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4G Grayscale :: Won't turn on or charge

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soap:

--- Quote from: drbeachboy on July 19, 2008, 11:02:06 AM ---I have a 4G grayscale that I loaded rockbox on last evening. The install went well and it booted up fine with Rockbox. Later I did a Menu-Select reboot so Rockbox would find my pre-installed music
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I am not sure why you did this (not accusing this action of causing the problem, though) as Menu+Select is more than a clean shutdown and reboot it is a hard reset akin to pulling the power cord on your computer while it is running.  Something you should never do unless the player has frozen and is non-responsive.

--- Quote ---and that is when the iPod went completely dead. I've tried everything on this topic here in the forum, and still it won't come to life. I used the wall charger overnight (11 1/2 hours) and nothing. I don't even get the charge icon to come on when I plugged it in last night. I did the 60 seconds Menu-Select and nothing. Besides beating the crap out of it (like one user did to get it started) is there anything else I can try? It was working perfectly before the install. Thank you.

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Did you toggle the hold switch from the on (red) to off (white) position before pressing and holding Menu+Select?
Are you sure your fingers are perfectly still while holding Menu+Select?

drbeachboy:
I did Menu-Select because it was part of the directions:

2.4.  Running Rockbox
Remove your player from the computer’s USB port. Hard resetting the Ipod by holding Menu+Select for a couple of seconds until the player resets. Now Rockbox should load. When you see the Rockbox splash screen, Rockbox is loaded and ready for use.

I did not expect it to load on it's own, because the directions never stated it would. The directions said to follow them to the T, and that is what I did. I figured that there was a very good reason to follow the instructions in 2.4, though they were not specifically stated.

I tried the toggle, but not more than 2X in a row.

ghostface24:
Well, I guess I'm hijacking but maybe not,

I have the same problem but I do have a theory and possible solution. I'm guessing the original firmware is gone or something and you need to leave your ipod idle.

You can read the details here:
http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=17734.0

I don't know if it's the same problem, but it might help. Just try to see if the ipod is on by listening for a hiss in the bottom corner.

Of course this is a theory, but it might help.

robin0800:

--- Quote ---Hard resetting the Ipod by holding Menu+Select for a couple of seconds
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This is not nearly long enough

Do the hold thing

Do menu and select for at least 30 seconds and if still not booted,
Remove fingers and repeat menu and select,

This is the only solution I know of to overcome the apple bootloader bug

ghostface24:
Is this bug a sure thing? I was wondering if this is happening to other people.

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