Status

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This status is based on the progress the the Linux4nano team has made. As of February 13, iPodLinux has not made any attempts to add support to any devices. If you want to see linux running on an iPod Nano 2G or newer, you'll probably have to port it yourself.


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 Yes Yes Needs new exploit Yes Yes Yes
UART Yes No No No Yes No No
USB Yes Work in progress Yes No Work in progress Work in progress Work in progress
iBugger Yes Work in progress Yes No Work in progress Work in progress Work in progress
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 Yes No No No No
Accelerometer N/A N/A No No N/A N/A N/A

Custom firmware

2G Nano 3G Nano 4G Nano 5G Nano 1G Classic (aka 6G) 2G Classic (aka 6.5G) 3G Classic
Bootloader Yes No No No No No No
Rockbox Mostly working, see here No No No No No No
Linux No No No No No No No
Uncap Yes No No No No No No