The "My ipod install went wrong" Thread. **Updated 6th Aug 2007**

[Llorean]

Generally this means "Try a different USB cable, or a different USB port"

[Snarlydogs]

I tried all my other USB ports, (Don't have another cable though) and I still got the same error message

[Snarlydogs]

Success! Thanks anyway. Went back and completed the whole process again

[johnny94]

Hey, I have a nano and I've extracted .rockbox folder onto my ipod and i've also downloaded ipodpatcher as I'm trying to use the bootloader..

when i run ipodpatcher it just keeps saying the "no ipods found, aborting"

my ipod is clearly attached and is in disc mode and I can move files onto it, but it is not recognized by ipodpatcher

can anyone help me out with this?

[Febs]

Is it a first-generation Nano or second generation?

[r-m-b-0965]

I installed everything according to the manual, but when I started up my iPod nano it shows the Rockbox logo then it goes to another screen and says, "No Partition found. Insert USB cable and fix it."
What can I do to fix this?

[Llorean]

It sounds like you might be experiencing http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/7510

[r-m-b-0965]

So is there anything that I can do?

[Llorean]

If you read through all the information, you'll find out what the situation is. It includes some both some ways to work around, and what help we need from users.

[r-m-b-0965]

There we go the test data 1 worked. Thank you very much!

[vargob]

iPod mini 2G, 4 gb.  it was working fine this morning with a port from the spring (april??).  i unzipped the newest port while it was charging.  once i unplugged it, all i see is "rockbox ver. r14224-070807"  i tried going back a few versions, but still nothing.

is there another update i need to do?

[vargob]

well i downloaded and ran the ipodpatcher


ipodpatcher v1.0 with v1.1 bootloaders - (C) Dave Chapman 2006-2007
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[INFO] Scanning disk devices...
[INFO] Ipod found - 2nd Generation Mini ("winpod") - disk device 1
[INFO] Reading partition table from \\.\PhysicalDrive1
[INFO] Sector size is 512 bytes
[INFO] Part    Start Sector    End Sector   Size (MB)   Type
[INFO]    0              63         80324        39.2   Empty (0x00)
[INFO]    1           80325       7984304      3859.4   W95 FAT32 (0x0b)
[INFO] Ipod model: 2nd Generation Mini ("winpod")
Enter i to install the Rockbox bootloader, u to uninstall
 or c to cancel and do nothing (i/u/c) :

and hit i to reinstall the bootloader.

I then reinstalled the firmware and it booted into rockbox but now i have another problem.  I can get into it and (presumably) play music.  When I go to plug the cable in,  it shows the usb cord graphic and then it goes blank.  the computer does not recognize it and the keypad has no effect.  the only way to get it to come on is to use the menu+select to reboot it.

what is going wrong here?  


uninstalled boot loader and deleted .rockbox and started over.  same thing, the computer does not recognize the ipod when in rockbox or when it boots, it goes dead after realizing it is plugged in -- as opposed to changing over to the apple software.

[bluebrother]

I then reinstalled the firmware and it booted into rockbox but now i have another problem.  I can get into it and (presumably) play music.  When I go to plug the cable in,  it shows the usb cord graphic and then it goes blank.  the computer does not recognize it and the keypad has no effect.  the only way to get it to come on is to use the menu+select to reboot it.

This is a known issue that appears on some Ipods with some builds. The reasons are currently unknown. You have two options: try as long until you find a build that properly reboots or simply use the manual disk mode (that's what I'm doing -- a bit annoying but it works perfectly).

[reku68]

my ipod (video) at first wouldn't reconise that I had the .exe even though i put it there and did the bootloader right. then it kept flashing the apple thing and going back to the screen that said how to restart and get to the drive thing. i tried both and i think the restart worked but nothing changed and the drive thing didn't work. then i tried conecting it back to my computer but it would not reconise that it was there. so i was stuck with the weird screen. then it ran out of battery and i think it charged (very dark) and then it just stayed with the little battery thing in the center. couldn't get back to that old menu.

the end

it worked perfect before download

[desowin]

my ipod (video) at first wouldn't reconise that I had the .exe even though i put it there and did the bootloader right. then it kept flashing the apple thing and going back to the screen that said how to restart and get to the drive thing. i tried both and i think the restart worked but nothing changed and the drive thing didn't work. then i tried conecting it back to my computer but it would not reconise that it was there. so i was stuck with the weird screen. then it ran out of battery and i think it charged (very dark) and then it just stayed with the little battery thing in the center. couldn't get back to that old menu.

You might want to restore your iPod
From your description I assume you're using Microsoft Windows, so you could use iTunes or iPodUpdater (there's option to restore your iPod)
To get into disk mode, press menu+select (and hold it), when it reboots, press menu+play

If you don't quite understand how to get to disk mode - there's video http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=dq5qtvBUkvQ