IPOD NOT BRICKED AT ALL BY ROCKBOX -NEED URGENT HELP

[acidx]

hi, today i decided to remove rockbox. I rang the patcher and pressed u as said. I removed the .rockbox folder on the ipod manually. now when I loud it comes up with cannot load rockbox.ipod

now I know what to do now but neither Windows or Itunes recgonizes it???!?! no matter what I hold or press it does nothing. The menu , |<< , >>| buttons are both frozen and unpressable. It's got its backlight on and its wasting a lot of energy. How do i fix it?? How do make windows regonise it again and atleast format it. The reason it goesnt go to disk mode is because it doesnt have the boot files I think.

please help!

[zajacattack]

OK, the bootloader was not restored successfully. Simply reboot it by holding Menu and Select at the same time, then RIGHT AFTER IT REBOOTS hold Play and Select to force it into disk mode and connect it to the computer. Then, uninstall the bootloader and restore the original apple one. Problem solved. No need to format.

[daniel54]

I was just about to suggest http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651 put it into emergency disk mode (same as what you said) and then restore it with iTunes.

However if you restore the iPod with iTunes you will loose all data on the iPod and it will be reset to the factory settings.

[acidx]

OK, the bootloader was not restored successfully. Simply reboot it by holding Menu and Select at the same time, then RIGHT AFTER IT REBOOTS hold Play and Select to force it into disk mode and connect it to the computer. Then, uninstall the bootloader and restore the original apple one. Problem solved. No need to format.

did you read my post properly? i cannot even press the menu button and stiff. I've tried that.

can someone please help me with something that works

[Llorean]

The buttons work. Follow the steps as listed, Rockbox cannot prevent them from working, so if they aren't working for you, you're not doing it right.

People are helping you with something that works, you just aren't doing it right.

[acidx]

I am pressing it its not even making any clicking noise. so you think that the firmware problem isn't preventing it from pressing?   How can that be when the button worked perfectly before when rockbox was operating properly. it's just not working

[Febs]

Because you are spending your time arguing instead of following the advice people are giving you, I'm closing this thread for 10 minutes.  During that time, turn the hold switch on and the off again, and then do the MENU and SELECT combination until your ipod resets ... and it WILL reset if you do it right.

[Llorean]

It's not ONE button. Turn hold on, turn hold off, then hold down menu and select for 30 seconds. If it doesn't work, do it again. And again. And again, until it works.

Maybe plug in your iPod while you do it to make sure it has good power.

There is no "I don't think it's the firmware." It's "I know it's not the firmware."

[acidx]

still no go. thanks everyone for your help

[Febs]

Then you are still not doing it right.

[zajacattack]

Don't give up! For me, it was VERY hard at first. It takes a little while to get the hang of it, but eventually you will.

[acidx]

was your menu button stiff?

[zajacattack]

Yeah, my menu button is in pretty bad shape. Plus, I have bad fingers, they wouldn't press the buttons at the EXACT same time and it wouldn't work.

[acidx]

thanks heeps guys, i got it working. it turned out the buttons werent touching eachother at the same time. I gave it sum hard knocks and the stiffness was removed and it went into disk mode. thanks for your patience, many thanks. the post by zajacattack helped alot I was gonna give up.

[AlexP]

I have modified the title of your post to reflect the fact that your iPod was in no way bricked by rockbox.  Please ask for help before using such alarmist terms, we do not want to unjustly worry people.