Ipod 5.5 scroll wheel issue

[|2eM!x]

With one of the newer patches, my scroll wheel has totally gone to crap.  I can use it on the main menu ok and the database main menu, but searching through artists is impossible.  It moves around and doesnt go the direction I want to.  Is this a known bug? Do others experience it?

My scroll wheel works fine in original apple firmware fyi.

[bluebrother]

Patches are not supported here. Ask the patch author in the appropriate tracker entry. If the problem also exists with the official build please report back.

[|2eM!x]

Sorry, I meant most recent offical build not patch.

[|2eM!x]

Im sorry but now the backlight is constantly turning on and off.  I really love this firmware, and these issues are recent.  Can anyone tell me any solutions or any other occurances of this?  I love it but if I have to switch back to regular I will  

[Llorean]

Constantly turning on and off where? What build revision are you running?

You're giving very little information about the problem, and nobody else is reporting experiencing it. This makes it very hard for anyone to help you.

Information I will need: Bootloader Version, Rockbox version, Exactly what problems you're having, and when they tend to happen (for example, does the scrollwheel just work badly in menus, or does it do strange things while adjusting volume in the wps?), and so forth.

[bascule]

Im sorry but now the backlight is constantly turning on and off.  I really love this firmware, and these issues are recent.  Can anyone tell me any solutions or any other occurances of this?  I love it but if I have to switch back to regular I will  

I suspect the backlight setting has reverted to it's short default value (2s? 5s?).
Try resetting settings and loading up a recent config file (or start from scratch if you haven't saved one )

[xlarge]

... I love it but if I have to switch back to regular I will  

There's no need threatening with you switching back to "regular" (I'm guessing you mean original firmware?), do what ever you want.

[|2eM!x]

There's no need threatening with you switching back to "regular" (I'm guessing you mean original firmware?), do what ever you want.

Let me just say, in no way was I threatening.  I just love this firmware too much, and I would like to stay with it.

r12753-070313 is my rockbox version, however I don't know exactly where to see the bootloader version.  I went into the system menu and couldn't find anything, and I checked out the intro screen but it loads to fast for anything to catch my eye.

As to my problem, sometimes I can turn on rockbox and it will work semi-fine in scrolling (I can bear will scrolling, but it really doesnt work 100%) and other times it just doesnt work.  I can't scroll through artists and I can't scroll through menus.  Sometimes I turn on my player and just press play two times and keep it in shuffle because the hassle is so great.
It happens in the WPS too sometimes, I didn't realize it until you said but it is a pain to switch volumes sometimes too.

The backlight just keeps coming on during WPS screen.  I noticed because I got home and the battery was all the way gone ( I use it in my car for an hour tops per day).  I also usually play guitar and I play my ipod through speakers near me, I noticed that the screen would constantly turn off and on by itself.  The only way to stop it is to slap the hold switch into the on position.

I hope I gave enough info, ask for anymore.  If you need the bootloader info, could you just give me a rough idea where to find it?  I'll search in the mean time.  Thanks.

[Flid]

I have no idea about the scrollwheel issue.

However... the backlight issue sounds like a specific Rockbox feature / settings, which you may have mistakenly activated (I doubt it's a default).

Under root menu>general settings>display>lcd... you can enable "caption backlight", which means that the backlight will turn on (for a few seconds) when a new track is playing. Very useful feature, but you can turn it off as well.

There is also a setting to handle backlight differently when the hold-switch is on. Unless you want this feature, set it to "normal".

[bluebrother]

Under root menu>general settings>display>lcd... you can enable "caption backlight",

It's the main menu. There is no root menu.

[Llorean]

Your bootloader version should display immediately after the Apple logo. If it doesn't (There's no text between the Apple logo and the Rockbox logo) then you're using the latest one.

[|2eM!x]

So I decided to see if this was common to iPods ->http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=F1I&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=ipod+scroll+wheel+broken&spell=1

It seems it is.  I have heard of a scroll wheel being messed up before, but I guess this is something that would definately happen to me   .  Anyways I reset the iPod, and it is working for now.

However I do see text inbetween apple and rockbox screens, a whole lot of system info I cant read fast enough to copy or even get a good glimpse.

[Llorean]

That means you have an outdated bootloader. Follow section 2.2.2 of the manual. It's labelled installation but it works the same for updating.