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Right, my ipod shows the "dodgy filesystem" error message when it boots up. It's out of warranty. I'm wondering, is there a way I can format it FAT32 (or something similar), run a scandisk (so that the file system is configured to ignore bad blocks) and install some firmware that can run on such a file system? Does Rockbox run on FAT? |
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i think there's some sort of trick you can do holding down buttons or sommot. |
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yup, holding down all buttons apart from play/pause puts it into a scandisk mode, but the actual firmware scandisk just .. just does that. just scans the disk, doesn't fix errors. thanks, apple! |
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just found out rockbox ONLY works in fat32. how wonderful. this might be a great, great day. |
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......... and that is why i don't own an ipod. do they not show up as an external hard drive? |
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i thought formatting it manually was a big no? my ipod keeps corrupting. done it about about 3/4 times. its easy to fix but time consuming, and i need to have enough hard drive space to back up my music, which i don't have anymore. i'm seriously considering doing away with it, its a pain in the arse. |
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erm have you ever run the software updater/restorer on this thing? |
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when all else fails |
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listen to vlari |
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then listen to ePohs |
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Mines done this a couple of times and I just fiddle until it's working. I think last time I took it apart and when I put it together again it managed to connect to Windows properly and I could format the fucker. |
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Haha! You're all such a load of nerds! I love it! :D I'd probably just buy a new one, or give it to my brother to fix. Geekz0rz :D |
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yep. the problem is mainly the fact that the beginning of the FS is so fucked that it takes a lonnnngggg time to show up in windows, if at all, so that's not an option. so i'm reformatting it (yes, a bad thing to do), and will then install the rockbox firmware, hopefully that'll work, and if not, then i've really lost nothing. worth a shot, like |
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88% through formatting, and the battery runs out. ha! hilarious. |
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ha ha hilarious or haw haw hilarious? |
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hu hu hu hilarious |
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Throw it away and buy a Microsoft Zune. |
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Repair it, sell it for 50$ and buy an iAudio HDD player so you can play flacs. The iAudio X5L player was the only good electronic choice I've made recently. |
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Always good to see an iProduct being slagged off. |
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plug it into your usb, anyways. eventough it won't "log in" it should still get its energy from your pc. |
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I did a search, out of desperation, for "ipod clicking" and came across some blog entry where a guy said something along the lines of: "no kidding, if your ipod starts to do this, pick it up facing you, and slap it in a leftwise motion on the right top hand corner. not too hard, but a slap." worked perfectly. my ipod works perfectly now. absolutely unbelieveable. second, more important point, is that RockBox is the most amazing interface. absolutely brilliant... it even has a mandelbrot generator..?! :D |
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wow, cool. |
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It sounds like the hard-drive arm was stuck, and hitting it in the place you did, jarred it loose. I'd keep an eye on it if I were you... Moreover, when did your iPod clicking issue begin? And what model iPod do you have... FYI to all, my iPod (5th gen 60gig video) although not perfect, is great; I treat it like crap: I drop it, toss it, misplace it, spill on it, yell at it, call it names, use it as a storage dev, run it constantly for weeks on end, then ignore it for a month later... and it works great through out all. 10 hrs battery life easy, and I've done all of the above without ever using some needless protective case. i've always been oppossed to apple, so I'm not biased, just honest. |
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OMG This actually worked for me just now! I thought my iPod was toast, i was already pricing Zunes and what not. I had the unhappy face icon and my iPod wouldn't start. I figured I'd check and see if anybody here had a similar problem and did a search and found this thread. I turned my iPod upside down and banged the top of it against my knee and holy shit. it works now. I feel like Fonzie from Happy Days. |
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totally crazy. p.s. {also crazy} are zunes cool? |
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buy iPhone |
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