Rockbox is an open source firmware for mp3 players from Archos, iRiver, Apple and iAudio. Rockbox is a complete new firmware and don’t use any fragments of the original firmware. AFAIK the original Firmware will not be overwritten. Only the alternate Firmware and a boot loader will be written on the mp3 player. I’m using Rockbox on my iPod Nano G1, other iPod Nano versions aren’t supported. But why should you use Rockbox instead of the original Firmware?
In the case of an Apple iPod Nano G1 with Rockbox, you are able to drag&drop you music, pictures, movies, or other files on the device and don’t need iTunes or an alternate tool. You are also able to use different themes, watching movies, which wasn’t able with the original firmware, and playing much games and even Doom!
With Rockbox nearly everything is possible to do.
Rockbox – open source jukebox firmware
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