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This article is about the firmware itself. If you are trying to get a copy of the firmware files, please see [[Dumping firmware]] and [[Extracting firmware]].
This article is about the firmware itself. If you are trying to get a copy of the firmware files, please see [[Dumping firmware]] and [[Extracting firmware]]. NOTE: Please excuse the chaotic layout of this article. It is under construction. :-)
==osos==
This is the main firmware partition of the iPod. This part has been encrypted ever since the iPod Nano 2G.
[[Image:IN2G firmware osos header.png|thumb|caption]]
[[Image:Firmware layout.png]]
==aupd==
Here is a comparison between the different aupd partitions of firmware version in the iPod Nano 2G:
[[Image:IN2G firmware aupd header.png|thumb|caption]]
[[Image:IN2G cipher aupd diffs.png]]
==rsrc==
This is the filesystem of the iPod. It is unencrypted and of not much use to this project.
==Helpful pages==
==Helpful pages==
http://home.gna.org/linux4nano/download/crypto_synth-1.0.pdf
http://home.gna.org/linux4nano/download/crypto_synth-1.0.pdf


http://www.ipodlinux.org/wiki/Firmware
http://www.ipodlinux.org/wiki/Firmware

Revision as of 01:31, 9 March 2009

This article is about the firmware itself. If you are trying to get a copy of the firmware files, please see Dumping firmware and Extracting firmware. NOTE: Please excuse the chaotic layout of this article. It is under construction. :-)

osos

This is the main firmware partition of the iPod. This part has been encrypted ever since the iPod Nano 2G.

caption

aupd

Here is a comparison between the different aupd partitions of firmware version in the iPod Nano 2G:

caption

rsrc

This is the filesystem of the iPod. It is unencrypted and of not much use to this project.

Helpful pages

http://home.gna.org/linux4nano/download/crypto_synth-1.0.pdf

http://www.ipodlinux.org/wiki/Firmware