Rockbox on Ipod Nano

ref:

• https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPod+Nano+1st+Generation+Battery+Replacement/774
• https://www.rockbox.org

Original LiPo battery on the nano 1g is 3.7V with 340mAh capacity. Replacement batteries are easy to find. Some will have a capacity of 400mAh, and are a bit thicker, but still fit perfectly fine in the nano.

wget https://download.rockbox.org/rbutil/linux/RockboxUtility-v1.5.1.AppImage
chmod +x RockboxUtility-v1.5.1.AppImage

• plug your Ipod Nano
• mount the second partition of the device (adjust device name accordingly)

sudo mount /dev/sdx2 /media/nano

• start the Rockbox installer

sudo ./RockboxUtility-v1.5.1.AppImage

• Select the right device *and* the right mount point (or just use autodetect)
• Choose Daily Build for the version to install
• Choose at least Bootloader, Rockbox, Fonts, and Plugin Data. You can browse/select some specific themes too
• Somehow you will also get doom, quake, etc, by default
• when installation done, unmount

sudo umount /media/stuff

• unplug, and hard reset the ipod nano (by holding Menu and Select simultaneously for a couple of seconds)
• done!