From: Dave Wright <gymnastdave_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:47:50 -0600

Hey man,
Try rebooting the machine. Hold down the select button and the 12 o'c button
at the same time for a few seconds. The ipod should reboot in the rockbox
firmware.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Ervin" <GlennErvin_at_cableone.net>
To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 10:06 PM
Subject: trouble shutting off iPod


>I have an iPod video, 30 GB G5.
> running Rockbox firmware:
> Jan. 13-2007
> but I don't suspect the firmware, as it had this problem with the Jan. 4
> version too.
> but when I safely remove it from my computer, it seems to be in the iPod
> firmware, and I cannot shut it off.
> The first time it happened, it was after unplugging it from a USB car
> adapter for charging.
> Then I re-flashed it, and updated it to the Jan. 13 firmware, and all was
> well.
> Actually, all was well after I flashed it, but I decided to update the
> firmware at that time too.
> But tonight, I plugged in my drive, and renamed the config001 file that I
> had written from the menus, and I also ran the voicebox script, and after
> that is when I had trouble shutting it off again.
> I try holding down the 6 o'clock position, and the screen goes blank, but
> as
> soon as I touch a button, it boots again, like it was only without a back
> light, and it clicks around the touch pad, like it does in the iPod
> firmware.
> I cannot have sighted assistance for the screen, because the screen is
> cracked.
> I let it lay long enough that I thought it would shut off on its own, but
> that did not help.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks.
> and thanks to those who sent me the links for the anapod and iTunes
> programs.
> Glenn
>
>
>
Received on 2007-01-23