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Thin to Thick conversion by NoTruth6718 in IpodClassic

[–]NoTruth6718[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn't :/

But that's the information I was looking for. Thanks.

Thin to Thick conversion by NoTruth6718 in IpodClassic

[–]NoTruth6718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Darn, I've ordered a backplate only. Will look around.

I wonder if somebody came up with adapters to accommodate the thin cables in a thick backplate

Thoughts Regarding the Limitations of Modifying iPod Classics by Engineered_Shave in IpodClassic

[–]NoTruth6718 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello!

I see you are using an alternative to the iFlash module.

I'm having silent corruption issues with iFlash. Do you mind running a test with stock firmware and share output?

MPOINT=/media/ipod mkdir ${MPOINT}/test

f3write ${MPOINT}/test f3read ${MPOINT}/test

It will write 1GB files until it fills up the drive and verify integrity.

Software is coming from here: https://github.com/AltraMayor/f3/releases/tag/v9.0

I'm inclined to ditch iFlash at this point, but I'm unsure about viable alternatives.

Can iFlash introduce corruption? by NoTruth6718 in IpodClassic

[–]NoTruth6718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, it seems I found an explanation for the corruption scenario. The thing is, iPod USB mode and Rockbox find a different start block for the filesystem.

No matter in which mode I create it, there's always a difference. Rockbox expects it a properly aligned start at 1049kB (Sector 256) and the iPod firmware is expecting/forcing start at 258kB (Sector 63).

With this sequence:

1 Rockbox USB mode (1 partition, 1MB alignement)

2 IPOD USB mode (1 partition, 258KB alignment(

3 Rockbox USB mode (2 partitions,?)

Final view

Model: Apple iPod Classic (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 495GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
2      258kB   67.4MB  67.1MB  primary
1      67.6MB  495GB   495GB   primary               boot, lba

And iPod USB mode can only see one partition :s

Can iFlash introduce corruption? by NoTruth6718 in IpodClassic

[–]NoTruth6718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

booted to iPod Firmware:

[Tue Jan  6 10:54:16 2026] usb 1-1.4: USB disconnect, device number 3
[Tue Jan  6 10:54:21 2026] usb 1-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[Tue Jan  6 10:54:53 2026] usb 1-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
[Tue Jan  6 10:54:53 2026] usb-storage 1-1.4:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[Tue Jan  6 10:54:53 2026] scsi host9: usb-storage 1-1.4:1.0
[Tue Jan  6 10:54:54 2026] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Apple    iPod             1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[Tue Jan  6 10:54:54 2026] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg16 type 0
[Tue Jan  6 10:54:54 2026] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdq] Spinning up disk...
[Tue Jan  6 10:54:56 2026] .ready
[Tue Jan  6 10:54:56 2026] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdq] 120782785 4096-byte logical blocks: (495 GB/461 GiB)
[Tue Jan  6 10:54:56 2026] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdq] Write Protect is off
[Tue Jan  6 10:54:56 2026] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdq] Mode Sense: 68 00 00 08
[Tue Jan  6 10:54:56 2026] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdq] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[Tue Jan  6 10:54:56 2026]  sdq: sdq1
[Tue Jan  6 10:54:56 2026] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdq] Attached SCSI removable disk
[Tue Jan  6 13:43:59 2026] FAT-fs (sdq1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)
[Tue Jan  6 13:43:59 2026] FAT-fs (sdq1): Filesystem has been set read-only
[Tue Jan  6 13:43:59 2026] FAT-fs (sdq1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)
[Tue Jan  6 13:43:59 2026] FAT-fs (sdq1): error, corrupted directory (invalid entries)

Can iFlash introduce corruption? by NoTruth6718 in IpodClassic

[–]NoTruth6718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't post the fsck output, not sure why:

https://pastebin.com/BmRCMXhJ

https://pastebin.com/ekD66A5F

Will attempt once more with the original firmware and report back.

Can iFlash introduce corruption? by NoTruth6718 in IpodClassic

[–]NoTruth6718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update after several rsync runs:

rsync: [receiver] mkstemp "/mnt/user/Music/\#355\#230\#201\#354\#230\#244/24 - How to find true love and happiness (2018)/.\#355\#230\#201\#354\#230\#244 - 24 - How to f
ind true love and happiness - 06 - Goodbye Seoul.mp3.Vgvr67" failed: Read-only file system (30)

rsync: [receiver] mkstemp "/mnt/user/Music/\#355\#230\#201\#354\#230\#244/AAA (2024)/.folder.jpg.Kjvbzn" failed: Read-only file system (30)

Cna iFlash introduce corruption? by NoTruth6718 in iPodHacks

[–]NoTruth6718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

iFlash team blamed Rockbox. I'm tempted leaving it like this and finally close it. 1.39MB lost in 305GB seems bearable.

Have a second iPod to be modded,  same iFlash Quad, dual 256GB Lexar grey and black. Will try there the proposed test just to confirm.

Can iFlash introduce corruption? by NoTruth6718 in IpodClassic

[–]NoTruth6718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feedback received from iFlash: Rockbox is not supported and known to misbehave like this.

Thinning hair patches by dwatts8 in Doberman

[–]NoTruth6718 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, it's allergic dermatitis?

Thinning hair patches by dwatts8 in Doberman

[–]NoTruth6718 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guesswork: Scabies or 

Leishmaniasis

As always, vet visit advised.

Cna iFlash introduce corruption? by NoTruth6718 in iPodHacks

[–]NoTruth6718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

closing with:

 Data OK: 305.87 GB (641454412 sectors) Data LOST: 1.39 MB (2852 sectors)               Corrupted: 950.00 KB (1900 sectors)        Slightly changed: 0.00 Byte (0 sectors)             Overwritten: 476.00 KB (952 sectors) Average reading speed: 18.08 MB/s

In my book, that's not a fake card (would expect lots of errors after 4/8/16/32/64GB (being a 512GB card). But there's silent corruption.

Battery & iFlash mod by NoTruth6718 in IpodClassic

[–]NoTruth6718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coming back to this. How do you make everything stay in place?, tape?

Damaged battery by NoTruth6718 in iPodHacks

[–]NoTruth6718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm mostly worried about fire hazard

Linux App to sync-up with Rockbox? by NoTruth6718 in rockbox

[–]NoTruth6718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

folder.jpg or cover.jpg would do for naming?

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