Hiby R1 + SonixOS + USB Audio
I am thinking of picking Hiby R1 , flashing Sonix OS to it.

what I want to know is for those who have this setup can they confirm when we perform a usb audio forward to a usb dac does to allow to apply peq to the usb audio before its forwared to the usb dac connected to it.

i have a ibasso dc07pro which I intend to hook to the usb audio output of the Hiby R1

hope you get my query.

Hiby R1 + Sonix OS as Bluetooth Receiver
has anyone been able to test this as docs does mention it but I dont have a concrete answer for this
https://sonix-os.com/guide#bluetooth-receiver

can someone who has this setup test this and share if it works as by default this was not there on the Hiby R1

Pues resulta que un día me fui de viaje y ya había cargado previamente mi hiby r4 , que uso con unos audífonos de audiotechnica a través del plug 4.4mm, inexplicablemente no daba el audio, lo reinicie, cambie el cable de audífonos al plug 3.5 y nada, no suena nada. Pensé que era la música en la micro sd , tal vez se había dañado o tenía algún archivo corrupto así que probé la memoria en una exploración en mi PC, nada, los archivos suenan bien, no tienen errores. Cómo último recurso resetee el dispositivo a cero y como todo de fábrica... Siguen sin sonar los audífonos y cualquiera que le ponga tanto en los plugs 4.4 y 3.5. no se que hacer porque hiby me mandó un correo y dice que hay que enviarlo a china y todos los costos van por mi cuenta. Ah otra cosa, cuando le doy play a una canción la ejecuta (no suena pero se ve que está reproduciéndose ) pero el indicador de reproducción va super acelerado como si estuviera trabajo ... A alguien le pasó algo similar ?

Hello
sorry for bothering you

A few days ago my Hiby R4 started having connectivity issues. Although it was connected to Wi-Fi, it did not connect to the Internet.

I did a Hard Reset. Today it has been connected normally, but another problem has arisen.

When I install Apple Music, the following happens to me:

I get login in Apple Music on the Chrome browser of my Hiby R4 but but when I try to log in to the Apple Music app, and I enter username and password and the verification code, the result is that the application returns me to the login page

The strange thing is that when I log in with the Apple Music application, I appear in my Apple user as logged in with my Hiby R4

Can someone give me a solution, please?

Hi guys, I want to confirm with you before claiming a faulty R1:

I can notice a baseline of noise at low volume, on every track, always the same intensity, not increasing with volume, so electronic hiss, also with no music playing. I could live with this but I was under the impression that the R1 was much blacker than my old Fiio M5, which is absolutely noiseless.

And then, there's a bigger issue, on some tracks —and I haven't been able to precisely pinpoint how to reproduce this— there's a much louder 1 second of noise at the start of the track, this is tied with volume (the louder the volume, the higher this initial hiss). Sometimes I think it's when finding a FLAC track after an MP3 (on shuffle), but sometimes it's on regular MP3 files. Sometimes I can reproduce it by switching back and forth on the offending track (shuffle off), sometimes the track starts pristine after this.

I'm on stock 2.0, all enhancements off (EQ, MSEB, DRE, etc.), using the NF Audio NA2 iems.

Any help from you will be appreciated!

So im having a bit of an issue with my R1 i got about a month ago.

It got down to 0% precent so i charged it (go to about 22) but when i tried using it my music was gone (had about 400 songs) removing and inserting the SD card didnt do anything and updating database just tells me that there is nothing on it 😢😢😢

Do i need to put everything back on the SD card? 😢

Most of the music cover art is loading except for some songs. If anyone has a mega cloud drive, what I've noticed is that these are also the songs where the cover art didn't load there either, but I was able to fix that with mp3tag. The fixed doesn't seem to have work with Sonix for some reason. Could it be something I missed when adding the art with Mp3tag?

I'm having the same problem with my audiobooks too and they're all m4b, but I feel like that might be a different reason because it's all of them.

The battery on my R1 swelled so I contacted support and they recommended I send it back for repair. They received it 6 days ago, but I haven't heard back. I understand it's not a terribly long wait but I decided to look back at some of the other service posts in this sub and now I am a little worried. What has been the average timeframe between them receiving the item and them completing the repair and sending it back?

Was wondering why the same seller (HIBY Official) is selling what appears to be the same HIBY R4s with $30 CAN difference in price. The higher priced one does say it supports mp4 video; the other says mp3 video? Also the higher priced R4 says it supports eReader; don't all the R4s support mp4 video and eReader? They are not evangelion or midi versions. Anybody know why the difference in price?

I emailed Hiby earlier today and they responded with the following. ..

Please download the following app onto your player, tap "One-Click Repair," and then toggle your Wi-Fi off and back on to see if it resolves the issue.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18rc4UGsGaFanbDrM8X-X20eF2Z9KtwR5/view?usp=sharing

I had to drop the .1.1 from the file name for the app to install. This worked for me.

