When it’s completed, simply click on the “Eject” button under the “iPodWizard Essentials” area, and your iPod will reboot.

iPodWizard will then copy this custom firmware file onto your iPod Nano. In the “Warning” dialog box, click on the “Yes” button.

Next, click on the “Write to iPod” button.

In the “Open” dialog box, click on the downloaded “V-Hack_2_icon_size” file, and click on open. In the “Edit Mode” drop-down, choose “Firmware File”. Make sure your iPod Nano 1G is plugged into your computer, and open up iPodWizard. You can download it directly here.įirst, the iPod OS! For this, we’ll be using iPodWizard, a simple application for Windows that allows you to make down-and-dirty tweaks to the firmware, such as replacing the images, editing layouts and strings, and more. I’ve went ahead and put all of the files that’s needed for all of this into a single 22MB~. It’ll also include some extra options, such as doing into disk mode and completely shutting down your iPod. While you’re at the Rockbox Utility, you can use it to install themes, Doom, and other goodies.Īnd finally, we’ll be installing a custom bootloader that will easily let you boot between the iPod OS and Rockbox. It can do all sorts of things, such as play MPEG-4 videos, play games (such as Doom and various GameBoy ROMs), run applications (calculator, metronome, etc), and a lot more. What Rockbox is is an open-source operating system for portable media players (which has also been made into a stand-alone Android application). Next, we’ll be installing Rockbox, which is pretty much an automated installation process via the Rockbox Utility. And finally, it changes the overall layout of your Now Playing screen. It also adds a wallpaper (also found in Mac OS X 10.5). It replaces your main menu with a nice dock (as found in Mac OS X). So, what exactly will you be doing? First, we’ll be sprucing up the iPod OS by applying a really slick and completely custom theme. BUT, if all you’d like is Rockbox and iPodLoader, then go to step 4. If your iPod is formatted for use on a Mac, then you’re most likely going to run into issues with iPodWizard recognizing it. Note: The iPod Nano that I used for this tutorial is the first generation 1GB iPod Nano running firmware 1.3.1 and is formatted for use on Windows machines.

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