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Are you copying music in Rockbox mode or in original firmware mode?As you have used the dualbootloader method you should be able to boot in OF mode.This is generally more reliable for syncing than is rockbox mode.
Quote from: Frankenpod on September 20, 2017, 04:05:37 AMAre you copying music in Rockbox mode or in original firmware mode?As you have used the dualbootloader method you should be able to boot in OF mode.This is generally more reliable for syncing than is rockbox mode.It's probably my decision to do projects like this in the middle of the night, but I didn't realize that this install process allowed for dual-boot. I just switched modes and am loading some music now. Will report back, but this seems like it's working properly. Sensible solution since the Apple USB driver is rock solid, just didn't realize I could do that OR that the storage volume is the same regardless of which firmware is loaded.
Hate to say it, but it's starting to sound like it might be a failing hard drive (or, remote chance, a bad USB/ipod cable)This shouldn't really happen with an unmodded hd-based ipod. Never had any rockbox problems in that case (with flash mods its another story).Does it say anything interesting in (OF) diagnostic mode?You could download AOMEI (free windows disk utility) and try and scan/fix the drive, before giving it another go. Might even be able to scan it from windows itself (not sure if it can cope with ipod disk format or not)Oh, there is one other possibility - if you didn't restore the ipod completely before starting this sync, it might still have had irretrievable disk corruption from your earlier rockbox-mode effort, hence the problem is nothing to do with the current sync efforts. AOMEI should probably be able to fix that.The symptoms you describe now though do sound like hardware problems rather than disk corruption. If it was a free ipod it might be because the drive is faulty. If so, I'd suggest doing a flash-mod with a Tarkan adaptor and a 128gb sd card (that model of ipod won't cope with a larger mod, but 128 wouldn't cost a fortune and would be lighter and give longer battery life than the original HD).
Quote from: Frankenpod on September 21, 2017, 05:57:40 AMHate to say it, but it's starting to sound like it might be a failing hard drive (or, remote chance, a bad USB/ipod cable)This shouldn't really happen with an unmodded hd-based ipod. Never had any rockbox problems in that case (with flash mods its another story).Does it say anything interesting in (OF) diagnostic mode?You could download AOMEI (free windows disk utility) and try and scan/fix the drive, before giving it another go. Might even be able to scan it from windows itself (not sure if it can cope with ipod disk format or not)Oh, there is one other possibility - if you didn't restore the ipod completely before starting this sync, it might still have had irretrievable disk corruption from your earlier rockbox-mode effort, hence the problem is nothing to do with the current sync efforts. AOMEI should probably be able to fix that.The symptoms you describe now though do sound like hardware problems rather than disk corruption. If it was a free ipod it might be because the drive is faulty. If so, I'd suggest doing a flash-mod with a Tarkan adaptor and a 128gb sd card (that model of ipod won't cope with a larger mod, but 128 wouldn't cost a fortune and would be lighter and give longer battery life than the original HD).Okay, here's the result from another experiment:1. I flashed the device back to completely stock, and then attempted to load music. I was able to replicate the same problems as before, which were the ability to load 4-5 albums of FLAC before the device began to hang and stop responding. This for sure means that we're looking at some sort of volume corruption or fatal drive error.2. As an experiment, I then attempted to copy the same files back from the device to my laptop's HDD to see if we were just looking at write problems or R/W. Turns out, the damn thing reads like a dream when you want to take data out. Writing I could barely push 2mb/s (the drive is rated for 10mb/s via USB), but reading I can pull down roughly 23mb/s speeds. In total, we're looking at about 127 FLAC files over 3GB of data. One anomaly I noticed here as well was that the last folder I loaded would not transfer back, as the file is corrupted. 3. Since this is a repeatable process with different firmwares (OF + RB), my assumption is this: The drive is corrupt at a certain sector, and attempting to write to that bad sector is where I start running into problems. An AOMEI scan of the drive showed un-recoverable errors, and formatting/moving files back in seems to be pretty fruitless.4. Assuming the drive is toast, and I want to pursue converting this into an iPod FrankenBox with a Tarkan/SDXC adapter, I'm assuming this is the part I want? https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Tarkan/DUALUSD/5. That also being said, anyone have any tips on doing this mod? To me, it seems the toughest part is getting the halves separated to get to the insides (THANKS APPLE). I have experience in break/fix for stuff with screws & bolts, but this seems like a trickier job since everything is sealed.Thanks for helping me troubleshoot this issue!
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