No Partition Found On Custom iPod 5.5

[Astirysk]

Hello, I made an account just to ask this question.

I just bought a custom built ipod off Etsy. It's super cool. I had the idea that it would be even cooler with Rockbox on it. Maybe it would be. I thought I could just install the correct version, and all would be well. But apparently Rockbox is a bit complicated, and not for people new to customizing the way an ipod works.

I haven't even had my new ipod for 10 minutes and it's telling me "No partition found. Insert USB cable and fix it." in white text on a black screen, since it looked like that mattered on a post I skimmed looking for answers.

I am somewhat tech savvy, but right now I work a lot, and just don't have time to learn all of this.

Can someone please just tell me how to get my ipod back to the way it was before I tried to do this? I am way out of my element here, and just want to relax, and listen to things on my new device.

Thank you.   

[saratoga]

Did it ever work in rockbox?  Does "custom built" mean flash memory instead of a hard disk? 

[Astirysk]

It was built with a 128GB SD card in it, with a transparent cover, and rainbow backplate. That is why I called it custom built.

Rockbox loaded once, and I went to load the database, or something of that nature, and it crashed. Now I get the Rockbox startup screen before seeing the message of No Partition Found, etc.

[philden]

Can you get back to the original Apple OS? Hold Menu and Select until the iPod reboots then quickly turn the hold switch on. It should then restart in standard iPod mode.

[Astirysk]

Yes, that gets me back to the original Apple OS just fine.

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OH! Thank you! I get it!

I plugged it back in that way, my laptop recognized it, and I was able to uninstall.

Next time I go to do this, I will look up some youtube videos on it or something.

Thank you so much for the help! So quickly, too!

[saratoga]

The issue is probably the 3rd party disk.  What is the exact version of rockbox you were running?

[Astirysk]

The file says 1.4.1

[saratoga]

That is the version string from Rockbox Utility, the program you're running on your PC.  I'm asking about the version of Rockbox running on your MP3 player.  It will be hard to help you without knowing what you are running.

[Astirysk]

Well, I have already uninstalled it, after following philden's instructions. I'm not trying to hide any information, I just don't know where to look. I came here because I was pretty clueless on how it worked in general, and just wanted it off my ipod til I had time to figure it out.

Do I need to put it back on my ipod to find out what you are asking?

[saratoga]

If the .rockbox folder is still on your device, you can look in the rockbox-info.txt file.  If you deleted that already, then if you try again try the current build rather than the stable release and see if that works. 

[braewoods]

I believe saratoga is onto something. There's well known problems with iFlash adapters (which are popular with iPod mods) and Rockbox. If you could get us pictures of the insides we could probably tell you more.

Edit: If this is indeed the case then there's not much you can do other than change the internal storage to something else. The cheap Chinese adapters which are purely passive are known to work well with Rockbox on other ports so that is probably the best option. In any case we should know what exactly the seller did before making any real suggestions.