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Why use hold switch to load original firmware?

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dreamlayers:
On 5G and other iPods, both the hold switch and the menu button can be used to load the original firmware at startup.  The hold switch has a disadvantage:  If a charger or USB connected, the iPod will turn on even if hold is on.  Then it will boot into the original firmware, and that's something that I and probably many other Rockbox users don't want.  Isn't the menu button enough for booting into the original firmware?

cool_walking_:
http://www.rockbox.org/irc/log-20080114#11:22:23

saratoga:
Why can't we detect some other button?

Llorean:
The hold switch has a significant advantage specifically because you can turn on the iPod with a charger/whatever while hold is on and get the OF to boot.

The timing of using the menu button provided difficulty for users.

cool_walking_:

--- Quote from: Llorean on April 20, 2009, 03:48:38 AM ---The hold switch has a significant advantage specifically because you can turn on the iPod with a charger/whatever while hold is on and get the OF to boot.

The timing of using the menu button provided difficulty for users.
--- End quote ---

When you're going into the OF, though, aren't you doing it on purpose?  Meaning you are specifically following a set of steps?  Most of the time, the hold switch is not deliberately on because I want to boot the OF.  It's just on because that's the last state it was in.

Also:
--- Quote from: Llorean on July 26, 2008, 11:07:38 PM ---That and Rockbox is designed with the intent to be a replacement firmware, not a utility program. Dual Boot is more of a safety precaution in case Rockbox isn't working for some reason.
--- End quote ---

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