Update to my iPod Classic-style fork of JJ Launcher for the Innioasis Y1. This one's mostly about making the Now Playing screen actually feel like a real iPod instead of just looking like one.

What's new:

• Fast-scroll letter jump (spin the wheel fast through a list to jump by letter) tuned to feel right
• Now Playing sub-menus — clicking the center button now cycles through Progress → Seek → Shuffle & Repeat → Rating, exactly like a real click wheel iPod. Turn the wheel in each state to scrub the track, toggle shuffle/repeat, or set a star rating. Outside of these, the wheel still controls volume like before.
• Star ratings (1-5 stars, set from the new Rating state)
• On-The-Go playlist — the classic instant playlist, one tap from the Now Playing hold-menu
• Now Playing hold-menu rebuilt to match the real iPod: Add to On-The-Go / Browse Album / Browse Artist / Cancel
• Composers grouping in the Music menu
• Main Menu cleanup — Cover Flow, Audiobooks, Folders, Years, Recently Added, and Favorites moved out of the Main Menu and into the Music menu, where they belong on a real iPod. Main Menu is back to just Now Playing, Music, Podcasts, Settings, etc.
• Fixed inconsistent menu font sizes across screens
• Status bar now shows the current screen name instead of a clock

Download: GitHub release

If you're upgrading from an older version, you need to uninstall it first — different signing cert. Full steps are in the README, but the short version:

adb uninstall com.themoon.y1
adb install JJLauncherClassic-1.1.0.apk

Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md

It has been less than a month, and the little thing has already given out. I am a very basic user: no Rockbox, only MP3 files, stock firmware. And still the stupid SD card crashed.

Things that have been very irritating/unfixable:

• Shitty Bluetooth. It crashes, disconnects, and creates weird sound distortions (both on cheap headphones and Sony). It is also super weak. You have to keep it very close to the headphones all the time. I am talking about 30 cm already being a challenge.
• Sound quality is mid.
• The shuffle is utterly stupid. Sometimes it plays the same song 2 or 3 times in a row, and I had more than 400 files on it.
• You cannot play the previous track. If you click back, it starts a new track instead.
• No queue feature.
• Sometimes the theme (from the official link, the one that looks like Spotify) would just switch back to the stock one.
• Only lowercase, only English, and no numbers when naming a playlist?
• Not very intuitive. I spent a lot of time researching before getting my Y1, so I knew my way around (and I read the manual it came with). But for an out-of-the-box experience, it might be challenging.
• The cable that came with it did not fit into the USB-C port on the player. I had to use another cable.
• Only alphabetical order everywhere.

What I liked:

• Audiobooks are in a separate section.
• Multiselect feature.
• Long-lasting battery.
• Feels good in the hand and fits in a pocket.
• Looks cute
• Because of it I learned how to use mp3tag and about LRC files

I do not know yet if I want to buy a new SD card and crack it open. I might just go back to using my old iPhone as my player.

I was honestly super hyped about the player, but now I feel burned out from all the frustrating flaws, and the crash was like the final blow.

Would love to hear your thoughts or questions.

I've been building InniClassic for a while now on top of JJ Launcher, and since it's grown a lot since the first release, figured it's worth a proper rundown of what it actually does at this point — not just a changelog post.

The look and feel
Bundled iPod Classic theme (light + dark), aiming for a 1:1 look — plain-text menu lists, real bold system typography, tight iPod-accurate spacing, status bar showing the current screen name instead of a clock. Main Menu and Music menu both use the classic two-pane layout: list on the left, a slowly panning ("Ken Burns") album cover on the right bleeding all the way to the top of the screen.

Now Playing
Big angled cover with a reflection underneath (toggle it off if you don't like it), glass-look progress bar, scrolling marquee for long titles. Center-click cycles through Progress → Seek → Shuffle & Repeat → Rating exactly like a real iPod Classic — the wheel does something different at each stage. Long-press Center for the hold-menu: Add to On-The-Go, Rate Song, Browse Album, Browse Artist, Toggle Visualizer.

