#IFLASH QUAD HOW TO#
#IFLASH QUAD FOR MAC#
#IFLASH QUAD INSTALL#
#IFLASH QUAD WINDOWS#

This modification works only with 5th, 6th, and 7th generation iPods, more commonly known as iPod Classics. I am not responsible for any screw-ups you might make.Īlso, I am in no way, shape, or form affiliated with any of the companies I mention below. If you decide to proceed, do more homework and proceed with patience and care. DO YOUR HOMEWORK before proceeding by searching Google for online tutorials and videos to make sure you are comfortable making this modification.

#IFLASH QUAD HOW TO#

I am not going to provide a step-by-step procedure for making the mod because there are many YouTube videos that do just that, but I will provide an overview of what you need, what resources I used, and how tricky the mod is (not very).Ī warning / caveat: Although this procedure is fairly simple and requires nothing more than a few simple tools (in addition to the SSD, of course), it does require opening and partially disassembling your iPod and knowing how to reset it with iTunes. I've gotten a few PMs about it before, so I figured I'd copy/paste the PM I sent in a thread for anyone who might be interested.

The screen just turns off and nothing happens, or the apple comes up and it gets stuck there.Two people have sent me PMs today asking how to convert an iPod to solid state drive after seeing a comment I made about that in a hardware classified thread.

One other weird issue is that I haven’t managed to enter the Test / Diagnostic mode on the iPod after it started having these issues. Once I did manage to sync around 800 tracks – maybe even more.Īll my trials were done without me closing the iPod – I wanted to make sure everything works before I close it. – I even ran a pencil eraser over the ribbon’s gold fingers.Įven when iTunes manages to sync some songs, it stops after a number of songs and gives me those error messages. – I removed the HDD ribbon and re-placed it again in its place carefully. – I tried another microSD card I had – a 16GB Lexar 633x – I tried reformatting the SD card via the Sandisc SD Formatter utility It managed to sync around 100 songs but then I started giving me errors like these: I restored it and then started syncing songs. I formatted the SD with the AOMEI tool (following every single step) and installed it. So I bought iFlash Solo, a 200Gb MicroSDXC UHS-I (U1) Sandisk Ultra (from the list, right ? ) and a new battery fix kit from He told me the issue is most probably the HDD that is failing. I gave it to a tech guy here in my town and he opened it (really without any scratch at all). My iPod Classic 7th Gen, Thin, 160GB started having issues a few weeks ago. To commit the action you need to APPLY (Top Left Icon).

#IFLASH QUAD WINDOWS#

In the main window, right click on the SDXC drive and select REBUILD MBR and confirm, leaving the default Windows 7/8. In the example below I am using a 256Gb SDXC – It is shown as removeable in the drive list.

#IFLASH QUAD INSTALL#

Install SDXC card in to SD-CF Adapter, and place it in the CF card reader.

So before starting double check that you are working on the SDXC card – better safe than sorry!! IMPORTANT: Make sure that the drive you are modifying is the SDXC card and not another Hard Drive installed in your Computer, you have been warned. If you are going to use a SD card reader make sure it is SDXC compatible as you can damage the SDXC card – normal SD or SDHC card readers will not work with SDXC cards. You will need a CF card reader, you can also use a SDXC card reader. The steps will be slightly different, but the process and concepts should be similar.

#IFLASH QUAD FOR MAC#

I have created a walk through on how to get the SDXC card in to a known good state before installing and restoring the iPod.įirst you need to get a partition manager software, I use the free AOMEI Partition Assistant, download here!! but only for Windows PC’s, for MAC users any of the popular partition software on MacOS will work. The symptoms tend to be slow music transfer, odd syncing errors, song skipping and iPod freezing up. This only applies to SDXC cards 64Gb and above in capacity, as these are the cards which are ExFAT formatted by default. Some of the factory fresh ExFAT formatted SDXC cards cause problems in the iPod, I have not been able to determine the exact cause but I suspect the iTunes restore process does not write a fresh MBR (Master Boot Record) nor does it create a new partition table – just modifies the existing table. *** IMPORTANT – This article is up as an reference, first install and restore the iPod, if you have problems then attempt these instructions ***

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