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Unable to remove. iPod Nano 2g Stuck! Can't load rockbox.ipod:

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Chronon:
If you can't boot into Disk Mode it is likely that your iPod is suffering from some kind of hardware failure.

gbl08ma:
IMHO it is a problem with software not being able to detect the keys and clickwheel, hence why you can't select or scroll in the original firmware (and if Rockbox worked, you couldn't either). IIRC there have been other people with similar symptoms in this forum.

The Menu+Select reset works because it's not done through software, it's hardwired to the power management module (I think). Play+Select (to access disk mode) is done through software (the bootloader), and it doesn't work.

So basically, your iPod is defective. If I'm correct and this is a problem in the clickwheel, you could disassemble the iPod (take the main board out, disconnecting it form piezo and clickwheel) and put everything back together (there are instructions to do this on the internet, just make sure to loose no screws like I did :) ) and hope it was just a connection problem between the clickwheel and the main board. If the problem persists, you could try replacing the clickwheel (I'm not sure how to take it out of the case, but it should be possible). And even if you replace the clickwheel and the problem still persists, you're out of luck, probably it's a failure in the main board... and then you'd better get a new iPod.

[Saint]:
You mean hardware...

If it were software it could not possibly affect Rockbox *and* the OF.

gbl08ma:
Now that I think on it, the correct term in this case is 'an hardware problem that doesn't allow software to recognize the clickwheel, but still allows certain hardware (power management?) to recognize the Menu+Select key combination'.

It can just be (hopefully) the clickwheel disconnected or poorly connected to the main board. Even because the hold switch works (otherwise, how could s/he have booted into OF?).

cramer:
I fixed this issue by installing ipodpatcher http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/IpodPatcher#Introduction
and removing the bootloader ...

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