Restoring a Prototype iPod Touch 2nd Generation

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  • Опубліковано 1 жов 2023
  • In this video, I go over the process I went though to get a rare prototype iPod Touch 2nd generation development board fully functioning and booting iOS. Although I hoped to be able to get it up and running with its original SOC, the SOCs these come with have a different bootloader that cannot boot any production version of iOS. As such, I ended up having to replace the SOC with one from a production iPod Touch 2G model. I have, however, recently managed to locate one of these boards that still has its original NAND and software, so I will most likely revisit this in the future and attempt to get one working with its original SOC.
    #apple #prototype #ipod
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  • @thomashammond5666
    @thomashammond5666 9 місяців тому +161

    P at the beginning of the model means the device was personalized for the user when shipped, such as an engraving on the back.

  • @JanusCycle
    @JanusCycle 6 місяців тому +30

    I admire your BGA skills. Unfortunately I still suck at this sort of work. Well done on reviving this intriguing hardware.

  • @iLife64
    @iLife64 8 місяців тому +136

    The reason there’s no flash chip is because the connector on the back was for a separate storage board with the chip on it so they can quickly remove it and modify the files for further testing

    • @LandonRaces
      @LandonRaces 8 місяців тому +1

      That seems stupid

    • @medfadhelgriguiche5226
      @medfadhelgriguiche5226 8 місяців тому +2

      Thats total opposite just the solution is always solder desolder to change whats in the storage board they couldnt do it with bridges or a better solution probably the resistance also its 2006 or 7…

    • @ok1lad159
      @ok1lad159 8 місяців тому +26

      @@LandonRaces Why does it seem stupid? It's practical for the developers.

    • @LandonRaces
      @LandonRaces 8 місяців тому +1

      @@ok1lad159 bc having it swap it out every time and etc

    • @lunakittyyy
      @lunakittyyy 8 місяців тому +15

      @@LandonRaces that's the point, no?

  • @rehufgoerhwfr
    @rehufgoerhwfr 8 місяців тому +77

    During my time at Apple, I had the opportunity to work at the iPod Engineering Team. Looking back, it's amazing to revisit those memories great video!

    • @Death_bot666
      @Death_bot666 8 місяців тому +6

      What exactly did you do? Can I have any details? Why did you leave and what are you doing at the moment?
      P.S. A strange audience gathered here. Such a person looked in the comment, I thought there were already a hundred questions/answers, and there is no one before me!

    • @justicetubes
      @justicetubes 8 місяців тому

      ik

  • @COASTER1921
    @COASTER1921 Місяць тому +3

    I'm amazed they removed the ICs rather than just drilling through the board or using other more destructive methods

  • @reduxThe1
    @reduxThe1 9 місяців тому +287

    Dosdude1: ...You can see immediately why it's not fully working.
    Me: Ah yes, the board looks burnt at the vga like port.
    Dosdude1: The NAND's missing
    Me: Ah...of course...the NAND...I knew that.

    • @MrPnew1
      @MrPnew1 9 місяців тому +9

      Me: Yeah Collin, I knew that

    • @oOWaschBaerOo
      @oOWaschBaerOo 8 місяців тому +5

      literally the same here LUL i was like omg someoine messed hard with the board and then he goes like Nand and i was like yes ofc i knew that ehem

    • @alnicospeaker
      @alnicospeaker 8 місяців тому +5

      looks like it's been re-soldered..not pretty but functional =)

    • @zUltraXO
      @zUltraXO 8 місяців тому +1

      That's just solidified flux on a db9 port

    • @rockpie.squashfs
      @rockpie.squashfs Місяць тому

      yeah that's totally d-sub

  • @natvis
    @natvis 8 місяців тому +26

    such a revolutionary device, even the bandwith of the USB is on par with the newest iPhone 15 or 14 Pro for that matter 😅

    • @aidsmaster69420
      @aidsmaster69420 8 місяців тому +1

      How

    • @celestinemachuca2339
      @celestinemachuca2339 8 місяців тому

      @@aidsmaster69420apple being apple.