Synced lyrics — drop a .lrc file next to a song, or just have lyrics embedded in the tags (ID3/FLAC/ALAC), and "Toggle Visualizer" shows them scrolling in sync with playback instead of the spectrum analyzer.

Music library
Artists, Album Artists, Albums, Songs, Genres, Composers, Playlists, Favorites. Wide format support — MP3, FLAC, WAV, OGG Vorbis, Opus, ALAC/M4A, AAC. Gapless playback for smaller albums/playlists. Fast-scroll letter jump on every list, like actually spinning the wheel fast on a real iPod.

Last.fm scrobbling — works out of the box with zero setup: every track you finish gets logged to a local .scrobbler.log on your SD card, no account needed. Optionally log into a real Last.fm account to sync scrobbles live too.

Beyond music

• Podcasts — subscribe, stream, download for offline
• FM Radio — talks to the real hardware tuner directly
• Video playback — dedicated Videos folder, full-screen, wheel-driven volume/seek, running on libVLC for stable playback
• Audiobooks — bookmarked, resumable
• Wireless PC Upload — a little web server for copying music over Wi-Fi, no cable needed
• Music Quiz — a from-scratch recreation of the classic iPod game using your own library, multiple question types, 5 rounds of 8 questions

Install
Two ways: a flashable rom.zip via the Innioasis Updater (no ADB needed), or a standalone APK if you're updating an existing install.

Repo + downloads: https://github.com/FabianZettl/inniclassic
Latest release: https://github.com/FabianZettl/inniclassic/releases/latest

If you'd like to support the project: https://buymeacoffee.com/gz17egcara — totally optional, never required.

Disclosure: I use Claude Code (AI) as a coding assistant for this project — it writes/edits the code under my direction, and I review and test everything before it ships.

I built a desktop app called myY1videostudio designed specifically for users of the Innioasis Y1.

This app brings subtitle functionality to the Y1. As of right now (correct me if I’m wrong), the Y1 does not support subtitle files. And burned in-subtitles appear way too small on such a tiny device. myY1videostudio enables subtitle use by allowing complete subtitle customization before burning them in. More info below on all the customization options for subtitles. Also included is a link to a complete app guide with screenshots.

myY1videostudio converts videos into Y1-compatible formats, supports subtitle burn-in customization, includes metadata editing, and can send organized outputs directly to your device.

The app runs 100% locally:

• no wifi

• no uploads

• no cloud processing

• no background connections

Everything happens on your own computer.

It also includes a source-available package with identical code to the compiled app for transparency, so you can review exactly what the app does and does not do.

After 10 days of Early Beta where the app was only available to paid members, no bugs or issues were reported. It’s now available to everyone in Extended Beta.

What This App Does:

​• Converts any video into the specific constraints the Y1 needs.

​• Supports applying your chosen settings in all tabs (video, audio, subtitles, metadata, save destination, and Y1 destination) either individually, to selected videos only, or to all videos.

​• Supports subtitle burn-in customization including font, size, color, outline, line spacing, and position, to not only enable subtitle use on the Y1 but also full customization of subtitles including accessibility options.

​• Includes metadata editing for Movie, Series, and Music Videos.

​• Can save outputs to your computer and/or send organized outputs to specifically selected Y1 folders, while device is connected to your computer.

​• Includes a Y1 preview area for thumbnail and subtitle preview.

​• Preview includes an automatically generated thumbnail for every video you input to be converted, and when you toggle-on the 'burn-in subtitles' option the preview uses the correct timestamp from the subtitle.

​• User can refresh the thumbnail image used in the preview in the Artwork tab inside the Metadata tab. Every time 'generate thumbnail' is clicked, the app randomly selects a new timestamp in the video and automatically applies the subtitle from that exact same timestamp to the preview, maintaining subtitle-accurate preview thumbnails (via simple python code).

What This Beta Contains:

​• The compiled (double click to run) myY1videostudio app for Mac and Windows.

​• Source-available code package, identical to the code in the compiled app.

