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.

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aupd

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

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rsrc

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

Nano 4g

The Nano 4g doesn't have the aupd partition. Instead, seven new partitions were added. We assume that these have the following functions, the question mark means that we are not completely sure:

• appl - Bootlogo?
• bdhw - bad hardware?
• bdsw - bad software?
• chrg - Same as appl but when charging via usb?
• diag - diag mode
• disk - disk mode
• lbat - low battery mode

Helpful pages

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

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