Here you can download my custom version of rockbox for Sandisk Sansa e200v1 models with broken hold switches.

Two patches are applied:

rec.patch - enables software hold and disables the hold switch (record + power to toggle hold functionality)

backlight-keys-v3-090311.diff - click here for more info

Last updated on Wed Nov 18 00:59:26 UTC 2009.
Currently based on r23659M

Downloads:

rockbox-e200-full-thunderbox-09-11-18-00.59.26.zip
rockbox-e200-thunderbox-09-11-18-00.59.26.zip
rockbox-e200-thunderbox-diff-09-11-18-00.59.26.patch
Patch to enable software hold