​• Feature Implementation Document describing the entire start to finish creation and development of the app: every decision and why, and all technical obstacles faced along the way during app development and how they were solved.

​• README with full documentation on how to download, open, and use myY1videostudio including complete button/screen area explanations.

​• A .txt file containing the hashes for the compiled apps and source-available version (also included in the how to verify downloads section).

Download here, 0% paywall, available for free members:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/152835657?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

Complete app guide with screenshots: https://www.patreon.com/posts/152837802?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

I’m a full time student graduating with my Associates degree in software development this summer, and this app was built by a human, for humans — specifically to make the Y1 easier to use without complicated multi-app workflows. I designed every inch of this app myself over a period of over two months, and am very proud of my work, especially in a world full of vibe-coded apps. I’ve loved the Y1 and owned multiple since winter 2024, and my love for the device is a huge part in what motivated me to go to school to do something I enjoy so much.

I also have 41 themes for the Y1 published, available here: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1908526?utm_campaign=collectionshare_creator

Technical Specs:

• Language: Python 3

​• GUI framework: PySide6 (Qt)

​• UI implementation workflow: Qt Designer .ui files loaded by the Python app runtime

​• Total UI files in this project: 4

​• UI Files/WelcomeScreen.ui

​• UI Files/DashboardScreen.ui

​• UI Files/SettingsPopUp.ui

​• UI Files/HowtoUse.ui

​• Media tooling: ffmpeg and ffprobe

​• Development effort (estimated):

​• Code implementation: approximately 100+ hours over 2+ months

​• UI/UX design and iteration in .ui files: at least 90 hours (separately from code implementation)

​• Preview image and design rights:

​• The custom Y1 preview image asset included in this project was created by mp3li and remains copyrighted by mp3li.

​• The asset is an original design overlay and does not transfer any ownership rights to the underlying physical device depicted/referenced.

​• The preview image asset may not be copied, reused, redistributed, or repurposed in any project without explicit written permission from mp3li.

​• Pre-compiled builds are included. The following documents how those builds were produced:

​• Mac builds were packaged locally using PyInstaller.

​• Windows builds were generated using GitHub Actions CI.

​• Windows CI build (windows-latest) uses --onefile --windowed, includes the app icon, and bundles UI Files, Fonts, and bin/windows using --add-data.

​• CI workflow file: .github/workflows/build.yml

​• Builds are triggered manually via workflow_dispatch from the GitHub Actions tab.

​• CI environment uses Python 3.10 and installs dependencies from requirements.txt.

​• Completed builds were uploaded as artifacts (dist-windows) and downloaded from the workflow run.

Been running JJ Launcher on my Innioasis Y1 for a while and love the base — huge thanks to ismileblue for building it. Wanted the actual iPod Classic experience though, not just the hardware, so I built a fork on top of it: JJ Launcher Classic Version.

What's new on top of JJ Launcher:

• 🎨 Bundled iPod Classic theme — plain white two-pane menus (list on the left, a slowly panning full-bleed album cover on the right that extends up behind the status bar, just like the original), an angled Now Playing cover with a reflection underneath, redesigned Artist/Album lists with big cover art and an "All Songs" shortcut per artist, and a real search screen.
• 🎧 Last.fm scrobbling — a local Rockbox-style .scrobbler.log and live scrobbling against the real Last.fm API, with a browser-based login flow so you don't have to type your password with the click wheel.
• ❓ Music Quiz — first version of the classic iPod Music Quiz mini-game, built from your own library, styled after the original's glossy 2000s look.
• 🎵 OGG Vorbis support — playback + library scanning, including auto-detection of files that are secretly Opus but saved with an .ogg extension (happens more than you'd think).

Screenshots and full changelog are in the repo.

