--- Log opened Mon Nov 21 00:00:42 2011 00:31 -!- Poodlemastah [~Poodlemas@h-241-205.a218.priv.bahnhof.se] has quit [Read error: Operation timed out] 00:32 -!- Poodlemastah [~Poodlemas@h-241-205.a218.priv.bahnhof.se] has joined #freemyipod-support 03:45 -!- TheSeven [~TheSeven@rockbox/developer/TheSeven] has quit [Disconnected by services] 03:46 -!- [7] [~TheSeven@rockbox/developer/TheSeven] has joined #freemyipod-support 04:06 -!- underscor [~asdf@pool-71-126-138-142.washdc.fios.verizon.net] has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 04:15 -!- underscor [~asdf@pool-71-126-138-142.washdc.fios.verizon.net] has joined #freemyipod-support 05:38 -!- underscor [~asdf@pool-71-126-138-142.washdc.fios.verizon.net] has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 05:39 -!- underscor [~asdf@pool-71-126-138-142.washdc.fios.verizon.net] has joined #freemyipod-support 08:19 -!- slenselink__ [~STeeF@office.hostnetbv.nl] has joined #freemyipod-support 08:22 -!- STeeF [~STeeF@office.hostnetbv.nl] has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 08:23 -!- slenselink__ is now known as STeeF 11:36 -!- MSaki [~MSaki@pool-71-173-57-226.sctnpa.east.verizon.net] has joined #freemyipod-support 11:40 -!- MSaki [~MSaki@pool-71-173-57-226.sctnpa.east.verizon.net] has quit [Client Quit] 14:01 -!- liar [~liar@clnet-p09-185.ikbnet.co.at] has joined #freemyipod-support 15:59 -!- cac2s [~cac2s@194.150.220.197] has joined #freemyipod-support 16:22 -!- cac2s [~cac2s@194.150.220.197] has quit [Ping timeout: 276 seconds] 17:05 -!- user890104 [~Venci@static.225.178.40.188.clients.your-server.de] has quit [Quit: .] 17:06 -!- user890104 [~Venci@212.50.15.241] has joined #freemyipod-support 17:16 -!- user890104 [~Venci@212.50.15.241] has left #freemyipod-support 17:17 -!- user890104 [~Venci@212.50.15.241] has joined #freemyipod-support 17:47 -!- missgrace4 [4d61b476@gateway/web/freenode/ip.77.97.180.118] has joined #freemyipod-support 17:50 < missgrace4> Hi I have followed the instructions to the letter to get the correct driver to install for my ipod classic 120gb. However, I always get an error message when I run ipod bootstrap that says that there is no ipod in dfu mode connected. Really can't figure out where I am going wrong. Would appreciate any help. Also please spell it out for me as I'm a noob. :P 17:59 < Farthen> missgrace4: are you on windows or on linux? 17:59 < missgrace4> hi. :) windows 17:59 < Farthen> you don't want to use itunes? 17:59 < Farthen> it is much easier 18:00 < Farthen> installing the drivers on windows is a pain, especially on 64 bit windows 18:01 < Farthen> if you don't want itunes you can install it, install emcore and uninstall it again. it is still easier than using the libusb drivers 18:02 < missgrace4> I tried using itunes on my main computer but something went wrong with that too...not sure if it's my device tbh 18:02 < missgrace4> I might try again though if it's easier 18:02 < Farthen> does your device boot normally into the firmware? 18:02 < user890104> or you can extract the AppleMobileSupport.msi (or something like that) and install only that 18:03 < missgrace4> @farthen: not sure what you mean...when I switch it on it boots emcore fine just not rockbox database and my device is not recognised by windows 18:03 < [7]> ideally just install the driver itself, not the rest of mobile device support 18:03 < [7]> that helps avoid interference from this apple mobile device service thing 18:03 < [7]> oh, so you actually managed to install rockbox? 18:04 < Farthen> missgrace4: it boots emcore? how did you install it in the first place then? 18:04 < missgrace4> @user890104: I wouldn't know where to find just that driver 18:04 < Farthen> and what do you want to achieve? 