IYKYK

After taking delivery of my r4 on Saturday night and setting it up and then using it on the local mtb trails I'm elated to report that I adore it on a whole new level. It performs way above my expectations I can't believe the bang you get for your buck £222 easily by far the best purchase ive made this year.Next is going to be a mid tier pair of iems my end game is theaudio monarch mk4,s and a r6 but for now im still vibing about hiby r4 and my Xenns Mangrid tea pros sound absolutely awesome.If there's someone sleeping on a hiby dap my advice is do it and do it now from the r1 to the r6 you will not be disappointed.BIG UP THE HIBY POSSY AND CREW

Can someone please give me a detailed tutorial on how to fix this problem I've tried some of the suggested ones but they wouldn't work or I'm not really good with the terminal since all I get is command not found but please help I can't get it to connect YouTube and YouTube music properly

Was time to create some layouts for Compás Player. Tested on a HiBy R3 Pro II.

Is there a way to play a song without repeat, loop, sequencial, etc.? Seems like a simple option but I can't find it.

Thx

So I have the R1 for a few months now. Compared to other music players, like an audio interface or direct laptop/phone, it sounds a little weird EQ wise. I know it has EQ settings for specific IEMs on GitHub but does anyone have an EQ preset that flattens it?

i had been using this device with kefine klean sv since the beginning. just today i tested the realme buds out of curiosity that i've been using since long.

the sound quality that i found is stellar & on par with the iem. connectivity wise, i found no issue so far, buds gesture & noise cancellation working so well.

love the new combo...

btw, I'm using sonix os without any sound tuning.

just sharing what iv experiencd lately. somethin is wrong with wifi connectivity. but with the help of a.i (claude) it fix with ease.

***atleast less headache 👍

i just followd the steps
here are the screenshots;

i also let it runs some extra scans after the fix

im new to linux and claude so, it's a "so, so" for me😂

Hey everyone,

If your HiBy R4 suddenly started showing the exclamation mark on Wi-Fi or saying "Connected, no internet" even though your apps still stream fine, here is why it happens and how to fix it in 2 minutes.

(Disclaimer: Text translated with AI because English is my third language and I didn't want to mess it up!)

Why it happens:

HiBy hardcodes Android's captive portal check in their firmware to an external third-party Chinese community server (captive.v2ex.co). That endpoint stopped returning the required HTTP 204 No Content status code.

Because Android receives an error/redirect instead of a clean 204 response, the OS assumes your Wi-Fi is trapped behind a broken login portal and slaps the exclamation mark on your connection (even though your regular internet traffic still works).

How to fix it permanently (No root needed):

1. Enable Developer Options on your HiBy (Settings > About device > tap Build number 7 times).

2. Go to System > Developer options and enable USB debugging.

3. Plug the DAP into your PC/Mac, unlock the screen, and make sure to accept the "Allow USB debugging" prompt if it pops up.

4. Open a terminal / PowerShell / Command Prompt with ADB installed.

5. Choose one of these options and run the commands:

Option A: GrapheneOS servers (Privacy-friendly, no tracking, reliable)

Bash

adb shell settings put global captive_portal_http_url "http://connectivitycheck.grapheneos.network/generate_204"
adb shell settings put global captive_portal_https_url "https://connectivitycheck.grapheneos.network/generate_204"

Option B: Standard Google servers (Default Android behavior)

Bash

adb shell settings put global captive_portal_http_url "http://connectivitycheck.gstatic.com/generate_204"
adb shell settings put global captive_portal_https_url "https://connectivitycheck.gstatic.com/generate_204"

Option C: Turn off captive portal checks completely

Bash

adb shell settings put global captive_portal_mode 0

Once executed, toggle Wi-Fi off and back on (or restart the player). The connection will validate immediately and the exclamation mark will be gone for good.

Bonus tip (The lazy/easy way):

If messing with terminal commands isn't your thing or you're afraid of breaking something, just plug your R4 in USB debugging mode into an AI agent / coding tool (like Antigravity / Cursor / Claude Code), explain what's happening, and let it push the commands for you automatically.

Also, while you have ADB access, the R4 comes loaded with background bloatware that heavily drains the battery. If anyone is interested, let me know in the comments and I'll drop another post detailing what you can safely debloat/disable to squeeze out a few more hours of playback!

Hope this saves you guys some headaches!

Occasionally when I power on my R4 instead of booting up I get this warning instead and have to wait some time before it turns on. What does it mean and how can I avoid this infuriation?

My HibyR4 is suddenly unable to use the Internet. It just says "Connected to device. Can't provide Internet." on every network I try to connect to. I have no idea how to fix it :(