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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. 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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Firmware layout.png

aupd

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

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IN2G cipher aupd diffs.png

rsrc

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

Nano 4g

Nano 4g dont have aupd partition. Instead, seven new partitions added - appl, chrg, bdhw, diag, bdsw, disk, lbat. Disk and diag partitions possibly contain Disk and Diagnostic modes.

Helpful pages

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

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