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iPod 5.5 recently upgraded to SSD, problems with Rockbox

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BranMakMorn:
Hello everyone,

I have recently had an iPod 5.5 upgraded to a 256GB SSD drive (I think it is a Seagate ST500LX005).

I've restored my iPod via iTunes, then used the Rockbox Utility to Rockbox it. All went fine, I could boot Rockbox no problem, and browse around the menus.

But then, I plug it back in to my laptop (Win10) and start transferring my entire music collection (about 180GB), but after a while the transfer either dies by itself, or it gives me this kind of error http://imgur.com/a/kg1mo. It then hangs for ages, until I cancel the transfer. It then crushes my whole Windows Explorer and I have to re-launch it. This happened 3 times. When I plug the iPod back in, I can see the list of folders but none of them can be opened. And then the iPod itself will not launch Rockbox, giving me some error message upon booting.

What the hell is going on? I had a 7g iPod classic for months, Rockboxed, and it never gave me any sort of issue...

Is it because of the SSD?

Thanks!

BranMakMorn:
A little update. I tried again and while the transfer failed again, at least it didn't screw up my iPod. Rockbox booted fine, but all the folders were empty. So I plugged it back in, deleted everything, and tried again with just 3 folders/albums. That worked out just fine, I am playing it right now.

Why?

saratoga:
If your SSD doesn't work with Rockbox's drivers, you can try using the Apple firmware for USB transfers.  You may have disk corruption during normal use however. 

BranMakMorn:
Sorry, silly question: what do you mean by "use Apple firmware". Sync via iTunes?

cereal_killer:
Trying transferring files with the Apple firmware, or Apple Diskmode is certainly a good idea to see, if the problems appears here too.

But the error message says something with I/O errors. This reminds me of my experiences with my SSD modded 5.5gen iPod. I use a 256GB Super Talent ZT3 SSD wit it and I had problems to connect the SSD to the motherboard right. Just connecting it gave me I/O errors too, because the connection got lost during file transfer. Applying some pressure to the connector fixed the problem (I just padded the drive a lot on the upper side, so that the backcase pushes the drive down). This is certainly no permanent fix, but I never had errors ever since. So try to see, if the problems comes from a bad connection of the drive.

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