Make your old iPod's UI look like an iPod Classic

Got it working perfectly. Purchases, videos, everything =]

i bricked mine. anyone know how to restore?

alterPod for mac
-download and install alterPod
-download the file from the link *5(or5.5)th Generation* to the desktop
-open alterPod
-make sure you set "enable disk use" and "manually manage songs" in iTunes
-quit iTunes
-in alterPod go to Firmware: Choose
-select desktop>Classic...R..> iPod Classic for 5G (or 5.5G) and choose it
this should appear as a lined grey box with a green "exec" in the upper left
-in the alterPod window click Restore
wait for your firmware to update

I myself got the apple reboot cycle, so I don't know if I missed something or if its just a bug. but from what i understand that should work if you dont have any songs you actually bought from iTunes. hope that helps anyone who was as frustrated as I was. Also, since I keep getting the reboot, if anyone sees that i did something wrong please tell me. Thanks.

@ 41
What kind of set up do you have? I used a 5G (original) 30gig, "updated" using alterPod on an Intel MacBook. Has anyone else managed to get a similar set-up working with DRMed iTunes songs and videos? Just to clarify, the new firmware works perfectly as long as I only have unprotected items, such as CD rips and iTunes Plus. If I try to put anything with FairPlay on the iPod, it runs into the infinite-boot problem. Thanks to anyone who can shed some light on to it.

Can someone give me a quick overview as to how to use alterpod to update the firmware to run this? Thanks!

If anyone is looking for instructions on how to do this, they can be found here on my blog: http://blog.monkeykit.com/2007/10/15/ipod-classic-gui-on-5-55-gen-ipods-hack/

Guys my ipod is not being recognized by alterPOD. i only see

*no ipod's found
*item2
*item3

Just like that can someone help cuz i really want this please! If there is another program i wold love to try it.

Having the same problem with the new firmware unable to play items purchased from the iTunes store (unable to even start when those songs/videos are loaded). I'm trying this on a 5G. Any suggestions?

I too would like a tutorial on how to do this on Windows.

Nevermind about the tutorial on 40. I can get it to work through alterpod, but only directly after I restore (because of the boot cycle) it and there are no songs/videos/etc. on it. After it is synced with iTunes, keeping the same settings and enable disk use, the reboot cycle is started all over again. I suspect this is the same problem as #38. Any help/comments would be appreciated.