18:04 < [7]> or at least emcore? then the driver part must have worked 18:05 < [7]> Farthen, user890104: he probably means the emCORE debugger driver 18:05 < missgrace4> with great difficulty, this was ages ago when the device was recognised but the second part of the installation never worked so someone advised me to try reinstalling the drivers. I take it I was wrong to do this? 18:05 < [7]> well, if emcore is installed, you don't need to care about drivers 18:06 < missgrace4> ok so I guess my aim is to get it so that i can actually put music on the thing, and I can't seem to do that if it's not recognised by windows, hence the need for emcore debugger 18:06 < [7]> power on your ipod and try to boot rockbox. what exactly happens? 18:10 < missgrace4> i get an error message saying "loading rockbox, ipod failed. trying fallback image" 18:11 < [7]> but loading the fallback image does work? 18:11 < [7]> if you're still in the middle of the installation process that message is normal 18:12 < missgrace4> i get a list of options, for example, Files/Database/Resume Playback (not sure if thats what you mean?) 18:12 < [7]> well yeah, that's rockbox 18:12 < [7]> now connect the ipod to your pc and extract the rockbox-current.zip file 18:12 < [7]> er, rockbox-ipodclassic.zip, or whatever it's called 18:13 < missgrace4> I got to the middle nd I tried to continue but for some unknown reason the second part kept failing. I'm sorry I am so new to all of this-just trying to fix my broken ipod and I'm a bit out of my depth 18:13 < [7]> so what exactly is going wrong? 18:14 < missgrace4> I dont have this file anymore as my pc wouldn't recognise that there was anything there 18:14 < [7]> well, then download it again? 18:14 < missgrace4> I would follow the steps and then I would just get an error saying that the target device could not be found (or something similar) 18:15 < [7]> everything from that stage on is just copying files around, so i don't think there can be such a message 18:17 -!- MCMXCIX [186f7bc3@gateway/web/freenode/ip.24.111.123.195] has joined #freemyipod-support 18:18 < MCMXCIX> Is anyone about? 18:18 < missgrace4> I don't remember where I got the file from initially as this was a couple of months ago now and I have just come back to it. I know it seems strange but it recognised it until I installed rockbox, then once I attempted to install the database (second part) my pc just wouldn't recognise it. 18:19 < [7]> yes# 18:19 < [7]> which database? 18:19 < [7]> you meant installing rockbox? 18:21 < missgrace4> I got to the stage where I think rockbox was there but it didn't have the capacity to store songs if that helps 18:22 < MCMXCIX> Im having a few problems installing the driver on my pc, everytime i try to do it i get that windows has encountered a problem installing the driver software..says the parameters aer incorrect.. 18:22 < missgrace4> I got that at first but then it installed but said it might have problems running on my device 18:23 < MCMXCIX> i cant even get it to install...tried it about 20 times lol... 18:23 < user890104> MCMXCIX: windows 7 x64? 18:23 < MCMXCIX> yes 18:23 < user890104> it's a known one 18:24 < MCMXCIX> so am i screwed then 18:24 < user890104> well i have some drivers that work on this one 18:24 < missgrace4> does anyone know why I've got rockbox but can't get it to allow me to add music or be recognised by my pc please? 18:25 < MCMXCIX> imma n00b :P sorries 18:25 < missgrace4> me too 18:25 < user890104> missgrace4: because there's a bug in rockbox, which prevents the ipod from being shown as a disk drive 18:26 < user890104> there's another installation file that seems to fix that 18:26 < MCMXCIX> what driver would i need then user890104? 