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Variety of issues with iPod 5.5 (possibly hardware?)

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fractalosi:
The fact the Classics are labelled as 'Unusable', rather than even 'Unstable' puts me off more. Really, I'm just looking for a stable music player that can play my ~60GB of FLACs reliably. It looks like the iPod Photo or Video are best for that, as long as they're reliable. Other recommendations are appreciated, however. Are any of the iPod line noticeably better supported than others, for instance? Any supported player would be acceptable, I'd guess, I just focused on iPods because they're widespread and easy to find. Thanks.

Frankenpod:
But where are they labelled as 'unusable'? 

If you check the front page of this site the first 'project news' item is:

2017-05-01   Move iPod Nano 2G to stable. Move iPod Classic to unstable.

But I'm not a rockbox dev, and personally I think the terminology they use is really confusing.  I believe that 'unstable' doesn't mean rockbox itself will fall over or is full of bugs, I _think_ it means that it's still in active development and the codebase may continue to change.  I _think_ that's what they mean by 'unstable'.

It seems that mainly the Classic is not 'stable' because it isn't installable with the mainstream rockbox utility.  Apart from that it works as well as any other rockbox player.  Except for flash-modded ipods where there is some sort of incompatibility with the ATA driver.  But if you only have 60gb of content you don't need a flash-mod.

fractalosi:
What makes the Classics better than the previous generations? And can you personally testify to their stability? Can they still be restored from iTunes no matter what, even if they're bricked, like the Video can be? Thanks.

Frankenpod:

--- Quote from: fractalosi on March 17, 2019, 10:08:36 AM ---What makes the Classics better than the previous generations? And can you personally testify to their stability? Can they still be restored from iTunes no matter what, even if they're bricked, like the Video can be? Thanks.

--- End quote ---

Whether they are 'better' is a matter of personal preference.  I think the housing is nicer-looking, and the CPU is more powerful, and I think it may have longer battery life [newer hardware = lower power consumption?], but it makes no difference to me which you prefer!  Some people do seem to swear by that Wolfson DAC.

Can't give you a personal guarantee, all I can say is I have several flash-modded ones and they all work well enough and have done for years (barring the known issues with flash mods, which have to be worked-around - if only someone could modify that ATA driver to play nicely with flash adaptors!).

I don't believe either the classic or the video can be 'bricked', unless there is a hardware fault.  But you'd be better asking an actual developer.

fractalosi:
For now I've reinstalled rockbox on my iPod Video, and while it still has the same problems as before, I'm living with it. The strange one is the battery drain, as it is near zero in Apple Firmware, but high in Rockbox. Is there any kind of profiling I can enable to try and debug this my end?

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