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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: power down? USB connection questionRe: power down? USB connection question
From: Paul Louden <paulthenerd_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:10:08 -0600 It's not that Rockbox has 'poor' USB support. Rockbox doesn't have any. When you plug in a USB cable, you're rebooted into one of the built-in USB modes. It would be possible for it to reboot into the Apple software, but that requires a manual reboot back, and there is no guarantee that a user will have left their Apple software installed. Instead we reboot into what is known as the 'emergency disk mode,' or often simply called 'disk mode' because it is in flash, so we know it should always be there, and because it will automatically reboot the device when you're finished with it. Unfortunately on some iPods the disk mode in flash is sometimes significantly slower than the disk mode in the normal Apple firmware, so it is sometimes preferable to reset to Apple for USB use if you need to transfer a large amount of data. That means any problems once you're actually in the disk mode are unlikely to be related to the fact that you have Rockbox installed. While trying the Apple firmware disk mode is a good idea, you may also want to check your cable or try using a different USB port on your computer. Received on 2007-03-07 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |