Looks like the ATA timings in combination with the power management changes (+x ?) made all the difference. Everything works perfectly so far, including database functionality, Rockbox USB transfer and playback of any transferred files. In the few hours I’ve tested since then, I’ve had not an inch of trouble. Success! My Samsung EVO Select 512GB (supposedly identical to Samsung EVO Plus) arrived yesterday and I copied 400GB of songs to it, some using Rockbox’s USB mode and some using the OF, simply because the latter was faster (probably) due to the use of DMA.
I thought for the longest time that there was no way to achieve this using SD cards and Rockbox without a lot of hacking, but this recent experience seems to indicate otherwise? What I'm looking for is rock-solid, flawless long-term operation even using the database which my 256GB 4G CF-based Pod (with DMA disabled) has given me over the years. a certain iPod with a certain adapter and certain SD card using a recent build (possibly with some minor modifications). All of this brings me to ask whether there are now *confirmed* combinations of hardware components that work flawlessly together. Ideally, the setup would also work on an iPod video. Is the type or size of SD card supposed to make much of a difference? I've ordered a 512B Samsung EVO Select card to try my luck with it this weekend. This actually makes me wonder if it's now safe to order a large (512GB) SD card or whether I will once again run into problems then.
Apparently there's been some work done on the ata timings (and possibly something else?) since then, specifically with respect to the iFlash Solo? That exact combination of components was extremely unreliable when running Rockbox just ~2 years ago. always return 0 for ata_disk_is_active in firmware/drivers/ata.c (otherwise the shutdown process will stall and timeout after ~15s) – I don't think this should have a negative effect? disable DMA (which is necessary on that device regardless of storage method for stable long-term operation)
Iflash solo code#
My only last thought would be to use the iFlash HDD flex cables instead of the stock ones, so I ordered a few to experiment with and will see if they do anything differently once they arrive.I had long resigned myself to using CF cards with Rockbox for perfectly stable operation on iPods but was surprised today to find after some fairly extensive testing that the latest dev build of Rockbox seems to work flawlessly (including USB transfers and database functionality) on an iPod 4G with an iFlash Solo SD card adapter and an 16GB SD card with only two minor code modifications: It would be extremely unlikely that I was sent two faulty adapters directly from iFlash on two separate occasions and I don’t believe anything is wrong with the micro sd cards either as they work perfectly fine with other flash adapters. Still every time I restart it with a re-formatted card it can restore and sync with no issues. I format each card before I put it in the adapter even if it’s already blank and I make sure the HDD flex cable is seated all the way into the adapter before powering the iPod back on. I’m now modding another 6th gen and I’m running into the same exact issues between the two adapters and (now) two micro sd cards. It worked again, perfectly fine, no skipped tracks, even played movies just fine. I then harvested an iFlash->CF adapter from my 4th gen and tried it out on my 6th gen. After trying all combinations of two different brand new iFlash solo adapters and three brand new 128GB SanDisk Ultra MicroDSXC cards I kept getting the same results and was about to throw in the towel and try just dealing with the original hard drive again. I made a post a couple weeks ago about how I was having trouble getting my 6th generation iPod classic to work with an iFlash solo adapter.
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