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Ipod wont connect to PC

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jamesteampro:
I've just installed Rockbox using Emcore on my Ipod classic 160gb 6 gen and it appears to be successful. But I cant seem to connect my ipod to my PC anymore (windows 7). When connecting my PC makes the correct noise when another device connects to it but doesn't show up in computer or iTunes.

Any ideas on what I am doing wrong or how I would otherwise go back to stock (as iTunes wont see it at the moment). I didnt read the manuel at the time and cant seem to access it now on the rockbox utility as it is greyed out.

Cheers.

[Saint]:
This is technically speaking more of a question for the freemyipod team, as Rockbox is classed as 'unusable' by the Rockbox project (no supported bootloader installation method).

Here's the problem in a nutshell:

USB in recent builds of Rockbox is buggy on certain Windows machines (for entirely unknown reasons).

Because of this, the current emCORE release ships with a "fallback image", which is a stripped down version of Rockbox with known working USB - it was this fallback image that enabled you to install Rockbox on your device using Rockbox Utility.

This fallback image can be accessed from emCORE main menu -> Tools -> Run Rockbox fallback image.

You will need to use this fallback image whenever you want to mount the device storage.

The freemyipod team is working diligently in the background to provide a(nother) workaround for this issue, by way of their own "Disk Mode" emCORE application that will be shipped out to the public in the form of a new emCORE release after rounds of testing.

If you were to ask nicely in their IRC channel, I am certain they would be willing to provide you with an updated binary for the purposes of testing.

There are also other things that would negate this issue in the course of further development that haven't yet eventuated - so stay tuned.


[Saint]

jamesteampro:
Hello [saint],

Thank you for The help! Using the fallback image worked fine. I shall read into it more on the freemyipod site and contact emCORE in future.

Cheers,
James.

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