Downgrading iPod Nano Firmware

Does anybody know how to downgrading apple iPod Nano Firmware ?

It may be on Apple's site somewhere, but transmitting it any other way is piracy and therefore a violation of the terms of this forum.
Downgrading firmware is almost never an appropriate way to troubleshoot. If you post complete descriptions of your specific problems, we could probably provide some better ideas.

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IPod Nano Firmware crash, reproducable

I was recently given an iPod nano 4GB for my birthday. My review is here: http://megaphone.unixdaemons.com/?p=25
I'm subscribed to several podcasts. I use the latest version of iTunes on Windows XP. This morning I sync'd up my podcasts and there were two new episodes (I am subscribed to a total of 5 shows, and 2 shows had each a new episode). Before sync'ing up the iPod, I decided to do some cleanup.
Through iTunes, I cleared everything on my iPod (songs and podcasts). I noticed that although the podcast episodes themselves were cleared, the podcast show FOLDERS still existed on the iPod, but were empty.
After some playing around, i noticed that if you have at least one empty podcast folder (I don't know why iTunes doesn't garbage collect empty podcast folders?), the iPod nano firmware boots up, and you can browse the high-level menu items EXCEPT FOR MUSIC. If you click on the "Music" high-level menu item, the firmware crashes and the Apple logo appears on the nano screen as it resets itself. If you try to just hit "play" without entering the Music sub-menu it actually does play and you can skip forward and backward. But the moment you try to browse the Music sub-folder, the OS crashes.
My workaround is, since I have 5 podcast show folders on the iPod, to keep at least ONE episode from each in each folder, and this works just fine, although my iPod now stores some old shows, taking up some space, even though I've already listened to them.
Help?
Cheers,
Bosko.

So I called Apple Support and apparently the problem has not yet been reported but while talking to the service rep found a more viable workaround.
The bug seems to be that if you have Podcast episodes in iTunes that you drag over to your iPod, the first time you do so, a directory underneath the "Podcasts" category on your iPod will be created to store episodes for the given show. If you then go ahead and highlight each episode within that show's folder on your iPod with iTunes, right-click, and click on "Clear", you'll notice that while the episode disappears, the empty directory FOR THAT SHOW will remain within "Podcasts" on your iPod.
And that's where the problem is. The iPod nano firmware seems to crap itself when you then try to access the "Music" top-level menu item if there is at least one empty podcast show directory on it.
The workaround to not waste any space is to access the iPod via iTunes, and instead of clearing individual shows, right-click on the podcast show's folder itself and click on "clear", this will properly get rid of all the episodes within that show AS WELL AS THE SHOW'S FOLDER.
Hopefully someone will fix the firmware bug in the future. For now, this is how to deal with it.
Cheers,
Bosko

IPod Nano Firmware v1.1

Where, oh where can one find a list of bugs fixed by the new Nano firmware v1.1 update?

What you really want is the list of bugs introduced.
There's one that's really annoying me: when I hit the centre button to get to the ratings screen the user interface often freezes for a few seconds. When it does eventually go to the ratings screen it ends up in a bizarre state that pressing the centre button doesn't take you back to the main screen again, instead it scrolls the screen sideways to reveal the ratings screen again. This never used to happen.
nano Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Apple checklist for fixing iPod nano firmware!

Sorry i just wanted to leave a list somewhere! just to make sure that i have vented my concerns - i love the new interface, just these few bugs really nark me off over time, so i wanted to list them so that apple is definitely aware that they exist and can fix them! even if noone reads this - at least i can say i submitted my observations to apple somehow.
1. Camera Photos in full screen mode go black
2. Once, while playing music, songs didn’t play - stuck at 0:00, album arts were all like static television images even in coverflow
3. Cover flow shows too much of same album arts.. should be grouped into albums NOT artists
4. ‘P’ in title bar when syncing with time in title option on
5. In podcast menu, selecting a podcast, then pressing menu, takes back to podcast menu, but photo thumbnails no longer load!
6. Occasionally nano has turned off for no reason.. inexplicably

9. Select a video podcast to play. The screen goes black briefly and then you are returned to the podcast list. Select the podcast a second time and the podcast plays.

File size of Notes on iPod nano?