    • @jasonls221
      @jasonls221 8 місяців тому +7

      ​@@aidsmaster69420 Only the iPhone 15 pro and max has usb 3, 15 and under has usb 2.0. Old and slow

    • @KngKurd
      @KngKurd Місяць тому +1

      I still couldn’t believe when I found out they were still using usb 2 speeds till my 14 pro. How can this be a pro device and take 3 business days to
      restore 120gb backup…. Then 15 came out and made it even worse by making it only on pro models….😂😂😂

  • @MrPnew1
    @MrPnew1 8 місяців тому +48

    Fantastic devotion to preserving this piece of Apple development history Collin.

    • @apersimmon
      @apersimmon 8 місяців тому +3

      Its not really preserving as he is modifying the board, but its very cool and interesting none the less.

    • @GoldenAdhesive
      @GoldenAdhesive 8 місяців тому +2

      @@apersimmon the board was already modified to make it unusable intentionally

    • @apersimmon
      @apersimmon 8 місяців тому

      ​@@GoldenAdhesive removing boot medium and clearing software dose not count, changing core parts of hardware that dictates how the device operates dose.

  • @HyperVectra
    @HyperVectra 8 місяців тому +3

    Thanks Dosdude1 for everything you do for the community free of charge. You are the best!

  • @jozsefizsak
    @jozsefizsak 9 місяців тому +3

    That's very interesting for sure. Looking forward to the next installment of the dev board saga!

  • @rebootretro
    @rebootretro 8 місяців тому +2

    Your skills are always super impressive!

  • @Trinitrophenylmethylnitramines
    @Trinitrophenylmethylnitramines 9 місяців тому +6

    7:18 the qfn footprint is for the accelerometer

    • @dosdude1
      @dosdude1  9 місяців тому

      Yep, I figured that out later.

  • @baconfister
    @baconfister 8 місяців тому

    Awesome video. I love your ambition to find a solution and never give up!

  • @eDoc2020
    @eDoc2020 8 місяців тому +23

    This is only tangentially related but have you looked at the classic iPod models as well? The older models had 32 megs of RAM but starting with the 5th generation the high capacity versions had 64 megs which enables a larger song database. I'm curious what upgrades would be possible. I figure a 5th or 5.5 Gen 32 meg can be upgraded to 64 megs but that's boring. Can older models like the Mini be upgraded as well? I'm also curious about if 128 megs is possible. Even if the hardware would work there's of course also the issue of firmware.

  • @FlyByWire1
    @FlyByWire1 8 місяців тому +4

    I just discovered this channel and I absolutely love it! Never stop giving us these amazing videos man!

  • @utforskaren3031
    @utforskaren3031 8 місяців тому

    How cool that you managed to make it work 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @Doyle69
    @Doyle69 9 місяців тому +2

    Been waiting for this 😎

  • @ClaneALane
    @ClaneALane 8 місяців тому

    Awesome stuff dude!

  • @codplayer808fly
    @codplayer808fly 8 місяців тому +6

    This was a very very cool video. I'd personally rather see it functional then dead and stock.

  • @_macrophage
    @_macrophage 8 місяців тому +1

    Dope. So dope. Awesome video. Sub'd and liked. Definitely gonna be waiting for the next one.

  • @rrg019000
    @rrg019000 Місяць тому

    Incredible content. Subscribed.

  • @bogdanpospiech
    @bogdanpospiech 9 місяців тому +1

    Interesting experience👍🏻

  • @Techlevel1534.
    @Techlevel1534. 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for your Mac OS Catalina patcher. My 2008 MacBook Pro runs Catalina without problems

  • @exklimexklim
    @exklimexklim 8 місяців тому

    This video needs to trend asap

  • @mrmerhtin3625
    @mrmerhtin3625 8 місяців тому

    awesome work

  • @elektrokinesis4150
    @elektrokinesis4150 8 місяців тому

    Snow Leopard looks so nice on a Vaio

  • @AntiBillOS
    @AntiBillOS 8 місяців тому

    Well done!!!

  • @remcool1258
    @remcool1258 8 місяців тому +2

    I wonder if you could use the dev soc if you set the resistors correctly ?

  • @onigvd77
    @onigvd77 9 місяців тому

    very cool, could muck around with the board putting it in a 3d printed case and other stuff like that :)

  • @NeverGiveUpYo
    @NeverGiveUpYo 8 місяців тому

    That's pretty neat.

