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I NEED HELP

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karashata:
Hmm... Doing a little more research... Try toggling the hold switch on, then back off, then holding Menu + Select to power it off, I'm not sure it that will help but it's the only thing I can find that we haven't tried yet.

Assuming that doesn't work, I would let it drain completely until it powers itself down, then plug it in to a wall outlet or a USB port and let it fully recharge before trying to boot it into disk mode (holding Select + Play *immediately* after turning the iPod on until it goes into disk mode) while connected to your computer.

I hope that works, otherwise I would have to guess something is seriously wrong with your iPod.

lopacio:
I'll try both of your suggestions and see if it works

bluebrother:

--- Quote from: lopacio on February 11, 2010, 06:32:13 PM ---I found ver 1.07 somewhere and tried to follow the instructions, and changed the windows installer to enabled.
--- End quote ---
Please don't use versions that are that outdated. A lot will be broken for various reasons (like things that changed on the download server).


--- Quote ---can't load rockbox, Ipod:
File not found

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You are missing the main build. Put it into disk mode by pressing (and holding) Menu + Select until the Ipod reboots (can easily take 30 seconds or so), and once the Ipod reboots (could be a bit hard to spot on a color LCD) press Play + Select. The Ipod will enter emergency disk mode. This will always work because its built-in into the Apple bootloader. Then connect the Ipod to the PC and install the main build. With Rockbox Utility, use Actions / Installation / Install Rockbox (or use the Install Rockbox butotn in the Installation tab, that's the same). Then install the current release or build (that's up to you). Reset the Ipod again by pressing and holding Menu + Select so it reboots. You should end up in Rockbox.

And please use a descriptive topic. "I need help" is not even close to descriptive, and please stop screaming topics. Thanks.

lopacio:

torne: Thanks a lot for your suggestion . Ipod is now back to normal state. It would not boot nor start disk mode with the key combinations but... sliding the hold button and plug in it in did the trick.
Thanks again to all of you...

torne:
1) Let the battery run down until it shuts itself off.
2) Turn on the hold switch
3) Plug the iPod into a power source

It should boot up into the original firmware (because the hold switch is on). Then you can install the Rockbox build.

The hard-reset combination (turn hold on then off, then hold menu+select for a very long time) really is implemented in hardware as far as we know so if that doesn't work then either you are doing it wrong or your hardware is broken, but the above may work anyway.

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