Hello,
my question is about the file size of notes to be handled by the iPod nano.
I have copied several ASCII text-files into the Notes folder of my iPod nano. Each has a size of approx. 20 kByte. Windows Explorer shows them in the iPod Notes folder with their original size.
However, when opening one of the text files on the iPod nano, text is only displayed until approx. 700 words (approx. 4000 characters), which corresponds to approx. 4 kByte. The larger rest of the file is not displayed, as if it was cut.
Is this an error?
Or is 4 kByte the max. size of text files which can be displayed as notes on the iPod nano?
I have updated the iPod nano firmware recently with release 1.1.
Thanks in advance for any help!

There is an online utility for doing this - will save you tons of time AND adds links so you go from one section of the larger file to the next:
http://www.ambience.sk/ipod-ebook-creator/ipod-book-notes-text-conversion.php
Until they inprove the file size that the iPods can read, this is your only real way to use your iPod as an ebook reader.
PC Windows XP Pro nunayobeezwax

IPod Nano 7th Gen says "Unsupported. Accessory is not supported" when trying to charge / sync

iPod Nano 7th Gen says "Unsupported. Accessory is not supported" when trying to charge / sync with official apple lightening cable.
It worked for almost a year then suddenly began to say that. My computer [windows], lightening cable and my power brick [all apple official] are all the same as they were when it was working. The iPod is almost a year old now, and has worked perfectly up until about a week ago.
I have tried resetting the iPod, plugging it into different charging sources but it keeps saying "Unsupported. Accessory is not supported"
Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it?
Thanks.

Your iPod Nano firmware and iTunes updated to the current versions?
It is very difficult to offer troubleshooting suggestions when the "os version" you are using is unknown as each os has their own troubleshooting solutions.

Ipod Nano + Alpine CDE-9873rb + Full speed connnection

Hi all,
I bought reciently a new radio-CD *Alpine CDE-9873rb* with full speed connection for my ipod. I have the cable installed and the full speed connection acitvated, now I have a new *3G ipod nano* and when I connect it to the radio, ipod screen turns white... with the words..."connected"... but the *radio cant control my ipod*. I cant play nothing with it... I dont know if that is a problem which will be resolved with new Ipod Nano firmwares or if its an installation problem.
Any thought? How can i resolve this issue?Anyone with the same problem?
Thank you,
Oscar

Hi,
I have mine connected to my Alpine CDA-9887R using the full speed cable, but it works fine. However, the screen goes white (with the back-light continually on) but says noting on the screen. With my old 4g 20gig ipod, "Alpine - OK to disconnect" was displayed.

I can't view photos in my iPod Nano

Please, someone help me. I'm doing exactly how the manual says that I must do, but the photos doens't appear. Photo Library don't appear, only "photos", but not Photo library. What should I do?

Please, someone help me. I'm doing exactly how the
manual says that I must do, but the photos doens't
appear. Photo Library don't appear, only "photos",
but not Photo library. What should I do?
I am new to the ipod world, I won the thing. So since I had
no music on my computer but lots of photo's thought I would
load some to check out how they look.
After trying for an hour, updating to the latest 1.1.1 ipod
nano firmware, latest itunes 6.0.4.2 I fixed the problem.
I had to put at least one song on the nano and then the
"Photo Library" folder along with the folder name I was
syncing showed up. This is a bug <|:-(

ITunes does not sync Addressbook & Calender on my iPod Nano

Hi,
I am using Mac OS X 10.4.11, iTunes 7.6.1 with an iPod Nano Firmware V 1.1. Since I have updated iTunes from 7.6 to 7.6.1 my adressbook and calender data is not synchronized any more. No data of both applications will copied to my iPod. Are there any workarounds that fixes that kind of problem?
Thanks in Advance

Hi,
first please check the option "deactivate automatic sync for all iPhones and iPods" (iTunes Prefs - Sync)
It is checked by default (hope the option is right - I use german iTunes)
I build up my adressbook new (export data first, then remove folder /user/library/appl support/addressbook, afterwards import data again) - the next sync works!
With iCal I never had trouble.

Podcast woes, would like to downgrade firmware iPod nano (4th gen.)