  • @urumqix
    @urumqix 8 місяців тому

    Hi Dosdude1, any plan to refresh the MacOS installer hack? Really love your work back in the days enable my Mac mini 2011 to run HighSierra on a RAID0 !!! Thank you and looking forward to see your update on the soft which enable Sonoma as well. Now I’m using OpenCore and Sonoma can only be installed into non-RAID disk.

  • @alexis0a
    @alexis0a 8 місяців тому

    This is simple awesome! I'm intrigued about how do you make the connection for control it form the Mac... how do you know what address is the correct one?

  • @CrazyMan_Engineer
    @CrazyMan_Engineer 8 місяців тому

    What would have happened if you had installed the side jumpers before changing the soc chip and spi? Also was the original ram any good?

  • @techspin2130
    @techspin2130 8 місяців тому

    Awesome content

  • @Insertdisks_101
    @Insertdisks_101 2 місяці тому +5

    I'm probably the only one who went here because of Apple Demo

  • @stdavid_
    @stdavid_ 2 місяці тому

    Wow very very interesting!

  • @MrDinakdakan
    @MrDinakdakan 7 місяців тому +1

    what a crazy hobby but i like it

  • @edgarestrada9519
    @edgarestrada9519 8 місяців тому

    Amazing work as always! This channel needs to explode tbh.

  • @markdjdeenix6846
    @markdjdeenix6846 9 місяців тому +4

    now thats cool .so is the vga out showing the boot loader ?

    • @jadamsnz
      @jadamsnz 8 місяців тому +2

      Have a look at 9:25 - I'm pretty sure that's a 9 "pin" serial socket. VGA sockets had three rows of pin holes, not the two rows you see here.

    • @markdjdeenix6846
      @markdjdeenix6846 8 місяців тому

      @@jadamsnz so we’re was the command text coming from on the pc monitor?

    • @dosdude1
      @dosdude1  8 місяців тому

      @@markdjdeenix6846 It's a serial port (RS232). I have a terminal program open on that computer displaying the serial output.

  • @FormusService
    @FormusService 8 місяців тому

    Please tell us about your impressions of Hakko Omnivise

  • @sketchyhuman3523
    @sketchyhuman3523 8 місяців тому

    Is there a guide somewhere about how I can setup VNC, I just think it would be useful for a system I am working on.

  • @SarahKchannel
    @SarahKchannel 8 місяців тому +5

    Super cool, I shows that Apple also mostly cooks with water like the rest of us.
    I never sort of thought of the how an Apple product begins its journey.
    The BGA RAM on top of SOC is something I have never seen, but is most
    likely a result of space and speed/signal routing ?

    • @309electronics5
      @309electronics5 8 місяців тому +5

      Its more common then you think. Its used in a lot of phones these days and regular socs to its called pop(package on package) design

    • @SarahKchannel
      @SarahKchannel 8 місяців тому

      @@309electronics5 well it makes perfect sense, now that I know and think about it. But as in the video shown, never think about taking it apart :)>
      I think the modern form, is multiple dyes on a chip, just that has to happen on packaging, while PoP would allow for some customizing.

  • @sokoloft3
    @sokoloft3 8 місяців тому

    I have a couple ipod touches and an original iphone that would be good donors if you want to try getting that soc to work with the original iphone nand. Don't know if any of them power on or not. Would assume the nand is fine though.

  • @SoraSnake
    @SoraSnake 9 місяців тому +1

    amazing

  • @dh2032
    @dh2032 8 місяців тому

    I'm wondering how much of one this find is, there can not be that many out in the wild, or even still with apple? maybe not apple 1, but serenely some shelf space next to one?

  • @mabbasi_of
    @mabbasi_of Місяць тому +1

    rare, even though many youtube channels have many of these boards

  • @mdasilvac
    @mdasilvac 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for the detailed video, amazing work!
    Found one of those myself too, I'd love to see where you go with an original nand, and I'll perhaps try my luck at getting mine running with the original SoC too.
    In your opinion, what would have been the purpose of this header on the bottom of the board?

  • @MrQuazar
    @MrQuazar 9 місяців тому +1

    not bad, nice work, reballing not easy when you do that some times, you must practise day by day 30 chip per day) so many old things was trashed, it all can be restored, i know it and believe. 20 year reparing work stage. may be send all my storage scrap to you?

