Status
This status is based on the progress the the Linux4nano team has made. As of September 30, iPodLinux has not made any attempts to add support to any devices.
Basic drivers or steps:
In semi-chronological order:
2G Nano | 3G Nano | 4G Nano | 5G Nano | 1G Classic (80/160thick) | 2G Classic (120) | 3G Classic (160thin) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Code execution | Yes | Buffer not found | Yes | Needs new exploit | Yes | Needs bruteforcing | Needs new exploit |
UART | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
USB | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
iBugger | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
I2C | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Backlight | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
LCD | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Piezo | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Clickwheel | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Audio | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
NAND/Hard Drive | Write support still experimental | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Power management | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Firmware encryption | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Custom firmware
Bootloader | Rockbox | Linux | Uncap | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2G Nano | Yes | Mostly working, see here | No | Yes |
3G Nano | No | No | No | No |
4G Nano | No | No | No | No |
5G Nano | No | No | No | No |
1G Classic (aka 6G) | No | No | No | No |
2G Classic (aka 6.5G) | No | No | No | No |
3G Classic | No | No | No | No |