18:26 < user890104> if you install it instead of the one you have, it should work 18:26 < missgrace4> I see, ooh great. Do you know where I can find it please?/what it's called? 18:26 < user890104> MCMXCIX: i'll give you a link in a minute 18:27 < MCMXCIX> cheers 18:27 < user890104> missgrace4: redo the installation, but this time use http://files.freemyipod.org/tmp/installer-ipodclassic-usbfixcandidate.ubi 18:28 < user890104> when it shows the small white screen in the center of the ipod's screen 18:28 < user890104> then copy this .ubi file and proceed as usual 18:29 -!- liar [~liar@clnet-p09-185.ikbnet.co.at] has quit [Read error: Connection timed out] 18:30 < missgrace4> thanks. Could you please also give me a copy of the link to the install instructions please? (sorry total noob can't find them anymore) 18:31 < user890104> missgrace4: there's a link on the www.freemyipod.org main page 18:31 < user890104> MCMXCIX: http://www.datafilehost.com/download-9350f608.html 18:32 < missgrace4> many thanks. :) I'll let you know how it goes 18:32 < MCMXCIX> thanks mate 18:32 < user890104> missgrace4: also use this rockbox archive in the last step: http://files.freemyipod.org/tmp/rockbox-ipodclassic-usbfixcandidate.zip 18:33 < user890104> MCMXCIX: if it doesn't work, please restart your computer, and keep pressing F8 until a windows boot menu appears 18:34 < user890104> then select More options (or something like that) 18:34 < user890104> and then Disable driver signature enforcement 18:34 < MCMXCIX> well it worked but now the bootstrap wont work 18:35 < user890104> what does it show? 18:36 < MCMXCIX> well it tells me that no ipod in dfu mode 18:37 < MCMXCIX> but if i go to my devices it shows that its in there 18:37 < user890104> open device manager, double-click the ipod and go to the last tab 18:38 < user890104> the Hardware IDs 18:38 < MCMXCIX> ok 18:39 < MCMXCIX> those? 18:39 < MCMXCIX> USB\VID_05AC&PID_1223&REV_0001 and USB\VID_05AC&PID_1223 18:39 < user890104> yes 18:39 < user890104> they look fine 18:39 < user890104> run the bootstrap with administrator privileges 18:40 < user890104> or try reinstalling the driver 18:40 < MCMXCIX> ok well it didnt work in admin 18:41 < user890104> ask [7] then 18:41 < user890104> since i just pinged him, he should answer soon 18:42 < MCMXCIX> alright, thanks again 18:45 < MCMXCIX> was that driver you sent me good for the ipod classic? 18:45 < MCMXCIX> im guessing it was since it worked 18:52 < user890104> MCMXCIX: it is for nearly everything our project supports 18:52 < user890104> and there are some extra entries 18:52 < user890104> but it doesn't matter 18:54 < MCMXCIX> wonder why it doesnt find it 18:54 < MCMXCIX> No ipod classic in DFU mode found :( 19:16 -!- MCMXCIX [186f7bc3@gateway/web/freenode/ip.24.111.123.195] has quit [Ping timeout: 265 seconds] 19:18 -!- MCMXCIX [186f7bc3@gateway/web/freenode/ip.24.111.123.195] has joined #freemyipod-support 19:19 < MCMXCIX> [7] you around mate? 19:27 < MCMXCIX> never mind i got it to work out it seems 19:27 < MCMXCIX> cheers again user890104 for everything 19:29 < missgrace4> Hi user890104 I tried what you suggested and got right to the last step when I received an error message saying that the drive was not accessible and was not a recognised file system. :( I don''t suppose you know where I am going wrong please? 