Rockbox for iPod Classic 6G available (and unstable)

[saratoga]

I have an iPod 6G 160GB 2007 Edition, not the 2009 one. Am I understand this thread correctly that there is no Rockbox or other OS for this specific iPod version available?

Not exactly, see the wiki:

http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/IpodClassicPort

[ichbinder]

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Not exactly, see the wiki:

http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/IpodClassicPort

Ah, ok. Thanks and great work. Maybe I'll give it a try when my iPod is back from repairing the LCD. In case I install this unstable Rockbox version, is there a relatively easy way to switch back to the original software?

Further comments or recommendations for a new player would also be awesome. 

Thanks!

[saratoga]

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Not exactly, see the wiki:

http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/IpodClassicPort

Ah, ok. Thanks and great work. Maybe I'll give it a try when my iPod is back from repairing the LCD. In case I install this unstable Rockbox version, is there a relatively easy way to switch back to the original software?

Depends how easy you think those instructions are. 

[probedb]

Is there any easy way to identify which iPod classic is which? I've tried looking at the Apple page but sometimes they're referred to as 1G-3G, sometimes 1G-7G?

I want to pick up a 160GB one from ebay but a little unsure as to how I can get someone to check what generation it is?

I've been running Rockbox on a 1G nano for years but thought I'd see if I can help out with bug finding on a port with more storage space

Any help much appreciated!

Paul.

[SpecFroce]

i'd go with a new one.... High future potential, because it's still in production, great storage and solid platform.. Why risk getting a half used one then  ?

[probedb]

i'd go with a new one.... High future potential, because it's still in production, great storage and solid platform.. Why risk getting a half used one then  ?

Price, why else? My 2nd hand nano has lasted 5 years as well so what's your point?

[Squishy]

Finally got my 6g working tonight, pretty neat so far. Do the current themes work on this or am I stuck(not complaing) with the default theme?

[Verfblikje]

Hey guys,

Great work on the iPod Classic port (running a 1G 80GB). So far it has been working great, with some minor glitches. Up until now I did not have any problems, that where unsolvable with a reboot. However, now the emBIOS menu tells me the following:

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Rockbox does not seem to be installed. You need to extract it to the root directory of your iPod.

Press any key to return to the menu.

How would I go about fixing this? I can get into the UMSboot function I can get it to show up in Windows (7 x64), but I only see the UMSboot folder(?), which is 63.9 MB if I remember correctly. Is there another way to show everything that is on the HDD, so I can unpack Rockbox again?

Thanks in advance,

Nick

[[Saint]]

You should be able to launch the Rockbox fallback image via emCORE's "Tools" menu.
After that, connect via USB and extract a new build as normal.



[St.]

[AtaraxiaNZ]

I'm having a bit of trouble with my 160gb (Thick model) Classic 1g. I can install the Emcore firmware, but when I open the fallback Rockbox image and connect the iPod to my PC it comes up as Removable Disk G: with 0 bytes of space. So I can't copy the rockbox file, or anything else for that matter

I know this is very alpha software but can anyone help me?

[Verfblikje]

You should be able to launch the Rockbox fallback image via emCORE's "Tools" menu.
After that, connect via USB and extract a new build as normal.



[St.]

I couldn't find that in iLoader, but I read on http://www.freemyipod.org/wiki/ILoader iLoader is no longer supported. So I just installed emCORE and the latest version of Rockbox. It is now initializing my database again. Thanks for the support.

[matzestinks]

Hey, I finally found this thread!

Always I want to connect my IPod classic 2nd Generation to my PC (Linux/WinXp, I tried both) it's closing automaticly after about 3 min.
Do you know how to fix this? Any updates planned?

Thanks!

//EDIT: Found the thread about the fix! http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,28562.0.html

[steve-lainen]

Dear all.

Can anyone clarify what the "partial" under "power management" means? I kind of think that charing under Rockbox is maybe not possible (but that would make it very unusable) or does it charge slowly or...??

Best regards

Peter

[AlexP]

I suspect it refers to the very short battery life in Rockbox.

[telliott]

Any hope for a breakthrough on the battery issue.  I can't wait to make the jump!  I've been a long time Rockbox user on my Archos JBR v1.  I'm using MediaMonkey  and have been having sync issues with my iPod Classic 160GB

Tim