EmCORE Installation/iPodClassic/PrepareDFULinux

2011-05-15T17:52:14Z

Jones1: clarification on instructions

* Make sure that you have python 2.6 or 2.7, libusb and pyusb >=1.0.0a0 installed
* Download [http://svn.freemyipod.org/tools/ipoddfu/ipoddfu.py] and [http://svn.freemyipod.org/tools/ipoddfu/libipoddfu.py] or check out our [[SVN]]
* Download "bootstrap-ipodclassic.dfu" file from the [[emCORE Releases]] page and store it in the same folder
* Connect the iPod to the computer
* Make sure the hold switch is turned off
* Press and hold the menu and select buttons for about 12 seconds. It will start to reboot after 5 seconds, but keep holding the buttons until it seems to power off completely.
* Run: 'sudo python ipoddfu.py bootstrap-ipodclassic.dfu' (If you have multiple python versions installed, make sure that you're using version 2.6 or 2.7 and that pyusb is installed into that version)

Your iPod should now turn on and display "UMSboot." If you run 'sudo fdisk -l' a 64 MB drive will appear without partitions, for example /dev/sdb. Next mount the disk without specifying a file type, e.g. 'sudo mount /dev/sdX /media/disk' where X is the drive letter from the previous step. It's a known issue that Linux might take a long (over 10 min) time to recognize and mount the iPod. If it doesn't (after waiting very long), please ask for [[Contact|support]].

* [[EmCORE Installation/iPodClassic/UMSboot|Next step]]

EmCORE Installation/iPodClassic/PrepareDFULinux

2011-05-15T16:06:11Z

Jones1:

* Make sure that you have python 2.6 or 2.7, libusb and pyusb >=1.0.0a0 installed
* Download [http://svn.freemyipod.org/tools/ipoddfu/ipoddfu.py] and [http://svn.freemyipod.org/tools/ipoddfu/libipoddfu.py] or check out our [[SVN]]
* Download "bootstrap-ipodclassic.dfu" file from the [[emCORE Releases]] page and store it in the same folder
* Connect the iPod to the computer
* Make sure the hold switch is turned off
* Press and hold the menu and select buttons for about 12 seconds. It will start to reboot after 5 seconds, but keep holding the buttons until it seems to power off completely.
* Run: 'sudo python ipoddfu.py bootstrap-ipodclassic.dfu' (If you have multiple python versions installed, make sure that you're using version 2.6 or 2.7 and that pyusb is installed into that version)

Your iPod should now turn on and connect a 64MB drive called "UMSboot". If you issue a 'sudo fdisk -l' command you will see theIt's a known issue that Linux might take a long (over 10 min) time to recognize and mount the iPod. If it doesn't (after waiting very long), please ask for [[Contact|support]].

* [[EmCORE Installation/iPodClassic/UMSboot|Next step]]

EmCORE Releases

2011-05-15T06:59:21Z

Jones1: the link had the wrong date directory

Here is a list of all builds of [[emCORE]] that have been released into public so far.

'''Please do not use any other builds unless you really know what you're doing!'''

==r708: April 24th, 2011==
===Release notes / Known issues===
* The display doesn't work on some iPod Nano 2G devices. If this happens to you, we suggest to stick with iLoader for now.
* Reducing the CPU core voltage on the iPod Classic has been disabled. Battery life might be adversely affected.
* There's a small number of iPod Classic devices where USB doesn't work unless the device was booted through DFU.

===Fixes / Improvements===
* Fixed several kernel bugs that affected CPU exception and panic handling and caused the device to just lock up instead of showing proper error messages.
* Added trivial memory protection to catch most null pointer or garbage memory address accesses.
* Fixed a race condition in libUI that caused the boot menu to crash occasionally.
* Fixed various graphics glitches in the boot menu.