  • @tschuuuls486
    @tschuuuls486 9 місяців тому +8

    I doub't apple would've removed the nand from the board. The dev setup probably booted the devboard from the usb port directly.

    • @dosdude1
      @dosdude1  9 місяців тому +17

      No, these definitely had NANDs... When looking close, you can see that the NANDs were desoldered from these. I also recently was able to get my hands on one that does indeed still have its original NAND (with software) installed.

    • @jabbawok944
      @jabbawok944 9 місяців тому +1

      If you look closely, you can see some of the old legs from the NAND were they sore it off.

    • @MrPnew1
      @MrPnew1 8 місяців тому

      @@jabbawok944 sore??? Really 🤣 Show me where the man touched you little iPod

  • @Nucksfan987
    @Nucksfan987 9 місяців тому +2

    nice

  • @senorstrong
    @senorstrong 8 місяців тому +2

    hey colin, do you think it'd be possible to turn an ipad mini screen + touch into a usb device (like an external display)?

    • @memediatek
      @memediatek 8 місяців тому

      You'd probably want the video to be done over HDMI or similar, video on standard USB is a mess

    • @dosdude1
      @dosdude1  8 місяців тому +1

      I know some custom boards exist to utilize certain iPad screens over DisplayPort.

  • @aqw0031
    @aqw0031 8 місяців тому +2

    What model of ipod touch did you use? To repair it? I have also a dev board but my ipod touch had a diffent NAND so cant put it on the board.
    Awesome video!

    • @dosdude1
      @dosdude1  8 місяців тому +3

      You need an “MB” model iPod Touch 2G to use as a donor, “MC” model has a different BootROM in the SOC, and uses different NAND (2 BGA NAND ICs instead of a single TSOP NAND). The “MB” model can be identified by the case by having a larger storage size marking than the “MC” model.

    • @aqw0031
      @aqw0031 8 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for the information! Can you also tell me what power cable do you use for the device?

    • @dosdude1
      @dosdude1  8 місяців тому +2

      @@aqw0031 It's just a 5V power supply with a standard barrel jack.

    • @aqw0031
      @aqw0031 8 місяців тому +1

      Ok awesome thank you!

    • @aqw0031
      @aqw0031 Місяць тому

      @@dosdude1 Do you have a copy of the nand?

  • @MaxMacZone
    @MaxMacZone 9 місяців тому +2

    Wicked

  • @aqua95
    @aqua95 8 місяців тому

    Hey dosdude, really like your videos. I’ve recently thought of an idea. Because you are so awesome at stuff like that, how about you actually fully mod the system firmware on a macbook pro (just like how you added a custom chime, maybe it’s possible to change the boot menu icons, maybe boot screen color as well). For example making a 2017 macbook pro’s system firmware look like a pre-retina style one.

  • @GarnetSunset
    @GarnetSunset 8 місяців тому

    If possible could you provide the steps you used to jailbreak the device? This is so cool!

    • @bongoms
      @bongoms 8 місяців тому +1

      man it's a 15 year old ipod you've been able to google that for the last 15 years

    • @Nauj1017
      @Nauj1017 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@bongomsLol

  • @123JAILBREAKME
    @123JAILBREAKME 9 місяців тому +12

    I would like to see people reverse iOS and make it open source. I think it would be fun to tinker with it

    • @jadamsnz
      @jadamsnz 8 місяців тому +13

      Lawsuit from Apple guaranteed.

    • @Gocunt
      @Gocunt 8 місяців тому

      maybe an older version, good luck trying on a modern version without a loooooooooooooot of work 😂

    • @123JAILBREAKME
      @123JAILBREAKME 8 місяців тому

      @@jadamsnz if it was done from scratch or done in a clean room type of way

    • @antocmartinaemz
      @antocmartinaemz 8 місяців тому +1

      Theres already a version of ios running on an old nokia n900 if i'm not mistaken
      Theres also darlinghq allowing you to run some macos/ios code, and some very basic interface on linux and bsd last time i checked

  • @uiopuiop3472
    @uiopuiop3472 Місяць тому

    how is jailbreaking trivial for old devices? doesn't all of them need paid apple account to work?

