iPod 5: Disable "hold method" for starting original firmware?

[Bockrox]

I notice that you can start the original iPod firmware by enabling the "Hold" switch before the device boots up (section 3.1.3 of the documentation).

Is there a way to disable this behavior? I often leave the hold switch enabled inadvertently, but by doing so I get booted into iPod mode and my Files directory gets cluttered with Apple's "Calendars", "Notes", etc directories.

Thanks in advance.

[saratoga]

You'd have to edit out the check for it in the bootloader, then compile and install your own bootloader.  On the ipods this is pretty safe to do since even with a bad bootloader you can still boot into the firmware's USB mode. 

[Bockrox]

Hm, interesting. That seems like a lot of work, but I'll consider it. An option in the "Settings" menu of Rockbox would be nice, but I don't know if that's really possible.

Thanks for the info.

[Chronon]

This isn't really possible since the decision has to be made by the bootloader, not the Rockbox firmware.

[torne]

You would need to modify the source for rockbox as well, and use a custom build; if hold is turned on when rockbox starts it will reset its settings to defaults, which is probably much *more* annoying than booting the OF by accident

if you're bothered by the OF's directories, instead of deleting them, mark them as hidden. Rockbox does not show hidden files/folders by default (only if 'show files' is set to all). This way, they won't keep reappearing if you boot the OF.

[Bockrox]

if you're bothered by the OF's directories, instead of deleting them, mark them as hidden. Rockbox does not show hidden files/folders by default (only if 'show files' is set to all). This way, they won't keep reappearing if you boot the OF.

Interesting solution. Thanks for the tip!

On a side note, is there any danger to doing MENU + Select after I do boot into OF? Is it like a hard-shutdown on a computer in that it doesn't properly stop the hard disk?

[Chronon]

It is a hard reset, but it's the only way to reset the device and force the bootloader to run again.  Apple's firmware doesn't have the option to shut down the hardware.

[torne]

The hard reset is physically safe, though; the disk will not be damaged. The disk looks after itself, disks have been able to park their own heads for decades.

[Chronon]

Thanks.  I didn't mean to imply that it was dangerous to the hardware.