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Offline tp11

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Ipod 4th Gen Grayscale won't power off
« on: July 20, 2011, 06:35:33 PM »
I just installed 3.9 and cannot figure out how to turn the device off. Pressing play button does nothing and select + menu reboots the device. Idle poweroff doesn't seem to do anything.
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Offline Chronon

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Re: Ipod 4th Gen Grayscale won't power off
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2011, 11:41:54 PM »
Did you try holding Play?  Idle power-off should work.  Might you have done something to interrupt the idle period?  If it really can't turn off, it might be the same sort of problem as here:
http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,19666.0.html
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Re: Ipod 4th Gen Grayscale won't power off
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2011, 03:11:35 AM »
Holding the play doesn't work. Looks like the ipod was on the whole night: the battery was fully charged when I posted my first message, now it has only couple of percent left.

I have used Rockbox successfully on this same ipod about a year ago, it is the latest version that does not work.
Post Merge: July 21, 2011, 04:26:58 AM
I tried the latest from SVN, still no power off. I wish there was a menu item called "Shut down".
« Last Edit: July 21, 2011, 04:26:58 AM by tp11 »
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Re: Ipod 4th Gen Grayscale won't power off
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2011, 06:15:26 AM »
This is almost certainly a hardware fault as described in the thread Chronon linked to; a shutdown menu option will not help you. The ipod cannot power off if it is receiving power from the dock connector, or *thinks* it is because of a shorted pin or other hardware failure in the charging circuitry.
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Offline tp11

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Re: Ipod 4th Gen Grayscale won't power off
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2011, 02:10:47 PM »
Ok, I'll try with the Apple firmware.

EDIT: Is the shutdown same in Rockbox as in official iPod firmware as in it is not a real shutdown but the device goes to idle mode.
« Last Edit: July 21, 2011, 02:16:00 PM by tp11 »
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Re: Ipod 4th Gen Grayscale won't power off
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2011, 05:24:14 PM »
Quote from: tp11 on July 21, 2011, 02:10:47 PM
Ok, I'll try with the Apple firmware.

EDIT: Is the shutdown same in Rockbox as in official iPod firmware as in it is not a real shutdown but the device goes to idle mode.
Rockbox shuts down the device completely. We don't have a sleep mode. The original firmware will probably be able to put the device to sleep.
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Re: Ipod 4th Gen Grayscale won't power off
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2011, 03:49:42 PM »
I think it might be a hardware failure as you said earlier. I installed the firmware that I had earlier (3.5.1) and it won't power off. Seems to be working great with original firmware.
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Offline Chronon

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Re: Ipod 4th Gen Grayscale won't power off
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2011, 04:36:45 PM »
Apple's firmware doesn't ever try to power off the hardware, so it's not surprising that you won't see this behavior there.
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