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Poll

Please read the post fully before voting - have you ever had the problem described?

4G Mono - Yes
0 (0%)
4G Mono - No
0 (0%)
Photo/Color - Yes
2 (4.9%)
Photo/Color - No
0 (0%)
Mini 1G - Yes
1 (2.4%)
Mini 1G - No
1 (2.4%)
Mini 2G - Yes
0 (0%)
Mini 2G - No
1 (2.4%)
Nano 1G - Yes
2 (4.9%)
Nano 1G - No
2 (4.9%)
Video - Yes
21 (51.2%)
Video - No
10 (24.4%)
Other model - Yes (PLEASE reply describing problem)
1 (2.4%)

Total Members Voted: 33

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Offline torne

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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2010, 02:49:30 PM »
I have now committed the workaround for this issue in revision 24207, for all the models listed above (4G, Photo, Video, Mini 1G, Mini 2G and Nano 1G). If you experience any further problems with this issue, please let us know ;)
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Offline Falco98

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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2010, 04:25:30 PM »
Quote from: torne on January 09, 2010, 02:49:30 PM
I have now committed the workaround for this issue in revision 24207, for all the models listed above (4G, Photo, Video, Mini 1G, Mini 2G and Nano 1G). If you experience any further problems with this issue, please let us know ;)
Think you could give us some details on the "workaround"?  Just out of curiosity.
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Offline yapper

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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2010, 04:32:32 PM »
http://svn.rockbox.org/viewvc.cgi/trunk/firmware/target/arm/ipod/power-ipod.c?r1=24206;r2=24207;pathrev=24207

"Some ipods do not power on correctly after being shut down and require a hard
reset before they work again. This workaround shuts the device down via the OF
which prevents the problem from occurring. There is a cosmetic effect: the low
battery symbol appears briefly on power of."
« Last Edit: January 09, 2010, 04:34:56 PM by yapper »
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Offline AlexP

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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2010, 04:32:38 PM »
http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/10107 should have all the details.
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Offline Chauncellor

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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2010, 03:30:25 AM »
Thank you guys very much. I appreciate a lot of your hard work.
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Offline torne

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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2010, 06:35:55 AM »
Boris Gjenero (dreamlayers) discovered the workaround; thanks are due to him. I just committed it :)
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Offline Chauncellor

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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #21 on: January 14, 2010, 11:48:57 AM »
Who cares? You're all instrumental in this :).
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Offline TexasRockbox

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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #22 on: January 14, 2010, 04:19:38 PM »
Strange, I've never had the problem (running 3.4, presently)  ???
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Offline shayguitarra

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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2010, 06:36:48 AM »
Absolutely marvellous. I had always just assumed this was a problem with my ipod only. Thank you.  :)
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Offline crescentfresh

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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #24 on: January 18, 2010, 01:25:45 PM »
I missed the voting on this, but just wanted to say I have an ipod photo running rockbox 3.4, and have this problem constantly.  It's not new to 3.4 either.  I've had this issue pretty consistent with all builds since I first got the ipod back in 2006.  I just assumed it was something you had to deal with when using custom firmware.
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Offline torne

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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #25 on: January 18, 2010, 02:24:17 PM »
You don't need to vote now, because the workaround has been applied. Current development builds should hopefully not have the problem any more (and nor will 3.5 once it is released).
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Offline froggyman

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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #26 on: January 18, 2010, 06:01:45 PM »
Quote from: torne on January 18, 2010, 02:24:17 PM
You don't need to vote now, because the workaround has been applied. Current development builds should hopefully not have the problem any more (and nor will 3.5 once it is released).

Isn't it possible to lock the poll, or even this thread then?
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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #27 on: January 18, 2010, 06:46:52 PM »
I already closed the poll; I didn't lock the thread since people seemed to be discussing things still :)
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Offline mfraser

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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #28 on: February 06, 2010, 10:50:39 AM »
Quote from: yapper on January 09, 2010, 04:32:32 PM
http://svn.rockbox.org/viewvc.cgi/trunk/firmware/target/arm/ipod/power-ipod.c?r1=24206;r2=24207;pathrev=24207

"Some ipods do not power on correctly after being shut down and require a hard
reset before they work again. This workaround shuts the device down via the OF
which prevents the problem from occurring. There is a cosmetic effect: the low
battery symbol appears briefly on power of."

Never had the problem with my 30GB iPod video, but it has been happening quite often with the 60GB version I bought a week ago.

Today I upgraded to 3.5 and was wondering about the battery symbol that appeared at power off, the above explains that!!
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Offline Chauncellor

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Re: iPod users: do you have problems starting it sometimes?
« Reply #29 on: February 06, 2010, 01:12:27 PM »
Thanks so much for including this! It works like a charm.
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