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Discussion of now-committed ipod startup workaround
torne:
That's odd, but I don't know what I can suggest.. the workaround has worked very well for basically everyone else. :(
Also, I don't think anyone else has previously experienced it 100% of the time. Even my ipodvideo64mb which had the problem very frequently only did it one time in three or four...
dcr693:
Thanks for the reply.
In fact, it gets worse. When I shut down under Rockbox, I can see that the screen is flashing "Please wait Very Low Battery" continuously. I might be able to live with that, but it's doubtless eating the battery as it's idle. In the end, it might not even be the same problem as the one you've posted about here.
This might just be a bad nano. I'm going to try restoring it in iTunes and reinstalling RB. I pray that fixes it. :)
Falco98:
I am also having a hard time getting the ipod into standard USB mode (as a reminder I am using a 5.5g 80gig, running the 3.5 official build); When I plug in my USB cable from a powered-off state, it boots into rockbox and then goes to the "Multimedia Mode" screen (with the picture of the USB plug), but as opposed to what it's done before, it never bothers to reset into the "do not disconnect" screen on which I actually get USB connectivity to my PC. I have no choice at this point but to UNPLUG the usb cable, at which point the ipod *then* decides to reboot into the "Do Not Disconnect" screen, rather briefly, before realizing no USB is plugged in and restarting into Rockbox again. Argh! (I tried once, and if I plug the cable BACK in just before getting to the DND screen, it will work).
So now I'm back on my WPS screen and, while it's running, i plug the cable in, and of course now it cycles properly to the DND screen; but only by doing this (i.e. powering the unit on first) can I cleanly get there. It seems a little odd.
torne:
Hm, there is seperate code to handle what we call "early" USB, i.e. when the USB cable is already connected at boot. However, it ultimately does the same thing, and I can't see how the shutdown change can make a difference..
I think I have a better fix for this problem, and I'm going to post some test builds later. You can try one of those to see if it fixes the issues you are having?
torne:
OK, test builds for the new fix are here: http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=24376.0
If you have been having any problems since the commit of this workaround, try the new fix and see if your problems go away (but also make sure the startup bug hasn't been reintroduced).
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