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5th gen 30gig ipod: changed usb behavior w/3.2 (edited)
aboe:
I guess I was confused about the green checkmark screen because I only saw it when I was using rockbox.
"The green checkmark was Apple's disk mode, not Rockbox's.
Rockbox releases (3.2) do not have USB mode enabled on iPods, they reboot into Apple's disk mode for USB (and thus charging as well)."
So then why do I not see the green checkmark any more?
"The generic USB logo which does not change on disconnect is Rockbox's USB mode which, while enabled in current builds is not enabled in the stable release build (3.2)."
I manually installed rockbox-ipodvideo-3.2.zip after following the link "Rockbox 3.2 is released" on the Rockbox front page. I still see the screen I am familiar with from before while USB is connected, however the behavior has changed as I mentioned. So, is my installation incomplete?
BTW, I also noticed that my computer now thinks the device is a Toshiba MK3008GAL.
Chronon:
Toshiba MK3008GAL is the model of hard drive in your iPod.
GodEater:
--- Quote from: aboe on June 08, 2009, 09:45:22 PM ---I manually installed rockbox-ipodvideo-3.2.zip after following the link "Rockbox 3.2 is released" on the Rockbox front page. I still see the screen I am familiar with from before while USB is connected, however the behavior has changed as I mentioned. So, is my installation incomplete?
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No, it's not incomplete - but the version you have installed does not have Rockbox's USB code in it.
If you *want* to use Rockbox's USB code, you need to install a current build (i.e. one which has appeared later than the 3.2 release which you are currently using.
aboe:
What I want is to be able to connect my ipod to my computer and be able to play music while charging the battery. I would prefer to keep using the 3.2 release which includes the sleep feature. Is this possible?
GodEater, as far as the rockbox usb code or mode is concerned, I have no preference regarding it. I did not bring up this code or mode in my original post, and didn't know anything about it. But I am confused by the the discussion of it so far. For instance, gevearts said that "The battery charging problem is known, and it's one of the reasons for the rockbox USB code not being enabled in 3.2." Does this mean that not enabling the code fixes the problem? If so, then why do I have the problem? And soap said "Rockbox releases (3.2) do not have USB mode enabled on iPods, they reboot into Apple's disk mode for USB (and thus charging as well)." But if Apple's disk mode includes the green checkmark screen, and rockbox's usb mode is "The generic USB logo which does not change on disconnect", then why do I see the generic USB logo which does not change on disconnect and not the green checkmark screen?
EDIT: Having mounted and unmounted the drive several times it seems to now be consistently going into the Apple disk mode (although the Rockbox/generic usb logo still flashes up for a second). However, the problem of battery drain while using a media player remains.
GodEater:
--- Quote from: aboe on June 09, 2009, 03:42:35 AM ---GodEater, as far as the rockbox usb code or mode is concerned, I have no preference regarding it. I did not bring up this code or mode in my original post, and didn't know anything about it.
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Yes you did :
--- Quote ---And using the latter was the only way to get to rockbox's "it's now OK to safely disconnect the device" screen with the big green checkmark.
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This implied that you thought you were using some feature of Rockbox - although as has been pointed out, you weren't - you were using Apple's disk mode.
As to what gevaerts said: Not using our USB code means you won't run into problems with our implementation of charging. If you're still having problems with charging, you're having problems with them in code that is written and supplied by Apple. There is nothing we can do about it, and it suggests you may have issues with your battery.
You will always see the Rockbox USB logo briefly before the ipod is restarted in Apple's disk mode.
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