Hi,
Every since I upgrade my iPod nano to firmware version 1.0.4, I can't seem to make playlists where multiple podcasts play one after the other - in all cases, it plays one podcast, then stops. As I love listening to podcasts during running, this implies that I have to pull out the iPod every time and select a new podcast manually... quite annoying. This even holds for podcast playlists made "on the go" - it plays the first podcast, then stops.
In light of this, I'm wondering whether there's a way to downgrade the firmware, as if I recall correctly, 1.0.3 didn't have this issue. I can't seem to find the firmware anywhere, though, and from going through the discussion forum it doesn't seem to be something supported by Apple. I'd appreciate it if someone could shed some light on this issue, either by pointing out a walkaround, or by indicating whether downgrading firmware is possible at all...
Many thanks,
Philipp

My 4th Gen iPod Nano won't turn on once it is off the USB cable. If it is connected to the iMac (iTunes 10.1 (54)) it works perfectly well (synchronizes, plays music). Have tried to reset it (holding the Menu and Center buttons) and to reset it to its original settings (current SW version is 1.0.4) and it still wont work.
Any suggestions?

Downgrade firmware on iPod nano to work with iTunes 5

Where can I find the firmware for a 3g iPod nano that works with iTunes version 5.0.1? I don't have the old packages in /Library/Packages. No, I don't want to upgrade iTunes.

Where can I find the firmware for a 3g iPod nano that works with iTunes version 5.0.1?
There isn't any. Sorry.
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These posts don't really make any sense. MP4 is one format that an iPod nano can play, but an iPod nano is not itself an MP4 (and there's no need to SHOUT).
The bottom line is that "firmware sharing" is piracy and would be a violation of the terms of use of this forum. You can always get the current version through iTunes; most people who are looking for older versions are attempting to troubleshoot using an incorrect method. If this is what you are doing, read the posts and articles to troubleshoot your specific issue, and if you are still stuck, post a detailed and complete description of the actual problem here (preferrably using coherent English).
Apparently, there are some situations where Windows users updated their iPod's firmware, only to find that this forced them to update iTunes, only to find that this forced them to upgrade Windows! I guess trying to downgrade might be appropriate in this one case.

My ipod nano 6th gen doesn't appear anymore in iTunes since firmware update.

My IPod nano was upgraded to the firmware update to 1.2.
I've lost all my music on it during the firmware upgrade (not sure this is normal).
I can't see it anymore in ITunes. I got some windows blue screen when trying to solve the problem.
I've tried to uninstall-reinstall all Apple products on my windows 7 (following the apple support, with bonjour, quicktime, ...).
I've also tried to connect it on 2 other fresh windows machines, but it doesn't appear either ...
I've tried with other software but impossible to use because the first libray must be created with iTunes.
The iPod seems normal and the screen is reactive ... but I can't use it without any music on it.
I've reset my ipod with no luck. Tried in disk mode also, .... what can I do more ?
I cannot restore it because it's not visible in iTunes.
Many thanks for your help !

flacaasampson wrote:
I have already tried the troubleshooting through Apples website, I need to know what to do next because NOTHING has worked this far.
Thanks!
No can do. You haven't told us what you have done!

Ipod nano video firmware

I think the current v1.0.2 firmware is in need of an update, as this has caused me no end of problems with my ipod nano video, causing it to shutdown on it's own and then require switch to disk mode, to restore. Trouble is, each time I get it back to v1.0.1 firmware, as soon as it's connected to iTunes, it recognises v1.0.2 is available and prompts me to install (whether I have auto update checked or not).
With v1.0.2 I also have a problem after I've added songs as the ipod just switches to a black screen with the apple logo and it can't be used. Not much use for a player bought as a present for someone.
So c'mon Apple, do the decent thing and provide a firmware update to fix this problem, as it seems I'm far from being the only one having problems going by the forums here.

Send your feedback to Apple via the appropriate link.
iPod Feedback.
Also, when discussing the nano 3rd gen, it's always best to use the correct forum.

How to run games on ipod nano 2nd generation with firmware 1.1.1

Does anyone know if you can run games on the 2nd generation ipod nano with the latest firmware of 1.1.1 when the itunes store with games wants the system to have firmware 1.2.
This means that the games must only work on 1st generation ipods or that 2nd generation ipod nanos do not need this level of firmware.
Games are not loading on my ipod.
Any advice?

Nope, sorry but games are currently only supported on the 5th Generation (video) iPods. Also the 1.2 firmware is only for the 5th Generation iPods.
Regards--- jgurbisz
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Downgrading iPod Nano Firmware

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