  • @ivanjuarez1412
    @ivanjuarez1412 8 місяців тому

    WOW!

  • @mikepxg6406
    @mikepxg6406 8 місяців тому +1

    Wow.

  • @Wii1235
    @Wii1235 9 місяців тому +1

    Very cool. I wish i wouldve gotten it lol

    • @dosdude1
      @dosdude1  9 місяців тому +4

      There are actually quite a few still available.

    • @Wii1235
      @Wii1235 9 місяців тому +1

      @@dosdude1can you provide a link?

  • @nothingtoseeherelolkek
    @nothingtoseeherelolkek 9 місяців тому

    You're definetely mage

  • @spookynutsack
    @spookynutsack 8 місяців тому

    holy pod

  • @tyronenelson9124
    @tyronenelson9124 8 місяців тому

    You've just ended up with the apple pi version of the raspberry pi!

  • @meticulouselectronics
    @meticulouselectronics Місяць тому

    Maybe take the prototype soc and put it on a production ipod touch

  • @TechProYoutube
    @TechProYoutube 8 місяців тому

    I looked at this board on eBay a few days ago i swear

  • @andrasszabo7386
    @andrasszabo7386 8 місяців тому

    What if I install a larger NAND on an iPod board? Will it work??

    • @sas408
      @sas408 Місяць тому

      yes, but you also need to flash metadata to it

  • @rizrz34
    @rizrz34 Місяць тому

    isnt any prototype board from Apple red?

  • @joshsowers
    @joshsowers 8 місяців тому

    Did you try kicking it out of DFU to see if it had proto software?

    • @dosdude1
      @dosdude1  8 місяців тому +4

      It had no NAND, so no software of any kind. Though as I mentioned at the end of the video, I did manage to get another one still WITH original NAND, so that one will have some software.

    • @joshsowers
      @joshsowers 8 місяців тому

      Amazing! I hope you share it with us. Great video!! @@dosdude1

  • @deanergie.
    @deanergie. Місяць тому

    And it was my first ever phone I had

  • @rickhalverson2252
    @rickhalverson2252 Місяць тому

    Shouldn't that be in some computer museum somewhere?

  • @ccbb6125
    @ccbb6125 9 місяців тому

    new boy

  • @andrasszabo7386
    @andrasszabo7386 8 місяців тому +1

    What type of Macbook are you using, Collin? 😂😂😂

  • @andresbravo2003
    @andresbravo2003 8 місяців тому

    This should be interesting…

  • @GirlOnAQuest
    @GirlOnAQuest 8 місяців тому

    It's crazy to believe that a human woke up one day and decided. Hmm today i will designed a machine iPod like that.

  • @leetaylor1443
    @leetaylor1443 Місяць тому +1

    if you are the same dosdude1 that made the various macos patches for unsupported systems THANK YOU

  • @isasametturkmen
    @isasametturkmen 8 місяців тому

    Based

  • @AbdAlgani1999
    @AbdAlgani1999 8 місяців тому

    man can i ask you qus not related to this video? like i think no one know this
    i have chinnse h81 motherboard which dont have support of 4690k because its refresh cpu
    and no bios update avalable anywhere and not in the website
    i treid a lot making costom bios, by adding cpuids to it and flash it to motherboard
    after 22 try, by all ideas and ides from internet by diffrent probrams i couldnt make it work
    what i should do to make it work?

    • @dosdude1
      @dosdude1  8 місяців тому +1

      Make a custom build of CoreBoot for it, easiest thing to do. I did that to get Ivy Bridge CPUs working on a 2011 MacBook Pro.

    • @AbdAlgani1999
      @AbdAlgani1999 8 місяців тому

      @@dosdude1 intersting i will try

  • @deanergie.
    @deanergie. Місяць тому

    I have a iPod touch that is working has a sim

  • @Gogoseit
    @Gogoseit Місяць тому

    25:11 looks a little like a dip switch

  • @2048Megabytes.
    @2048Megabytes. 6 місяців тому

    I was not expecting to see a Sony vaio running macOS…

  • @xenocide2121
    @xenocide2121 Місяць тому

    nice hackintosh

  • @hulkhogan2273
    @hulkhogan2273 9 місяців тому +2

    Can you try to change the video memory from a 21,5 inch iMac from 2013 to like 4 or 8 gigs of video memory?

