Difference between revisions of "EmCORE Installation/iPodClassic/DFUiTunes"
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* Make sure iTunes is closed | * Make sure iTunes is closed | ||
* Kill "AppleMobileDeviceService.exe" using the task manager | * Kill "AppleMobileDeviceService.exe" using the task manager | ||
+ | ** Open the task manager (press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC) | ||
+ | ** Click on the "Processes" tab | ||
+ | ** Choose "AppleMobileDeviceService.exe" | ||
+ | ** Press the "End Process" button | ||
+ | ** Press "End Process" to confirm | ||
* Connect your iPod to your computer | * Connect your iPod to your computer | ||
* Make sure the hold switch is not locked | * Make sure the hold switch is not locked |
Revision as of 07:50, 29 March 2011
- Download this file and extract it somewhere
- Download this file as well
- Make sure iTunes is closed
- Kill "AppleMobileDeviceService.exe" using the task manager
- Open the task manager (press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC)
- Click on the "Processes" tab
- Choose "AppleMobileDeviceService.exe"
- Press the "End Process" button
- Press "End Process" to confirm
- Connect your iPod to your computer
- Make sure the hold switch is not locked
- Press and hold the menu and select buttons for between 10 and 15 seconds (The iPod will show an apple logo after about 5 seconds, keep holding the buttons until it seems to turn off completely)
The display of your iPod should now stay black, and a new USB device called "Apple Recovery (DFU) USB Driver" should connect to your PC.
- Wait for the driver installation to complete
- Open the device manager
- Find the "Apple Recovery (DFU) USB Driver" device (Should be in the "USB controllers" category)
- Do a right click on it and choose "Update driver"
- Always choose the bottom-most option (don't search on windows update, choose everything manually) until you get to the list of available drivers
- Choose "All device types" and click "Next"
- Click "Have disk"
- Click "Browse"
- Navigate to the folder where you extracted the winusb_driver.zip file, and choose the "winusb.inf" file from it
- Click "Open"
- Click "OK"
- Click "Next"
- Wait for the driver installation to complete
- Run bootstrap_ipodclassic.exe
Your iPod should now turn on and connect a 64MB drive called "UMSboot". If it doesn't, please ask for support.