19:33 < user890104> MCMXCIX: how did you fix it? 19:34 < user890104> missgrace4: please wait and don't try anything until someone else has a better suggestion. if you don't want to wait, restore your ipod with itunes and continue using it with apple's firmware as usual 19:34 < MCMXCIX> well i used the bootstrap that didnt have itunes installed which i didnt so i figured what if i go back and add that i do have itunes and it worked 19:35 < missgrace4> it won't work at all with itunes just keeps trying to restore and failing which is why I initially tried rockbox 19:36 < user890104> missgrace4: enter DFU mode (by connecting to usb and holding menu+select for 12 seconds without releasing the buttons no matter it shows on the screen) 19:36 < user890104> (you can even count the seconds if this helps to get the right timing) 19:36 < missgrace4> ok done it 19:36 < user890104> then the screen will go black, and itunes would be happy to restore it 19:37 < user890104> just let it do its thing 19:39 < MCMXCIX> one more thing lol... where do i add my tunes too :P 19:39 < user890104> MCMXCIX: wherever you link, for example create a folder Music in the ipod 19:40 < user890104> rockbox will find it and add it to its db 19:40 < user890104> you can basicly use it as a portable hard disk 19:40 < MCMXCIX> ok cool 19:40 < user890104> but please don't put your music in /.rockbox 19:40 < user890104> anywhere else is fine 19:40 < MCMXCIX> ahhh ok 19:40 < MCMXCIX> :p 19:41 < MCMXCIX> then just add folders to the music folder or single files? 19:41 < user890104> doesn't matter, but you might want to keep your music organized in some way 19:42 < user890104> rockbox will find them no matter if there are folders or not 19:42 < MCMXCIX> so lets say that i have my main music folder, then sub-folder Dubstep, sub-folder DNB and so on? 19:42 < user890104> yeah, that's fine 19:42 < MCMXCIX> ok cool 19:42 < user890104> it's fine with more subfolders inside these, too 19:43 < user890104> as much as you like :) 19:43 < MCMXCIX> right 19:45 < missgrace4> the ipod could not be restored unknown error 1439 19:45 < missgrace4> :( 19:47 < user890104> http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1372 19:48 < missgrace4> I have previously tried all the steps mentioned on this link before attempting to install rockbox with no succes 19:49 < missgrace4> *success 19:49 < missgrace4> not sure what else to try? 19:50 < missgrace4> I'm quite sure that it would be cheaper to buy a new one than get it professionally fixed so I don't have anything to lose really, so any suggestions would be appreciated 19:54 < user890104> ah, so the ipod is broken in some way? better wait for [7] then, he can bring ipods back from death :) 19:57 -!- alien__ [b275419f@gateway/web/freenode/ip.178.117.65.159] has joined #freemyipod-support 19:58 < alien__> Hello, got some weird problem. The update database does not work anymore. I regularly install the latest daily build. Got the problem with several of them. 19:59 < alien__> Actually, it goes from 0 to 82% in no time, after that nothing happens. Anyone else seen this problem? 20:00 < missgrace4> thanks for all your help anyway user890104, I will wait for [7] and hope that they can save my busted ipod. :D 20:01 < user890104> alien__: can you clear it (boot menu -> tools -> clear rockbox db), and then start rockbox again, then reinitialize it? 20:02 < alien__> k, initialising.... 20:03 < alien__> this will take some time i guess? 20:04 < user890104> yeah, it should do it in the background 20:04 < user890104> if it fails, you can ask at #rockbox 20:04 < alien__> It now says Building database... 