  • @xsleep1
    @xsleep1 8 місяців тому

    Stop the insanity 😵‍💫 !

  • @samlbert3380
    @samlbert3380 9 місяців тому

    Hello
    I am trying to recover files from my old iPod touch gen 4 on iOS 6.1.6.
    I did a factory reset on it some years ago but I didn't use it since then.
    I was trying to Mount it as mass storage to run a deep scan on it but I'm not successful.
    Do you have a solution to copy the nand bit by bit ?
    I tried : jailbreaking, libidevicemobile
    I'm not quite knowledgeable on this topic, I found your channel trying to find a solution :)

    • @allennicholson4248
      @allennicholson4248 8 місяців тому +2

      I recovered photos from a customers iphone 3G years ago that had been factory reset. Heres how I did it.
      Jailbreak the device.
      Install openssh from the cydia store
      Set the device to not sleep or turn the screen off
      Have a second mac with SSH enabled. I used dd if=/dev/internalnand and piped the output over ssh to a disk image on the remote device.
      I then used data recovery software on the image to extract the data.
      Note: I was recovering from IOS 4 which did not encrypt the root partition. I do not know if this was still the case with 6.1.6
      Good luck!!

  • @rarescaraiman2379
    @rarescaraiman2379 6 місяців тому

    40:43

  • @mewity
    @mewity 8 місяців тому

    why the flip does it look like an arduino

  • @ChasePhilport
    @ChasePhilport 8 місяців тому

    dig that ur still runnin snow leopard. last good version of apple computers

  • @conorswee
    @conorswee 8 місяців тому

    Oddly enough, PC typically means it has engraving. Weird!

    • @dosdude1
      @dosdude1  8 місяців тому

      That data is stored on the NOR EEPROM, which I took from the production device, as well as the NAND and SOC of course. So I wouldn't be surprised if that donor production iPod was engraved.

  • @sandesan2
    @sandesan2 8 місяців тому

    Nice video, but don't forget about RAM upgrade for M1 Mac Mini 😉

  • @apersimmon
    @apersimmon 8 місяців тому

    Now here me out, ripping the contents of the in house chip that its on the broad that you are going to replace.

  • @5KREOSAN
    @5KREOSAN 8 місяців тому

    ты можешь сделать Nokia 6300 или Nokia 6230 или Nokia 2700 или Nokia 6233

  • @jeremiefaucher-goulet3365
    @jeremiefaucher-goulet3365 8 місяців тому +2

    0:57
    Doubtful. Nobody would go through the effort to desoldering a NAND for data security reasons when they could just destroy the entire board. Not worth the hassle.

  • @IvanPauletti
    @IvanPauletti 8 місяців тому +1

    Suggestion for future video: ipod classic mod to work either AA or AAA batteries. Reason: ipod modes are popular these days and ipod classics are a pain to open meaning that even if you restore one, in some years you’ll need to do over again to fix swelled batteries

  • @khanhlehong9180
    @khanhlehong9180 Місяць тому

    (VN)

  • @realcartoongirl
    @realcartoongirl 8 місяців тому +1

    💀

  •  8 місяців тому

    by god's sake - please clean you flux :D

  • @graywolf2694
    @graywolf2694 9 місяців тому

    Some apple executive is going to see this and flip out

  • @techmouse.
    @techmouse. 8 місяців тому +1

    So you're doing this just to piss off apple at this point, right?

    • @natalialikenutella88
      @natalialikenutella88 8 місяців тому

      No.. they do it for fun? It's something fun to do when boredd

    • @techmouse.
      @techmouse. 8 місяців тому

      @@natalialikenutella88 Pissing off apple is also something you can do for fun when you're bored.

  • @twisstedtoast
    @twisstedtoast 8 місяців тому

    Who's gonna run linux on old iphones

  • @aspopulvera9130
    @aspopulvera9130 Місяць тому

    apple devices like ipods and iphones used to be my dream devices until several third party repair channels on youtube talks about apple's "eco friendly logic" which is destroying the rights to repair, i no longer liked them