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Adds the platform file, modelled on the Nano 2G's and the iPod Classic's, and corrects the supported-versions text shared by the Nano manuals, which said Rockbox does not run on the third generation. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Change-Id: Ie6290d67ae113086cb8a63c825eb9db9544c1d49
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The third generation iPod Nano uses a DFU installer, \fname{mks5lboot},
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to install the bootloader in flash. Do not use \fname{ipodpatcher}.
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\warn{Rockbox supports the Nano 3G models fitted with Hynix NAND, the
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4~GB A514D3AD and the 8~GB A555D5AD. Apple fitted several other NAND
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chips to this player. Rockbox drives only chips that have been tested on
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hardware: on any other chip the bootloader says the NAND is not supported
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and starts Apple's firmware instead, leaving the player's storage
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untouched. The port is experimental: Apple's proactive
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refresh of blocks needing ECC correction is not implemented, and
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bad-block remapping has not been exercised on hardware. Keep a backup of
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all media.}
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If your player has another chip, you can help have it added. The NAND check in \fname{utils/ipodnano3g/nandcheck} of the
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source tree runs from DFU mode, installs nothing, writes nothing to the
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player, and collects what validating the chip needs: see that
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directory's \fname{README.md}.
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\caps{Rockbox Utility} can install the bootloader. To install it by hand
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instead, follow the steps below.
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Use \fname{mks5lboot} built from Rockbox sources
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with Nano 3G support, and the Nano 3G bootloader
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\fname{bootloader-ipodnano3g.ipod}. Older iPod Classic installers do not
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support this player. Build instructions and USB driver requirements are
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in \fname{utils/mks5lboot/README} in the source tree.
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\begin{enumerate}
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\item Install the Rockbox files on the player's FAT32 volume before
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installing the bootloader.
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\item Connect the player by USB. Close iTunes and stop iTunesHelper if
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they are running.
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\item Run \fname{mks5lboot --dfuscan --loop} in a terminal, then put the
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player in
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\href{https://freemyipod.org/wiki/Modes#DFU_mode}{DFU mode}.
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When it is detected, stop the scan with Ctrl+C.
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\item Run \fname{mks5lboot --bl-inst path/to/bootloader-ipodnano3g.ipod},
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replacing the path with the location of your Nano 3G bootloader.
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\item Wait for the installer to finish and the player to restart.
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\end{enumerate}
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