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NOTE: I did order the card off of eBay from Singapore and I believe it technically holds 268 GB.

256gb SDXC 1000x card by Lexar (150mb/s transfer 80mb/s write), Class 10.

What's more, after this point, iTunes will no longer recognize the iPod, which leads me to restore it again.Īfter restoring it again, I put just a few albums on and it worked, but I'm very hesitant about uploading more since it keeps erasing the entire iPod.Īny ideas on what to try next? I am a music geek and use my iPod a lot, so it's important to me to get it working again.

Dragging by album, which works some of the time, but I recently discovered after doing probably between 300-500 songs, my entire iPod showed up empty, including songs that were there on previous uploads.

Dragging songs in smaller batches (by genre).

Syncing the entire library at once (there's over 11,000 songs so it takes a while, but we've tried it several times to no avail).

We've tried several different methods for uploading: The problems we keep running into is that after we upload any significant amount of songs, the iPod shows up as empty after ejecting it from iTunes.

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My brother and I have reformatted the SD card several times (both in Mac and PC, including following these directions regarding partitions. I have taken some pictures while doing this myself the first time, will put them up when i do.I recently used the iFlash Solo kit by Tarkan and I'm running into some serious issues in using the iPod after uploading songs onto it. This is my first guide after all, hopefully i haven't missed anything. Speaking of which, yes RockBox works, provided that it runs on your iPod model in the first place.Īfter that it should function like any other iPod, albeit with some modern improvementsĪny feedback, criticisms, questions and discussions are welcome. Do so, even if you want to use RockBox exclusively. When you're done, turn on your iPod, it should prompt you to restore it using iTunes. When he attaches the cable at 3.35 of the video, there is a very slim slot in the white part of the adapter that fits the ribbon cable, that's where you insert the cable.

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Its not very clear how to attach the hard drive ribbon cable in the video. Take care when dealing with the black latch on the hard drive connector cable, use the same flathead to flip it up. Use a small flathead screwdriver to detach the ribbon cable in step 6 of the iFixit guide. That's the one in the yellow box in step 8 of the iFixit guide. When opening the iPod, you do not need to remove the headphone jack ribbon connector. When you're done removing the hdd, follow this video: The opening tools sold with the adapter are REALLY handy here. Had to jump though a few loopsįollow this guide to open your iPod and remove the hdd. My setup is a micro SD in a micro SD to SDHC adapter in a SD to CF adapter in a CF to iPod adapter.

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Will update my results with a CLASS 10 SDHC card soon.) Thus i can no longer recommend this card. (UPDATE: I found that my card has issues with flac playback, possibly due to the low r/w speeds of class 4 cards. I personally use a 16GB Class 4 Sandisk Micro SD card in a Micro SD to SDHC adapter. The link provides information on how to identify the newer revisions of these SD to CF adapters.Īs for which SD card to use, right now there isn't an extensive list of approved cards, the link above lists a few that work. In short, the latest models of these SD to CF adapters incorporate a pcb design that make it possible for use with the iFlash. I sent an email to Tarkan Akdam himself (the creator of the adaptor), and was told that he had experimented extensively with cf to sd adapters.

I then found that there were cf to sd card converters available. Highest capacity card to my knowledge is 128 gb, so size might be inadequate for your purposes.ĬF cards are typically used in cameras and tend to be more expensive than sd cards of equivalent size. Depending on the speed of the card you use, transferring data to the card might be slower than the hdd. Eliminates the heat produced by the hdd, in turn making the iPod run cooler overall.

Eliminates the boot up time that comes with the hdd spinning into action. Replaces the hdd with stationary components. The whole process is incredibly simple and doesn't require any soldering, though some patience and care will ensure success. Unfortunately, this adapter is compliant only with 5g, 5.5g, 6g, 6.5g and 7g models of the iPod classic.įor those wary of tinkering with your iPod, rest easy. It involves replacing the iPod's hdd with a CF card adaptor dubbed the 'iFlash'. While looking up a replacement hard drive online, i found an alternative method that allows the ipod to accept CF cards. My 5.5g ipod's hard drive had failed 2 months ago.