[theshabster]

Is this a known issue?

I've managed to access files from standard ipods, but not the touch.

Standard ipods work fine, although the file names don't seem to make sense.



Apologies in advance if this has already been asked.

[CaptainHam]

I'm sure somebody will correct me if I'm wrong but I think they have somehow 'locked down' the 2G to prevent people copying MP3s off it.

My 2G works fine on my (Vista) laptop via iTunes, but it doesn't appear in Windows Explorer as a removeable drive like older iPods do.

I also like how they have changed the adaptor, meaning I have to buy a new mains charger from Apple despite the actual connector being identical

[Zeromajor]

Also I could be wrong but you might have to jailbreak it and use a thirdparty app to enable this.

I have an iphone 3G but the sites I was reading when I jailbroke mine mentioned something about it not being available to itouch 2G's yet....could have changed by now?

Sorry for the vagueness!

[Jay]

Originally Posted by theshabster

Is this a known issue?

I've managed to access files from standard ipods, but not the touch.

Standard ipods work fine, although the file names don't seem to make sense.



Apologies in advance if this has already been asked.

Ipod touchs do not support disk mode like the other ipods hence the problem you're having.

The 1g touch can be used as an external storage device with an app once jailbroken.

The 2g touch cannot be jailbroken....yet

The 1g touch and all iphones can be though.

[theshabster]

How is the charger different?

What kind of charger do I need for it if I wish to power it via AC mains?

I tried charging the Touch using my PS3 USB port, as well as an external USB hub yesterday, but neither worked - It only worked when I plugged it into my laptop

[Jay]

Originally Posted by theshabster

How is the charger different?

What kind of charger do I need for it if I wish to power it via AC mains?

I tried charging the Touch using my PS3 USB port, as well as an external USB hub yesterday, but neither worked - It only worked when I plugged it into my laptop

The chargers visually speaking are no different.

A lot of stories flaoting about as to why older chargers don't work.

Some have a conspiracy theory that apple want you to shell out again and purchase their branded products.

It seems as though apple have changed the internals of the ipod touch, which for example if you were using the dock to charge, the older dock connecter has two power supply pins: a 12V "Firewire" one and a 5V "USB" one.

Since the Firewire pin could take even higher voltages (up to 30V) so long as amperage didn't exceed 1A, many manufacturers opted to use it instead of the fixed 5V USB pin because it was cheaper than altering the supplied voltage at their end; after all, Apple had the resistor circuitry in place to reduce whatever they were feeding the firewire pin down to the 5V the iPod actually required.

What this means is that you might need to shell out for new chargers that feed the correct amount of voltage.

It's just a way for apple to cut costs by removing the resistor circuitry, they even use a different screen, the 1g and first gen iphone had superior screens to those in the 3g iphone and 2g touch.

It's worth checking on the apple site for compatible chargers.

My gfriend wasn't happy that her bose docking stand (used with her classic) was incompatible with her ipod touch.

[theshabster]

Oh dear, I was given a Logik docking station for Christmas - I hope that it works with my touch, as I've not yet tried it (waiting until I've moved into my new pad).

There's me thinking that I'll pick up a cheap new charger for my ipod - maybe not

Will one of those USB AC adaptors with an ipod connector end work?

[Rob100]

Have been through these charging issues with a 2nd gen touch. Tried a USB power supply, powered hub etc, none of which worked. I did read something about them not charging under Linux and some chap wrote a small program which sends the ipod/iphone a command to tell it to start charging.

This mains charger works fine with the 2nd gen touch:

Play.com (UK) : iPod & iPhone UK Mains Charger With Dock Connector : Electronics - Free Delivery

Also got a Sony dock (nice unit, reasonable sound for the £, a bit more bass would be nice though) and this also charges the 2nd gen touch:

hmv.com: technology: Ipod Speaker Dock Clock Radio (2008)

[theshabster]

£8.99 - Can anyone beat that price for a charger that will 100% work with the 2G Touch?

[Rob100]

Originally Posted by Rob100

I did read something about them not charging under Linux and some chap wrote a small program which sends the ipod/iphone a command to tell it to start charging.

This is it:

Matt Colyer » iPhone Now Charges in Linux

[Rob100]

Originally Posted by theshabster

£8.99 - Can anyone beat that price for a charger that will 100% work with the 2G Touch?

Before I came across this one, most I found were £15 or so.