How long for an uninstall?

[fridaynightjazz]

Hi all,

I'm trying to uninstall Rockbox using the Rockbox Utility (then Uninstallation -> Remove the bootloader), but it appears to be stuck at 'Editing installation log' with 0% progress. This has been the case for near on twenty minutes now.

Should it really take this long?

[LambdaCalculus]

What version of Rockbox Utility are you using, and for what iPod?

[GodEater]

...and no, it shouldn't take that long - it should take seconds...

[Delta009]

You'd better use the "ipodpatcher" utility.
It takes literally seconds and, in my opinion, it is much more simple than the Rockbox Utility.

There are instructions and download links here : http://download.rockbox.org/manual/rockbox-ipodvideo/rockbox-buildch2.html#x4-110002.3.2

Just scroll down to the "Bootloader installation from Windows" section, or whatever your OS is.

[bluebrother]

You'd better use the "ipodpatcher" utility.
It takes literally seconds and, in my opinion, it is much more simple than the Rockbox Utility.

I'm sorry, but this response is a bit short of a thought. ipodpatcher might be "much more simple", but it also does much less. You can't uninstall Rockbox using ipodpatcher, you can only uninstall the bootloader using ipodpatcher. That makes a huge difference. Especially installation is easier using Rockbox Utility as you don't need to worry about several steps that need to be done (and you have nice features like graphically installing themes )

Of course you're free to prefer ipodpatcher for bootloader installation, but for installation itself Rockbox Utility is the preferred method for the majority of users (and it's also the recommended one). ipodpatcher has advantages if you run into problems with bootloader (un)installation.