11317 found (PREV to return) 20:04 < user890104> there are people who know more about the rockbox database than me there 20:04 < alien__> But it does not seem to be in the bakground 20:04 < alien__> :-) 20:05 < alien__> got a backup of everything, so it's worth to try 20:06 < alien__> The problem stays 20:06 < alien__> progress is at 87% (way to fast), and not changing 20:07 < user890104> ok then stop it or restart the ipod 20:07 < user890104> then go to Debug -> metadata log 20:07 < user890104> then redo the initialization again 20:07 < user890104> when it stops wait for a while and stop it again (rebooting the ipod if it doesn't respond) 20:07 < user890104> then theck the metadata log, it should show the last song that was parsed successfully 20:08 < user890104> so there must be something wrong in the ID3 tags of the next one 20:21 * [7] will be back in a couple of minutes 20:27 < [7]> missgrace4: my suspicion would be that your hard drive has bad sectors 20:28 < [7]> you might want to boot diagmode and check the hdd smart data 20:28 < missgrace4> oh no. I did this and it got to a certain point and would progress no further 20:29 < [7]> user890104: do you have a diagmode ubi handy? 20:30 -!- liar [~liar@clnet-p09-185.ikbnet.co.at] has joined #freemyipod-support 20:30 < missgrace4> actually i did the auto test. I can't seem to find the hdd smart data option on the manual option 20:30 < missgrace4> (under ipod diagnostics) 20:30 < [7]> it's in io somewhere 20:31 -!- MCMXCIX [186f7bc3@gateway/web/freenode/ip.24.111.123.195] has quit [Quit: Page closed] 20:31 < missgrace4> ok I have the page of stats for that 20:32 < [7]> tell me the retracts, reallocs and pending numbers 20:32 < missgrace4> retracts: 77 20:32 < missgrace4> reallocs:16376 20:33 < [7]> ouch 20:33 < missgrace4> pending:0 20:33 < missgrace4> is that bad? 20:33 < [7]> pending 0 is weird given that the restore fails 20:33 < [7]> but reallocs looks like there's severe surface damage 20:34 < [7]> which hdd model is that? 20:34 < [7]> i'd guess a 160gb thick one 20:34 < missgrace4> oh right not sure why its 0... oh that sounds like v bad news 20:35 < missgrace4> erm not sure where to find that 20:35 < missgrace4> oh its 120gb 20:35 < missgrace4> and yes its thick 20:35 < [7]> hm, interesting 20:35 < missgrace4> interesting like its buggered, or interesting like there may be hope? 20:35 < [7]> there are only thin 120gb ipods. what i call thick is a lot fatter than yours :) 20:36 < missgrace4> oh right :S sorry 20:36 < [7]> anyway, you *might* have some luck with hddscan2, but that's a bit of a lottery 20:37 < missgrace4> hddscan2? 20:39 < [7]> hddscan2 is a tool that I wrote to fix my 80GB model which has similar problems 20:40 < [7]> it tries to locate the broken areas on your hdd and remaps them into intact sectors 20:40 < [7]> so you'll lose a couple megabytes of storage space, but will have an at least somewhat reliable drive again 20:41 < missgrace4> omg that would be amazing (also v impressed that you wrote this programme) 20:41 < [7]> however it will never be back to its original performance. access speed in the areas close to damage will probably be massively impacted, and if more bad sectors develop over time, you might be screwed 20:42 < missgrace4> I have nothing to lose, and I got this ipod from another previous owner so I'm probably more likely to be careful with it 20:42 < [7]> also this of course hasn't been tested well (less than 10 people have used it so far, and it has only worked for some of them), so it's quite likely to fail in one or the other way 20:42 < [7]> but as you already realized, you have nothing to lose 20:43 < missgrace4> lol true-anything is better than having an extremely overpriced paperweight which is what is currently is 20:43 < [7]> the scanning operation will take several days, possibly weeks, depending on the degree and distribution of the damage 20:43 < [7]> you'll need to make sure that your ipod doesn't run out of power during that :) 20:44 < [7]> actually the time you invest in this might possibly be worth more than a new overpriced paperweight :) 20:44 < missgrace4> thats ok I can leave it connected to a pc if it needs a computer or a dock if not 20:44 < missgrace4> haha 20:44 < missgrace4> deffo worth it 20:44 < [7]> just make sure it has power, it doesn't need a PC 20:45 < missgrace4> ok i can leave it on my dock 20:46 * [7] wonders where he put the hddscan2 files 20:47 < missgrace4> lol 20:53 < [7]> hm, doesn't want to work on mine right now 20:53 < [7]> need to check why 20:55 < missgrace4> :( I'm bad luck 20:56 < [7]> hm, might have been umsboot's fault 20:56 < [7]> http://files.freemyipod.org/misc/hddscan2-20111121.ubi 20:57 < [7]> try booting that file via umsboot 20:57 < [7]> either through DFU, or by choosing "Run UMSboot" from the tools menu 21:01 < missgrace4> is this through emcore? Or can you still do it if you've reinstalled apple os? 21:02 < [7]> no, the apple firmware can't handle it 21:03 < missgrace4> ok i'll reinstall emcore now 21:03 < [7]> you basically have three options: 1. toss it into the trash can, 2. replace the hdd, 3. use only emcore and rockbox, try hddscan2 and pray :) 21:06 -!- alien__ [b275419f@gateway/web/freenode/ip.178.117.65.159] has quit [Ping timeout: 265 seconds] 21:07 -!- alien__ [b2768655@gateway/web/freenode/ip.178.118.134.85] has joined #freemyipod-support 21:09 < missgrace4> option 3 please, at what stage of installation should I try hddscan 2, before or after trying to install rockbox archive (ie. the very last stage of installation) please? 21:16 < [7]> after installing emcore itself, before installing rockbox 21:17 < missgrace4> thanks 21:28 -!- alien__ [b2768655@gateway/web/freenode/ip.178.118.134.85] has quit [Ping timeout: 265 seconds] 21:30 < missgrace4> thanks [7] it's running now i think it says hdd bad sector scanner at the top 21:30 < missgrace4> :D cautiously optimistic 21:31 < [7]> yeah, that'll run for a while 21:32 < [7]> please note that after this finishes, the ipod will *not* work out of the box. you'll first have to update emcore and rockbox to a specific version which will hopefully have been released by that time 21:33 < [7]> the hddscan2 build I gave you uses a newer development kernel which is incompatible with the current release one 21:33 < [7]> so once the scan is finished, please get back to us to obtain further instructions, and don't try continuing on your own 21:33 < [7]> otherwise you might have to re-do the scan if you mess something up 21:35 < missgrace4> ace. thankyou so much for all your help. I will make sure to come back and seek your advice before going any further with it. How will I know that it's finished? 21:35 < [7]> the "state" line at the top will show "FINISHED" or something similar 21:37 < missgrace4> ok thanks. I will come back in about a week, hopefully with some good news. :D thanks again for all your help-I wouldn't have had a chance without you 21:40 -!- alien__ [b2768655@gateway/web/freenode/ip.178.118.134.85] has joined #freemyipod-support 21:41 < alien__> Is it normal that the message 'building database .. 15532 found...)'? 21:41 < alien__> stays a long long time? 21:44 < alien__> same problem? problem with id-tag somewhere? 21:44 < Farthen> ask in #rockbox 21:45 < Farthen> you will probably get more help there 21:45 < alien__> k, thx 21:48 -!- alien__ [b2768655@gateway/web/freenode/ip.178.118.134.85] has quit [Quit: Page closed] 21:50 -!- TheSeven [~TheSeven@rockbox/developer/TheSeven] has joined #freemyipod-support 21:50 -!- [7] [~TheSeven@rockbox/developer/TheSeven] has quit [Disconnected by services] 22:01 -!- missgrace4 [4d61b476@gateway/web/freenode/ip.77.97.180.118] has quit [Ping timeout: 265 seconds] 22:25 -!- Marach_ [~Marach@static-78-10-48-155.ssp.dialog.net.pl] has quit [Quit: brb] 23:33 -!- krnlyng [~liar@clnet-p09-185.ikbnet.co.at] has joined #freemyipod-support 23:35 -!- liar [~liar@clnet-p09-185.ikbnet.co.at] has quit [Ping timeout: 258 seconds] --- Log closed Tue Nov 22 00:00:12 2011