This is the simplest tutorial on installing ipod linux on your 5G or 5.5G

Alright get ready

1. Download this file
2. Unzip the file
3. Now Double-Click on the iPodLinuxManager folder
   
4. Double-Click the iPodLinux Manager.bat file



5. This window will pop-up and click on Next



When clicking on Next you might encounter some ERRORS , If you do:

1. Make sure your iPod is plugged
2. Keep pressing Retry and it should work

6. This command prompt window should appear and it should add a lot of files to your iPod



7. When it is done click on Finish



8. When it is done rebooting Select iPodLinux wait until it loads

If you want to uninstall iPodLinux, Just click here

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How to Install Extra Modules (Programs/Games)

To go see the modules,

1. Make sure your iPod is plugged
2. Click on start
3. My computer
4. Find your iPod
5. Double-Click on the userland folder
   
6. Double-Click on the modules folder
   

This folder contains modules but they are not all installed

The default ones are

about
animated_deco
bluecube
browser
calc
calendar
clocks
cube
invaders
ipobble
minesweeper
mpd
mpdc
podwrite
pong
sleep
textinput
tifbk
tikeypad
tiosk
tiptext
tiwidgets
tixtensions
truchet
tunnel
vortex
wumpus

All the other modules are waiting for you to install them.

Here is how you do it

1. Make sure your iPod is plugged
2. Click on start
3. My computer
4. Find your iPod
5. Double-Click on iplconfig
   
6. Open the file called modules_enable.txt and in there type the name of the module you want to install (The name of the module is the same as the modules folder in the userland/modules)

“Ie: lets say there is a module in the modules folder called avalanche2939 in the modules_enable.txt you will have to write avalanche2939″

OR you can open the readme file in the iplconfig folder and follow it

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Downloading and Installing Modules

You can also get more modules on the iPodlinux official website

1. Go to http://www.ipodlinux.org/wiki/Special:Module
2. Download the module you want
3. Unzip it
4. Make sure your iPod is plugged
5. Click on start
6. My computer
7. Find your iPod
8. Double-Click on the userland folder
   
9. Double-Click on the modules folder
   
10. Drag and drop the module you just downloaded
11. Follow step 5 and 6 of the previous tutorial

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Installing Schemes (Themes)

The iPodLinux scheme website is currently not working so you cant download any scheme but here is a tutorial on how to add them

1. Go to the official scheme site
2. Download a scheme you like.
3. Extract it to somewhere you will remember
4. Go to the userland folder in your iPod
5. Double-Click on the Schemes folder
6. Drag and drop the extracted scheme to this folder.
7. Make your iPod go into Linux mode
8. Go to Settings>appearance>Color Scheme> your scheme

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How to Remove the MPD/MPDC Error When iPodLinux Starts

Mpd and Mpdc are music and video playing modules for ipod linux. Unfortunately, they do not always work on ipod videos. With Apple OS and Rockbox, you don’t really need it. follow the short list below to remove the pointless function

1. Go to your ipod root and open the folder “iplconfig” then go to “modules_disable.txt” and open it with notepad
2. Type the following:
   mpd
   mpdc
3. Make sure you pushed enter so that each is on its own line
4. Save the changes and exit.
5. Reboot your iPod and open iPodLinux to test. When it is loading, you shouldn’t get the MPD/MPDC error anymore.

How to uninstall iPodLinux

Just go into your iPod root and delete the folders related to iPodwizard. MAKE SURE NOT TO DELETE ANY OTHER you might delete precious information

The folders to delete are

userland, sbin, proc, iplconfig, etc, dev, and linux.bin

and thats it!

To modify/hack iPods, it is very important to know

1. What iPod you are using
2. If the iPod you have is hackable*
3. What firmware version it is
4. Hacking an iPod might not work the first time

iPods that are NOT hackable:

• iPod nano 2nd generation
• iPod nano 3rd generation
• iPod Classic 6th generation
• ipod Shuffle Any generation

Reminder you cannot hack these iPods.

iPods that ARE hackable

• iPod video 5th generation and 5.5 generation (Scroll down to find out which one you have)
• iPod nano 1st generation (The black and white ones)
• iPod Touch 1st generation, 2nd generation, 3rd generation (late 2009)* (Scroll down to find out which one you have)
• iPhone

A fast way to find out what generation your iPod video is (Either a 5th or a 5.5 generation iPod) follow these steps:

1. Hold the menu button until you go back to the iPod’s main screen
2. Select the music option
3. Scroll down to the bottom

If you have the Search > option, you have a 5.5G iPod video if not you own a 5G

This table has been taken from the Apple website

Click on the iPod name in order to differentiate them.

Icon	Model	Year-Month introduced	Navigation Controls	Capacity
	iPod shuffle (3rd generation Late 2009)	2009-09	Apple Earphones with Remote	2 GB or 4 GB
	iPod classic 160 GB (Late 2009)	2009-09	Click Wheel	160 GB
	iPod touch (Late 2009)	2009-09	Multi-Touch display	32 GB or 64 GB
	iPod nano (5th generation)	2009-09	Click Wheel	8 GB or 16 GB
	iPod shuffle (3rd generation)	2009-03	Apple Earphones with Remote	4 GB
	iPod classic	2008-09	Click Wheel	120 GB
	iPod touch (2nd generation)	2008-09	Multi-Touch display	8 GB, 16 GB, or 32 GB
	iPod nano (4th generation)	2008-09	Click Wheel	8 GB or 16 GB
	iPod shuffle (2nd generation Early 2008)	2008-02	Control Pad	2 GB
	iPod touch	2008-02	Multi-Touch display	32 GB
	iPod touch	2007-09	Multi-Touch display	8 GB or 16 GB
	iPod classic	2007-09	Click Wheel	80 GB or 160 GB
	iPod nano (3rd generation)	2007-09	Click Wheel	4 GB or 8 GB
	iPod shuffle (2nd generation)	2006-09	Control Pad	1 GB
	iPod (5th generation Late 2006)	2006-09	Click Wheel	30 GB or 80 GB
	iPod nano (2nd generation)	2006-09	Click Wheel	2 GB, 4 GB, or 8 GB
	iPod nano	2006-02	Click Wheel	1 GB
	iPod (5th generation)	2005-10	Click Wheel	30 GB or 60 GB
	iPod nano	2005-09	Click Wheel	2 GB or 4 GB
	iPod with color display	2005-06	Click Wheel	20 GB or 60 GB
	iPod photo (also known as iPod with color display)	2005-02	Click Wheel	30 GB
	iPod mini (2nd generation)	2005-02	Click Wheel	4 GB or 6 GB
	iPod shuffle	2005-01	Control Pad	512 MB or 1 GB
	iPod photo (also known as iPod with color display)	2004-10	Click Wheel	40 GB or 60 GB
	iPod (Click Wheel)	2004-07	Click Wheel	20 GB or 40 GB
	iPod mini	2004-01	Click Wheel	4 GB
	iPod (dock connector)	2003-09	Touch wheel	20 GB or 40 GB
	iPod (dock connector)	2003-04	Touch wheel	10 GB,15 GB, or 30 GB
	iPod (Touch wheel)	2002-07	Touch wheel	10 GB or 20 GB
	iPod (Scroll wheel)	2002-03	Scroll wheel	10 GB
	iPod (Scroll wheel)	2001-10	Scroll wheel	5 GB

Great now that you know what iPod you have and can head straight to the Tutorials!