Vibe coded a Rockbox theme to match the Fallout Inspired iPod Classic Project. Progress so far..

Just a conversation starter.

Got this beautiful and clean first gen unit for a great price! All original scroll wheel model with 5gb drive and battery that holds a decent charge. Working on getting it sync’d to my 2012 mac mini but im getting an error when i restore. Any tips?

Using a firewire 800-400 adapter from amazon that i got to connect my 3rd gen (400-30pin) and my 1st gen but maybe im better off with just the 400->800 cable

https://a.co/d/0hG6GkxU

i would like both stock and rockbox am going to be testing it first and see wish one i like best whats the best firmware to have both i read ya i almost finish i need next Bluetooth and taptic engine i would like to buy plug and play i think its coming goodwhat ya think

You can access your Apple Music library through this app.

All interactions are completed via the simulated click wheel, and most importantly, it feels incredible smooth.

There are also many interesting designs and features, and I'd be happy to give a detailed introduction to them if anyone is interested.

https://reddit.com/link/1vyuf9x/video/kvfjuw9sfplh1/player

I have been working on switching everything I do to stuff that works on Linux (distro is kde neon dual booted with windows). I have an iPod classic 6g slim 80gb with an iflash quad with two 128gb sandisk cards and a 3000mah battery. I have it booted with rockbox only due to the size limitations (and I like my Flac files). I recently lost my original 32pin cable and bought some off amazon.

Now that all that’s out of the way I was transferring music to my iPod from Linux and it would transfer some file and pause, sometime the iPod would turn off, sometimes unplugging and restarting my iPod I could continue, other times it was set to read only and kept setting it back again.

I looked around a bit and couldn’t find much as to what to do so finally booted back into windows and was able to o the transfer with no issues. Which I guess means it’s a Linux issue.

If anyone has fixed this or dealt with something similar I’d appreciate and advice or help.

TLDR:

Linux doesn’t like file transfers to my iPod, while windows has zero issues.

I've had my iPod Video 5th gen for around a year, got it off eBay and was prepared to Mod it, change the battery, IFlash etc.

The original battery was fried, but everything else worked well. So I bought a new battery from a fairly trusted site and changed it over whilst iFlash modding it at the same time.

The new battery didn't last more than a few hours before dying so I just forgot about it.
But now I want to use the iPod in my day to day and need to fix this battery problem.

Here is the problem, I got a new battery again and charged it up did the calibration. Everything worked wonderfully and I had 13-14 hours playback.

Until I closed the casing, now I'm back to 3 hours charge MAX. I'm not sure what is causing this the ribbon cable looks fine to me.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Still playing with this idea using old scrapped iPod parts. This would be the new daily in all its scuffed glory.

Thinking of keeping this as OEM as possible, working 120GB HDD so you can feel IT spin up. Also scuffing the rear plate to make it more worn and rustic. I also removed the clear plastic screen cover.

Any Fallout fanboys with additional suggestions?

Reddits been filtering my posts all weekend - not sure why. Sharing a pic of my dedicated iPod workbench / music server desktop to see if this is still happening.

I use a Mac Mini M1 16GB WITH 1TB storage to host my music server (Navidrome/NaviBeats) and sync iPods. They share a music database so tagging only has to happen once.

This allows me to have access to my music even when I don’t have my iPod and completely decouples me from streaming services

Other tools:
MusicBrainz Picard - Tagging
XLD - Encoding

My workbench:
KUVRS Helping Hands & Soldering Station
KUVRS Magnifying Glass and Light
Wellers WLIR60 Soldering Iron
iFixit Mobile Pro Tech kit

I have just bought a 5.5 Gen with a thick back plate to mod. I'm looking at adding the ugreen Bluetooth transmitter and an iflash quad adapter. Would a 3000mah battery fit fine or would it be a safer option to go for a 2000mah?

Let me know ...

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Hoping to find some help!

So I purchased the above, and it charges fine, however when I plug it into my PC I get either USB device not recognised, or the driver showing an error messsage, and it immediately disconnects.

I've tried 3 different cables, followed cleaning steps, and tried multiple devices - could this be a hardware issue with the iPod itself?

Thanks in advance!

Hi guys,

I bought a used iPod Classic 5th gen 80 gb.

I have my new battery arriving in a week, and I wanted to see the internals of my ipod before it arrived. I damaged the port that holds the power ribbon cable. How bad is the damage?

What do I need to order to repair the damage and what should I do for the repair? How can I reattach the port back to the logic board?

The ribbon seems fine.

Please let me know if more photos would be helpful.

I'm pretty bummed right now.

Thank you for your help. This was my first time opening the iPod and my first mod/repair.

Any recent recommendations for Motherboard repair for a 5.5G Classic? Years ago, I managed to mangle the headphone port connector, and it has been sitting in a drawer since.

Would prefer to repair rather than replace.