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This is the main firmware partition of the iPod. This part has been encrypted ever since the iPod Nano 2G.
 
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:IN2G firmware osos header.png|thumb|caption]]
[[Image:Firmware layout.png]]
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[[Image:Firmware layout.png|150px]]
 
==aupd==
 
==aupd==
 
Here is a comparison between the different aupd partitions of firmware version in the iPod Nano 2G:
 
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 firmware aupd header.png|thumb|caption]]
[[Image:IN2G cipher aupd diffs.png]]
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[[Image:IN2G cipher aupd diffs.png|500px]]
 
==rsrc==
 
==rsrc==
 
This is the filesystem of the iPod. It is unencrypted and of not much use to this project.
 
This is the filesystem of the iPod. It is unencrypted and of not much use to this project.

Revision as of 21:17, 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

Firmware layout.png

aupd

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

caption

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

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

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