Comments on: Nike iPod hacking

By: tvaughan

tvaughan — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:21:36 +0000

By: jpeg4

jpeg4 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:20:17 +0000

@Medwards
The only fix for running with harddrive is flasging your firmware with Rockbox and let the ipod load the first few songs into ram and shutdown the harddrive. So your harddrive will be spinning less often. still generally speaking running with an ipod with harddrive is a bad idea since harddrive + motion = bad. If your ipod isn’t broken it doesn’t mean it’s not taking damage.

By: Medwards

Medwards — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:39:51 +0000

Seriously, all you “hackers” out there that tell us its not a good idea to run with a hard drive quit making excuses of why you don’t have a solution. I have been running for years with mine. I have done everything imaginable to the thing and it works 100%. So my comment is simply this: quit telling me running with my ipod video is a bad idea and provide a solution or shut your mouth, because you really don’t have of anything of value to say to me, do you?!!!!!

By: john marks

john marks — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:44:54 +0000

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By: Char

Char — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:27:15 +0000

why, if ipod videos are not meant to be used for running is equipment sold which is designed for you to use for running with your ipod video?
for example skins, with the armbands for running?

By: HECTOR

HECTOR — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:13:19 +0000

Hi every one! First I want yall to know that I know almost nothing about computers… Im in the Army and I run with my Ipodvideo all the time!! From what I read above I guess that a stupid thing to do!!! Ive never thought that running with my ipodvideo would be bad for it… thats the only reason I bought one!! Anyway, now that I think about it and if I get the whole Hard drive thing right… Running with an ipod video is just like constantly shaking your note book as you use it!?? If thats the case maybe its not the brightest idea!!;-) Anyway!, I might buy and ibod nano now that I know that… Does anybody know how to make the ipod video work with the ipod nano running thing!!!??? Im kinda dissapointed with the whole ipodvideo thing!!! Darn ipods are always acting erratic anyway!!! I guess you are supposed to just sit and use the thing when you are waiting at an airport or something!!! Worthless!! Thanks (In advance!) for the help!!

By: Zoe

Zoe — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:27:51 +0000

Can anyone make the nike + ipod work for a ipod video?

By: Beau

Beau — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:00:26 +0000

I tried my wife’s Nike Do-hicky in my Video and got “The currently attached device is not supported by this IPod.”
So does anyone know a hack?

By: 7031

7031 — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:59:37 +0000

@14: You will probably kill your iPod off early if it needs to be reset every so often. If it gets shaken up at all, you could cause permanent damage to the HDD and eventually, you will need to replace. Your running habits will probably shorten your iPod’s lifetime by a large amount.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:27:35 +0000

I have an ipod video and i run with it all the time just so i can listsin to music? it still works after about 100 miles of running.

Will the software part of the nike sensor work with the video, because it does didly squat , all you have to do if something happens is press menu and the middle button and everything is fixed if it gets shaken up to much.

By: ipod video

ipod video — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:22:11 +0000

I know this question was already asked, but has anyone tried to use the ipod video. I dont really wanna buy another ipod just so i can run with it, already have the shoes.

By: sinerasis

sinerasis — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:45:22 +0000

thetable: that is a sweet link, thanks for it. I find it pretty sweet that they say the hardware is there to do some short range ipod to ipod transmissions with those recievers. Could open up some strange things with the ipod linux people…

By: nick gordon

nick gordon — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:16:33 +0000

just a little fyi, if you’ve got a nano already, and you’re even remotely interested in running, pick up the nike+ sport kit. for 30 dollars you can’t really go wrong, and you don’t need special nike+ shoes to use them. I sewed up a little cloth pocket that ties to my shoelaces on some nice Asics (nike makes lousy running shoes) and it works fine.

By: thetable

thetable — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:58:01 +0000

The guys over at SparkFun broke one down as well.

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/present.php?p=Nike_iPod-Internals

By: sinerasis

sinerasis — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:59:34 +0000

garryb: yes you need the nike+ sport kit. it consists of the reciever (the white thing that you plug into the ipod) and the sensor (a little pill looking thing that you put in your shoe).

It's $29US on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Nike-iPod-Sport-MA365LL-B/dp/B000JVFKH8/sr=8-3/qid=1169701082/ref=pd_bbs_3/002-8739188-3235251?ie=UTF8&s=electronics