iPod 5.5 gen bootlooping after restore (resolved) | iPod | Page 1

half sun Jan 26, 2024, 2:07 AM

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I had a 5th Gen classic with an iflash solo 128gb that worked perfectly but I wanted to swap in a 5.5 mobo. I swapped it and am trying to restore it. I had to put it into disk mode to get iTunes to be able to restore it. Once the restore finishes the iPod just bootloops. The iPod I bought to take the 5.5 mobo from worked before I took it apart, so I'm not sure what the next step is.

sturdy cypress Jan 26, 2024, 9:32 AM

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I would put back the mobo in the original ipod and check again if it still works fine.

half sun Jan 26, 2024, 12:55 PM

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I tried cleaning the SD card with DISKPART on my windows PC and now it worked after restoring!

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iPod 5.5 gen bootlooping after restore (resolved)

sturdy cypress Jan 26, 2024, 2:49 PM

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Probanly the card was formated in GUID instead of MBR?

half sun Jan 26, 2024, 3:27 PM

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I did try formatting it separately just in my MacBook with disk utility but I still had the same issue

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Then I read online about cleaning it out with windows diskpart

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It worked immediately and I didn't have to boot the iPod into disk mode for it to be able to be restored like I had to previously

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