My Beloved Mini Seems to be Dead

[h.finn]

Hi everybody!
I'm panicking here!
Tried to install R.box on my mini.
Now neither iTunes nor Rockbox work on it.
And can't uninstall Rockbox either!!!!!
I get this message:
"BAD CHECKSUM
HOLD MENU + SELECT TO REBOOT THEN SELECT + PLAY FOR DISK MODE
Partition 1:0x0B3866
Loading Rockbox.....
Length: 86DC8
Checksum: 361B611
Model Name: mn2g
Loading Rockbox.ipod
Sum:361B60F
Error!
Can't Load Rockbox.ipod"
If I hold: Select+Menu, I get this message
If I hold: Select+Play, simply says Disk Mode.....ok to Disconnect.
That's all!!
No other options.
Hopefully somebody had same problem and managed to solve it!

Many thanks for any help.

[Llorean]

How did you install Rockbox, what exactly did you do, and what happens when you connect it while in disk mode?

[h.finn]

Hi,
Thanks for the quick answer!
I installed it by downloading R. and unzipping it onto my computer...then installing it in mini.
I realise now this might not be the procedure to follow (ALWAYS read innstructions carefully!)
I restored factory settings through iTunes (WORKED, thank God!) and will now restart...
I have to unzip it directly to the ipod, don't I?

[Llorean]

You should be using Rockbox Utility.

[h.finn]

Great, thanks.
I'll give it a go now.............
I want to install first on the Mini to try it. If I managed properly I'll install it later on my newly bought 5.5gen refurbished!!
Ok............here we go!!
 
.............
ALAS: FAT CHANCE!!!
No can do!!!!
Now I get:
"Rockbox Boot Loader Version 3.0
Ipod version: 0x0004001 HMS360404D5CF00
Partition1: 0x0B3866
Loading Rockbox.....
Error!
Can't Load Rockbox
Ipod file not found
Hold MENU+SELECT to Reboot
Then SELECT+PLAY for Disk Mode"
.............
What' happening?
What am I doing wrong?
 

[Llorean]

I don't know. Tell me exactly what you did. It looks like you didn't do a complete install.

[h.finn]

Well I followed the Installation Instruction step by step:
-Enable use as disk
-There are three separate components, two of which need to be installed in order to
run Rockbox:
          The Rockbox bootloader.
          The Rockbox firrmware.
-To automatically install Rockbox, download the official installer and housekeeping tool
Rockbox Utility.
-When first starting Rockbox Utility run \Autodetect"
-1. Download your chosen version of Rockbox from the links in the previous section.
-2. Connect your player to the computer via USB or Firewire as described in the
manual that came with your player.
-3. Take the .zip le that you downloaded and use the \Extract all" command of
your unzip program to extract the les onto your player.         
-The entire contents of the .zip le should be extracted directly to the root of b
your player's drive.
-If the contents of the .zip le are extracted correctly, you will have a directory called
.rockbox, which contains all the les needed by Rockbox, in the main directory of your
player's drive...............................
..
I only have a file called rbutilqt-v1.2.5

[Llorean]

Please, type in your own words what you did. Do not copy and paste. Explain everything.

The fact of the matter is, something has gone wrong. I need to know exactly what you did - what did you click on and which options did you choose?

[h.finn]

I'm sorry about cut/paste!
It's just because that' exctly what I did:
I downloaded the Utility and did Autodetect
It found my 1st gen Mini
Hey..........
I forgot to download the actual Current Build!!!!!
Thanks for telling me to type in my own words!!!!
I had to recheck step by step and.....IT WORKS!!!!
Many, many thanks for your help.
...
Could you just possibly tell me how to switch between Rockbox and iTunes?
I must be really dumb....can't do it, apparently!
H.

[Multiplex]

Could you just possibly tell me how to switch between Rockbox and iTunes?
I must be really dumb....can't do it, apparently!
H.

That will be in section 3.1.3 of the MANUAL http://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-ipodmini1g/rockbox-buildch3.html#x5-250003

Seriously - you should put on some good tunes and sit down and have a read of the manual, Rockbox has a very good and comprehensive manual, you will miss out on lots of things if you don't take a read through it.

[h.finn]

Multiplex, you are absolutely right.
I have to admit I rushed through it.
Plus....at work, so the time was very limited!
So....I apologize and thank you for your support!!

....
One thing I have so far been unable to find in the manual is this: when I connect to my laptop at home I get this message:
"USB Device Not Recognized"
I'm looking through google to see if it has happened before (must have! )....but nothing so far.
P.S.: I'm on windows xp both at work and home and the usb ports on the laptop work allright through iTunes.
H.

[Multiplex]

Sorry, can't help with your Device not recognised query - never seen it on my iRivers.

By the way - welcome to Rockbox!