Gen2: any way to transfer exported files over wifi

as there is no ssh yet (afaik), do you have to connect the gen2 devices via usb-cable to the computer to transfer files or is there another way? (i dont mean sd card stunts)

You can enable ssh/sftp with a custom image (look around in this forum), but you'll have to patch it again every time there's an update, which is a pain in the arse.

It's a shame, because having ssh enabled is extremely useful for transferring files, backup, etc, without having to eject the SD card and putting it into a pc like it's 1995...

I don’t transfer files often, but using controller mode is relatively painless and has faster speeds than WiFi for large files. Obviously WiFi would be easier.

bitermc wrote:You can enable ssh/sftp with a custom image (look around in this forum), but you'll have to patch it again every time there's an update, which is a pain in the arse.

It's a shame, because having ssh enabled is extremely useful for transferring files, backup, etc, without having to eject the SD card and putting it into a pc like it's 1995...

is the signed-firmware problem for gen 2 solved?

I have access to the upper / overlayfs already, sadly akai hasn't released any gen2 device compelling enough to get my hands on yet, so I haven’t had much incentive to go after the lower filesystem as well. The problem with upperfs is that it is just temporary for the session time and gets deleted / refreshed upon next kernel boot. You might think that its enough just to somehow 'lock it' or 'chattr' it but then upon next reboot you will be hit with sad reality where the kernel is not loaded and filesystem is not mounted. Since the filesystem is not mounted, you cannot 'unlock' previous bits of upperfs which are still written into partition and you are being left with a device that can be resurrected only via UART on main pcb. This is the only reason no regular Eugene or Francis have their gen2 unlocked yet

What about the MPC Sample, have you had a look at the firmware for this? Same issues?

dustyslices wrote:I have access to the upper / overlayfs already, sadly akai hasn't released any gen2 device compelling enough to get my hands on yet, so I haven’t had much incentive to go after the lower filesystem as well. The problem with upperfs is that it is just temporary for the session time and gets deleted / refreshed upon next kernel boot. You might think that its enough just to somehow 'lock it' or 'chattr' it but then upon next reboot you will be hit with sad reality where the kernel is not loaded and filesystem is not mounted. Since the filesystem is not mounted, you cannot 'unlock' previous bits of upperfs which are still written into partition and you are being left with a device that can be resurrected only via UART on main pcb. This is the only reason no regular Eugene or Francis have their gen2 unlocked yet

Haven't tried it yet tbf, but given that it is a gen2 aarch64 binary / filesystem, one would assume it will be exact same stuff as normal gen2.

MPC-Tutor wrote:What about the MPC Sample, have you had a look at the firmware for this? Same issues?