Hi there.
I'm pretty much stuck! I bought an used Nano 2 and wanted to install Rockbox, but I am a complete newbie in the world of Ipod and Rockbox as well.
The Nano was previously discovered under win10 and Itunes, so it worked. I downloaded the Rockbox setup from this page and started the program. The Nano was discoverd, I chose it as the device in the drop-down-menu and pressed the start button, when then suddenly a problem occured and rockbox shut down - I have no idea what the problem was or still is. Since then I have major trouble because my Nano isn't detected anymore neither from windows nor from itunes, the attempt to continue the installation doesn't work, because in the rockbox menue my device isn't found anymore, it tells me something like the mounting point is missing (I'm German and trying to translate the messages best as possible). But I can't also change something from D: to another drive letter, because there is no option or access to it in the programm.
When I check the device manager for not recognizing the nano, I see that there is an unknown usb device, which has a "device deskriptor failure" and when I right click on that unknown device and check the properites I can read that "the device is stopped, because of an error 43" (or pretty similar in words).
The Nano itself shows the following screen:
Rockbox boot loader
Version 1.0
Loading Rockbox...
Error!
Can't load rockbox.ipod:
File not found
Hold Menu+Select to reboot then SELECT+Play for disk mode
I can set the nano into the diskmode, but the device is still not found under win or itunes. I can also set it back to the ipod mode, so i can "switch" sreens, but so far that didn't help me.
The Nano also doesn't charge any more... it shows the loading symbol for a while but doesn't load, as the battery does not appear in a full mode, only in a half loaded mode.
When I put the nano into disk mode the screen says "ok to disconnect", but doesn't connect to the pc. So even in the disk mode my pc won't recognize it... it has problem "identyfying" the usb. In the device manager there is the unkown device with the error message I posted in the beginning.
I can boot into iPod Diagnostics. Does that help in any way?? And - I have no idea how I did that - was once able to get into the "normal" menu.
Can you help me? I would be happy if I could start using the device again - with or without rockbox...
Thank you in advance!