[morefilling]

Yeah, hat was my understanding too. But reading a bit more people also states it won't fit correctly and can crack the screen, so I'm a bit confused.

Has anyone with newer models of iFlash quad confim if high capacity batteries like these can fit inside a thin back?
1900mah battery
2000mah battery

I contacted xiaowan-88, the seller of the 2000mah battery, and asked about its size. He sent me pics of a battery that are approximately 43x47mm. I don't think he sells the same battery originally offered by canamyfly2013 (Alex).

 

[zedhed]

That's very nice! Is that a special edition, or a 3rd party front?

Red front, red clickwheel and button from a Chinese seller on ebay. Saving the red clickwheel for another pod mod.

 

[ThinWalls]

Red front, red clickwheel and button from a Chinese seller on ebay. Saving the red clickwheel for another pod mod.

Looks good.

I have red and blue ipods, but those were after-market car-type-paint-jobs, and the edges where top-and-bottom join have gotten chipped with repeated re-openings (headphone jack fails, iFlash cable disconnects, card pops out of iFlash, battery dies...multiple times I've had to reopen the things...now have everything plastered in insulating tape to try and stop anything ever shifting out of place when dropped).

That one looks like it's a more durable form of coloring. I hope the makers branch out into other colors, 'cos I want a green one (isn't red considered lucky in China? Maybe that's why they went with that color?)

 

[zedhed]

Looks good.

I have red and blue ipods, but those were after-market car-type-paint-jobs, and the edges where top-and-bottom join have gotten chipped with repeated re-openings (headphone jack fails, iFlash cable disconnects, card pops out of iFlash, battery dies...multiple times I've had to reopen the things...now have everything plastered in insulating tape to try and stop anything ever shifting out of place when dropped).

That one looks like it's a more durable form of coloring. I hope the makers branch out into other colors, 'cos I want a green one (isn't red considered lucky in China? Maybe that's why they went with that color?)

I think it's anodised like the original black/grey/silver ones. I'm hoping a blue one will be produced then I can make a red,white'n'blue iPod!

The clickwheel aperture is nicely machined, almost like original. All the Classic fronts I have bought til now haven't had such finely machined edges.

You seem to have had a lot of bad luck with iFlash. I hot-glue cards into the adapters so they don't slip out (I had a Tarkan SD-CF adapter that slipped out of the iFlash once).

 

[biasedopinino]

Just reading through this and was wondering about what OF means, i assume it means original firmware with regards to a rockboxed ipod classic. So is dual booting or even booting into recovery mode the best way to transfer files to the classic when under rockbox or is the rockbox bootloader fine to avoid corruption.

 

[turkeyphant]

Just reading through this and was wondering about what OF means, i assume it means original firmware with regards to a rockboxed ipod classic. So is dual booting or even booting into recovery mode the best way to transfer files to the classic when under rockbox or is the rockbox bootloader fine to avoid corruption.

It does mean Original Firmware.

From what I've read, the recommendation is to sync using OF.

 

[biasedopinino]

Is that just for itunes style syncing though, life if a drag and drop transfer will that also cause corruption.

 

[iMig]

My red one!

That´s pretty neat!!!!
I´d wish there were red fronts for the Video. All my working classic iPods are 5.5 Gen.

Anyway… link, please? I am trying to reconstruct a 7th I ve got around.

Thank you!

 

[morefilling]

Is that just for itunes style syncing though, life if a drag and drop transfer will that also cause corruption.

On the 5.5, drag & drop in Rockbox causes corruption. I always boot into OF when adding music.

 

[reptillikus]

I've been using a 6th gen for a couple years now. Originally Tarkan's CF/SD for 256GB now his dual SD adapter for 512GB, so no OF for me. Was using emCore, now the single boot option for RB. So no choice but to drag/drop in RB for me. Occasionally I find a corrupted mp3 but for the most part I don't have any problems. I did find tho, that the iPod has to be on with RB booted before you connect it to a PC or it will corrupt the SD card. But otherwise, yeah, pretty reliable.

 

[turkeyphant]

I've been using a 6th gen for a couple years now. Originally Tarkan's CF/SD for 256GB now his dual SD adapter for 512GB, so no OF for me.

Not following why that means no OF?

 

[reptillikus]

6th gen has LBA restriction. Can't get over 128GB unless you ditch the OF and run RB exclusively.

 

[turkeyphant]

Ah yes of course. Always forget there's that oddity just with those ones.

 

[turkeyphant]

Nope - the whole reason for using Rockbox is that OF won't work as soon as you exceed a certain number of tracks (a number lower than the number you have). Plus OF requires tracks organised in a very particular (and really stupid and annoying) way, while Rockbox allows a more sensible organisation of files. OF is crucial for syncing, but otherwise useless. Rockbox is just better anyway OF is more limited than Rockbox (e.g. no support for flac).

Then how do you sync FLACs seeing as they won't sync using OF as they are unsupported? And I'd be grateful for the best guide for installing Rockbox on a 7.5g as the Rockbox website isn't massively clear.

 

[smokedogg]

It’s not syncing, it’s dragging and dropping while the iPod is is booted to the original firmware.