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Sims2789:
Model: iPod nano 4GB, first generation

Rockbox was working for a while, even though occasionally it'd boot into the default firmware instead. Now neither work.

I've tried to connect to my iPod on my Ubuntu Linux computer, my friend's Windows computer, and a Mac at the Apple store. The Linux computer recognizes that there is a device named "Apple iPod Music Player" (I named my iPod "IPOD", which is what it would recognize it as before I had this problem). I cannot mount nor unmount Apple iPod Device, nor can I access it as like a flash drive

iTunes in Windows sees my iPod (and its color) but says that I need to reformat it to work on Windows. I do this and after that iTunes doesn't recognize it unless I plug it back in. I cannot add or remove files neither within iTunes nor Windows Explorer.

I have tried many hard and soft resets and have let the battery run down before trying to connect with iTunes or Linux but none of this has worked. The Apple store did not know what the problem was, and offered me a 10% discount on a new iPod.

When I try a Menu + Select reset I go back to the "Use iTunes to Restore" screen, and when I do a Play + Select reset I go to the Rockbox "Do not disconnect" screen. When this happens, the circle with a slash through it only flashes once, and the iPod reboots into the "Use iTunes to Restore" screen. When I press Plat + Select and the iPod is off I go to Rockbox's "Okay to disconnect" screen; when I plug it into Windows while in this screen it switches to the "Do not disconnect" screen.

I'm guessing that Windows fails to restore my iPod and doesn't change it to a Windows-formatted iPod either. Also, I believe Linux and Windows detect it as a drive but one without any media. Windows detects it as "Removable Disk" but says it has 0 bytes on it.

What I get when I turn my nano on:

safetydan:
Rockbox has nothing to do with the "Do not disconnect" or "Okay to disconnect" screens. It sounds like you have something fundamentally wrong with your iPod, unrelated to Rockbox. Have you actually tried using iTunes to restore it?

Sims2789:

--- Quote from: safetydan on October 23, 2007, 11:54:46 PM ---Rockbox has nothing to do with the "Do not disconnect" or "Okay to disconnect" screens. It sounds like you have something fundamentally wrong with your iPod, unrelated to Rockbox. Have you actually tried using iTunes to restore it?

--- End quote ---
Yes. I've used iTunes on Mac and Windows. I'm betting it isn't Rockbox either, but it loads into Rockbox's disk mode when it displays those connection screens (the native firmware's are more colorful).

safetydan:
Rockbox doesn't have a disk mode on iPods. The screens you're talking about are the iPod firmware emergency disk modes. There's likely something broken at the hardware level on your iPod if the iTunes restore proecss isn't working.

Sims2789:

--- Quote from: safetydan on October 24, 2007, 12:04:00 AM ---Rockbox doesn't have a disk mode on iPods. The screens you're talking about are the iPod firmware emergency disk modes. There's likely something broken at the hardware level on your iPod if the iTunes restore proecss isn't working.

--- End quote ---

I see. Is the screen you get when you plug your iPod into your computer part of the disk mode? That is the screen I'm talking about, the one with the circle/slash that flashes once then goes away. That screen changed when I installed Rockbox (it's greyscale now).

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