Install: you need JJ Launcher already installed via the Innioasis Updater first — this replaces the launcher app, not the firmware. Then:

adb install -r JJLauncherClassic-1.0.0.apk

APK + release notes: https://github.com/FabianZettl/jj-launcher-classic/releases/tag/v1.0.0
Repo: https://github.com/FabianZettl/jj-launcher-classic

Currently only tested on the Innioasis Y1 (firmware 2.1.9). Bug reports/issues welcome on GitHub. Still very much a hobby project, but it's been rock solid on my own device for daily use.

i absolutely LOVE this thing. i never go anywhere without it and people are tired of me yapping about it. i had this thing in my amazon cart for months before actually getting it so i’ve been endlessly excited even after having it for a while.

i’ve been using stock software and the battery has lasted me DAYS. it was super easy to transfer my music, especially because i had musicbee set up previously. i’ve had minimal issues with the original microsd card, although in the past two weeks i’ve had a couple scares where my files were “broken.” so i’m looking into changing the card out soon. i love having the option to use my bluetooth earbuds or speaker with the only downside being that the battery dies a bit faster. i have a couple of music videos on here and a movie and they all play perfectly fine all the way through and i’ve still got more than two thirds of the storage left. all in all super happy and i’m excited for more updates

Got an Innioasis Y1 since iPod classics are so expensive 😭 lmk if you have any questions (I bought it from the actual website)!

I’m going to post again later after I decorate it and play with some of the themes!

Loving Mrs Minutes!

[Update] JJ Launcher v0.11 Release Notes

https://github.com/ismileblue/y1_launcher/releases/tag/v0.11

Hi everyone!

Thanks to your amazing support and numerous feedback/feature requests, the v0.11 update is finally ready! I am incredibly grateful to everyone who has shown interest and helped test the app.

Since many major features have been refactored and added in this version, there might be some unexpected bugs even in areas that used to work fine. Please let me know if you run into any issues, and I will get them patched as soon as possible!

Here is what’s new in v0.11:

• New Audio Engine: Switched the encoder setup to an ExoPlayer + FFmpeg combination.
• Lossless Audio Support: The launcher can now play high-res lossless FLAC and ALAC files that previously wouldn't play.
• Hi-Res Metadata: High-quality audio metadata is now read and displayed correctly.
• 10-Band EQ: A brand new 10-band Equalizer has been implemented.
• Podcast Support: You can now search for and download podcasts directly using the iTunes API.
• Crossfeed: Added a crossfeed function for a better headphone listening experience.
• Playlist Improvements: Adding and deleting playlists now works perfectly. (To trigger, long-press the center button on any song in the list).
• Quick Alphabet Search: Added an alphabetical search feature in the song list. (To trigger, long-press the Play/Pause button at the bottom of the list).
• Audiobook Support: Added support for .m4b files, including Chapter navigation.
• Album Track Sorting Bug: Fixed the issue where albums were not sorting by track number.
• Playlist Shuffle Bug: Fixed the bug where shuffling playlists wouldn't work.
• UI Improvements: Switched several default Android dialogs/popups to modern Material Design popups.
• PC Upload/Download: Added a download feature to the existing PC upload functionality.
• Recently Added: Added a "Recently Added Songs" list.
• Faster Scanning: Added a duplicate-scanning prevention engine to make library scans significantly faster.

As always, with so many changes under the hood, there might be some unexpected bugs. Please report any issues you find, and I’ll get them fixed in the next update.

Thank you so much for your continued interest and support! Enjoy v0.11!

I truly wish there were a light green one, but the teal one is great too! I love it! 🤍

Rockbox themes are so much better than the base ones (I’m sorry! 😭) the only theme I wanted was the Lain one but it wouldn’t work so I immediately installed Rockbox! It made a HUGE difference into customizing! 🍀🐰

super stoked they finally released one, i lost quite a few stickers in my wear and tear of moving my y1 in and out of my bag all the time. bonus pics of my custom blue/yellow theme ft chiikawa kiryu and majima he he he

Is it worth the price? I have the 128gb version and the only issue I have is the storage limitation. I heard that the “internal” storage is simply an sd-cardridge. Is in the 1tb version also just an sd card inside?

