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erinspice:
hi! after about 6 months of using Rockbox successfully, my iPod won't boot anymore and gives me a Kernel panic instead. My iPod then says "defaulting to original firmware" and boots the Apple firmware. I'd like to remove Rockbox, but I can't get Windows to recognize my iPod. I've tried all the steps that Apple and other iPod related forums have suggested, like performing a hard reset on the iPod,  upgrading iTunes, restarting my computer, and restarting the Windows iPod service. My only idea now is that somehow this original firmware (which is 2 years old) can't connect to the new version of iTunes. How can I remove Rockbox if my computer doesn't recogize the iPod when plugged in and Rockbox won't boot?

bluebrother:
You probably have the old bootloader - new build issue. To solve that, simply upgrade the bootloader using ipodpatcher to the latest version.

For accessing the ipod use emergency disk mode. To enter that mode, reset the ipod (by holding Menu + Select) and when it resets (i.e. the apple logo appears) hold down Play + Select. This will enter emergency disk mode and you can access the ipod as a mass storage device. To leave emergency disk mode you need to reset the ipod again.

erinspice:
Thanks, I tried to put it in disk mode already... I'll try again, but it didn't work last time.

Edited to add: nope, my computer still doesn't recognize that it is plugged in. It can, however, recognize other mass storage devices.

bluebrother:
if emergency disk mode doesn't work you have a serious problem with the hardware as it is a buildin mode. Make sure to press the buttons soon enough, it happend a couple of times that users did this button press too late (on my ipod it's before the backlight comes up, directly after the (unlit) apple logo appears -- no idea how it looks on color ipods)

erinspice:
It went into disk mode, my computer just still doesn't see it.

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