this when I eject and switch the theme.
Hey!
I recently got into the hobby of Digital Audio Players in November of 2025. Still learning, but I finally got my first Innioasis a few weeks ago. I'm actually liking it a lot more than I thought.
I managed to figure out how to add music rather quickly and I'm working on finding a theme I like to install to personalize it more to my liking.
I just got my Y1 this week and have been having a great time installing Rockbox themes and downloading my library. The last time I had an MP3 player was in 2018, back when I was 16.
I currently use Apple Music and love it. The only thing is, my student discount is going to expire in May, and I kinda don't wanna keep paying for it for $10 CAD/ month. So I've been thinking of making my Y1 my main music platform, but I'm also unsure. I'm scared I might regret not renewing my Apple Music subscription because I have SO MANY playlists on there, it might actually be close to 100.
I also got the Y1 with 64 GB of storage because that was the only one available for me at the time, unfortunately. So that's also making me a little nervous, and I'm also nervous about getting in there and putting in my own bigger SD card. I just don't wanna break it.
If I could maybe get some advice from those of you who have made the switch, I would really appreciate that. Or anything else you want to share with me.
for some reason, half the time my y1's display goes off, the music starts stuttering, or even pauses completely, and it ignores all my button presses despite me configuring the keylock and exempting skipping and everything. is this happening to anyone else?
I am excited to announce I've been working on a syncing app for the Y1!
The app basically creates a web server to open a settings page where you can enter your SMB details (working on WebDAV - Future thing..) It then allows you to select which folder from the NAS to sync over to Y1. I am currently working on flushing out the library functionality to manage the music stored on the device. Then I will make the UI a little prettier and hopefully release.
I am running Rockbox on my device but I believe the stock OS will work with this too - More testing on that is needed.
What works now:
Todo:
I am open to hear your thoughts and what you'd like to see! I keep my library on my NAS. Open to hear if others are using a different system and see how I can make it work.
Please note: While my background is in web and graphic design, I am not a developer by trade. I just like to mess with tech and figure things out as I go. Of course, with the age of AI, things are much easier now. AI was used in the making of this software. If you are against this - Feel free to continue dragging and dropping your music LOL.
Just wanted to share my first try on bedazzling, I did the case of my second y1 named "Purple Alien".
I tried to go for a "scene y2k weird spooky core" aesthetic (jk I have no idea of that means) but idk, hopefully I'll do better in the next bedazzling project.
Also, have any of you guys noticed the new y1's are coming with a little bit of more quality sd's? Cause this bad boy's sd haven't crashed yet, funny huh?
its been around 1-2 months since ive gotten my Y1, and i cant figure out how to download ANY music on it.
im not much of a tech person—i dont understand much of that stuff, but i am willing to learn.
each time i follow a tutorial, i follow the steps exactly as presented. but the music never shows up on my mp3.
ive tried making a new folder (music [1]), converting the files, but it never shows up and i genuinly cannot figure anything out. please help!
UPDATE: I FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET ONE SONG!! i used cnvmp3 for a single song, made a new folder, and it seemed to work! but if there is any way to download full playlists / albums all together, please do let me know!
Hi, I've posted fairly often about my SD card breaking, but this is seriously a new low for this. I was literally just listening to music with bluetooth and it suddenly says it can't recognize literally any files in the SD card anymore. What the hell. I seriously don't understand why it keeps breaking. I've done all the steps I can think of to protect it, this is kind of fucking ridiculous.
Other than replacing the stock SD card, is there anything else I can do to keep it from killing itself? I've already formatted it to exFAT and formatted it and redone shit so many times.
The red motherboard is overall higher quality. Only reason we took them apart it because 1, I needed to replace my sd card for the innioasis (which my boyfriend kindly added all the songs an stuffff :333) and I was curious what my old mp3 player looked on the inside. The only reason I had to replace it is because the headphone jack was fucked up and we realized NOT ONLY is the form of storage higher quality and you can add more without gutting it, but the literal hardware is more expensive than the stuff they used for the innioasis. Bro what
Simple question does anyone know how to fix this? It plays the sound but not the video. I’m tempted to just run it through the MP4/MP3 converter just in case.
I forgot to add: this should be a Y1 model
I don’t care about your thoughts on this machine or brand complaints should be taken up with the other people complaining on this SubReddit
Greetings! I'm considering buying an Innioasis Y1 in the coming weeks, but I have a few questions I need answered before I can make an informed decision.
Thank you for your assistance.
Hi all! So I'm heavily considering buying an innioasis y1 for offline listening and getting off of the entire streaming system and it just looks so gosh darn cute.
As I was looking up the specs and accessories and all, I noticed the very very low number of case options?
I'm not a fan of accessorizing I don't mean very flashy cases, but something that can withstand a drop from a low height like from my hands. There's so much potential for idk 3D printing (I don't know how well those plastics and filaments hold up I'm not an expert) or like maybe a leather case with internal padding to absorb the shock? Or like a clip for a belt/pants? I'm honestly quite shocked I understand it's a niche and not a lot of people are in the demand part of the supply-and-demand system, but it's an untapped potential I guess.
I just want a shock and bump absorbent case thank you for coming to my TED talk
What format are they meant to be? i know they need to be in the specific folder but what format should they be?
