a quick remedy for ipod shuffle illnesses
Mar 18
2009
2009
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Symptoms: one green light flash, followed by two green ones.
Conclusion: the player is dead.
Remedy: download ipod reset utility, reset the player and
# change _path_to_the_device_ with the real path (see `dmesg|tail`) mount /dev/_path_to_the_device_ /mnt && cd /mnt # download rebuild_db.py from http://shuffle-db.sourceforge.net/ # copy 'rebuild_db.py' in /mnt and create the dirs' structure python -c ' import os os.makedirs("iPod_Control/iTunes") os.makedirs("Music") ' cd /mnt && cp ~/Music/*.mp3 Music python rebuild_db.py cd .. && umount
That’s it.
P.S. you can format an ipod device as many times as you like,
just follow the above procedure to reset it.
