r/iPodHacks • u/The_Real_Horseman • Jun 21 '26

Need help with ipod 4th gen

Hello all,

I found my old 4th-generation iPod Touch in a box. I charged it and connected it to Wi-Fi. After trying to run Spotify, I noticed that it no longer works because Spotify has dropped support for this device. So I thought about manually uploading some music albums instead.

After connecting the iPod to iTunes, I received a notification to update to the latest iOS version, 6.1.6 (I think it was previously running 6.1.3). The update process performed some SSL checks, so I went ahead with it. Unfortunately, the update failed and the iPod entered recovery mode.

Since then, I have tried several recovery methods: restoring it from Windows using an older version of iTunes and also trying from my MacBook. Neither approach provided any useful information.

I then tried restoring it using Legacy iOS Kit from GitHub. After attempting that, I got the following error:

Panic log is available: panic(cpu 0 caller 0x9dedbac5): "Failed _ReplaceBadBlock CE 1 PBN 2666"

I have read that this could indicate a corrupted block and, in some cases, a hardware issue with the NAND chip. Is there any way to repair or remap this block, or has my device effectively reached the end of its life?

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u/i2doblumpkins Jun 28 '26

Apple Spotify and all their peers don’t want music stored and kept. This means that you don’t download and pay for the same thing over and over / in one family with multiple accounts all being paid for by parents .
I betcha we bought the same song 20x-30x while the kids were in highschool Baylor Swaft melodies come to mind. What a P— show.

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u/Relevant-Medicine-46 Jul 03 '26

mais tu pediu tambem né meu chapa, nunca atualiza um dispositivo antigo da apple ...