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iPod: disable boot to original firmware with "hold"-button
Tron:
--- Quote from: whiskers75 on December 31, 2012, 10:45:32 AM ---By the way, I can make a custom build for you with these tweaks enabled :)
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Thanks, I might come back to you about that. Until now, I have successfully compiled and installed Rockbox including the bootloader, but somehow I'm commenting the wrong if-statement. It runs, but still resets if the hold-switch is set...
whiskers75:
--- Quote from: Tron on December 31, 2012, 01:05:03 PM ---
--- Quote from: whiskers75 on December 31, 2012, 10:45:32 AM ---By the way, I can make a custom build for you with these tweaks enabled :)
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Thanks, I might come back to you about that. Until now, I have successfully compiled and installed Rockbox including the bootloader, but somehow I'm commenting the wrong if-statement. It runs, but still resets if the hold-switch is set...
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No problem. Maybe try commenting out the ENTIRE reset code block :)
[Saint]:
--- Quote from: whiskers75 on December 31, 2012, 10:42:46 AM ---Although, it is true that you can ALWAYS go into disk mode and reflash.
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ipodpatcher supports a few different types of installation, the default installation type (the most robust, but not the fastest) that Rockbox Utility uses being just one of many possible configurations. It isn't always safe to assume that the OF is going to be accessible.
The Nano2G and Classic are special exceptions. It is possible to 'brick' a Nano2G (but you have to really try to do it), but it is recoverable by opening the device and shorting two pads. The Nano2G is also special in that it can use either the Rockbox bootloader or emCORE.
The Classic an exception because it pretty much doesn't matter what you do to it, even though it isn't currently capable of booting either EDM or the Apple OF under emCORE you will always be able to restore the device using DFU mode and iTunes unless the hardware is actually damaged.
[Saint]
Tron:
Hi all,
just a short post to tell you: it worked. Rockbox now boots flawlessly with the hold-switch on and I'm still able to boot into the original OS by holding "menu" if I really need to (that is sometimes necessary when the battery is really drained. In that case, Rockbox, which cannot charge while switched off, somehow cannot sustain itself by external power alone and keeps rebooting over and over. Booting into the original OS and charging the battery for a few minutes there does the trick...).
Thanks to all for the help!
whiskers75:
--- Quote from: Tron on January 01, 2013, 04:44:59 PM ---Hi all,
just a short post to tell you: it worked. Rockbox now boots flawlessly with the hold-switch on and I'm still able to boot into the original OS by holding "menu" if I really need to (that is sometimes necessary when the battery is really drained. In that case, Rockbox, which cannot charge while switched off, somehow cannot sustain itself by external power alone and keeps rebooting over and over. Booting into the original OS and charging the battery for a few minutes there does the trick...).
Thanks to all for the help!
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No problem. (I had the same power problem too!)
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