Ipod 4th generation problem: frozen apple sign!

[sG4rY]

hey there

I have a problem with my ipod 4th generation greyscale 20 gb. a few days back I installed rockbox but it doesn´t work properly. one of the main problems is that sometimes after disconnecting it from the computer the old apple software shows up again and I can´t go into rockbox anymore where all my music is.

i read about the dualmode (or so?) in another forum but I dont want to use apple software anymore and i want to delete that dual mode from my ipod. is that possible?

another issue is that my ipod is freezing since yesterday everytime when i disconnect it from my computer. only the apple appears and remains with light switched on untill the battery turns off. I already tried everything, put it in the diskmode, reinstall rockbox... but nothing works!

are there any suggestions you could give? I read in other topics things like throwing the ipod on the carpet or keep the fingers on menu and select for more than a minute but that didn´t work as well 

thanks in advance for any help!

[Febs]

hey there

I have a problem with my ipod 4th generation greyscale 20 gb. a few days back I installed rockbox but it doesn´t work properly. one of the main problems is that sometimes after disconnecting it from the computer the old apple software shows up again and I can´t go into rockbox anymore where all my music is.

To get back to Rockbox from the Apple firmware, just reset the ipod by pressing and holding Menu and Select simultaneously.

another issue is that my ipod is freezing since yesterday everytime when i disconnect it from my computer. only the apple appears and remains with light switched on untill the battery turns off. I already tried everything, put it in the diskmode, reinstall rockbox... but nothing works!

Try running a chkdsk /f.

[sG4rY]

ok ill try it but it´ll take some time gotta wait untill the ipod is empty again...

ur online for a while?

[Febs]

ok ill try it but it´ll take some time gotta wait untill the ipod is empty again...

Why?

ur online for a while?

Proper English is required here.  Please do not use abbreviations like "ur."

[sG4rY]

Ok I am sorry...

well the frozen apple sign I cant do anything I have to wait untill the battery is empty... than Ill load it for a few minutes that I can go to disk mode

it will take 5 more minutes...

thank you!

[Febs]

well the frozen apple sign I cant do anything I have to wait untill the battery is empty...

This should not require you to wait until the battery is empty.  Use the reset key combination as I indicated in my prior post.

[sG4rY]

another issue is that my ipod is freezing since yesterday everytime when i disconnect it from my computer. only the apple appears and remains with light switched on untill the battery turns off. I already tried everything, put it in the diskmode, reinstall rockbox... but nothing works!

thanks in advance for any help!
[/quote]


I can´t do anything against that frozen apple. I tried the combinations you told me but it´s not working. so Ill wait untill it´s completely empty and then I load it for 5 minutes, only as long as required that the apple doesn´t show up again... anything else does not work

[Febs]

Try it again.  You might have to hold the button combination for up to 30 seconds.

[sG4rY]

ok finally I got my ipod into disk mode and tried to run the chkdsk /f. but my Ipod is not recognised only my external harddisk, even after I disconnected my harddisk the chkdisk was not possible. the window is closing emediately without any activity. Ill charge my ipod now for some time and then I will see if I can run rockbox with the 30 seconds holding technique 


edit: works again!!! thanks for your help! no idea why it works now but anyways I am very happy.... I was really desperate in the end.

good night!

[Febs]

the window is closing emediately without any activity.

Well, you won't be able to run chkdsk unless Windows recognizes your iPod as a hard drive and assigns it a drive letter.  But if you can get it to do so, then you'll need to run chkdsk from a command prompt, not from a Window.

Go to Start --> Run.  In the dialog box, type "cmd" and then click the "OK" button.  Then follow the instructions here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491051.aspx