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This tutorial is for computers running Windows only. Doing this on a Mac running Windows via BootCamp will work, but not on a Mac thru VirtualBox or any other virtual machine on a Mac.
It is possible to install Rockbox via a computer running macOS or Linux, however I have not been able to successfully do an install on either macOS or Linux. If you are brave and have time to attempt this, here’s the web site for instructions on how to do so.
WARNING: It's not recommended! Multiple people have reported it bricking their iPod
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Connect your iPod in normal mode (iTunes/file transfer).
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Download the Rockbox EXE file at the link below. Run the Rockbox EXE file and click OK through the dialogues.
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Once you are at this screen, click "Show disabled targets" and click OK at the dialogue.
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After you have enabled the disabled targets, click the "Autodetect" button and your iPod's model should be highlighted in the menu above.
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After you have selected your iPod's model, click OK.
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Check all of the boxes selected in the blue box.
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After checking all of the boxes that are necessary, click install.
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Check the bootloader checkbox.
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Click install again.
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When this message appears in the console, press and hold both the MENU and the SELECT button until there is a message in the console telling you to release the buttons.
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Select und Menü taste halten......wo sind denn diese.....danke....der martin
it shows a could not open Ipod permisson denied
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Let me know if you have problems installing Rockbox with this guide in the comments. I will try to attend to every question I see.
Let me know if you have problems installing Rockbox with this guide in the comments. I will try to attend to every question I see.
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Rockbox failed to install on mine. I followed every step but never got the message to press and hold select and menu for the bootloader. It said it had installed sucessfully but when it booted up I just got error -3. I put it in disc mode and deleted the software but it didn’t put it back to factory settings. Tried to install again but got the same thing except it said bootloader was already installed when I tried the last step. I’m afraid it is now bricked. :(
From my experience if you run into trouble like that youll need to detete the MBR (master boot record) then delete all partitions. Next you create a new Fat32 Partition and finally you will Format the Partition also as Fat32 all I use is AOMIE Partition Assistant and its FREE. Then Apple iTunes will detect it soon as you start your ipod and plug in to computer, will be detected as an iPod in recovery mode. From there I think you know the rest from there. I hope that helped even if a little to late for supper. Lol
Ms. Danielle Rae
Hi,
I am running rockbox release 15e1f592D-170118 on my Ipod Classic 7th gen. Soundwise should I look for a newsest release
also would you know at which frequency and range works the Rockbox ‘‘bass’’ setting
Thanks a lot
Denis
I tried to install Rockbox onto my iPod Classic 160GB, and I got no results , as a matter of fact; I got negative results asuch as I am not able to restore my iPod Classic in iTunes on my Mac, and I can’t listen to any of my music on the device, even though it appears as though my music is still there. Please help 911 because this is one of my favorite Apple devices of all time!
How do i uninstall rockbox and restore my ipid?
Can you put this on a 7th gen classic?
I quite literally hit install on everything unplugged it at 99 percent because everything was done at that point then booted it up in normal iPod mode and plugged it back in and it loaded the rest of the files on to the iPod. Then proceeded to boot up Rockbox and to my amazement it was successful. Now enjoying my Rockboxed iPod because screw iTunes.
I have gotten as far as installing the Rockbox, themes, fonts, games installed on my ipod 6 classic with a 1TB iflash quad.
can’t get the bootloader to be ungreyed to install it, any ideas what i’m doing wrong?I’m on a macbook pro with High Sierra.
TIA
From what I understand from both reading and discussion with others. If you try to do that big of an install from a Mac, oddly enough the iPod/iFlash/Rockbox will generally fail. However if you can get your hands on a Windows machine you should have no issues. I know, weird huh being the iPod and Mac's are BOTH Apple!!!!
Ms. Danielle Rae
So, do I no longer sync my ipod with itunes? And will Rockbox save all the data from itunes? The plays, the dates added, the ratings etc?
No you shouldnt boot into Apple iOS on iPod 6 or 7 gen. In most cases youll loose everything and have to do it all over again.
Ms. Danielle Rae
It works completely fine until I try to install the bootloader but it says Could not open Ipod: permission denied
I’m having the same issue did you manage to fix it ??
I installed a cf card 1TB size, it reads only 700MB?
Any ideas
Rockbox has seemed to have bricked my ipod classic loaded onto Ipod but want it remove this and now just cannot restore Ipod and just get cannot detect mountpoint am afraid this software destroyed my Ipod.
Muchas gracias hermano esta fue la solución definitiva y más actualizada
Ipod Video or Classic 80GB is perfect. More thx.
Now is new life.
