Comments on: iFlash Compact Flash Compatibility - Help Needed…

By: Tarkan

Tarkan — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:59:48 +0000

Michael, The guy with the 16Gb gave me a visit - he left the card with me - I checked it over and I am pretty sure it is original (serial no. checks out, transfer speed checks out, but the price he paid for it does not!!)

Sadly it is looking like Sandisk have messed about with these 30MB/s (2008) models they do not work in the 5g iPods and they also seem to have issues with certain cameras.

By: Michael Katkin

Michael Katkin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:21:17 +0000

Thanks Tarkan!

I think your right about the fact that it may be counterfeit. The card boasted 30 MB/Sec transfer rate, but I only realize about half of that. Makes me raise an eyebrow…

By: Tarkan

Tarkan — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:34:33 +0000

Michael,

This Sandisk you have is it the newer faster version of the extreme III (I think they have a label with 40MB/s tranfer boast) ?
Someone else did get in touch that they were having the restore loop issue with the newer extreme III 16Gb card, sadly they never reported back to me with anymore info.
Last thing to also think about, is the card real - there are lot of fake Sandisk cards and they do look very real.

By: Michael Katkin

Michael Katkin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:48:47 +0000

Hi Adam,

I’m having problems getting my ipod to start up with you nifty adapter. Previously I enjoyed a few months of ipod service using a 16 GB ADATA card and your awesome flash adapter. And no, I’m not being sarcastic I think it rocks. However, my ADATA card failed. I have no idea why.

Now, I’m trying to get a Sandisk Extreme III 8 GB card working. Seems to restore fine. After my ipod reboots, it goes back into restore mode. Seeing that this problem was similar to Scott’s, I tried booting the ipod into disk mode and formatting the drive. The drive showed up, disk mode apparently works, and I was able to format it. But, alas, after the ipod restore, the ipod reboots into the restore screen.

By: Tarkan

Tarkan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:48:21 +0000

Hi Robert,

This has been covered before - basics of it is the apple firmware is using very agressive timings coming out of deep sleep which is just too fast for certain cards.

The cards which seem to be affected are the slower types like the Transcend and A-Data.

For a work around, just let the restore screen dissappear and then press menu again - this should boot the iPod up ok.

By: Robert Paulson

Robert Paulson — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:08:47 +0000

I’ve had the adapter running for about a month now and I love it - My 5g is lighter and I’m less worried about dropping or otherwise scaring the HD - plus it’s faster in accessing songs.

A few minor problems - if it’s been left unused for a couple of days, I get a ‘restore’ screen as startup - that’s fairly easily cured by turning the hold switch on/off and waiting a minute for reboot - but if there is a fix, I’d really like to know about it. Please advise.

thanks.

Transcend 8GB Compact Flash CF Ultra 133X

By: Tarkan

Tarkan — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:50:41 +0000

Obviously, nothing on the planet will make the ’speedy’ A-Data ….. speedy…..

The Transcend is fast than the A-Data so it may be worth changing…

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:33:34 +0000

I didn’t see you modified a July 3rd build. Excellent! Thanks for all your help! I will definitely give that build a try.

By: Tarkan

Tarkan — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:27:14 +0000

Scott,

Maybe you have not noticed but there is a fix for Rockbox and the A-Data cards.

http://www.tarkan.info/20080702/tutorials/iflash-and-rockbox

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:45:58 +0000

Yeah, it is unfortunate but I knew it was a risk going in. I find it really odd that it doesn’t work but d’em da breaks. I guess I’ll get myself a Transcend. I really would like to gain faster write speeds and be able to use Rockbox (not able to with my A-Data).

By: Tarkan

Tarkan — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:25:58 +0000

Scott, I am really surprised you are having problems with the RiData, but it really is pointing towards a card which is just not compatible with the iPod.

Looks like iTunes and Rockbox are having problems creating and reading to the 40Mb boot partition, as a last ditch attempt maybe you can restore on to your A-Data card, install Rockbox then using a diskimaging software copy bit for bit on to the RiData.

If this fails try and get a refund on the RiData and get the Transcend instead.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:01:06 +0000

Bit of progress. I formatted the drive (it is one partition currently) and Rockbox Utility will actually get past the Configuration error but when I try to do a “Small installation”, it can’t find my iPod which is currently plugged in and in Disk Mode.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:49:08 +0000

One other thing: The iPod has no problem going into Disk Mode when it gets plugged in via USB. So if I wanted, I can easily use the iPod as an external drive. It just won’t recognize installed firmware.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:44:21 +0000

Still not happening. I can easily Browse to it and select it but when I click on “OK”, I get the Configuration error of “Your configuration is invalid. This is most likely due to a new installation of Rockbox Utility or a changed device path. The configuration dialog will now open to allow you correcting the problem.” It then just loops back into the Configuration screen.

Another detail, if it helps: If I do the iTunes Restore, though it doesn’t work, the Rockbox Utility will then detect the iPod correctly and install the files. But, again, it won’t boot into either firmware.

By: Tarkan

Tarkan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:51:46 +0000

Ok, connect the usb lead to your PC and force it in to diskmode. method :- reset the iPod (menu+select) when black apple logo appears quickly switch to play/pause+select.

In rockbox utility under file/configure/device, click on browse and find the iPod drive.