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Installation / Removal => Rockbox Utility => Topic started by: Jguy3486 on January 16, 2022, 06:06:04 PM

Title: Rockbox install help [ iPod Nano 2nd gen ]
Post by: Jguy3486 on January 16, 2022, 06:06:04 PM

I have an iPod Nano 2nd gen and have been trying to get rockbox to install on it all day. I’ve tried manual installation, rockbox utility, even the development build but the same thing has been happening. Either the rockbox logo screen comes up on reboot and then gets stuck like that or the rockbox logo screen comes up then comes up with a white screen that says some things that tend to be different but all end in “bt end” Does anyone know what I’m doing wrong?

Title: Re: Rockbox install help
Post by: saratoga on January 16, 2022, 07:24:41 PM

Have you tried restoring the iPod with itunes? Maybe something is screwed up with the disk.

Title: Re: Rockbox install help
Post by: Jguy3486 on January 16, 2022, 09:59:34 PM

yeah I restored it multiple times and then tried to reinstall Rockbox and it still didn't work, same error.

Title: Re: Rockbox install help
Post by: saratoga on January 16, 2022, 10:04:54 PM

Does it work in the Apple firmware?  There shouldn't be much to screw up on a freshly restored device, so if you're getting crashes on boot that is strange. 

Title: Re: Rockbox install help
Post by: Jguy3486 on January 16, 2022, 10:15:32 PM

apple firmware works perfectly, just whenever i try to switch to rockbox it fails to boot

Title: Re: Rockbox install help
Post by: Jguy3486 on January 16, 2022, 10:22:50 PM

should I be seeing a separate file for the bootloader in the .rockbox folder on the ipod? If so, what is it?

Title: Re: Rockbox install help
Post by: Jguy3486 on January 16, 2022, 10:28:40 PM

now im getting an error saying "unidentified instruction at (and then 4 numbers that are different each time)"