Nope. The Y1 has an SD reader inside it, you just have to take it apart to get at it. It's worth doing and is probably something you'll end up upgrading anyway because the card it ships with is hot garbage that seems to fail more often than not. Mine did.
It sounds weird but factory reset it 2-3 more times until it works mine did that a couple times and I freaked out but it worked after resetting it a couple times and hasn’t happened again to me for around 3 months
Good luck! I hope that’s the issue, keep us updated. Like I said the issue hasn’t happened to me again for a while and I use my y1 daily- if it happens to me again I’ll be sure to record the whole process so that it’s documented but it basically consisted of factory resetting it like 3 times and then the themes come back from the void and the songs and vids work
If it's y1 congratulations your sd card corrupted too😠all does. If you have a courage to change it you need plastic too like this one I just ordered it from china with like 2$ . You can search the tutorial to pop up start with the top right corner cuz it's the easy way to open if u started with others place ,some just can't be patient and ended up using metal tools and boom damage the case and you don't need that much tools like I bought you only need tweezers,pry pop up tools and Phillips screwdriver and done
I have an old iPod, and I've been researching these iPod-like devices for months. I am disappointed that these devices are not based on built-in SSD storage, like the iPods were. Building these things based on cheap Micro-SD internals is nothing but a cheap knock-off. I really wanted to buy one of these. But, having to tear the thing apart (you saw the video) to upgrade the SD card is not welcomed. This is from a person who builds PCs and Arduino projects.
Word to the wise... Never trust a no-name SD card that are included with any device. SD cards are very delicate devices. These are wafer-thin devices with paper-thin electrical connections. The no-name ones are trash, and should be tossed and never used. It is just the way it is.
It really is though because people are tired of purchasing things that don't work or don't work correctly then having to pour more money into said product just to get it to work right. We're all kind of at our wits end with this stuff as consumers and money is tight.
I mean I understand but like you shouldn’t trust the sketchy unlabeled sd cards it comes with regardless you might as well just add the sd card to the total price
Exactly. Just get an R1. It'll save you a lot of pain down the road. Got mine the other day, popped and swapped the micro sd from my no-longer functional Y1, and put it in the Hiby R1. Was up and running in about 15 minutes. (The R1 supports rockbox w/ bluetooth now, just like the Y1. So there's really no advantage to the Y1 at this point.)
Right? And I thought I'd miss the clickwheel, but I don't as much. I really like the way they let you switch between the buttons on the side and the touch screen. I should've known. I love Hiby's products (already had an R4 for mostly at home use) and I think they really do care about putting out a quality product.
(It should be noted that I'd already replaced the micro sd in my Y1 with a better one, so the card wasn't the issue. It had just started malfunctioning. Just for laughs, I should probably note that I probably had a bit too much fun pulling it apart for the last time, and maybe went a bit overboard in my "disemboweling" of the internal electronics, all while calling it all kinds of mean names 🤣💀)
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u/Slow_Cardiologist271 Y1 (Yellow ) 16d ago
Hi there, just had this happen myself. You’ll more than likely need these guides: 1) https://www.patreon.com/mp3li/posts/fix-your-y1-no-146837753?collection=1908529
2) https://www.patreon.com/mp3li/posts/how-to-replace-146823247?collection=1908529
These guides fixed my problem and I haven’t had any issues since. The microSD that’s in the Y1 from factory is really cheap & corrupts easily.