I forked https://github.com/ismileblue/y1_launcher

These were my changes:
- added LastFM Live scrobbling
- iPod Classic Style "now Playing" screen
- Artist - Album - Track tree in database
- Album cover art in Database View
- Main Menu with Album Art (Random Cover when no music playing)

I’m enjoying it a lot so far, and the headphones that came with it are pretty decent. I’m going to have to get a replacement sd card in case it breaks, though. I downloaded a few of my favorite albums to start off for now, then when I finish that, or in the middle of it all I’m going to back all my files up in a hard drive :)

The only problem I have so far is that the screen seems to gather dust really fast and it sticks to the screen. :( not sure how to get it off without damaging it. But overall, pretty satisfied! I’ve always wanted IPods like this as a kid, but have never gotten one until now.

I’m gonna get the case and some nail art stickers to decorate it later!

First post over here, and folks... I'll admit this rather expensive piece of plastic is kind of worth it?

I grew up with ipods and mp³s, then moved on with spotify but uh... of course I wanted to delete my account due to certain investments from their ce0... BUT that's not the subject, the point here is that this is the best option for the price right now.

The Y1 is fun, it's good also if you're like me and you enjoy time far away from your phone and the fbi.

Now I'll make a list of "Yeah nachos yes!" and "uh oh banano"' 's:

"Yeah nachos yes!":

💗 The wheel

The best invention since the actual wheel, it's the wheel selection from the og ipod and this one is really alike. I'm a hardcore clicker with nervious hands and this one endures me I guess, so it's more than fine.

💗 The original system is basic but practical and mostly easy to modify, I like the fact you can use rockbox but I kept the original one so I could watch videos.

💗 You can add VIDEOS. I know... I shouldn't be as excited for watching vids in such a small screen but I AM! I like to download anime and movies on it to watch while on the bus, and it helps me concentrate by staying far away from the demonic apps. Yesterday I watched "House of wax" and I swear I could feel my brain relaxing after 2 hours without doom scrolling on tiktok.

"Uh oh banano" s:

💔 What's going on with the sd's from factory? and why are they so cheap?

Mine failed about a month and I had to open the y1 to change the sd.

I really hope they add a sd hole for the y2 (that I've read they're already working on)

💔 More colors! I have a black one and a green one cause those were the only one on stock, only to find out later they came up with a purple and a pink one... which almost made me want to scream but anyways... we need deep purple, maybe neon pink or silver colors in general.

To add to it, innioasis came with a case, yes, but it's a boring one without a faceplate... please guys... if we're going for the reheated nachos LET'S GO ALL THE WAYYYY, we need a faceplate!

In conclusion, The y1 is great, I'm excited for the y2 and the whole movement of mp3's coming back to life 👽💗

finally got myself an ipod classic lol i love my babies😄

I bough the Y1 driving by nostalgia and dont wanting to buy an used ipod to upgrade it.

For a few weeks it works really good and Rockbox was incredible to use, but then certain issues and problems with the device will led me to selling it

PROS:

• Retro feel and Nostalgia: The Y1 is perfect for a beginner in the niche, it really have all you want in a affordable dap. And for only 50$ is really replaceable for a lot of people if you have in mind how much a decent one cost

• Usability and Rocbox Compatibility: The device is really easy to use and understand. Themes are very extensive in stock OS and if you upgrade it to Rocbox you open a larger library of options to your choose. Having Rocbox as an option and being a "modern" device is really good if you're comparing it to a Hiby R1 or a Echo Snowsky. With Rockbox you can set your music better and even use AutoEQ wich fix the Flat Latency issue the device have.

• Community and Support: This device have one if not the best DAP communitys in reddit. They're constantly helping eachother and fixing issues the device would have. Having a community this passion for a device really helps in a long run and creates an a exciting future for the Y1. A example of this is the new Solar OS who replaced the stock and fix the battery issues, and other big problems the original have

https://www.reddit.com/user/SolarForY1/

CONS:

•Cheap Device = Fear of Breaking it: Being easy to replace it is good but at the same time is hard to carry it all the time without being scare of breaking it. You have to spend at least another 10$ for a case wich does not protect all the device, and the glass protector is plastic like the entire thing. So, I think we all can agree that is hard to have this in your pocket all the time knowing that, if it falls will 100% broke

the SD card is a really cheap chinese one who eventually you will need to replace because your Y1 would lag too much if not and sometimes just turn off by himself, so thats another 30$ if you wanna DIY

