EmCORE Releases

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!

If you use fastboot, always make sure that you don't mix up different versions of emCORE and the fastboot application, because your device might be unable to boot and would need to be recovered with an additional set of tools!

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

Common

fastboot.emcoreapp

iPod Nano 2G

installer-ipodnano2g.bootnote
installer-ipodnano2g.ipodx (this file is broken, please use the one from the previous release)
installer-ipodnano2g.ubi
rockbox-ipodnano2g.zip

iPod Classic

bootstrap-ipodclassic.dfu
installer-ipodclassic.ubi
rockbox-ipodclassic.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

Common

fastboot.emcoreapp

iPod Nano 2G

installer-ipodnano2g.bootnote
installer-ipodnano2g.ipodx
installer-ipodnano2g.ubi
rockbox-ipodnano2g.zip

iPod Classic

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)
installer-ipodclassic.ubi
rockbox-ipodclassic.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

Common

fastboot.emcoreapp

iPod Classic

bootstrap-ipodclassic.dfu
installer-ipodclassic.ubi
rockbox-ipodclassic.zip

iPod Nano 2G

installer-ipodnano2g.bootnote
installer-ipodnano2g.ipodx
installer-ipodnano2g.ubi
rockbox-ipodnano2g.zip