Ipod patcher error on Ipod 5th gen

[serial8]

Hi,

I just got my hands on a 5th gen video ipod and hem, I unzipped the file onto my ipod as mentionned, downloaded the ipodpatcher binary and it damn don't work. I tried it many many many times on a Linux Machine and a Windows XP machine, and always the damn same error.

Here's the Linux output:

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$ sudo ./ipodpatcher 
Password:
ipodpatcher v1.0 with v1.1 bootloaders - (C) Dave Chapman 2006-2007
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[INFO] Scanning disk devices...
[INFO] Ipod found - Video (aka 5th Generation) ("winpod") - /dev/sda
[INFO] Reading partition table from /dev/sda
[INFO] Sector size is 2048 bytes
[INFO] Part    Start Sector    End Sector   Size (MB)   Type
[INFO]    0              63         48194        94.0   Empty (0x00)
[INFO]    1           48195      14651279     28521.7   W95 FAT32 (0x0b)
[INFO] Ipod model: Video (aka 5th Generation) ("winpod")
Enter i to install the Rockbox bootloader, u to uninstall
 or c to cancel and do nothing (i/u/c) :i
[INFO] Using internal bootloader - 50520 bytes
[INFO] Moving images to create room for new firmware...
[ERR]  Short read - requested -1208732320 bytes, received 4319232
[ERR]  Image movement failed.
[ERR]  --install failed.
Press ENTER to exit ipodpatcher :

and here's the Windows output:

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ipodpatcher v1.0 with v1.1 bootloaders - (C) Dave Chapman 2006-2007
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[INFO] Scanning disk devices...
[INFO] Ipod found - Video (aka 5th Generation) ("winpod") - PY'S IPOD
[INFO] Reading partition table from PY'S IPOD
[INFO] Sector size is 2048 bytes
[INFO] Part    Start Sector    End Sector   Size (MB)  
[INFO]    0              63         48194        94.0   Empty 
[INFO]    1           48195      14651279     28521.7   W95 FAT32
[INFO] Ipod model: Video (aka 5th Generation) ("winpod")
Enter i to install the Rockbox bootloader, u to uninstall
 or c to cancel and do nothing (i/u/c) :i
[INFO] Using internal bootloader - 50520 bytes
[INFO] Moving images to create room for new firmware...
[ERR]  Image movement failed.
[ERR]  --install failed.
Press ENTER to exit ipodpatcher :

Just don't see what's happening right now...

[LambdaCalculus]

Okay, looks like a 30GB iPod video, so that's good... but I'm trying to figure out why it failed.

I see it's already formatted as FAT32, so that's good. But...

Ah! Just to ask: since you have access to a Windows box, did you run iTunes and enable disk use? That may help you out.

Keep us posted!

[serial8]

Ah! Just to ask: since you have access to a Windows box, did you run iTunes and enable disk use? That may help you out.

Yes I did. I can't see why people don't turn this option on or why it's not built in the OEM firmware... I mean..

So yes, I did turn this option on.

[GodEater]

Can you make sure you have your ipod plugged directly into your PC - and not into any sort of USB hub.

If you have a second iPod cable, I'd try that too - faulty cables / USB ports have been known to give this error.

[serial8]

Can you make sure you have your ipod plugged directly into your PC - and not into any sort of USB hub.

This is one of the things I tried out, still don't work...

If you have a second iPod cable, I'd try that too - faulty cables / USB ports have been known to give this error.

I don't have a second one. May it result in slow rates of the usb 1.1 ports? Windows try out was on a usb 2.0 port though...

[LambdaCalculus]

Maybe it's the result of slow rates of the usb 1.1 ports? My Windows tryout was on a usb 2.0 port though...

Did some editing to clear your grammar up. Try to be a little precise with your English, at least for the sake of our blind and foreign users who need software to read or translate text. (Just so they don't get goofed up grammar and start going "What the hey...?"  

Anyway, try a few other ports like GodEater recommended. Usually, some PCs with USB ports on the front may/may not have USB 2.0 transfer speeds, so try to get around to the back and try an empty port.

If it still doesn't work, come back and let us know.

[serial8]

I tried a few other ports and still the same error. I noticed that the ipodpatcher.exe sent me an error message like "Write error: No errors" and that is weird.

[LambdaCalculus]

What about back on your Linux box? Have you tried it again there?

[GodEater]

I think you may need to borrow a cable from someone else in that case - it sounds like both your PCs are having a hard time talking to the disk over the USB link. It doesn't matter about the transfer speed - that is transparent to ipodpatcher.

[LambdaCalculus]

It doesn't matter about the transfer speed - that is transparent to ipodpatcher.

Learned something new today, thanks to GodEater!  

[GodEater]

I'd be surprised if the user noticed it either - the amount of data ipodpatcher transfers isn't huge - so even going over the lower speed USB modes, it won't take very long.

[serial8]

it sounds like both your PCs are having a hard time talking to the disk over the USB link

Everytime I try it on a linux box, there's always this short read error.

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[ERR]  Short read - requested -1208949408 bytes, received 4319232

That must be the cable...

I would like to tell you that it may or may not have any impacts on the topic but it happened some times that this "Connect your ipod to your computer to restore your ipod" message in like 7 or 8 languages.

Thanks for that help!

[LambdaCalculus]

Better do what Mr. Jobs says...  

Restore it in iTunes, then try again... but this time, bring a new cable.

[GodEater]

Yeah - new cable is the order of the day here. Shame you're not local - I think I have about four  

[serial8]

Better do what Mr. Jobs says...  Smiley

Restore it in iTunes, then try again... but this time, bring a new cable.

The thing is that when it does that, I just hard reset my Ipod the the menu+ select combo and it's back to original state...

You know, in this word weird things happen...