Firstly, 95% of the internet doesn't expect instant response in their forums.
NOBODY is paid to answer questions here, ever, which means that if you get answered it's because someone feels like it. If you're willing to subsidize some paid support, we can see about ensuring faster responses.
Secondly, your problem is not a normal problem, which means it's unlikely most of the people here can answer it. Until someone knows an answer, you're not going to be answered. I could've said "I don't know what's wrong with it" an hour ago within 30 seconds of you first posting it, when I read it, but that wouldn't do you any good, now would it. Instead I've been trying to think of an answer to your question, but don't yet have any idea what would cause this strange sort of behaviour.
If you provided more information, such as anything you did while running Rockbox that might help. Also, try pressing the Right button while the apple logo is displaying and see if it gives any debug output.