===Files===
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110424/bootstrap-ipodclassic-r708-20110424.dfu bootstrap-ipodclassic.dfu] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110424/fastboot-r708-20110424.emcoreapp fastboot.emcoreapp] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110424/installer-ipodclassic-r708-20110424.ubi installer-ipodclassic.ubi] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110424/installer-ipodnano2g-r708-20110424.bootnote installer-ipodnano2g.bootnote] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110424/installer-ipodnano2g-r708-20110424.ipodx installer-ipodnano2g.ipodx] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110424/installer-ipodnano2g-r708-20110424.ubi installer-ipodnano2g.ubi] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110424/rockbox-ipodclassic-r29777-20110424.zip rockbox-ipodclassic.zip] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110424/rockbox-ipodnano2g-r29777-20110424.zip rockbox-ipodnano2g.zip] 

==r692: April 6th, 2011==
===Release notes / Known issues===
* The boot menu occasionally locks up due to a combination of a kernel bug and a libUI bug. Rebooting the iPod the hard way by holding the menu and select buttons for 5 seconds should help.
* The display doesn't work on some iPod Nano 2G devices. If this happens to you, we suggest to stick with iLoader for now.
* Reducing the CPU core voltage on the iPod Classic has been disabled. Battery life might be adversely affected.
* There's a small number of iPod Classic devices where USB doesn't work unless the device was booted through DFU.

===Fixes / Improvements===
* Disabled undervolting for the iPod Classic.
* Fixed a kernel bug that causes lockups when injecting a firmware image while the boot menu is updating the display.

===Files===
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110406/bootstrap-ipodclassic-r692-20110406.dfu bootstrap-ipodclassic.dfu] (some people have reported that this file gives an error: ''Exception: DFU upload failed! (2 / 7)'' so if you also see this message, please use bootstrap-ipodclassic.dfu from the previous release) 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110406/fastboot-r692-20110406.emcoreapp fastboot.emcoreapp] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110406/installer-ipodclassic-r692-20110406.ubi installer-ipodclassic.ubi] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110406/installer-ipodnano2g-r692-20110406.bootnote installer-ipodnano2g.bootnote] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110406/installer-ipodnano2g-r692-20110406.ipodx installer-ipodnano2g.ipodx] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110406/installer-ipodnano2g-r692-20110406.ubi installer-ipodnano2g.ubi] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110406/rockbox-ipodclassic-r29681-20110406.zip rockbox-ipodclassic.zip] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110406/rockbox-ipodnano2g-r29681-20110406.zip rockbox-ipodnano2g.zip] 

==r674: March 25th, 2011==
===Release notes / Known issues===
* This is the first public release, so please be aware that there might be a bunch of still unknown bugs in the wild.
* The boot menu occasionally locks up due to a combination of a kernel bug and a libUI bug. Rebooting the iPod the hard way by holding the menu and select buttons for 5 seconds should help.
* The display doesn't work on some iPod Nano 2G devices. If this happens to you, we suggest to stick with iLoader for now.
* This release reduces the CPU core voltage to conserve battery power, but apparently by a bit too much for some iPod Classic devices, causing all kinds of weird behavior. This was disabled in the r692 release, so please update if you suspect that you're affected by this.
* We found a kernel bug in this release that causes lockups when injecting a firmware image while the boot menu is updating the display. This should not affect normal users.
* There's a small number of iPod Classic devices where USB doesn't work unless the device was booted through DFU.
===Fixes / Improvements===
* Initial public [[emCORE]] release

===Files===
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110325/bootstrap-ipodclassic-r674-20110325.dfu bootstrap-ipodclassic.dfu] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110325/fastboot-r674-20110325.emcoreapp fastboot.emcoreapp] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110325/installer-ipodclassic-r674-20110325.ubi installer-ipodclassic.ubi] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110325/installer-ipodnano2g-r674-20110325.bootnote installer-ipodnano2g.bootnote] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110325/installer-ipodnano2g-r674-20110325.ipodx installer-ipodnano2g.ipodx] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110325/installer-ipodnano2g-r674-20110325.ubi installer-ipodnano2g.ubi] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110325/rockbox-ipodclassic-r29644-20110325.zip rockbox-ipodclassic.zip] 
[http://files.freemyipod.org/releases/20110325/rockbox-ipodnano2g-r29644-20110325.zip rockbox-ipodnano2g.zip]

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