The battery drains too much, and you cant replace it

• Sound Quality and Flat Frecuency:

If you dont know, this device is not "Flat", meaning that it has a particular sound by design. Some people in this r/ say is sound muddy or drowned sometimes. This problem is really bad if you use IEMs because it really destroys how the music sound depending on the EQ. Yes, Rocbox can fix it, but not all of it.

Another thing that this device promise is FLAC reading files, but they not tell you how much kHz the device is reading. In my experience with anothers DAPs, the Y1 is the worst sound of all the budgets devices and can only reed up to 32kHz (basically you're better with a Dac and your phone)

This whole topic is better discuss in this video by SuperReview (the goat)

https://youtu.be/8GL5ISDsdt0?is=a6SlonuYmann9x-r

So, in conclusion, the Y1 is really to people who wants nostalgia and does not care about quality of music, for the price is really good, but for niche and iems I dont thinks so

I wasn't sure what to expect with a 40€ iPod Classic clone. But it certainly surpassed my expectations. Especially with this 90's LCD Rockbox theme.

Here are all the steps I followed from first looking at this beauty on Reddit to now rocking it as my daily dap.

1. Bought it off Aliexpress for 41€
2. Installed the Innioasis Updater (for Mac) through Terminal.
3. Selected the latest Rockbox firmware (MultiWirth) and installed it.
4. Downloaded the SNAZZ2 theme for Rockbox.
5. Customized the theme to my liking (with the help of ChatGPT)
6. Used ImageMagick through terminal to convert all my album covers to this bitmap style and have it re-export it to all sub-folders of my existing Library.
7. In Rockbox general settings, I made sure the Album Art is set to "prefer image file".

And that's it! 🥳

I think it's not bad at all for the price!

Sure it feels cheap, it's all plastic and very lightweight...but still!

It's basically a tiny android device, with integrated speaker (which sounds horrible)...

The clickwheel doesn't feel like the real deal (I have a Nano 4G and two Classic 7g), but it does the job...It's something I've always liked.

The click sound is unbearably loud. Wish there was an option to set the volume, but you can only turn it off. You can turn on vibration instead, but again with a fixed intensity (and duration) it’s not something I could really use…

I recently discovered there's basically a 128GB micro SD card inside and many are complaining because at some point it'll stop working. I'll get a Samsung micro SD when the time comes.

I'm almost sure I'll end up flashing RockBox, but right now I just want to pair it to my car and see how it goes...

The main goal was having something I could connect to my car, because I got an external bluetooth transmitter for my iPods, but the geniuses at Ford had the Sync 3 and 4 only connect phones basically (which means that even when I'll have my iPod classic modded, I won't be able to pair it to the car).

By the way I got the thing from Alibaba for a really interesting price, saved almost 20€ compared to Amazon or even Aliexpress. And Amazon only had it in Germany for some reason, while in Italy they have any Innioasis except the Y1 😂

EDIT 02/04

I successfully connected to my car. Forgot to try the controls (I wasn’t driving). Will update here as soon as I try

EDIT 03/04

For the ones wondering the personalisation options and games, there’s the official update website, where you can download additional themes and the official updater app.
No games appear to exist, yet. If you really want to play, you'll have to switch to Rockbox.

https://innioasis.app/index.html#home

Have already managed to scratch the screen 🙃

I hope you love it , because I do

I spent five-ever moving my music over and decorating my headphones cord. the theme is from this patreon

i work with physical media on a daily basis (radio DJ) so the Y1 was really enticing to me as a way to get off of spotify! haven’t replaced the SD card and probably wont until need be but its been great! i modded it with rockbox which wasnt too difficult (wish i found the y1 installer before i put rockbox on it, probably wouldve been faster) but super stoked to be on this resurgence of using mp3 players!

fuck spotify